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3D Election Results Map by County
FlopEJoe writes "There are many web-based electoral maps available on the regular news sites (Electorial-vote, CNN) but this image 3d county results seemed more profound to me. Wish I had more to say about it but I don't want to cloud the discussion. I think it speaks for itself and the spin-masters should enjoy it."
The BBC had it right! he is gearing his speeches to his average audience.
Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
You're right. A lot of research should be done. What is true is that anyone who reads non-fiction about U.S. politics would not vote for George W. Bush. It's that black-and-white.
Many people who read books read only light fiction.
Someone needs to do some research. I agree with that. Obviously the Democratic Party didn't do it.
Here's an excellent comment from another Slashdot story, considerably edited, about Bush Administration policies that should cause people to reject him:
Fiscal responsibility. Bush has gone from surpluses to a record deficit. The administration has no plans to change this.
Personal Liberty. The Bush adminstration has undermined the rule of law by declaring American citizens as enemy combatants and denying them trials.
Foreign Policy Realism. Traditionally governments have based their foreign policy on realistic assumptions and a narrow definition of national interest, not idealism-based foreign policy. This has been horribly undermined by the Iraq War which was based on the idea of "making the Middle East safe for democracy", an unrealistic notion that a people with no history of democratic thinking will change rapidly. Will the families of the 100,000 Iraqis who have been killed so far forgive the United States, or will they become enemies?
Small Government. Under the Bush administration the growth of discretionary domestic goverment spending has outstripped the growth under Clinton. The money has gone to large corporations owned by friends of the administration. Good government does not favor taking money from taxpayers to give to multinational corporations.
The Bush adminstration has a formula that happens to work:
1) Find someone who can be personally engaging. He does not need to have analytical ability. He must be willing to do whatever he is told. The less he thinks, the better.
2) Get people like Karl Rove and Dick Cheney to tell him what to do.
3) When caught in a lie, tell another lie. This overloads most people's sense of reality.
4) Sell pieces of the government to anyone who will pay.