May 09, 2003
From the desk of Jane Galt:It's always delightful to stumble across someone who thinks that a presidential election campaign should be run like sixth grade popularity contest. It would be even more delightful for the Republicans if the Democrats took this advice. That supermajority may be coming quicker than you think!
Update James Joyner does it better, and at greater length.
Posted by Jane Galt at May 9, 2003 11:57 AM | TrackBack | Technorati inbound linksIf Ted Rall didn't exist, bloggers would have to invent him. What a tool.
Yeah, Al Gore lost because he wasn't mean and snide enough.
Posted by: Crank on May 9, 2003 01:06 PMCould someone just smack this whinging child please? Please?
Posted by: sarah on May 9, 2003 01:11 PMOooh, boy, this is a fun read.
"Most registered voters are Democrats"?
Yeah, sure. Only if either "most" means "a minority of", or if "independent" means "Democrat but won't admit it".
Posted by: Warmongering Lunatic on May 9, 2003 01:31 PMWow, what a damned tool. You would think he could actually throw in like a fact or maybe at some point be honest.
Instead lies followed by hateful invective to burn away your ability to do anything but swallow his lies.
Posted by: Curtis on May 9, 2003 03:42 PMGore was "gracious" in conceding defeat. He actually complains that because the US overthrew a "stable" Saddam. Priceless. Rall is just amazingly despicable.
Posted by: JT on May 9, 2003 03:42 PMand he may be right--not in the extreme, but in the idea. if edwards is the nominee, do you think bush will want to debate him? my money is on avoiding match-ups that expose bush to ridicule. so, the sniping match should reach a crescendo. attack politics work--let the dems give it a go... what have they got to lose? that super-majority ain't goin' no-where. and can easily evaporate...
Posted by: cas on May 9, 2003 05:43 PMYou seem to forget that Bush bested your policy wonk in 2 out of 3 debates, last time around. But hey, it's your party. Y'all do whatever you like.
Posted by: Jane Galt on May 10, 2003 07:16 AMhi jane,
"You seem to forget that Bush bested your policy wonk in 2 out of 3 debates, last time around. But hey, it's your party. Y'all do whatever you like."
oh puhleese!
Posted by: cas on May 10, 2003 07:55 AMcas, you can deny it until you are blue in the face, and you can cite media talking heads dissecting the debates all you want, but polls taken after the debates showed that Bush was the clear winner of two of the three debates. That cannot be wished away.
Posted by: Ron on May 10, 2003 10:59 AMWarmongering: Right, a plurality is not a majority. And Democrats may not even be the plurality in voter party registrations - isn't "independent" larger than any party now?
Just don't forget to apply that to the 2000 election. Bush won because he got ALL the electoral votes of Florida where he got a plurality, not a majority. Both Bush and Gore were under 49% in that election. (OTOH, I think my own state gave Gore ALL it's votes for a 49% plurality.)
Posted by: markm on May 10, 2003 06:18 PM'Life isn't fair to the Democrats.'
Boo-hoo. The Dems held Congres for almost all of the 20th century and then they lost it primarily due to their social policies. Is that the not fair part?
Posted by: Jack Tanner on May 12, 2003 03:56 PMComments are Closed.