[internetworkers] parade in Chapel Hill
Edward Wesolowski
edwes at idisplay.com
Fri Aug 27 08:36:45 EDT 2004
Ian (wrote):
>I was supposed to start working for them, but the change to a swingstate
>changed their focus and eliminated the job I was about to start in
What was that, I'm curious. I guess my reaction was, well if "there is a
real chance of Kerry and Edwards winning here" in NC, then there would be
more to do!
Ed Wesolowski
At 01:41 AM 8/27/2004 -0400, you wrote:
>on the swing state issue...
>NC is officially been christened a Swing State by the DNC, they think
>there is a real chance of Kerry and Edwards winning here, due to
>shifts in the polls as well as response to several activities that
>they have been operating for the past few months....
>
>I was supposed to start working for them, but the change to a swing
>state changed their focus and eliminated the job I was about to start
>in
>
>~ian
>
>On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 19:19:44 -0500, Tony Spencer <tony at tonyspencer.com> wrote:
> > I think you may be right about the attempt to keep the gay marriage
> > issue in the minds of the voters but I don't think Edwards has nearly
> > enough local support to actually make this a swing state. At best,
> > Edwards will force Bush to spend more time in the southern states
> > pulling his time and money away from the mid-west swing states. I
> > think Edwards was a bad choice and Gephardt would have been a better
> > running mate (pulling in more of those swing states)
> >
> > Actually if I were a Democrat Lieberman would have been my idealistic
> > choice (although he isn't very electable).
> >
> >
> >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Let's play "find the real reason for this march!"
> > >
> > > Most of those who really pay attention to politics know that the whole
> > > gay marriage thing is being pushed more to drive far-right-wing voter
> > > turnout in November than because the Guys In Power actually think of
> > > marryin' queers as a Legitimate Threat.
> > >
> > > The Right has seen their attempt at getting a Constitutional Amendment
> > > vote onto the November ballot in North Carolina quashed at the
> > > legislative level. It's become a dead issue, no play.
> > >
> > > Therefore, they are attempting to find any way they possibly can to
> > keep
> > > the whole "gay thing" in the papers and in people's mindspace, right
> > up
> > > until the election. More mindspace and airtime given to Those Damn
> > > Homos will necessarily mean less mindspace and airtime given to real
> > > issues, like the complete collapse of North Carolina's textiles
> > > industry, or the Iraq boondoggle, or etc etc.
> > >
> > > Anyone think this might be because, with Edwards, NC is actually a
> > swing
> > > state now?
> > >
> > > Paula,
> > > seeking job as lobbyist, analyst, or talking head (either kind).
> > >
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