And Our President Is...
...still up for review. I'm up watching Fox News and they've projected Ohio as going to President Bush, which means that he needs New Mexico and Alaska to take the 270 electoral votes. Which is a complete surprise to me. Another surprise is the "Rock the Vote" drive, which I thought would be a huge support to the Kerry camp, as much of their promotion went towards the bogus argument of a military draft. Exit polls have concluded that one in ten voters at the polls fit within the Rock the Vote demographic, which is the same as 2000. Overall, there were more young voters, but the number of overall voters increased as well and counteracted the affect of their subsequent "rocking". I can't help but think that a great number of older americans voted in droves because they resented the MoveOn.org-celebrity-Mtv anti-Bush movement. I know I did. So, as some of the other bloggers are already doing this, here's my list of losers in this elections:
- Michael Moore - Big time. His propagandist film "Fahrenheit 9/11" did a great job of making arguments that were easily refutable by anyone with an internet account and a few minutes. Some were turned off by his arrogance and ignored the movie altogether. I watched a "borrowed" copy, forced myself to watch it, and then did my own research! I also watched the rebuttal movie "Fahrenhype 9/11" which featured some of the major figures in Moore's movie that were angry over the way they were depicted in the movie.
- Dixie Chicks - Embarassed that the President is from Texas, eh? You should be more embarrased that after all your ranting and raving, you couldn't convince enough people to agree with you about Bush. You might have lost some fans in the process.
- Janeane Garafalo - Truly one of the funniest comediannes around -- and if you don't believe me, watch her stand-up act BEFORE 2000 - decided to all but abandon comedy so she could show people how much of a policy wonk she is. Now, she's a talk show host for Air America, the fledgling liberal radio network, and she's effectively irritated a large segment of the population.
- Al Franken - Same as Janeane Garafalo, except Franken's not funny.
- MoveOn.org, Artists Coming Together (ACT) - Great job. You staked your reputation on young people. Great strategy. Unfortunately, you couldn't get enough of them to put down the bong and wait in line to vote. Or register. Looks like it's time for MoveOn.org to move on. Dot org.


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