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Who Votes In This Country?

The presidential election is still a dead heat - and now Bush might be pulling ahead. How is this possible? I simply cannot understand it... OK, I'm aware this is the week of his party's convention - but still...

• Millions of jobs have been lost since Bush took the office
  
• Outsourcing is up dramatically, and Bush supports it vigorously
  
• Bush is the first president to experience a net loss of jobs since Herbert Hoover And yet, the presidential race is a dead heat.

I guess unemployed people don't vote.

• The jobs being created pay less than the jobs being lost. And yet, the presidential race is a dead heat.

I guess people with falling wages don't vote.

• Some gains have been made during the Bush administration. For example: poverty is up. And yet, the presidential race is a dead heat.

I guess poor people don't vote.

• We're running out of allies. 95% of the so called "coalition" soldiers in Iraq are OURS (including the mentally ill troops we sent. Way to go army!

  Let's take a look at the "shared burden" in Iraq: We have over a hundred and thirty thousand there, not counting nearly a thousand that have been killed or the many thousands that have returned wounded. Here are the other countries that have sent troops (as of June).

  Albania 70
  Australia 1,000
  Azerbaijan 150
  Britain 12,000 <--- That's it?!? Some partner.
  Bulgaria 470
  Czech Rep. 92 <--- no czech mate here
  Denmark 496
  Dominican Rep. 300
  El Salvador 360
  Estonia 55 <--- big help there
  Georgia 70
  Hungary 300
  Italy 3,000 <--- someone has to make the noodles
  Japan 1,000 <---and the sushi
  Kazakhstan 25
  Latvia 120
  Lithuania 105
  Macedonia 28 <--- twenty eight fucking people
  Moldova 25 <--- so much for badmouthing Macedonia
  Mongolia 180
  Netherlands 1,100
  New Zealand 60 <--- they weren't busy watching L.O.T.R?
  Nicaragua 230
  Norway 150 <--- are they on skis?
  Philippines 95
  Poland 2,400 <--- save the jokes. they've heard 'em
  Portugal 130
  Romania 400
  Singapore 200
  Slovakia 69 <--- no comment :)
  South Korea 675 <--- now THAT'S ironic
  Thailand 443 <--- Mmmmm. Curry.
  Ukraine 2,000

  Does that really balance out our 130,000+ troops? Even a dumbass can tell those numbers don't add up. And yet, the presidential race is a dead heat.

I guess people with a grasp for the fucking obvious don't vote.

• Let's not forget George W. Bush's 2003 State Of The Union address, during which he said:

  "The British government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa. Our intelligence sources tell us that he has attempted to purchase high-strength aluminum tubes suitable for nuclear weapons production."

  This was quickly proved to be untrue. Worse still, the administration was aware that intelligence was flawed months before that statement appeared in Bush's state of the union speech. And yet, the presidential election, today, is a dead heat.

I guess people who don't like being blatantly lied to don't vote.

• We're becoming an international joke. Former friends now openly refer to us as "damned Americans," "bastards" and "idiots."

  Here's a quote straight from the mouth of a Canadian member of parliament:

  "They (Americans) tortured people in Iraq, they (the Iraqis) have no weapons of mass destruction. Could somebody explain to me whether you think they're idiots or geniuses?"

  And yet, the presidential election here is a dead heat.

I guess people with a sense of pride for our country don't vote.

• The cost of health care is skyrocketing, and nothing is being done about it. Actually, that's not true. The white house firmly supports anything that helps drug companies to drive up their profits. They can support such things because... The presidential race is tied, in partial thanks to the fact that sick people don't vote.

I guess that sick people don't vote.

Nor do people who might some day GET SICK. Or people with kids or elderly parents.   ...and speaking of which...

• Did I mention that poverty is up for the THIRD YEAR IN A ROW, including an addition of over ONE MILLION MORE Americans this year alone? [woo hoo! There's something to be proud of.   "U-S-A!!!   U-S-A!!!   U-S-A!!!"]

  And yet... the presidential race is a dead heat.

  But like I said - poor people don't vote. Otherwise, it makes no sense that the candidates could possibly be tied in recent polls.

So - the question is - who the fuck DOES vote?!?

Well, for starters... I DO.

What about YOU?

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::::: | Posted Wednesday, Sep 01 2004 at 12:25 AM
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