I just cheered up my grandmother

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She called me on my cell phone, distraught that Kerry wasn't doing so well in the polls as of late.

I had to tell her about all the people whom bu$h* has pissed off who will never be reflected in the polls, and I also mentioned that John Zogby has called out pollsters on this.:)

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. Always cheer up grandmothers!

Tell her that Bush has ticked off a lot of groups of people who always vote:

Senior Citizens

Teachers

And tell her about all the first time voters who have registered JUST SO THEY CAN VOTE AGAINST BUSH

[liberalmuse]

2. Good for you!

And I'm glad to hear your grandmother is for Kerry. Bush lost the popular vote by a half million votes and 'won' the electoral vote because the USSC stopped the recount which would have shown that Gore actually won.

Now when you think about it, more people who did not vote before are flocking to register and most of them will not be voting for Bush. Add to that the young people who normally wouldn't have voted at 18 registering and voting for Kerry. Then there's the Arab population, largely for Bush in 2000, but who have swung the other way to Kerry. Then there's the registered voters who did not bother to show up to the polls in 2000, but who will do so in November.

Then there's the 3 million unemployed, almost 2 million due to outsourcing. Who do you think they'll largely favor? Then there's the millions of cell phone users, two of them are my friends who use nothing else (one only has the cell, the other forwards all her calls to her cell), who are unable to be polled but will be voting for Kerry. Then there's a very important demographic, the elderly, who have been screwed royally by Bush w/prescription drugs and medicare premiums. And there's still many more dynamics to explore. So, if Bush lost the last election, how in the hell is he going to win this one?

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3. Thanks for that post!

I had never thought of the Arab population being mad at bu$h:), though I could see his I/P policies angering them.

[tech3149]

4. tell your grandmother to have faith and say her prayers

We are the majority and will win. And send my hugs and kisses her way.

[fugue]

5. At the risk of promoting my own thread . . .

Tell her to read http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=890951&mesg_id=890951">this.

Yeah, it's my own thread, but this is what I started it for.

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6. One problem...she doesn't have internet access.

Even if she went to the library, she wouldn't know how to use a computer.

I will read the contents of this thread to her over the phone later, though. But I can't find your thread; the link you gave me goes to a micro$oft site...:shrug:

Edit to fix emoticon

[fugue]

7. That's BIZARRE!

It does the same thing to me! Weird! I copied it and pasted it from my bookmarks.

Here it is without the fancy linking: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=890951&mesg_id=890951

(Am I the only one who hates the markup language used by DU? I've never had such trouble with hypertext before.)