Check out the latest Pew poll on the presidential race and, once you get past the spin, notice how weak Kerry’s support is. Only 46% say they support Kerry, which breaks down into 27% who are anti-Bush and only 17% who are actually pro-Kerry. So Kerry is simply the “anybody but Bush” candidate, which is not worth enough votes to win an election, not by a long shot.
Based on this poll, it’s going to be tough sledding for Democrats in November, because the ABB folks who are lukewarm on Kerry himself won’t vote in large numbers.
I’m personally much less enthusiastic about Bush than I once was, and if it weren’t for the rabid hatred of Bush and all things American on the Left, I probably wouldn’t even vote this year. But every time I read something about Michael Moore’s movie or Richard Clarke’s book, I realize that I have to get out and vote for Bush just to flip a digit in the general direction of the charlatans of the left who are doing their best to run this country into the ground.
Link via Kausfiles.
You said it. I was hoping to give the Democrat in this race a chance at winning my vote, or at least to stay neutral, but the left has been so dominated by rage- and hate-filled assholes who are completely irrational, I have to do whatever I can to support Bush.
It’s true that Bush would probably have gotten my vote anyway. But I’ve voted Democrat as often as Republican in my lifetime, and I am always willing to give a Democrat a shot at winning my vote. These people have polarized me away from them so hard, they often literally make me nauseated.