Dear Democratic TER Friends,

Enough of the handwringing! Enough of the doomsaying! Do I have to come there and personally calm you down? Stop with all the defeatism, OK? Bush IS a goner -- IF we all just quit our whining and bellyaching and stop shaking like a bunch of nervous ninnies. Geez, this is embarrassing! The Republicans are laughing at us. Do you ever see them cry, "Oh, it's all over! We are finished! Bush can't win! Waaaaaa!"

Hell no. It's never over for them until the last ballot is shredded. They are never finished -- they just keeping moving forward like sharks that never sleep, always pushing, pulling, kicking, blocking, lying.

They are relentless and that is why we secretly admire them -- they just simply never, ever give up. Only 30% of the country calls itself "Republican," yet the Republicans own it all -- the White House, both houses of Congress, the Supreme Court and the majority of the governorships. How do you think they've been able to pull that off considering they are a minority? It's because they eat you and me and every other liberal for breakfast and then spend the rest of the day wreaking havoc on the planet.

Look at us -- what a bunch of crybabies. Bush gets a bounce after his convention and you would have thought the Germans had run through Poland again. The Bushies are coming, the Bushies are coming! Yes, they caught Kerry asleep on the Swift Boat thing. Yes, they found the frequency in Dan Rather and ran with it. Suddenly it's like, "THE END IS NEAR! THE SKY IS FALLING!"

No, it is not. If I hear one more person tell me how lousy a candidate Kerry is and how he can't win... Dammit, of COURSE he's a lousy candidate -- he's a Democrat, for heavens sake! That party is so pathetic, they even lose the elections they win! What were you expecting, Bruce Springsteen heading up the ticket? Bruce would make a helluva president, but guys like him don't run -- and neither do you or I. People like Kerry run.

Yes, OF COURSE any of us would have run a better, smarter, kick-ass campaign. Of course we would have smacked each and every one of those phony swifty boaty bastards down. But WE are not running for president -- Kerry is. So quit complaining and work with what we have. Oprah just gave 300 women a... Pontiac! Did you see any of them frowning and moaning and screaming, "Oh God, NOT a friggin' Pontiac!" Of course not, they were happy. The Pontiacs all had four wheels, an engine and a gas pedal. You want more than that, well, I can't help you. I had a Pontiac once and it lasted a good year. And it was a VERY good year.

My friends, it is time for a reality check.

1. The polls are wrong. They are all over the map like diarrhea. On Friday, one poll had Bush 13 points ahead -- and another poll had them both tied. There are three reasons why the polls are b.s.: One, they are polling "likely voters." "Likely" means those who have consistently voted in the past few elections. So that cuts out young people who are voting for the first time and a ton of non-voters who are definitely going to vote in THIS election. Second, they are not polling people who use their cell phone as their primary phone. Again, that means they are not talking to young people. Finally, most of the polls are weighted with too many Republicans, as pollster John Zogby revealed last week. You are being snookered if you believe any of these polls.

2. Kerry has brought in the Clinton A-team. Instead of shunning Clinton (as Gore did), Kerry has decided to not make that mistake.

3. Traveling around the country, as I've been doing, I gotta tell ya, there is a hell of a lot of unrest out there. Much of it is not being captured by the mainstream press. But it is simmering and it is real. Do not let those well-produced Bush rallies of angry white people scare you. Turn off the TV! (Except Jon Stewart and Bill Moyers -- everything else is just a sugar-coated lie).

4. Conventional wisdom says if the election is decided on "9/11" (the fear of terrorism), Bush wins. But if it is decided on the job we are doing in Iraq, then Bush loses. And folks, that "job," you might have noticed, has descended into the third level of a hell we used to call Vietnam. There is no way out. It is a full-blown mess of a quagmire and the body bags will sadly only mount higher. Regardless of what Kerry meant by his original war vote, he ain't the one who sent those kids to their deaths -- and Mr. and Mrs. Middle America knows it. Had Bush bothered to show up when he was in the "service" he might have somewhat of a clue as to how to recognize an immoral war that cannot be "won." All he has delivered to Iraq was that plasticized turkey last Thanksgiving. It is this failure of monumental proportions that is going to cook his goose come this November.

So, do not despair. All is not over. Far from it. The Bush people need you to believe that it is over. They need you to slump back into your easy chair and feel that sick pain in your gut as you contemplate another four years of George W. Bush. They need you to wish we had a candidate who didn't windsurf and who was just as smart as we were when WE knew Bush was lying about WMD and Saddam planning 9/11. It's like Karl Rove is hypnotizing you -- "Kerry voted for the war...Kerry voted for the war...Kerrrrrryyy vooootted fooooor theeee warrrrrrrrrr..."

Yes...Yes...Yesssss...He did! HE DID! No sense in fighting now...what I need is sleep...sleeep...sleeeeeeppppp...

WAKE UP! The majority are with us! More than half of all Americans are pro-choice, want stronger environmental laws, are appalled that assault weapons are back on the street -- and 54% now believe the war is wrong. YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO CONVINCE THEM OF ANY OF THIS -- YOU JUST HAVE TO GIVE THEM A RAY OF HOPE AND A RIDE TO THE POLLS. CAN YOU DO THAT? WILL YOU DO THAT?

Just for me, please? Buck up. The country is almost back in our hands. Not another negative word until Nov. 3rd! Then you can bitch all you want about how you wish Kerry was still that long-haired kid who once had the courage to stand up for something. Personally, I think that kid is still inside him. Instead of the wailing and gnashing of your teeth, why not hold out a hand to him and help the inner soldier/protester come out and defeat the forces of evil we now so desperately face. Do we have any other choice?

and your manifesto does not belong on the NYC site.

Let see how you feel when some Islamic Funtimentalist sets off a car bomb in front of your house. Besides, If you want to discuss politics we have a board for that. Let not polute the new york discussion board with the likes if this post.  We come here to forget about the real world.  Live, love and enjoy!

If you vote for Bush, you are voting for a lying sack of shit.  You gotta be real stupid to vote for a lying sack of shit.

You're right about this not being the place but what a bunch of crap. This guy should try reading "Unfit for Command" which has been number 1 0n the best seller list for about 8 weeks and if he can't explain, specifically, the conduct indicated or some of the events disclosed as no other Democrat has been able to do [they pontificate alot], he should think about a future America with someone like Kerry as president. God help us!

If Bush complains, I'm going to have to remove your post.

thirsty

It's one thread CYNIC. Relax.

Just like the sports threads, one per page does no harm and it breaks up the monotony. You're welcome to start a hobby related thread if this one doesn't interest you.

thirsty

You guys are absolutely right. This is not a board to air political ideology, but since you started it, let me add that John Kerry is an empty suit. People are not voting for him, they are voting against Bush. This is a scary proposition to say the least. I am done. Let's get back to poontang!

Better yet, which candidate do you think NEEDS to get laid more?  The way I see it, Bush is the answer to the first question, and Kerry is the answer to the second.  But in truth, I wish this election was taking place tomorrow, because this political ranting and raving is getting a bit much.  I wonder what a lot of these people will have to talk about after the election.  2008 maybe?

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but you didn't quote your source.

Is Dan Rather hiding behind that alias?



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He is an incompetent leach. Unlike his VP, who is a competent leach, American boys and girls die in Iraq while Halliburton with the no bid contract and Cheney reap the profits.

Four more years of Bush - or anyone else like him and I'll have to move to India to re apply for my job at 25% of the pay. Clinton was also responsible for this - great, something the R and D's can agree on. Time to outsource W in Nov.

A secular despot like Hussein had nothing to do with 'religious' terrorism. If W wanted to slap down a Middle East country in the name of fighting terrorism he missed by a few hundred miles, his pocket buddies Saudi Arabia or is W the Saudis pocket buddy? Hey, wasn't it Bush Sr. and Powell who caved into Saudi pressure not to take Hussein out in the first Gulf War? Thanks Poppy, 1000+ US soldiers RIP.

I'm sure Kerry won't (be able to) keep most of his campaign promises, but at least what he is saying makes sense while W hangs his hat on 9/11 and fighting terrorism. Wasn't W running around the country like a scare little schoolgirl during 9/11 until he found a hole to hide in? And he calls that his finest moment - I guess for a soldier who evaded military service in Vietnam it might just be. Then he diverts resources from the War on Terrorism to invade Iraq. Which result in 1000 plus American dead with no end in sight for no apparent reason, a country that was a police state is now a hotbed of terrorist activity, and of course Bin Laden is still at large - oh yeah, and US soldiers are still dying in Afghanistan. What kind of slack jawed yokel would point to that and say ‘hey, look at the great job I’m doing’. Mission Accomplished W? Think not.

BTW W, that 100 billion or two you are going to end up spending in Iraq would have went a long way towards providing health care to the Americans (not illegal aliens) who can’t afford it.