And now - an unbelieveable post for DU!

[DancingBear]

Here it is:

I actually think John Kerry is going to win.

If you do as well, sign in please.

[Liberal Gramma]

1. I think so too

[Joylaughter]

2. Yes!

JFK 04 Winner!

[Carla in Ca]

127. DancingBear, why the post today? Did something happen

or is it a gut feeling (gut feeling for me)

[drdigi420]

3. I believe he MUST win for the future of our Republic!!

[ET Awful]

4. Think? I KNOW he is. n/t

[AlCzervik]

5. yes, i refuse to think otherwise no matter how hard the oppo tries

to beat us down i remain resolute.

[shockingelk]

46. Few here believed he win the primary

... until we started seeing him to it.

[movonne]

6. I do!!!! (sounds like I'm getting married)

[alittlelark]

7. I have NO DOUBT that he will win...........

..and deep reservations about those who do not.

[Gelliebeans]

8. I know he will

[cheshire]

9. It's in the bag. I know things and this I know most folks won't f**k self.

[liveoaktx]

10. I do, too. I believe Michael Moore when he says there are more

liberals in this country than right-wing wackos. In my county, there are MORE Democrats and MORE Democrats voted in the primary than Repubs. And I'm in Texas.

[mopinko]

11. it looks like the media is waking up

all it will take to sink this ship is a heavy load of the truth. i believe cbs has started schlepping it onboard.

[Demi_Babe]

12. here

[caledesi]

13. I feel good about Kerry...

Live in Repuke area in Tampa and there is usually * yard signs and bumper stickers. Not this year!

[Glenda]

14. Yes, but reading DU & watching news daily is too much random variation...

It's driving me nuts, so I think I'll go back to watching the Lifetime Channel for a while :D

Glenda

[Mr_Spock]

22. Yes, everything is peaceful on the lifetime channel.

:)

[Glenda]

34. The woman always wins out in the end :)

[Jim Sagle]

15. Of course he is.

[senseandsensibility]

16. Yes!!

And the reason I think that is I feel that he's finally going to start fighting back. It's down and dirty time.

[Ilsa]

17. I think good stands an excellent chance at winning over evil BFEE. eom

[silverlib]

18. Yes, he is going to win! (n/t)

[loveable liberal]

19. I agree....and im feeling warm and fuzzy about it.

ha!!

[ezee]

20. YEP

[dennis4868]

21. he will win....

if all the votes are counted :-)

[ms.smiler]

23. Kerry in a landslide.

[rndmprsn]

24. yes

[Guaranteed]

25. I think he has a very good chance of winning.

The stage is set, in my mind.

[Cha]

26. Yes! Definetly!

It keeps me going in the dark times.

[olddem43]

Kerry will win decisively.

[Nana]

27. Yes, He WILL!

[mourningdove92]

28. Oh yeah!

NO more years for smirk

[nini]

29. I believe all the pundits saying otherwise will actually help us

it'll get people off their butts to go out and vote and not take anything for granted like in 2000.

WE are the ones that have to keep our base believing.. the media certainly isn't going to do it.

I see 10 times more Kerry/Edwards stickers than I do the opponents. I just am not buying that we're 10 points behind.

[DenaliDemocrat]

30. Yes

Bush will lose.

[kanrok]

31. Beat ya to it DancingBear

Here's my prediction from April:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=496134

[jimshoes]

32. Of course..

Landslide.

[The empressof all]

33. Absolutely

I have few doubts. Although I am the most cynical person I know, I do believe the American people will do the right thing and put these criminals out of power.

[liberal N proud]

35. Yes he will win!

If not we are all in grave danger!
Democracy will be in grave danger!

Kerry will be our next President and he will take office in January!
Does anyone know when the Inaguration is?
A know it near the 20th but can't remember the details. So many days after the election or something?
Thanks

[troublemaker]

36. I believe

[mreh]

37. Definitely, John F. Kerry, the 44th President of the U.S. of A.

eom

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

38. MM, Reporting For Duty!

:bounce:

[cidliz2004]

39. Winning by a clear majority!

[umtalal]

40. I am voting for the winner.

[shockingelk]

41. Yes! He will win!

He will take OH, PA and MI. I expect him to take more than those tossup states, but it would be difficult to loose of he gets those EVs.

[cindyw]

42. Can I get a hooooyaaaaaaa!

n/t

[name not needed]

43. YES!

[AspenRose]

102. Ha ha ha, that's good (Hartman as Ed McMahon)

Yes he will win, if the votes are counted CORRECTLY and we are vigilant at the polls....Florida is still a mess.

[gasperc]

44. I do

It'll take a lot of work, pretty much all of us dedicating every minute of free time we have. But for a future of sanity and reasoned government, isn't it worth it?

[TNMOM]

45. Yes, yes, yes!! and by a landslide

I have faith that the American people will do the right thing and put a qualified person into the office of president again.

[sonicx]

47. He will win. nt

[Rick Myers]

48. Yes!!!!

A thousand times, YES!!!!!

The night of Nov 2 will be the most stressed out a population has ever been (collectively)!!!

But KERRY/EDWARDS will prevail!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[boxster]

49. Damn right.

John is an incredible closer and has won many a race that he was expected to lose.

[chieftain]

50. Count Me In

[tandot]

51. I agree

Even where I live (N TX - work in SW OK) lots of Kerry-Edwards bumper stickers and positive remarks on my anti-Bush bumper stickers. There are some Bush-Cheney stickers, of course, but not as many as I thought there would be.

This weekend there were THREE ass-kicking letters about Bush in our local newspaper. They were bashing Bush BIG TIME!

[tedoll78]

52. Of course I do. And I'll tell you why.

At his best (the week after his convention), Bush can only manage to run even in some of the closest Gore States (IA/MN/WI/PA/MI). Once his bounce dissipates in-full, we'll pretty much be able to count on those states falling into our column. Sure, the leads Kerry will have won't be wide enough for grand comfort, but they'll be more consistent.

The Gore States total 260EVs. Kerry has maintained a consistent 4 or 5% lead in New Hampshire.

This means that Kerry's Electoral Vote Floor is 264EVs.

He then has a wide variety of states to pick from in getting just six more electoral votes: NV/AZ/CO/MO/AR/TN/VA/WV/NC/OH/FL. In the past month, Kerry has been competetive in each of these states. What's more remarkable is that August was widely considered his roughest month. Pretty sweet, to still be in such good shape.

Next comes our turnout factor. One polling firm finds about 70% of Democrats "excited to vote for our nominee." When that polling firm asked that question in 2000, 35% of Dems voted affirmatively. Considering that Dem turnout in 2000 was pretty nice, I love imagining the correlating turnout this year!
(more reason for hope: that same poll finds Dems more motivated that GOPers to GOTV!)

But there's more in terms of turnout! We have Howard Stern back on the air in multiple key states. Each and every weekday morning, he's on the radio finding creative and convincing ways to criticize the Chimp. If he can stimulate 1/5th the effect that Governor Ventura had in these battlegrounds, that might make the difference, sending thousands of usual non-voters into the polls on our behalf.

Then we see Fahrenheit 9/11 coming-out on DVD. I can bet good money that we'll see Bush take a dip in the polls in the week after that - it's already happened earlier this summer when the movie hit theatres. And considering that relatively few people saw the movie this summer, imagine millions-upon-millions more seeing it in the weeks before the election! Icing on the F9/11 cake? About 40% of Republicans who saw the movie viewed it positively. Hopefully we can milk this film for one or two percent at the polls.

And finally in terms of turnout, we have an unprecedented GOTV operation going on right now. There's a huge hip-hop tour going around the country right now; they managed to register over 100k new voters in Saint Louis alone! Add the gigantic efforts of Americans Coming Together, organized labor, and MoveOn.. this is going to be impressive, to say the least.

I also find great hope in the cardinal rule where undecideds vote for the challenger. I know, people like to say that "things are different in the Age of Terror", but we also forget that undecideds have already factored fear into their calculations.. and they're still undecided. Recently, they've gone 4 or 3-to-1 in favor of the challenger; should Kerry get a mere 3-to-2 edge, his chances of winning in a nearly-tied race JUMP.

Then there are the damn national beauty contest polls. People like to fret at seeing our man supposedly down 5 or 6%, but most remember an important lesson from 2000: you can win the race without getting the most votes. This is still fresh in voters' minds; they see the important state-by-state polls staying close, and their sense of hope stays alive much longer with the 2000 knowledge.

Going more with the national polls is the polling firms' tendency to underestimate Democratic turnout in their studies. This was well-demonstrated in 2000 when, being consistently down by a few points in the pre-Election Day polls, Gore actually won popularly. Nationally, the polling firms' reputations has taken a heavy hit.. and for this good reason. Cell phones, internet connections, economic disparity, phone answering services, caller ID.. I've worked at the Gallup Poll - it all adds to uncertainty. They'll never admit it, but you'd be shocked at the self-filtering and refusal rates.

...

So yes, I am optimistic. We've been through a bit of a shitstorm in the past month, and yet, we can still smell victory within reach. It's only 6 electoral votes and 50 days away. We can do this! :bounce:

[Sporadicus]

53. John Kerry in a Landslide!

I think the margin will surprise everyone.

[MoonRiver]

54. I'm with you!

Love the way you think DB!! :toast:

[The Magistrate]

55. Certainly He Will Win, Mr. Bear

By five points....

"LET'S GO GET THOSE BUSH BASRARDS!"

[Vincardog]

56. Oh hell yes

[crispini]

here!

Yes!

[Rhiannon12866]

57. Howard Dean said that Kerry is a "closer."

That gave me hope. I come from a big horse racing town and I've seen it happen a million times.:-)

[JohnKleeb]

66. I think I may have seen your town in seabiscuit Rhi heh

Yeah he is, Dean was right.

[Rhiannon12866]

89. I'm sure that you did! What did you think? It really is lovely,

though we are in the boonies, not to mention the snow belt. And surrounded by Freepers. As for Seabiscuit, I just wish that David Letterman would stop making comparisons between him and John Kerry.:-(

[heidiho]

58. He is SOOOOO going to win

and Chimpy is SOOOOOOOOO going to lose.

[Imalittleteapot]

59. yes.

[Career Prole]

60. That's the silliest thing I've ever heard!

Of course Kerry will win!
:kick:

[Chichiri]

61. Absolutely he will win. (n/t)

[whistle]

62. Yes of course, just keep believing it and working as though...

...Kerry/Edwards are going to beat the pants off Bush/Cheney:kick:

[MODemocrat]

63. My positive attitude has returned in the last few days

Yes, he's beginning to be more like I've wanted him to be; that is, quit just taking everything loosely. He's beginning to respond to all this negativity, and it seems to be paying off. Goodbye (afraid of your own shadow) Sissy pants Bush.

John Kerry will be our next president.

[MODemocrat]

64. My positive attitude has returned in the last few days

Yes, he's beginning to be more like I've wanted him to be; that is, quit just taking everything loosely. He's beginning to respond to all this negativity, and it seems to be paying off. Goodbye (afraid of your own shadow) Sissy pants Bush.

John Kerry will be our next president.

[A_Possum]

65. You bet

[indie_voter]

67. I do too! n/t

[Iceburg]

68. A Landslide .. let the world know the USA is back on track

[T Square]

69. Kerry Rawks!

[juajen]

70. I do, too!!!!

N/T

[oasis]

71. Check.

[RetroLounge]

72. Gonna. Win. Big.

RL

[Bleacher Creature]

73. Heck yeah!

[Octafish]

74. I BELIEVE, DancingBear!

I BELIEVE JOHN KERRY IS GOING TO WIN!



The future of our nation and our world depend on it.

[KoKo]

75. If the "Peasants with the Pitchforks" do what I think they will..he will.

There's more anger out there than the Media is reporting.

[swag]

76. People still believe in America. They will vote Kerry in.

[yodermon]

80. Absolutely, positively

No question about it.

And then - the indictments.

[Generic Other]

77. On to Victory

[Catshrink]

78. Hell fuckin' yes!

John Kerry reporting for duty -- as the Commander in Chief!

[WINEWOMAN7]

79. YES!!!!!!!!!

Absolutely he will win. The polls don't show all the energized new voters who will report for duty.

[catbert836]

81. Of course!

[nuxvomica]

82. I do believe he'll win. I do, I do, I do believe he'll win.

I have faith in the common sense of a simple majority of the American people in key electoral states. :-)

[Rhiannon12866]

140. Somebody's watched "The Wizard of Oz" too many times...

But my sentiments are with you and I sure hope that your faith isn't misplaced. We just need to do whatever we are capable of doing to make this thing happen, and that includes John Kerry, who has to take on the opposition, gloves off, since they continue to hit him below the belt, or even lie, if they have to.:grr:

[alarcojon]

83. I'm with you

:headbang:

[blue neen]

84. Kerry will win, and I can't wait!

[blm]

85. No doubt about it!

.

[DancingBear]

86. I love this thread

"ain't she a beaut, pa!" - Opie Taylor

[NightTrain]

87. KERRY, KERRY, KERRY, KERRY!!!

[Lefta Dissenter]

158. Love that graphic, NT! (eom)

:D

[dweller]

88. another vote here

he'll need every one too.
I want to see a landslide.

dp

[enigmatic]

90. Kerry Will Win

Keep Hope Alive, and WORK your asses off to help him!!

[Kadie]

91. Yes!

[Wind Dancer]

92. Yes, and he will take the state of NC!

:toast:

[Claire Beth]

93. He must and he will! n/t

[AmerDem]

94. signed in

[Cogito ergo doleo]

95. Kerry will win! Do not doubt it.

[sleepyhead]

96. Yes he will

Landslide, baby!

[ogradda]

97. he will

o hell yes he will

[Lindacooks]

98. Me too!!!

There's such a raw fury out there against the media and chimpy*; they're all going to be caught flat-footed on November 2.

[phish420]

99. Looking good, now that they are finding some good offensive points

As long as they can keep up with the Intelligent, On Topic, Issue-Oriented offensive questions directed at Bush, they will win. Edwards was BRILLIANT today when he said now that Powell has once again said there is no 9/11-Iraq connection, from this day forward, they have to stick to that - inferring that they can NO LONGER call the Iraq War part of the War on Terra. There is NO CONNECTION. Brilliant wording, excellent office. Great Job John E!!

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

100. I know John Kerry will win. n/t

[Scorpious_Maximus]

101. ABSOLUTELY!

:smoke:

[Minimus]

103. you bet

[Justice]

104. I do too. Thank you for your post.

[rullery]

105. CAREFUL! Let's not wake up those sleeping Republicans!

They think that Bush is going to win because most polls still show him leading. Let them continue to believe that, and they may not steal the votes as aggressively as they did four years ago! Here is a little secret: the pollsters are playing along, so that we will get a more honest election this time. So let's keep it to ourselves for now, and see how surprised the Republicans are when Kerry wins!

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

106. Aye do 2!

[calimary]

107. I'm in. If he doesn't, it WON'T be because I sat on my ass.

Never worked harder in ANY political race, EVER before in my life.

[Longhorn]

108. Yes, I honestly believe he will win.

And it ain't just wishful thinkin'! :party:

[Catherine Vincent]

109. Yeppers!

Bush is a miserable failure!

[johnnyrocket]

110. For every optimist, there's an idiot....

...who's going to vote for Bush.

Time to overcome idiocy with optimism!!

[OneBlueSky]

111. he will get more legitimate votes than Bush . . .

whether the results are reported as such is an open question . . .

[sub.theory]

112. Yes, I do

November 2nd can't get here soon enough. I can't wait to see these overpaid corporate media whores eating crow. Fuck em all.

[sundog]

113. signed!

:kick:

[KBlagburn]

114. YEP!!!

[Bush was AWOL]

115. I KNOW he'll win.

And he will win rather easily.

[Mikimouse]

116. I'm in!

n/t

[usregimechange]

117. Going after Cheney on Sadam 9-11 link! I love it! nt

[nomatrix]

118. Americans are going to come out of the woodwork

to show up at the polls to vote like never before in history and take back our country.
Say you want a revolution.

[City Lights]

119. Yup.

Stick a fork in chimpy. he's done.

[Booster]

120. If we have a clean election, yes, Kerry will win.

And from what I understand Kerry has lawyers is every state ready for anything the Repugs might try to pull, so let's hope it works out for them the way it worked out for that Lapore woman in Florida. God, it would be sweet justice if they were actually caught trying to steal the election - things would change in America in that instance.

[seabeyond]

121. i think kerry is going to win n/t

[shawmut]

122. I have serious doubts

that he'll lose.



:D

[girl gone mad]

124. And here I was getting ready to..

hit the alert button once again tonight.

:P

[Seabiscuit]

144. I'm just beginning to have serious doubts

that he'll win. His campaign his suffered huge setbacks during the past 5 weeks with only 7 weeks to go.

It will all come down to his performance in the debates.

[girl gone mad]

123. Count me in.

We're going to win!

Hope may not be a plan, but failure is not an option.

[Carla in Ca]

125. I feel good today..count me in!

n/t

[DaveSZ]

126. I noticed too

"In my county, MORE Democrats voted in the primary than Repubs. And I'm in Texas."


I live in a repug area (for a few more days anyways), and in the primares the Dem line was around the block while the Repub line was like one or two people.

Turnout will make the difference, and the liberal side is more "ginned up" this year.

So, this means the RW media has to demoralize us in order to get us not to vote and get involved.

Don't let that happen.


Shut off the cable news.

[Sugarbleus]

128. It's a squeaker but I think he'll make it!!

Woooooohoooooooo And I CAN'T wait!! :bounce: :bounce:

[LittleClarkie]

129. Hell yeah!

And I will go on record here and now and say that it won't even be close.

So there. :-P

[a new day]

130. Hell yes he's going to win

[gohawks]

131. Kerry Wins... by 8 points eom

[shivaji]

132. The election is in the bag....Mr. Electable never loses....

Kerry will close the noose on november 2nd.

[Bundbuster]

133. Not only will Kerry-Edwards win,

We WILL take back the Senate! Domestic issues such as bushCorp's shit economy/unemployment/deficit/job outsourcing, endless assaults on the environment and civil rights, grossly unfair tax cuts and Corporate bias, forced melding of church & state, etc. will have a far greater impact on Senate & House voting than at the Presidential level.

And remember - one of the most difficult acts to pull off in private or public life is the constant juggling of a MULTIPLE set of LIES. bushCorp is attempting to maintain the largest set of lies to the largest number of people in the history of America, and it will continue to unravel for the next 7 weeks.

[Andromeda]

134. I welcome a positive post,

we don't get enough of them.

John Kerry will win because he has to.

[LibertyorDeath]

135. We Will Obliterate These Mother Fuckers &

It Will Bring Tears To Your Eyes!

[Zorra]

136. Um, like, is there doubt about this? n/t

[dave123williams]

137. You know, I don't know a single person who's going to vote *

[yowzayowzayowza]

138. In a landslide...

... but we also need a Constitutional amendment promising summary execution for traffic rubber-neckers and DU poll number-whiners.

[kid a]

139. count me in the Kerry WIN column

[dray178355]

141. I'm in

I have every confidence in him.

[laylah]

142. Absotively! n/t

[Dem2theMax]

143. Well, I believe it! I'd do a cowboy yell here, but :::snicker:::

I don't want NO MORE COWBOYS on this here ranch of OURS,
the good old U.S.of A.

Won't it be wonderful to welcome our country home?

:7 :bounce: :hi: :kick: :grouphug: :headbang:

[bigtree]

145. .

[NoPasaran]

146. In a landslide!

We'll take the Senate as well.

And is to too much to hope for? Send DeLay back to his exterminating business!

[Meshuga]

147. Here is my signature

I trust the American people to boot Bush out of office.

[blondeatlast]

148. HELL YEAH! nt

[deutsey]

149. With some concerns I can't shake, yes, I still believe Kerry will win

:thumbsup:

[Connie_Corleone]

150. Yes.

I believe John Kerry will win.

For the sake of our country's future, he better.

[2bfree]

151. You bet!

Go Kerry!

[NinetySix]

152. I'll have to say agree...

>>DING!!<<

Now I'll take Whoopi for the win!

[KitSileya]

153. Yes. I believe he will.

He will win, and because people will be practically staking out the polling places to make sure they don't cheat, he won't have his election stolen. We've learned from 2000, and in 2004, Bush et al will not be able to steal the election quietly. The juggernaut that is the people has been woken, and it will not go to sleep again. Kerry will win with a landslide!

[Lefta Dissenter]

154. Well of COURSE

he's going to win! Thanks, DancingBear, for this unusual post! :hi:

Jeez, DU used to be the place to spat amongst ourselves, but the last few days of freeper invasion will probably do more to unite us than anything else!

Do you know ANYONE who voted for Gore in 2000 and will now be voting for bush? Don't you know at least a few people who DIDN'T vote in 2000, but are determined to vote in November? Case closed (though everyone has to get off their ass and off their computer and get people out to vote).

(I haven't read through the rest of the responses, so I hope I'm not being overly redundant)

[Rambis]

155. I handed out yard signs last night!

I am small town iowa and we had 12 people on our list for last night. I stopped at a few houses of people I know to be Dems and we got sent to 6 more houses of their friends and relatives. We were stopped on the street and asked for more Kerry signs. The people that we talked to are very conservative but they were pissed off and we talked a lot. The war was not the main point of discussion on our stops. The general consesus was the US can't trust this commander and thief GWB. I had a great weekend!

Side story- After a football game this weekend I was reaming out a group of republicans on various issues at a local beer garden and this man sat down. The thugs I was talking to knew him and said hey rambis there is another democrat for you. I asked him what he did. He said he was a federal judge. I asked him what he thougth of the P-Act and he just smiled shook his head. I asked him what article of the Patriot Act Dick Cheney was in violation of when he spoke in Des Moines this week. He proceeded to tell the group what article and how Cheney incited fear etc etc etc. I have never had an expert at my disposal in a political discussion before I hope it happens like that again sometime.

[MrBenchley]

156. Amen to that....

I'm tired of these "chicken little" posts...

Kerry and Edwards are a great ticket.

[Irishladdie]

157. WOOHOO!! YES!!

[NoSunWithoutShadow]

159. Landslide for Kerry

And KKKarl's internal poll numbers know it too. Look at how dirty they're running their campaign.

[WyLoochka]

160. Kerry will win, and take Arizona too! nt

[jackieforthedems]

161. I Think So, Too

:thumbsup:

[gauguin57]

162. I'm a believer!

Yeah!

[King Coal]

163. Absolutely.

[michigandem2]

164. I do too

there are so many reasons why...but I had been gone all weekend and missed some of my "news" shows..but coming back yesterday..sounds like Kerry and Edwards are calling the bushies OUT on the Al-Qaeda/Saddam link...they are hammering him on the assault weapons ban, the shit that went down in N.Korea...they will be calling him out on that..and the mess we have in Iraq that doesn't seem to have an end in sight..

we do have liberal media now...as in AAR and things like that to get a message out...we have NEWLY interested voters that want to make a change that are not counted in polls...many repubs that think Bush is completely wrong for this country and can't take 4 more years of his shenanigans...too much has gone on under this guys watch...more people want him out than want him in...

I have a good feeling but if you pay attention to all the "news" they will never admit that this guy is in big big trouble...and Nov 2nd even though they report a close race or a winnable race for * they will be surprised to find the tables have turend and all those * supporters that didn't feel like they needed to vote since he would win so handidly...will be sitting there wondering why the news said he would win...

[Cats Against Frist]

165. Here!!!

I definitely think he's going to win.