Wednesday, September 24, 2008


Originally uploaded by K's Photo's
Georgia just opened the voting offices. We don't have to wait until Nov 2: I could vote today.

I might as well. The election is, in fact, over. Those of you who say you're going to leave the country if McCain wins may as well start packing. McCain WILL win, and the reason why is simply explained.

As always, the election is in the hands of the so-called "undecided voters". If you'll forgive a baseball analogy: A season consists of 162 games. The losingest team of all time still won 60 of them. The winningest team of all time still lost 60 of them. It's what happens to the other 42 games that determines the season.

Similarly, it's the "swing votes" that will decide the election. That's why we hear so much about the "battleground states." The Republican and Democratic cores are owned votes. (Some might say "bought and paid for".)

That said, which seems more likely: "Republicans for Obama" or "Democrats for McCain"? Which candidate is more likely to convince voters from the other party that he's electable?

Oh, changing the subject: Am I allowed to be amused by NOW's endorsement? Woman on the ticket for the Republicans: You have got to be kidding. Women in both positions on the Green Party ticket: Yeah, there's an association we want the public to make, NOW and Cynthia McKinney. A black man and an old white guy, the demographics that have historically had the least respect for women: There's our men.

1 comment:

JLawson said...

From what I've seen on various blogs from Obama 'supporters', I'm convinced they're actually moles looking to boost McCain's support.

Really - condescending, rude and nasty doesn't win support for your candidate. Neither does tossing allegations without backing them up, and neither does ignoring linkage to trusted sources of information.

Yet I am supposed to accept their reasoning (or lack thereof) without question.

They've got to be for McCain - nobody could really be that stupid, could they?