ScottW said:
"We now find ourselves at a crossroads. Are we going to continue to do something about it or are we going to rent peace for awhile and allow Osama bin Laden at the end of the day tomorrow to go ahead and claim that he and he alone influenced the outcome of the United States elections? Are we going to have a victory for Osama bin Laden tomorrow and give him bragging rights across the Middle East and in the worlds of the left and in the process create a whole new generation of terrorists? Here is a man who is so incapacitated because we've made the decision to fight and defend our freedom that all he can launch as an October Surprise is a tape that appears to come right out of the text of the movie Fahrenheit 9/11."
Oh come on - and you believe that do you. Wow, I am amazed!!!
That is some of the most blatant and biased spin you can ever imagine. In 'Dead Ringers: US Election Special' last night (a satirical impressions show), they had a sketch of Bin Laden's video which then cut back to Rumsfeld writing out a cheque to Bin Laden as it is so obvious how the Republicans could use his tape to their advantage "If you vote Kerry you're just showing that Bin Laden is right". I can't believe you suckers are actually falling for that spin. (oh - and I should add the show wasn't just 30 minutes of Bush bashing, they also did an excellent clip spoofing Michael Moore - a man who I don't have a great deal of time for, but am very glad people like him exist to try and help balance the scales of lies, deceit and political spin).
And all this stuff about Popular Vote vs Electoral College. Surely you can see the logic in people feeling that the most popular candidate should win? and suggesting "socialism, communism, a dictatorship, or even a theocracy", etc as alternatives - don't be so stupid, there are plenty of other, better electoral systems, it isn't a matter of just having the Electoral College, or some kind of system where you basically get no vote, and the fact you include socialism in that list is just hillarious, socialism would actually be better, but you could still have a socialist government under your current system.
I mean, the system in this country isn't perfect, and some kind of proportional representation would be better, but hell, it's still more of a proportionally representative system that in the US.
America going round and espousing the wonders of democracy to the rest of the world, when their own system is so flawed and corrupt, is just hilarious.
Oh, and from what I understand, if there had been a FULL (I understand Bush still would have won under any of Gore's suggested compromises, but a full recount would have given him the edge) recount of the Florida vote, then Bush wouldn't have even won the Electoral College thing, and would have stood no chance at all if the unfairly disenfranchised voters had had their chance to vote.
Anyway America, good luck in the polls today. It is your big chance to regain some respect in the world, increase global security, give your own people more freedom and choice, repair your economy, and improve your standing as a leading force in a global partnership. So please, do the right thing, and get to those polls and vote for Kerry.
If Bush wins this election, international respect for America and Americans will plummet even lower than before, at the moment it's just your leadership that has lost our respect, but most of you didn't vote for him so still have our respect, don't go loosing this respect by voting him in again.
Of course, you may not care about being respected internationally, you may think this interfering, British left-wing liberal should just mind his own bloody business, and that's fair enough. But before going into that polling station, just pause for a minute and ask yourself why there is so much hatred for America in the world, and if it is such a good thing, and if America will be better off being led someone who the rest of the world sees as a man who will do nothing but fuel that haterd and so increase terrorism, or should you perhaps vote in a man who the world sees as having a chance to change all that?
Also, you may feel Bush is than man who can protect you best from terrorists, but remember, he's the man who said "they can run, but they can't hide" - well, if they can't hide, where the bloody hell are they Mr Bush???
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