CBS: Kerry now beats Bush among veterans

[jburton]

CBS Nightly News Poll

Basically said Bush* LOST his double-digit lead over Kerry among Vets

Now Kerry is ahead of Bush 48% to 47%

Sure it's a statistically insignificant lead, but the HUGE shift is the real story here.

Guess those SwiftVets ads are backfiring...

on edit: http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/home/main100.shtml

Click on "Vying For Veterans' Vote"

[JohnKleeb]

1. woot, woot!

[Kadie]

2. Did someone say something about turning the corner?

This is great news.

[kstewart33]

3. Do you have a link for this?

[Cha]

4. What with all those swifty liars on board with the awol *?

Will wonders never cease?

[bluestateguy]

5. Good news, but

Polls of veterans can be hard to pin down. People who served in only active duty or reserves? Did they have to have fought in a war? Are active duty included? But I always thought the political balance among veterans was more evenly mixed.

[Frances]

13. Good questions

All the same, I am thrilled with this poll.

Several days ago I read (can't remember where) that Bush led Kerry by 10% among families who had relatives in Afghanistan and Iraq and that he led even more among veterans. So, this current poll is good news to me.

[citizen snips]

6. After the democratic convention Bush looks like shit.

And Kerry looks strong when he stood next to all those veterans he fought with.

[CatWoman]

7. click on "vying for veterans vote"

http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/home/main100.shtml

[blm]

20. Oops, clicked on lying for veterans vote and ended up at GeorgeWBush.com

hehehehehe....


GO KERRY!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Waverley_Hills_Hiker]

8. id really like to see a link....

...this is a key thing...a real talking point.

[jburton]

9. Link added at the top

Click on "Vying For Veterans' Vote"

http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/home/main100.shtml

[hlthe2b]

10. Thank God... That is reassuring. I respect Vets regardless, but

I can certainly admire and respect those who see through BUSH* BS a lot more!

[NV1962]

11. I think that trend will continue

With Sen. John McCain's strong rejection of the swiftboatbats' smear campaign and Tommy Franks' statement to the same extent (asserting that Kerry would make a fine CinC) I think the swiftboatbats in the long run will turn out to be the best thing that could have happened to Kerry.

[Waverley_Hills_Hiker]

12. what makes this even more interesting from a polling perspective

....is that the GOP usually enjoys a good lead among white males.

So, assuming that most of these vets are white males, you are seeing a real skew in the polling for this subdemographic.

[shawmut]

14. This is great news

I'd like to get exact dates on when this poll was taken. Is this a preview of a poll about to be released, or is it already out?

[Arugula Latte]

15. Oh yes Oh yes!

Bye, bye, AWOL!

[Sparkly]

16. This is fantastic news!!

Thanks for posting it. This makes me so happy. :D

[Feanorcurufinwe]

17. Is that the sound

of freepers' heads exploding?

[wish_I_could_vote]

18. They must be going nuts

trying to figure out what WILL work. Everything they do is hurting them.

[Aunt Anti-bush]

19. Their swift boat veterans ad

ended up giving * a swift kick in the rear.

[DeepModem Mom]

21. kick

[cynatnite]

22. Nixon's Second Term

jburton, thanks for that link. I caught a headline on there and I clicked which brought me to another story about Nixon looking at how he was going to win a second term.

The Nixon tapes imply that he was willing to sacrifice more troops in order to try and help him with a second term. Now, the reason why I mention this is because on the news not long ago, they played some tapes in which Nixon's trying to figure out how to get Kerry off his back. It was obvious he was afraid of him.

From what I've learned so far is that Nixon wanted to get out of Vietnam with honor and win it. It seems to me that given this new information, and how he wanted to shut Kerry up, combined with the fact the war was getting worse, he was getting in a bind.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/05/26/politics/main619719.shtml

Those swiftvet jerks have got me learning more about the Vietnam War than I ever would have before. I just got one thing to say to them.

F*** you very much :headbang:

Cyn:)

[DeepModem Mom]

23. Welcome to DU, cynatnite!

[cynatnite]

24. Thanx :)

I got to say, DU has given me a much better welcome than some of nice ones I got from those wonderful compassionate conservatives :puke:

Cyn:)

[JCMach1]

25. If this trend continues it will be Kerry in a landslide!

:)

[tandot]

26. Thanks, SwiftVets for Bush. You turned any honorable veteran

against Bush who apparently approves of the utterly disgusting tactics of right-wing fundies.

With their ad, SwiftVets for Bush have dishonored and questioned all veterans who served in any war and received a medal. Especially since those losers support an AWOL draft dodger who used his daddy's connections to stay at home while thousands of soldiers where willing to fight and to die for their country in Vietnam.

No wonder Bush is so incompetent and unsuccessful in his war against terror. He never experienced what it really means to fight and look death right in the eye.

[veteran_for_peace]

27. Another Proud Veteran for Kerry

There are many of Veterans who are mad at this administration. They are tired of having the deployments extended. They are tired of seeing companies like Haliburton make billions while their families get food stamps. They have been lied to by this administration and they are looking for leadership, not talk!!!

[West Coast Democrat]

28. This explains their need for the Swiftboat ads...

but does any think it will sway many veterans.

[Chango]

29. I can't find the poll - page changed

Anybody have a better link?

[shawmut]

30. Here is a link

The poll is over a week old, though.


http://www.sptimes.com/2004/08/08/Columns/Veterans_are_divided_.shtml


Then again, a CBS poll released last week suggested that 48 percent of registered voters who have served in the military backed Kerry, while 47 percent supported Bush. In June, CBS found Bush leading Kerry among veterans by 14 percentage points.