Re: Presidential IQs

I agree with 100%.

VickieHerndonCMT wrote:
Sure you can ask. It was very close with me. I did not know what to do, honestly, but when the last minute got here, I decided to vote with him just because I did not care a lot for Kerry. I figured at least he knew what had gone on over the years he was in the first time.

Unlike most of you though, I do like Bush. I can't explain it, but I think he is a good man and I will leave it at that.


"The Other Kim" <mjg@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:3j504tFoaq4iU1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Vickie,

May I ask just why you voted for him, then?   I know that a lot of
people voted for him because of so-called 'values', but that just means
things like his proposed anti-gay marriage amendment.  I look around at
some of the folks here who voted for Bush, and I don't understand why.
One woman said she did because she's a small business-owner.  Well, her
small business is about as big as mine here, and I can tell you that I'm
getting no benefit from Bush being in office as compared to when Clinton
was in office, so that reasoning didn't wash with me. I know others who
voted for him out of fear of another attack if he wasn't elected; these
folks forget that 9-11 happened on his watch (I know it had been planned
for something like 10 years, probably since Gulf War I, but like the
director of a movie, the sitting president gets credit or blame; history
shows this).  I know others who voted for him because of Iraq, using the
"you don't change horses midstream" thinking, but a lot of these people
said they didn't agree with the war in the first place, which left me
shaking my head.

I'm just trying to figure out what motivates people to vote the way they
do.  I read What's the Matter With Kansas, which tries to explain how
people in the author's home state consistently vote against their own
best interest, and I still don't get it.

I didn't vote for Bush either time because I felt he wasn't qualified
for the job.  To me he didn't have a good grasp of what was going on in
the rest of the world, and this last time the "us and them" mentality
really put me off.  Hel, to him I'm one of "them" because I'm not out
waving the flag and cheering on the sidelines.  That type of
black-and-white thinking doesn't work in this world, IME.

The Other Kim
kimagreenfieldatyahoodotcom

"VickieHerndonCMT" <vickieboinkherndon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
message news:qemdnYx0yasyMFHfRVn-2Q@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

That's Susan! She thinks we are idiots and has no second thoughts on 

it,

very emphatically clear about it.

I just look at the source and that's her opinion. I know I am not an 

idiot

so that's really all that matters.

I would never say that anyone who voted another way was an idiot, but 

that's

the nature of the beast/  Susan goes kind of **off** when talking
politically, so I have learned that anything could come out of her


mouth and

have seen it.

Overall, I think she is pretty good though...even if she does think we 

ones

who voted Bush are idiots.

V.
"DJGordon" <danigordon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:p%1ze.36212$qm.656@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

That's a little harsh...anyone who voted for Bush is an idiot? I 

didn't

vote for him and never would, but that is a little more offensive 

than

usual.

Dani

"Susan Mitchell" <medlawtrans@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:-e-dndAdscgBPFHfRVn-sw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Absolutely. I think the idiots like to know they're president is 

as

stupid
as they are.

--
Sue -- Firefighter mom -- Still Rabid UW Dawg Fan!
(to reply send to medlawtrans@xxxxxxxxxxx)
"JulieW8" <seemysig@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:42cc9b95.161654817@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

On Wed, 6 Jul 2005 16:27:53 -0700, "Susan Mitchell"
<medlawtrans@xxxxxxxxxxx> gave thanks and said:


I get the impression he is just a big frat boy and that's all he 

wants

to 

be

and some how ended up president because Neal got in too much 

trouble

with
the savings and loan mess and they had no choice but to dump him


into

the
white house because Jeb wasn't ready.


Now I know how Jeannie feels! LOL

What's most amazing is this dimwit got elected not once, but 

TWICE. We

should feel just as stupid!

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