Originally Posted by Snake Doctor

The problem with a thread like this, is that people don't base their vote on what they tell you they're basing their vote on.

They like to find alot of bad stuff to say about the candidate they're not voting for, but that's not the real reason they won't vote for him.

If experience was the big important thing people say it is, then that means they voted for Gore over Bush, because Gore had tons more experience than Governor Bush.

If military service was the big important thing people say it is, like they say now when listing things that are so great about McCain, and like they said when they bashed Clinton for being a draft dodger in 1992....then they would have voted for John Kerry in 2004, a war hero who volunteered for service in Vietnam and won 3 purple hearts, as opposed to Bush who used his family connections to get out of the draft and serve in the Nat'l Guard instead.....duty which he didn't even report for all the time.

I seriously doubt that the people who are screaming about experience, or military service, this year, voted for Gore in 2000 and Kerry in 2004.
They voted for Bush both times, and they're going to vote for McCain this time....and 4 years from now they're going to find reasons to hate the Democratic nominee, no matter who it is.

BTW, this is true for people on my side of the aisle too, who were willing overlook Clinton's extra-marital indiscretions because we liked his policies....but would gladly be righteously indignant if McCain were caught having an affair and would revel in the non-stop press coverage that would ensue.

This country is so polarized, I doubt there is anyone who is truly undecided. I think those who say they are undecided are just undecided about whether or not they're going to show up and vote...but if they do vote, they've already decided who it will be for.
I think this election, just like the past two, will turn on who gets their people to show up on election day.