h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

~*~You think that because he was portrayed as a dour, jabbering, indecisive bore by the Republicans.~*~

No..........

I think that because that's the opinion I formed while watching the Presidential debates. in all other ways I ignored the whole campaign.

Well Kerry must've been really bad if they voted Bush back in despite his war on Iraq. Unless he had worse PR/campaign guys.

Have to agree with you there.

Jay Leno even made fun of that during his monologue.

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And that, in a nutshell, explains everything that is wrong with American politics.

I wasn't old enough to vote yet.

But you would be shocked at how many voting adults approach election day the same way. During the election I remember having phone conversations with my brother and my best friend about the election. Both supported Bush, and when I asked them why, both gave reasons which were diametrically out of alignment with reality. It was clear neither one of them had been paying any particular attention.

For example, my brother was active duty Navy at the time, and he was going to vote for Bush because the conservatives are usually more military-friendly. And, as it turned out, he believed two widely-publicized lies about Kerry... the "Swift Boat Veterans for Truth" smear, and the "flip-flop" distortion on weapons and armor appropriations for the troops in Iraq. Neither of those stand up to scrutiny, and a more careful analysis of his voting history shows a steady background of support for the military.

*Has to take his word for it.*

Just goes to show that for all the campaining the candidates do, people don't listen to half of it and what they do hear, they can get wrong. Perhanps Bush was more "military friendly" in a sense that he used them, where Kerry was perhaps wanting to bring them home freom Iraq sooner?