And Now for Something Completely Different...

[Ripley]

~ Despite all of the bickering within the Dem/Progressive/Liberal people of this country (and DU)
~ Despite all of the covered-up failures of Smirkaholic
~ Despite the stranglehold of our Government by Big Oil, Big Medicine, Big Farm and Cheap Labor Corporations
~ Despite the Military Industrial Complex's excesses and abuses
~ Despite the conglomerate corporate media's propaganda
~ Despite a well-oiled machine of Religious Despots infiltrating schools

and even Despite the continued "dumbing down" of Americans on a multitude of fronts (no funding of already sub-standard schools, higher-ed tuition out of reach, Base entertainment on all fronts, local crimes being nationalized to strike fear, and Walmart giving everyone a DVD, thus the ability to suspend reality on a 24 hour basis just by having a Blockbuster card).

Despite all of this polls show Kerry and Edwards both (not my guys, but Damn!)...BEAT BUSH?!?!?!
Maybe Americans aren't as stupid as they think.

[tom_paine]

1. Maybe.

I prefer to wait and see what happens before I make that judgement either way.

[Ripley]

3. You mean you are cynical?

Gee, so am I. But it is encouraging I must say.

[lastknowngood]

2. Your over estimating them

the sheeple are voting for the media selected candidates now and will shift to the shrub when the time is right. This country is finished.

[Ripley]

4. Whooooooooooaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh.

Don't give up so early my friend.

[Toots]

5. Just remember Bush* "hasn't suited up yet."

Two hundred million dollars and a very compliant Media will go a long way in keeping America Stupid.

[Gin]

6. and........Osama in the wings...just waiting to do the perp walk..

trust me..that will be their ace in the hole. (so they think)

[Ripley]

7. Let's look at that...OBL thing...

If they really have him or are waiting to nab him until "just the right time" when would that be? Remember the Saddam capture? The polls may have slightly shifted towards Smirkaholic, but not for long. No one seems to care about Saddam anymore.

The reality of life in America is that there is a hemorraging of jobs and it is not going to be overturned by the capture of OBL if it happens.

Are we going to be safer if OBL is caught? Yes. Are we to believe our country is in the right direction? No. Frankly, I think if they catch OBL, Dim Son has nothing to run on.....

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