Why Bush Won...

[ylexot]

Kerry had nothing on his web site as you describe above.

I went to the Kerry web site several times trying to find details of his "plans", but there were none.

 

[SamSpade]

Republcans have convinced many Americans that if they want lower taxes, a smaller government, less welfare cheating, and safety, then they better vote Repub, no matter who the candidate is.

Same goes for Democrats - they have successfully sold the message to their constituency that Republicans are merciless bigots who would like nothing more than to reward their big business cronies for railroading everything over the poor. They're the *bad* guys, the Hitlers, the Stalins, the Fascists. They're lying, corrupt, fat-cat election stealing bast*rds. They hate the poor, and blacks, and gays, and pretty much anything else that doesn't jibe with their religion.

(We're talking about undecideds here. The partisans (like me) HAVE bought into a philosophy, so even if we have a less than perfect candidate, to advance the philosophy, I will still vote Dem. It would take a pretty bad candidate, someone on the order of, say, George W. Bush, to get me to temporarily abandon my party. )

And YOU don't go on gut feelings? You can't possibly consider yourself above the fray of partisanship if you can say something like this - that "I'm gonna vote my party, even if he sucks, because he promotes the *party* philosophy - unless he really *REALLY* sucks".

Dems are having to run on their candidates record, and too many Americans are not interested in records and policy's. Records can be distorted, and it is so hard to sort it all out. They just go for a gut feeling.

Everyone does this. If I *hire* someone for a job, I do this - it's not just credentials. It has a bit to do with dependability and trust. In politics, it has to do with being able to keep your cool in a hostile environment. Kerry repeatedly showed his character, and I never trusted him.

I wouldn't care if you had a slew of PhD's - if you can't be relied upon to ably do your job, I don't want you. You need more than a good resume.