Richard Pryor Was Right…
July 30, 2008
http://www.dickmorris.com/blog/2008/07/30/obama%e2%80%99s-women-problem/
“In fact, the gap between male and female voting preference in this election is far lower than it normally is. Among people under 40, men back Obama by eight points and women support him by 13. Among those in their 40s, men back McCain by 11 points and women support him by four. And for those over 50, men vote for the Republican by a nine-point margin while women prefer him by three points.”
…”There’s no such thing as a dumb old person.”
August 2, 2008 at 11:16
Once was enough. I think that “Unless, of course, Karl Rove weighs in and pulls another Florida Recount scam” qualifies. Noble reason? They wanted to win the election; same motive as Gore.
Your “better propagandists” statement is completely unsupportable. Period. And we are better off in the sense that whatever Gore or Kerry would have done, someone as incompetent as Bush is still the lesser of 2 evils, or 3. Conjecture, I know, but we are in opinion territory here. Here’s a territory where we are not: we are not in a recession. Look up the definition. Is the economy in mediocre shape? Yep. As to oil prices, it is well documented that the executive branch has little power over same. Apparently, this is also true of the legislative branch. In 2006, Nancy Pelosi promised to address rising oil prices, and look what’s happened since then—the bulk of the barrel price increase. There’s plenty of blame to go around, most of it offshore.
I didn’t parse reenlistment rates into political parties, as you suggest. I recommend that you don’t either. I know what dedication is, and your presumption to preach to me is juvenile. I am a former Marine officer. Your last 2 sentences of that paragraph only underscore my point regarding Iraq veteran reenlistment.
I disagree completely with your “viable option” thesis, and I frankly find it insulting in its implication that that’s why some veterans remain in the service.
Again, I am on the record about Bush; on the other hand, he’s been dealt a pretty rough hand. But his approval ratings are half again better than those of your Democrat congress. And despite everything that has gone bad and all the pie-in-the-sky promises of Monsieur Obama, as well as the Brandenburg bounce, “McSame” is still in a statistical dead heat with him.*
We shall see.
*http://www.realclearpolitics.com/polls/
August 2, 2008 at 02:15
You’re welcome. And I believe I’ve only mentioned the Florida conspiracy once. Let’s not pretend the Bush team had noble reasons for wanting to stop the recount; it’s clear now that both sides had agendas in that fight.
Bush had, and still has, better propagandists. And how are we “better off” now? I sure enjoy living during the worst recession in recent memory, paying over $4.00 for a gallon of gas and wondering if I’m going to be able to feed my family and heat my home this winter.
As for your second point, just because they’re Democrats doesn’t mean they don’t reenlist. It’s called “dedication”. Military people have a remarkable capacity to separate their own political beliefs from the causes for which they fight. In other words, they may disagree with the war, but they will also A) support the prosecution of it and B) finish the job if at all possible.
Of course, with the economy in the state it is, the military is the only viable option for a secure job with health and dental benefits.
Yep, Bush sure has done a great job managing the country… into the ground.
July 31, 2008 at 13:49
With a name like annabanana, you’ve probably reinforced it.
July 31, 2008 at 13:08
I’ve heard this phenomenon referred to as the “Cougar Coalition”. Grrr.
July 30, 2008 at 23:17
That’s the brand of insightful, erudite analysis I’ve come to expect from you types: basically, “If you vote Republican, you’re dumb.”
If we survived Jimmy Carter, we can survive anything.
How do you know how many Democrats I think there are in the military? Tarot readings? I’m on the record about this war already (“Michael Paul Williams needs an enema”, 3/19/08), and I agree with you there; as to the other, however, I guess that’s why reenlistment rates are higher for Iraq veterans than in the military at large? Check it out.
And for chrissake, quit whining, as you do on your blog, about the so-called Florida vote recount scam. It was 8 years ago, Karl Rove didn’t buy the Supreme Court, and if Al Gore had demanded a recount of the entire state instead of cherry picking the districts he thought would push him over, he’d have won. His bad. He’s better off for the misjudgment. And so are we.
That said, thank you for your service.
July 30, 2008 at 22:45
…except the old people willing to vote for McSame. Cripes, four more years of the failed policies that got us in the mess we’re in today? I don’t think the country can take it.
BTW, there are a lot more Democrats in the military than you think. They vote in droves. And they DON’T like being sent off to fight in wars as poorly mismanaged and randomly executed as this one was.