Given the utter disaster that the Bush Administration is becoming,
you have to wonder why Kerry & Co. aren't surging in the polls.
I mean does Bubba really want four more years of THIS!
Of course, among the enlightened and the rational Kerry is the hands
down choice, if for no other reason than to stop the decline of the
US in the eyes of the international community.
THE ONLY HOPE FOR DUBYA SEEMS TO BE THAT BUBBA CAN BE "BLINDED" BY
SOCIAL ISSUES, (aka wedge issues), OR "VALUES," FROM NOW UNTIL
NOVEMBER.
Yet, even on so-called values Dubya is VERY vulnerable.
Consider:
What values are we talking about?
Lying to the people so that thousands of innocents are now dead in
Iraq!
The Corporate Greed and Looting of Denny and Kenny Boy, and other
FOBs--Friends of Bush!
The capitulation to the worst aspects of GLOBAL CAPITALISM; with
DRASTIC job losses and benefit declines for the US working class.
(But, we're "so happy" for the cute little Chinese middle class who
are now driving up oil prices!)
Or, the trashing of govenment finances in an ill-concieved and
stupid "strave the beast" campaign. And, the 401k FRAUD that
eliminated defined benefit pensions for absurd public speculation in
the markets; that is nearly always DOOMED TO FAIL!
The kow-towing to BIG PHARMA so that now Americans have to go
to Canada to afford their prescriptions! (At least Canada has the
moxie to NEGOTIATE PRICES with the drug companies.)
Additionally, nearly every pro-Kerry argument is given negative spin
by the major US media.
And it's funny how any exhuberant critique of Bush is quickly deemed:
HATE SPEECH by the Bush Camp! Oh please,...this from the Rush Ditto
Heads yet! Such sensitive ears talk-show conservatives have!
Now we hear, Edwards "didn't help" Kerry, because he is a trial
lawyer.
But, try to make a campaign stem-winder for Dubya to deliver to Bubba
that says that injured people shouldn't be fairly compensated by
wealthy corporations.
I mean did the trial lawyers trash Enron? NO! But, they may be in
the fray now trying to get common folks their money back.
The truth is that these million dollar verdicts are VERY RARE. And
are subject to being reduced by the trial judges, or on appeal.
SELDOM IS THE HEADLINE NUMBER EVER PAID. VERY SELDOM.
That said, some legislative action could be passed just to avoid any
possible UNJUST ENRICHMENT that could damage the general economy, or
threatens the very existance of a company.
Rarely, some ignorant juries do go overboard, but, you may not know,
there is, and always has been, a remedy available to "remit" jury
excesses--EVEN AT THE TRIAL COURT LEVEL. Most people don't know this
little tid-bit of legalese.
FINALLY, MY TOTALLY UNSCIENTIFIC READ ON "THE BUBBA MIND SET,"
DERIVED FROM CONVERSATIONS OVERHEARD IN COFFEE SHOPS, AND AT FAST
FOOD JOINTS IS THAT BUBBA FEELS SORT OF LIKE THIS:
BUBBA IS STILL HAPPILY SPOUTING THE SAME OLD RUSH LIMBAUGH LINE AS
MUCH AS EVER.
AND, BUBBA STILL SUPPORTS THE FLAG, AND THE TROOPS, AND THE PRESIDENT
AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF.
BUT THEN, THE BUBBAS WILL PAUSE FOR A WHILE, AND MUTTER, ALMOST UNDER
THEIR BREATH: "THINGS AIN'T GOING TOO GOOD NOW."
A FEW WILL CRITICIZED DUBYA OPENLY; BUT YOU CAN SEE A
CERTAIN "UNEASE" ABOUT DUBYA WITH THE BUBBA CROWD. BUT NO ONE WANTS TO BE THE FIRST TO "COME OUT" AND SAY IT!
PERHAPS ONE "BRAVE BUBBA" WILL SAY: "BUSH AIN'T DONE GOOD."
THEN, THE OTHERS WILL MUMBLE: "YEA THINGS AIN'T LOOKIN' TOO GOOD IN
IRAQ."
AND WITH THE ECONOMY? "WELL IT'S THEM DAMN CHINESE THAT'S RUININ'
THINGS! TAKEN ALL THE GOOD JOBS!"
My Hunch, unscientific as it is, is that Bubba SECRETLY FEELS that:
"BUSH AIN'T DONE GOOD." (The Bubba "kiss of death" for a Politician!)
And, I think Bubba will express that viewpoint; WITHOUT FANFARE OR
MUCH LOUD TALKING---at the ballot boxes in November.
THERE IS A "SECRET KERRY VOTE," THAT, FOR WHATEVER REASON, CAN NOT BE
EXPRESSED OPENLY AMONG THE BUBBA CROWD;
BUT THAT WILL SURFACE ONLY DAYS BEFORE THE NOVEMBER ELECTION.
SO, LET ME BE THE FIRST TO PREDICT A "KERRY-EDWARDS LANDSLIDE" IN
NOVEMBER!!
Postscript: And, as always, remember you heard it here first!
