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I had dinner with my across-the-street neighbors tonight. Since I know that both of them are generally "red" in terms of political profile, I was a little surprised at how things shook out during the political discussion (which I promised not to bring up, but hey, what are the odds). The wife described Bush as a "moron" but said she didn't like Kerry either. Asked me what I liked about him, I did my best to answer. Now we come to the husband, who supported the Iraq war, thought Saddam Hussein was the next Hitler, thinks Clinton was a national embarrassment, is mad at Kerry for as he sees it having accused him and every other Vietnam vet in the country of being guilty of war crimes, watches Fox ("the only REAL channel"), thinks CNN is too left wing, and taunted me with the CBS forged memos thing and then wouldn't believe me when I described the setup.
So who is Mr. Fox-watchin' red-state-livin-in Iraq-war-supportin' Kerry-hatin' Neighbor Man voting for on Tuesday?
Ralph Nader.
I said, "Well, I voted Nader in 2000 and I'm sure as hell not gonna do it again...what is Nader's platform these days, anyhow?"
"Doesn't matter."
As he sees it, he hates both candidates and so he's gonna write in Nader, who is not on the ballot in our state.
I invited both of them to my election night party. We'll see what happens.
In other news, I used 6 pumpkins to spell out "KERRY 2004" (one for each letter in Kerry plus the 2004 pumpkin) and put them up along my driveway. They look good! I got another 7 in the garage I'm gonna use to spell out "EDWARDS."
yee ha,
The Plaid Adder
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