Reply #11: Please pay attention to how America votes before you bash

[union_maid]

Most of George W. Bush's policies were never popular. People vote with "feeling" not on the issues. You can sell fear, patriotism, racism, Morning in America, tax cuts, integrity or just a likeable candidate and get the votes. Doesn't mean that issue for issue the people agree even if they're voting for you. If they do agree with the positions, they may well not have looked deeply into the repercussions and side effects of those policies. A lot of people who care enough to vote are still not terribly interested in politics.

Many people who are registered and vote Republican are not strong supporters of neoconservative policy. The Republicans have pulled the country right as much on superior marketing than any issue. That point was hammered home to me years ago when both Alfonse D'Amato and Mario Cuomo won big victories in the same election in my state. How in the world did the same exact voters pull the lever for both of those men in the same election? Obviously the liberal/conservative question was not uppermost in most voters minds when they did. If we are to move the center back to the left, even a little, we have to do some marketing of our own and we need the Republicans for Clark or Dean or Kerry or Edwards in order to do it. One of the reasons that I'm supporting Clark is that I think he can do a great job of that, partly because of his resume and partly because his of his views.