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Exam week is fast approaching and that means further blog neglect for a little while at least. This summer, im planning on starting up a new group-blog to sort of get the pre-election festivities underway. Last summer, I had a fairly successful blog over at blog spot that enjoyed consistent posting and a good deal of intense argument. This year, im going to look for a better service where blogging is alot easier and quicker (typepad maybe?).

To kinda get started thinking about the election, I challenge any of my few blog readers to give me some real good reasons for voting Kerry. I'm very much on the fence right now and could likely end up voting democrat in the first election of my voting career. Who would've thought?

But what is Kerry's deal lately? As Donna Brazille, a well known democratic strategist, put it:

"George Bush has had three of the worst months of his presidency, but [the Kerry campaign] is stuck and they've got to move past this moment."

Kerry definetly has a chance to steal this thing. The question is whether he'll ever decide to actually start a real campaign until its too late.

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[That was funny when Kerry fell off his bike]

The whole silent game Kerry is playing is all strategy, maybe he is gonna be quiet then bombard President Dubya the last three months of the campaign. It will be like Hitler's blitskrieg war tactic in a political fashion. It could work because of all the money he would have saved, but it wouldnt change my mind, Kerry is not the type of President we need at this time. He is not fit to fill the role as commander in chief. Even his own war buddys dont think he is. Here is a blurb from an article on cnsnews.

"What is going to happen on Tuesday is an event that is really historical in dimension," John O'Neill, a Vietnam veteran who served in the Navy as a PCF (Patrol Craft Fast) boat commander, told CNSNews.com. The event, which is expected to draw about 25 of the letter-signers, is being organized by a newly formed group called Swift Boat Veterans for Truth.

"We have 19 of 23 officers who served with [Kerry]. We have every commanding officer he ever had in Vietnam. They all signed a letter that says he is unfit to be commander-in-chief," O'Neill said. (for more go to http://www.swiftvets.com/Index2.htm)

In this world we still need to give Bush 4 more years to fight terrorism, then we can let a Democrat come in to fix any problems that are unresolved. It is essential we elect Bush this november so that we can work in skyscrapers when we get out of college

[Kerry is too boring]

Kerry Lags in 'Likeability,' Polls Show

(CNSNews.com) - Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry has a serious likability problem, the Washington Times reported Monday, with many voters seeing him as cold, aloof and distant, according to focus groups, recent polls and election analysts.

[Recent Polls]

Stipped from CNN.com:

Meanwhile, a new Quinnipiac University poll has found that Bush's approval rating hit a record low of 46 percent.

But Kerry appeared to gain nothing from the president's slide, with registered voters surveyed preferring Bush to the presumptive Democratic nominee by 43 percent to 40 percent. Consumer advocate Ralph Nader drew the support of 6 percent of voters surveyed.

Since March, Bush's campaign has spent an unprecedented $50 million-plus on television ads attacking Kerry's Senate record on defense and economic issues.

But his administration has been beset by a sharp increase in U.S. combat deaths in Iraq in the past month and by widespread Arab outrage at photographs of Iraqi prisoners being abused at the U.S.-run Abu Ghraib prison outside Baghdad.

The president gave interviews to two Arabic-language news networks Wednesday to condemn the abuse, which he called "abhorrent" and unrepresentative of American values.

"The America I know cares about every individual," he said. "The America I know has sent troops into Iraq to promote freedom; good, honorable citizens that are helping the Iraqis every day."(Full story)

In the last poll, released March 24, Bush led Kerry 46 percent to 40 percent, with Nader at 6 percent.

Despite the polls and published reports indicating some unease about his candidacy among Democratic face cards, Kerry said he was not concerned about his campaign.

"We're six months from the election, and I like where we are today," he said.

Poll respondents were nearly evenly split on how Bush has handled his job in office, with 46 percent approving of his performance and 47 percent disapproving -- the lowest approval rating the president has received in the poll's history.

And with more than 760 U.S. troops killed in Iraq since the invasion, and troop losses totaling 126 last month, the Quinnipiac poll found support for the war was slipping.

More respondents said they still believe going to war with Iraq was right than wrong. But fewer than half, 48 percent, said the invasion was the right thing to do, while 45 percent said it was wrong -- a sharp drop from the university's last poll, which found 54 percent support for the war.

The White House also announced Wednesday that it will seek another $25 billion from Congress for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.(Full story) The Pentagon recently said nearly 140,000 U.S. troops are expected to remain in Iraq through 2005, more than previously planned.

Bush has blasted Kerry for voting against last fall's $87 billion supplemental appropriation request, launching campaign ads that accuse him of opposing necessary equipment for troops in the field.

Kerry has said he opposed paying for the Iraq war with borrowed money while wealthy Americans were getting tax cuts, and said Bush's new request shows American troops are still short of necessary equipment.

"These are decisions that should have been made at the beginning, not now," he said.

Only 31 percent of respondents in the Quinnipiac poll said the administration had done a good or excellent job planning for the conflict, while two-thirds -- 67 percent -- said the planning was poor or "not so good."

The poll surveyed 2,016 registered voters nationwide between April 26 and May 3. It had a margin of error of 2.2 percentage points.

>>For what it's worth, I'm skeptical of this poll.

[not a faker]

okay -- i know who you are.
you can't fool the furrball.
step away from the email address, okay?
or else the ferdle will have to attack.
that is all.
everyone knows you're not the real furrito.