POLL: If Bush wins do you believe it will have been because

[adamrsilva]

of a bad campaign on Kerry's part/great campaign on Bush's part or because the American people simply have shifted to the right?

[democrat in Tallahassee]

1. lies and deception work, plain and simple.

[papau]

15. A Media that deserves - and needs - to be shaken up - so that while

we all know they are not controlled by the right wing GOP, perhaps a shaking up would mean they would stop acting like they were controlled by the right wing GOP.

As was in the pundit column today:

Hell - if I could lie and know the media will never call me on it, I could have a campaign that was as "effective and media savvy" as the average GOP campaign.

I love the sound of truth.

:-)

[dave502d]

2. Cheated

Voting System

[alittlelark]

3. Because of BBV and voter intimidation - no other reason

The polls are skewed and corrupted - as has been noted here on DU. The Repugs are shrill and desperate.

BBV is their only chance

The question is, Will we let that happen?

[HEIL PRESIDENT GOD]

4. Bad campaign

I don't think the people have shifted at all from 2000. It's the same people, mostly scared shitless. Some of the apathetic are still apathetic; no one who used to be political is now apathetic. The candidate's job, unfortunately, is to define the voters' fears. People will embrace the glorious Fuehrer if they are irrationally frightened, and fire him if they are rationally frightened.

Kerry could work harder to actually GIVE US COURAGE to face the next four years whether he wins or not.

[lutherj]

5. Rightwing media spin. n/t

[Cat Atomic]

6. Impossible to say right now. But if he won a vote TODAY,

I'd suspect foul play.

I'm in the majority that's expecting a big October surprise, though. I expect election day is going to take place in an atmosphere that's very different from today.

[murielm99]

7. He will not have won anything. He will have stolen it. nt

[2Design]

8. most people are good and good and godly people would never

vote for bush - so if he is re selected it will be because of fraud again

[featherman]

9. The pro-GOP media spin... constant and unrelenting...telling Americans

how they are supposed to think. This is the biggest change on the political landscape in the past 10-15 years.

[Demobrat]

10. You forgot weak candidate.

Too many people who are not political junkies, most of the American population, simply can't tell Kerry and Bush apart.

[dave123williams]

11. There's a word for it...

Demagogue:

\Dem"a*gogue\ (?; 115), n. A leader of the rabble; one who attempts to control the multitude by specious or deceitful arts; an unprincipled and factious mob orator or political leader, who appeals to the basest sense of prejudice and fear.

[oregon_dem1]

12. * will only win by cheating (n/t)

[SOS]

13. BBV

n/t

[951]

14. ..."The Zombies outnumbered the Humans."

[doc03]

16. All of the above in addition to right wing control of the news

media and the right wing propaganda on talk radio and TV 24/7.

[Lizzie Borden]

17. The stupidity of the American Electorate.

n/t

[Seeking Serenity]

18. It will still be a stolen election.

Even if * wins the majority of the popular and electoral college votes and voting irregularities are within normal limits, * will still be an illegitimate president because now he has the added benefit of incumbency, which he never should have had.

So he's still illegitimate. With NO MANDATE to do any blessed thing.