July 31, 2004
— Ace Okely-dokely. Yesterday I noted, following Politburo Diktat, that Kerry's much-vaunted convention bounce seemed, like Kerry's presence in the Senate, missing in action.
Some commentors noted that Rasmussen's polling that day only included some small fraction of interviews conducted during or after Kerry's speech.
That was a well-founded criticism.
But here's the deeley-oh, as the kids say. Now we have another full day of post-convention polling, and Kerry's lead-- which had stood at 3% -- has grown to a whopping one percent.
Was 48-45. Now 47-46.
Ummmm... isn't a "bounce" supposed to go the other way?
The theory that Kerry's best chance to steal the presidency is by way of an Invisible Man strategem seems to be buttressed by the latest numbers.
Bush obviously had a very good Friday night. We'll soon see if that was an aberration or something more substantial.
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Where's Mickey Kaus? We need a new Democrat Panic update.
Posted by: David at July 31, 2004 08:42 AM (AQT67)
Where's Mickey Kaus? We need a new Democrat Panic update.
Posted by: David at July 31, 2004 08:50 AM (AQT67)
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040731/nysa010a_1.html
Bye, bye, George...
Posted by: The Voice of Reality at July 31, 2004 09:16 AM (FJd9F)
Posted by: Dacotti at July 31, 2004 09:27 AM (QvMeW)
If you are going to crow about a post-convention bounce among registered voters (traditionally a pro-Democratic group). I suggest you take the time and effort to ACTUALLY READ the article you quote (52-44 Kerry over Bush).
Posted by: David at July 31, 2004 09:30 AM (AQT67)
Posted by: The Black Republican at July 31, 2004 11:35 AM (9VCzx)
Hay-seuss marimba, if it wasn't for terrorism, I'd be voting Libertarian in protest this year.
Posted by: Joe R. at July 31, 2004 01:52 PM (DHwcf)
Posted by: Laddy at July 31, 2004 02:04 PM (1AgMU)
How many beers have you downed, dude? A 58-41 tilt for the gigolo stiff? Alternate reality is more like it. Geez.
Posted by: kelly at July 31, 2004 03:17 PM (Z1FeJ)
"The activist liberal message is so offensive to most Americans..."
You ain't kidding.
Mom is a typical American; that is, an apolitical post war immigrant (she came here as a 12 year old in 1957). I am a first generation American.
Mom does not care about politics, but she votes in the presidential elections every time, anyway. She watched this Democratic Convention in 30-
second spurts between her favorite TV shows.
She said that Kerry looks untrustworthy and that the very sight of Clinton made her ill. This from a woman who only a few months ago told me dismissively that politics is meaningless, and its just rich people fighting with each other.
There is a 'gut feeling' out there among Americans that works for Bush and against Kerry. I have no doubts.
Bush in '04 by about 10%.
The only reason it will be that close is because the Dem base is motivated with extreme prejudice and they WILL go out and vote.
Posted by: lauraw at July 31, 2004 05:02 PM (b/7hi)
The only reason it will be that close is because the Dem base is motivated with extreme prejudice and they WILL go out and vote.
lauraw, I would really enjoy cyber-seeing you eat digital-crow. Let's make a deal to meet here second week in November and rehash, OK? It'll be fun!
It's funny how our anecdotes our so different... I got a whole fam-dam-ily of life-long republicans who will be voting democrat for the first time in their lives... YEAH!! (except dad, he's hopless and doesn't know which side his bread is buttered on)
Posted by: at July 31, 2004 05:46 PM (u5W1o)
Posted by: Smack at July 31, 2004 06:46 PM (CBDWx)
(snip)
Posted by at July 31, 2004 10:46 PM
That would be easier for her if you weren't anon.
Hey, I know 17 zillion gajillion people who are voting Republican for the first time this year!
Posted by: Joe R. at July 31, 2004 07:53 PM (DHwcf)
Posted by: Mark at July 31, 2004 07:59 PM (uvpsw)
Hey, I know 17 zillion gajillion people who are voting Republican for the first time this year!
Yeah. Sure! I have a big smile on my face knowing that you are full of it.
I know that I'm telling the truth. And I don't need to leave my name or email to prove it. I have talked to SOOOOO many dissapointed _traditional_ conservatives (many in my own family and their friends) who are SO pissed about the deficit, the war, the pandering to the religious right, and believe it or not - the tax cuts for the wealthy in the middle of this mess, that they will be casting a vote for Kerry this year. Don't misunderstand - they don't like him much. But they are so completely and utterly disgusted with GWB and what has become of their party since the rise of Newt Gingrich - that are going to clench their teeth and vote Democrat. And I couldn't be more thrilled!
I'm not the black and white picture of a lefty you all might imagine... although I disagree with most of their positions, I have a great deal of respect for republican politicians like McCain, Hutchison, Hatch, Snow, etc. - tell you what, I'll trade you Zell Miller for all four of those. These are honorable servants of our country not ideological self-serving jackasses like Cheney, Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz and Bush.
I wish _some_ of you would wake up and realize that politics is way too important to treat it like you do your favorite friggin football team that you've pledged allegiance to since you were in fourth grade. Bush is a delusional, mentally challenged, grandiose jackass and he needs to be defeated. Tell me one single way this country or world is better than it was 4 years ago... If you say it's safer -- I'm sorry, you're full of shit. If Bush had gone after Bin Laden and Al Qaeda and stayed course I would support him and feel safer. But instead he went to Iraq and wasted out money, dammit. And we are MORE at risk than we were before. Talk about liars - do you sincerely think GWB be has been a uniter (like he promised) instead of a divider (which he most certainly has been)?
Anyway, we'll see, won't we?... November's just around the corner. Peace.
P.S. My Voting record -- 84: Reagan, 88: Bush, 92: Perot, 96: Clinton, 2000: Gore (grudgingly at the time - sure wish he was in office now...), 2004: Kerry (would prefer Dean)
Posted by: TAL at July 31, 2004 10:55 PM (u5W1o)
Posted by: kelly at August 01, 2004 03:32 AM (dRghM)
Posted by: zetetic at August 01, 2004 06:00 AM (Wg+KD)
TAL, I realize it's difficult to read with your head stuck up your ass, but have you not been paying attention to the economy for the last several months? The Left's pathological hatred of Bush will be its undoing, and you can take that to the bank.
Yeah, I pay attention. Tell you what, you just keep talking about how great the 'recovery' is to with your traditional conservative friends... that's the other lie that is pissing them off :-)
Posted by: TAL at August 01, 2004 06:32 AM (u5W1o)
Posted by: Mark at August 01, 2004 06:54 AM (uvpsw)
But anyway - I was only 18 when I voted for Reagan. Mistakes where made.
Posted by: TAL at August 01, 2004 07:01 AM (u5W1o)
And regarding whether Dean is a socialist....how in the fuck can someone who wants to nationalize nearly 20% of the U.S. economy not be considered a socialist? He also suggested huge reregulation of media. He ran as a statist/socialist/appeaser, regardless of his supposed record for moderate policies in Vermont.
Posted by: Mark at August 01, 2004 07:15 AM (uvpsw)
Posted by: The Black Republican at August 01, 2004 08:46 AM (9VCzx)
USA Today/Gallup/CNN also finds a negative bounce for Kerry:
pre-convention: Kerry 47%, Bush 46%
post-convention: Bush 50%, Kerry 46%
"But it was nonetheless a stunning result, the first time in the Gallup Poll since the 1972 Democratic convention that a candidate seemed to lose ground at his convention."
What thay don't add is the name of the 1972 Democratic candidate: McGovern.
Posted by: David at August 01, 2004 09:48 AM (AQT67)
Posted by: zetetic at August 01, 2004 09:57 AM (Wg+KD)
http://www.pollingreport.com/wh04gen.htm
Bye, bye, George...don't let the Oval Office door hit you in the ass on the way out
Posted by: Bush is going down, down, down at August 01, 2004 11:04 AM (FJd9F)
Cordially...
Posted by: Rick at August 01, 2004 11:14 AM (UGkAC)
CNN gives Kerry a meaningless one-point lead. Ever heard of something called the margin of error?
As for Zogby... Well, November's still a way off yet. Nice try though.
Posted by: zetetic at August 01, 2004 11:26 AM (Wg+KD)
IMO, no matter who wins in November, the American people will get exactly what we deserve.
Posted by: Rick at August 01, 2004 11:31 AM (i0Svk)
Posted by: Bush is going down, down, down at August 01, 2004 11:32 AM (FJd9F)
Posted by: zetetic at August 01, 2004 11:35 AM (Wg+KD)
Posted by: Smack at August 01, 2004 11:55 AM (CBDWx)
Nope, I'm not going away. Every time some redneck clown from a site like this comes a'trollin' at a site I like, I will be back to troll here. Turnabout is fair play, right? Oh, and fuck George Bush. Kerry/Edwards in 2004.
Posted by: Bush is going down, down, down at August 01, 2004 11:58 AM (FJd9F)
1. Conservatives support tax cuts cause they spur economic growth, not because they are some article of conservative doctrine. Deficits always follow tax cuts because Congress must be retrained to restrain themselves. Unless you want to fight them on spending bills, but that just makes enemies for yourself and in a time of war no less.
2. Whatever your feelings on the religious right they are a large part of the Republican coalition and have been since Reagan. Republicans have come to recognize that they must have their needs adressed or they won't come out to vote and consevatives need those votes. It's a bit like the Dean wing of the Democratic Party only this time they will cost the Dems the election and the "Fundies" will win the election for the Repubs.
3. There is not a single Republican or Conservative in America that will vote for John Kerry to reduce the deficit. Because every person alive knows he won't. He'll raise it.
4. Going after Al Qeada. You will never support Bush in his foriegn policy. Iraq is part of the War on Terror. Conservatives understand this, it's lefties that don't.
5. Cheney and Rumsfeld could not be more "traditional" in their conservativism. They are long standing Republicans with wonderful reputations and that's why we were all just thrilled when he put them in his cabinet.
6. Lastly, you really should look a little deeper in the actual poll. Bush has an 80% approval rating among Republicans. This meme of revolting Republicans doesn't wash. Head back to your Minister of Propaganda at the DU and report your pathetic results.
Posted by: Kerry Is Unelectable at August 01, 2004 12:13 PM (cTMxl)
Poll: No boost for Kerry after convention
By Susan Page, USA TODAY
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In the survey, taken Friday and Saturday, Kerry trailed Bush 50%-46% among likely voters. Independent candidate Ralph Nader was at 2%.
Posted by: z at August 01, 2004 01:27 PM (Wg+KD)
Posted by: zetetic at August 01, 2004 01:28 PM (Wg+KD)
And someone mentioned this turd, TAL, has his fingers stuck in his ears.
Yup. We just had a run-in with an identical hate-filled boy-man on Malkin's site. I ended up writing something like the following:
TAL is a nihilist perception moron. Without being consciously aware of it, these people remake reality moment to moment. You can completely box them in rhetorically, and they will tell themselves (and then believe) that your argument never existed. Inconvenient facts and conclusions get filtered out or hidden behind perception barriers. Because of this, they seem to talk at you, not to you.
This is all because they are limbic system dominated, i.e., reptilian. Everything revolves around primitive considerations, territoriality, herding, fear, agression, rage, in-group/out-group identification, etc.
As with any reptilian, TAL is highly concerned with posturing in front of "the enemy." He struts, preens, squawks, postures, and expands his scaly reddened throat pouch, while making gutteral sounds in order to mark territory, like some hissing lizard claiming a spot on the sunny rocks.
Like I said, they're completely unaware of all this, and the perception filtering takes place mostly sub-consciously. Thus, when you hold up an undistorted mirror like this to them, they'll look at themselves for a nanosecond and then forget all about it, filter it, block it out.
It never happened.
I wonder what it's like to be a slave to an older part of the human brain. It must be like living life permanently as a child (emotionally) with all the uncontrolled emotional extremes and a child's immature, overblown narcissism.
Posted by: rdbrewer at August 01, 2004 04:02 PM (2LE6C)
In other words, we can just start ignoring your comments entirely. Thanks for the advance warning.
Oh, and fuck George Bush.
So I take it you're in favor of gay marriage?
Posted by: at August 01, 2004 06:25 PM (CBDWx)
I may be "wealthy", so I might be the target of many who want me to lose those tax cuts. I'm not really sure, because no one who says "we gave tax cuts to the rich" will ever tell me how much money you have to have to be rich.
Posted by: Dave in Texas at August 01, 2004 07:25 PM (kU9au)
Secondly, there's no such thing as a conservative who prefers Kerry to Bush.
Third, the debates will decide the election. The next six-eight weeks will be interesting, but the bottom line is America's couch potato, face-stuffing, undecided dumbshit voters are going to base their decision on what they see on TV between Kerry and Bush.
And Kerry is horrible when he speaks on TV. Watch his campaign go down in flames in October.
Bush will win by well over 5% and the electoral college will be a wipeout.
Another Northeastern liberal bites the dust.
Posted by: Rick at August 01, 2004 08:38 PM (7Id9U)
well, i gross about 27 g's a year, and my taxes were reduced a bit, so i guess that that makes me rich. i guess the line is somewhere around 25k/year, which is funny because a few thousand less than that and you're officially "poor", and entitled to welfare.
odd, i don't feel very rich. i mean, i'm doing okay for someone my age, but i'm not like ketchup tycoon rich, or trial lawyer rich.
next time i get a letter from my bank whining that i spent more money than is in my account, i'm just going to write them back and let them know i'm rich, so it's ok. after all, us right people control the world, right?
Posted by: francisthegreat at August 01, 2004 08:51 PM (s6yTA)
As far as the convention goes, the lineup of Carter, two Clintons, Kennedy, and Sharpton was enough all by itself to sink the Democrats' chances this year, but the craven Kerry speech probably sealed the deal.
Kerry has "loser" written over every fiber of his being; the only thing he seems to be good at is marrying money, and that won't be enough to win a Presidency.
Posted by: thoughtomator at August 01, 2004 09:39 PM (NBip6)
"lauraw, I would really enjoy cyber-seeing you eat digital-crow. Let's make a deal to meet here second week in November and rehash, OK? It'll be fun!"
When Bush wins, you will not have the stomach to come here and rehash, TAL. You are a liar, and I can tell by your bullshit post about how your Newt Gingrich relatives are Bush-haters. RIGHT.
If I see you here, you will be hiding under a different name. Because fundamentally dishonest people - such as yourself- are gutless by nature.
Posted by: lauraw at August 02, 2004 05:47 AM (ey6RE)
The Speaker of the House will push for replacing the nation's current tax system with a national sales tax or a value added tax, Hill sources tell DRUDGE."
Imagine. JUST IMAGINE. No IRS.
But it won't happen- this is the kind of issue, like Welfare reform, that Republicans can only accomplish while a Dem is president.
Posted by: lauraw at August 02, 2004 06:05 AM (ey6RE)
Posted by: jeff at August 02, 2004 06:10 AM (I4xD9)
Posted by: Nicholas Kronos at August 02, 2004 06:30 AM (YYb1o)
Posted by: zetetic at August 02, 2004 06:33 AM (ahqnM)
What's next, an Istalanche? A Pledge Drive? (real ones that is)
Well, boss, you must be doing something right to get noticed by the Soros-funded frothers.
How's it feel, troll, to be supporting two people who are richer (with their wives included) than the ENTIRE COUNTRIES? Anarchists/leftists supporting (and being supported by, thanks George Soros) B as in Billionaires. Will wonders never cease.
Posted by: hobgoblin at August 02, 2004 08:45 AM (2da3S)
Posted by: hobgoblin at August 02, 2004 08:47 AM (2da3S)
I gross around 23K, and I'm a staunch Republican. Go figure.
Posted by: Brian B at August 02, 2004 10:01 AM (OnnW3)
Posted by: Joan of Argghh! at August 02, 2004 12:04 PM (v5daR)
Here's a breakdown with proof: http://www.opensecrets.org/pressreleases/DonorDemographics02.asp
Cordially...
Posted by: Rick at August 02, 2004 01:15 PM (L/ClK)
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