The lines of battle are long . . .

Well, as far as I'm concerned, it's over. Bush won no matter how you look at it.

The election, at least.

But not the war. I've been watching CBS News this morning for indications of how the Democrats are going to fight the war for the hearts and minds of what they see as America's "conscience."

It's about meanness and cruelty in Ohio.

Republicans, of course, are cruel and heartless, but Democrats care. You can see this in the repeated stories of long lines, video footage of elderly poor people, standing as if in endless 1930s bread lines -- facing virtual "disenfranchisement" at the hands of cruel Republicans who made them stand in line for up to nine hours.

And by any standard, having to stand in line for nine hours is outrageous, and does border on a denial of the right to vote of any individual forced to do that. I find it hard to believe, though, that 150,000 people were disenfranchised this way.

Still, that's the spin.

Long lines = Republican chicanery.

Might resonate, I suppose. I hate long lines, and so do a lot of other people. I'm actually sympathetic, but sympathy is not victory.

Eventually, though, people will get tired of hearing about long lines. Unless there's a viable strategy to turn lines into votes, Kerry will have to concede. (As long as the people in the long lines remember that Republicans are cruel.)

posted by Eric on 11.03.04 at 07:32 AM





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What they failed to say is that those same elderly folks were in line to vote for Bush! If you look at the breakdown a good majority of Bush supporters are senoir citizens.

Mick   ·  November 3, 2004 11:11 PM

Bad phrasing. A good majority of senior citizens support Bush.

Mick   ·  November 3, 2004 11:12 PM


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