Swing State Swing: Florida

[VaLabor]

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/08/22/politics/main637609.shtml

Excerpts:

Going to Pensacola to speak to Florida voters is like going to Orange County to speak to Californians or the Upper East Side to speak to New Yorkers. This is solid Bush country.

"I don't like him," says Nancy Bass, a blonde 44-year-old from Pensacola, when asked about John Kerry.

As she pumps gas at the first station crossing into Florida from Alabama, along Interstate 10 East, Nancy says, "I cannot stand him. He didn't do anything when he was in Vietnam. He came back and did all kinds of bad things.

"I don't like that he and his running mate both are trial lawyers and what they are going to do to this country being a trial lawyer," she adds. "They are going to hurt every business in this country."

John Kerry never was a trial lawyer. In fact, he was a prosecutor. That doesn’t matter to Nancy. John Edwards was a trail lawyer, and that's all that matters.

...

David has no problem with John Kerry. "I really believe the man’s heart is in the right place. I think he believes a lot of what he said… I'm sure he represents his people. I'm sure he’s a man of honor."

But David wants experience. He wants an incumbent, with a little dynasty to boot.

"What I think about Bush is that he has benefited from coming from a family that has a president in the family. I'm sure he’s been exposed to a lot of people and situations that have helped developed him. I think that's a good thing," he says. "I think he showed a lot of wisdom in picking someone as strong as a Cheney for vice president."

...

Working the register at one of two eateries at the Pensacola airport, Hannah says that Kerry's campaign "makes me uncomfortable." Asked to explain why, she struggles. It's a visceral reaction.

"Even though Bush has a lot of flack going against him, he's done a good job with our country," she says. "Nobody knows what they would have done in all the incidents that he's been in, so he just handled it how he could. George Bush has good character and that is really what matters to me about someone."

[bluestateguy]

1. I hope their loved ones get drafted

Sorry to sound so cruel, but this kind of sheer idiocy kind of deserves it.

[drhilarius]

2. With this kind of idiocy...

"George Bush has good character and that is really what matters to me about someone."

When people think, Dems win. Clearly, the people aren't thinking.

[jeff30997]

3. "He's done a good job with our country" ???

WTF ? :silly:

[Ruffhowse]

4. These are the dumbsh*ts who are going to let this country slip into-

a corporate controlled fascist theocracy. God, I wish there was a cure for stupidity in this country.

[rumguy]

5. Nancy Bass is a poster child for repuke ignorance

Her statements make no sense and are factually inaccurate.

[soup]

7. I'm wondering if she's related to the Gills in Michigan.

Bass - Gills -

and each more numb-brained than the other.

Check this out:

>snip<
The Gills are Bush-then and Bush-now voters.

Nancy: "I think everything has done has been okay."

Kurt: "Yeah," nodding.

Nancy: "He's trying to fight for everything we got. He's trying to get the guys home from Iraq. Get out of that army stuff. The economy and stuff."

>snip<
Nancy tells of hard times in Sturgis. "Jobs are terrible, 800 people went out the door at one of the big factories," she says. "We’re having trouble keeping up with bills and stuff like that."

And what do you think of George Bush?

"I just like how he’s trying to run things," she answers. "He’s trying to keep jobs alive."
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/08/12/politics/main635532.shtml


Uh, Nancy, that ringing you hear? It's the freaking Clue Phone. Pick up the receiver, Nancy.

[fujiyama]

6. This CBS swing state thing is so stupid

If you check out CO, they go to Colorado Springs, one of the state's hotbeds of conservatism. Just as Pensacola is a GOP stronghold, CO Springs is.

I've seen this in a lot of these "swing state projects" or whatever they're called. They go to the most conservative parts of a state and then give the impression that the entire state is like that.

[ReallyTired]

8. Swing State?

Florida's in the bag! Done deal!