unmistakeable sign that the tide has turned . . .

[OneBlueSky]

I live in a very conservative community in the lower Hudson Vally in New York . . . the entire town government is Republican, and the town has voted for the Republican in every presidential election I can remember . . .

tonight I picked up a copy of a weekly, equally conservative newspaper that serves the community . . . each week they publish opinions from men/women on the street in response to a question posed by the reporter . . . this week's question was "If you could be President of the United States for one day, what would you do?" . . . notice that the question said nothing about Iraq . . . here are the responses . . .

woman, 76 (who also happens to be a member of the Republican Town Board): "Bring all of our troops home and pray for world peace."

man, 67: "Stay the course!"

woman, 50+: "I'd end the war, especially after the atrocity which happened today (the beheading of an American citizen) even though I believe the President is doing the best he can."

boy, 10: "Bring everyone home from Iraq. We have a personal friend serving over there right now and me and my family pray for him and all of the soldiers every night just before dinner."

woman, 29: "Bring them home, every last one of them (soldiers). We don't belong there and we have no business continuing to stay there."

trust me . . . these responses are genuinely remarkable for this community . . . if the people in this town have turned against the war, Bush is toast . . . unless he can steal the election, which I certainly don't put past him . . .

[alfredo]

1. I noticed that many of the right wingers on other

BBS are silent for the most part. Very few are posting.

[WilliamPitt]

2. I've never seen *this* post before

I hope you're right...

[Pobeka]

3. I have a similar story.

Was in CO a few weeks back, with conservative types. Not hardcore, but definitely conservative.

They all voted for Bush.

They were all lamenting about the media, how there is no liberal media.

They were all very upset with the current foreign policy.

They were all concerned about the BBV issue.

They were all, not fooled.

There are many awake people now. Now is the time to get information to them.