Different Points of View
I stayed up until midnight watching the election returns come in. I knew the Presidential race would not be decided, but there were other state and local results I was anxious to see. Aside from how it appears the President will be, I am pleased with the results.
Being a Kerry fan and living in Orange County has been an educational experience for me. Although Kerry won in California, 55% to Bush’s 44%, Orange County supported Bush with 60% of the votes. Vanessa and I spent the first debate at a sushi restaurant. They had it on all of the TV’s. A family was sitting at the bar next to us and the dad asked his daughter whom she would be voting for. She replied with some hesitation that she wasn’t sure. The father starting arguing that if she loves America and has good Christian values, then there isn’t any other choice than George W. Bush. It turns out we were surrounded by Bush supporters.
Whenever Bush would speak they would stop and listen. Then as Kerry would begin speaking, they would start talking amongst themselves. After not listening they would comment that Kerry didn’t have a point and he was flip-flopping on the issues. It was interesting to step back and observe.
When I went to have my cast put on, my doctor spent 20 minutes explaining to me that John Kerry was a coward, and that he purposefully got injured in Vietnam so he could come back home. He went into great detail about how Kerry was never in danger when he pulled the soldier out of the river and that there was another boat right behind them that would have rescued the soldier if Kerry didn’t. He continued by telling me that Kerry had never initiated anything while in the Senate (not true).
The most interesting thing he said was that it must be all of the uneducated people who are voting for Kerry. That statement struck me, since I was thinking similar thoughts about Bush supporters. I have always categorized Bush supporters into three categories: devout Republicans who refuse to cross party lines, religious fanatics, and people too full of fear to switch Presidents during a war. Perhaps it really is the policies that they agree with and that I don’t.
Being a Kerry fan and living in Orange County has been an educational experience for me. Although Kerry won in California, 55% to Bush’s 44%, Orange County supported Bush with 60% of the votes. Vanessa and I spent the first debate at a sushi restaurant. They had it on all of the TV’s. A family was sitting at the bar next to us and the dad asked his daughter whom she would be voting for. She replied with some hesitation that she wasn’t sure. The father starting arguing that if she loves America and has good Christian values, then there isn’t any other choice than George W. Bush. It turns out we were surrounded by Bush supporters.
Whenever Bush would speak they would stop and listen. Then as Kerry would begin speaking, they would start talking amongst themselves. After not listening they would comment that Kerry didn’t have a point and he was flip-flopping on the issues. It was interesting to step back and observe.
When I went to have my cast put on, my doctor spent 20 minutes explaining to me that John Kerry was a coward, and that he purposefully got injured in Vietnam so he could come back home. He went into great detail about how Kerry was never in danger when he pulled the soldier out of the river and that there was another boat right behind them that would have rescued the soldier if Kerry didn’t. He continued by telling me that Kerry had never initiated anything while in the Senate (not true).
The most interesting thing he said was that it must be all of the uneducated people who are voting for Kerry. That statement struck me, since I was thinking similar thoughts about Bush supporters. I have always categorized Bush supporters into three categories: devout Republicans who refuse to cross party lines, religious fanatics, and people too full of fear to switch Presidents during a war. Perhaps it really is the policies that they agree with and that I don’t.
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