necoandjeff wrote:
> Kevin Gowen wrote:
> 
>>Eric Takabayashi wrote:
>>
>>>Robert La Ferla wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Eric Takabayashi wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Bah. Despite any reported voting problems, there
>>>>>was a clear winner this time, and Bush had a
>>>>>majority of voters.
>>>>>
>>>>>Complaining Americans should have voted. Not even
>>>>>the electoral system was to blame this time.
>>>>
>>>>We had a clear cheater this time:
>>>>http://www.therandirhodesshow.com/timages/page/exit_poll.gif
>>>
>>>
>>>Sampling errors are the reason commentators were wary of exit
>>>polls. Results of random polls and their margin of error,
>>>however, were reflected in election results almost perfectly,
>>>interestingly enough. Dead heat, or only one or two percentage
>>>points difference, with about a three percent margin of error.
>>>Bingo. I was not expecting this, because only about half of
>>>people actually vote.
>>>
>>>Bush came out of practically nowhere himself, but Democrats
>>>needed a better candidate. Dean was more likable than Kerry.
>>>Gore also should have given it a try.
>>
>>The Dem candidate should have been Joe Lieberman, but he was
>>pro-family, pro-defense, and religious. He never had a chance.
> 
> 
> Again, demonstration of how out of touch you are. There's no way in hell
> that a non-religious person, or God forbid an atheist, could be elected in
> the United States. 

Yes. That is why the Dems talk about God. The problem is, when Lieberman
talks about God, we know that he actually believes what he is saying.

> Kerry said it best:
> 
> "And let me say it plainly: in that cause, and in this campaign, we welcome
> people of faith. America is not us and them. I think of what Ron Reagan said
> of his father a few weeks ago, and I want to say this to you tonight: I
> don't wear my own faith on my sleeve. But faith has given me values and hope
> to live by, from Vietnam to this day, from Sunday to Sunday. I don't want to
> claim that God is on our side. As Abraham Lincoln told us, I want to pray
> humbly that we are on God's side."
> 
> These last two sentences are the biggest difference between Bush and Kerry
> regarding the issue of faith and religion.

The biggest difference is that Bush actually believes. The other week,
Kerry said that he would pray in the White House every day.

His eyes were brown.

-- 
Kevin
"This is the best election night in history."--Democratic National
Committee chairman Terry McAuliffe, Nov. 2, 2004, just before 8 p.m. EST