Thursday, October 28, 2004
Now for the bad news...
Back on August 31 we predicted that the Red Sox would win the World Series and that John Kerry would get enough votes to win the election, but that that might not be enough to get him in the White House.
We've been proven right--miraculously--on one count. And the other has us concerned.
We believe certain pollsters and much of the media have been juicing the polls to make the race seem closer than it is. We simply do not believe that George Bush is as close to or even ahead of John Kerry as some polls suggest. And we're very concerned that all Americans' votes might not be counted.
Our fear is that we'll head into election night with a phony Bush "lead" of, say, four points, and that he'll end up "winning" by two points or so, and the talking heads will say, "whew, that was close--looks like the religious right showed up in force to give him the margin for victory."
This seems to be what's being set up.
It would not only create a believable story line, it would give the illusion of a mandate for the religious right--and seem to explain away any questions about the integrity of the vote. The fact that year after year more people vote Democratic would conveniently be forgotten.
We know this is all conspiratorialist, but we're having trouble believing that a gang like the Bush administration, who have demonstrated both unprecedented abuse of power and stunning disrespect for the law and the public, would simply let the voters derail them. Reality doesn't MATTER to these people.
We've been proven right--miraculously--on one count. And the other has us concerned.
We believe certain pollsters and much of the media have been juicing the polls to make the race seem closer than it is. We simply do not believe that George Bush is as close to or even ahead of John Kerry as some polls suggest. And we're very concerned that all Americans' votes might not be counted.
Our fear is that we'll head into election night with a phony Bush "lead" of, say, four points, and that he'll end up "winning" by two points or so, and the talking heads will say, "whew, that was close--looks like the religious right showed up in force to give him the margin for victory."
This seems to be what's being set up.
It would not only create a believable story line, it would give the illusion of a mandate for the religious right--and seem to explain away any questions about the integrity of the vote. The fact that year after year more people vote Democratic would conveniently be forgotten.
We know this is all conspiratorialist, but we're having trouble believing that a gang like the Bush administration, who have demonstrated both unprecedented abuse of power and stunning disrespect for the law and the public, would simply let the voters derail them. Reality doesn't MATTER to these people.
