Quayle Says Expatriates Could Decide U.S. Election

[kskiska]

BERLIN (Reuters) - Former Vice President Dan Quayle said expatriate votes could be the deciding factor in the November U.S. presidential election and urged Republicans abroad to redouble efforts to register overseas voters.

Speaking to about 100 members of the German chapter of "Republicans Abroad," Quayle said the close 2000 race proved every vote mattered and absentee ballots cast in the pivotal state of Florida had won that election for George W. Bush.

"It's going to be another close election and we need every vote we can obtain," said Quayle, vice president under Bush's father. "It was the absentee ballots that turned the tide in Florida. Every vote counts. We all need to get that word out."

An estimated six million U.S. citizens eligible to vote live abroad -- but they had been long neglected by campaign teams.

(snip)

"If I can get everyone here to register and vote for George W. Bush, we'll be in good shape and win the election," said Quayle, 57, now a private businessman. "I'm going to take every opportunity to talk to Americans abroad about the choices."

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[buddy22600]

1. they are just setting it up to make the supreme court

choose him again

[Tellurian]

13. Does Quayle even know the meaning of the word: expatriates? n/t

[KansDem]

21. He must...

It's a word that ends in "e."

[CO Liberal]

24. I Know He Can't Spell It

Dan Quayle - Pat Sayak look-alike, Vanna White think-alike.

:dunce:
Quayle

[Blasphemer]

37. Yep - Clearly their cheating efforts...

on the mainland have hit some snags. Perhaps they feel there is too much risk given the growing attention being paided to BBV. Overseas ballots would certainly be easier to fix. I hope someone in the Dem party is paying attention to this.

[Just Me]

2. Several past articles I've read indicate ex-pats are anti-Bush,...

,...big time anti-Bush.

[Tempest]

30. It makes sense they would be anti-Bush

They are seeing first hand the effects of Bush's unilateralism and war-mongering.

They are confronted with it every day with the hostility shown towards Bush and his policies since most of the world is against Bush.

And since most ex-pats are well-educated, they know the reasons behind the hostility are valid and just.

[prodigal_green]

31. Also, the media

abroad isn't as skewed and pliable as it is here.

[LittleApple81]

3. In my country of origin (Colombia) they did this! It ain't funny. The

ex-dictator (Rojas-Pinilla) came back to Colombia, regained his citizenship, ran for president in 1970... they were transmitting the poll results on the radio and TV and suddenly... no more transmission of results because he was winning. In the morning, they said that sixty thousand Colombians voting abroad (they don't even vote when the are IN Colombia) had voted giving the victory to the other candidate. That started the M-19 guerrilla movement that is one of those still existing and causing problems for everybody in Colombia.

[On the Road]

28. Really, LittleApple?

The Columbian revolution started because of a cancelled election in 1970? Man, I never knew that, and I try to keep to keep up with these things. Thank you -- I'm going to do some research on this.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

4. Glad to see Quayle stopped sucking his thumb for a minute. (nt)

[calimary]

25. Gorgeous medal! We ought to send that to the White House.

Because poor widdle georgie doesn't have any medals from Vietnam like that mean ol' rude boy John Kerry does. Boo-hoo!

[drumwolf]

5. how do US expatriates as a whole lean politically?

n/t

[underpants]

6. The analysis and insight of Dan Quayle

Hopefully he will run their "expatriate" campaign and maybe someone will tell him that military votes aren't usually considered "expatriate". How do you "obtain" votes anyway?

[chelsea0011]

10. Expatriate....1. To banish; Exile 2. To leave one's own country

to reside in another.....from the American Heritage Dictionary

Not a definition for the military, but maybe Quayle was confusing the Army with Madonna.

And I am waiting for the results of overseas military to come in in November. We'll see how supportive they are of the Crooked Ones.

[underpants]

12. Even Fox is reporting that there could be problems recording their votes

On top of not giving them adequate body armor and armored HumVees BEFORE going in we also are having a very hard time getting them their mail. I saw a report on Fox a few weeks ago saying that many of the absentee ballots won't get to the soldiers/sailors/marines on time and they is little chance they will get back to the states in time.

I know the Repubs think they have the military in their back pockets but as a former GI I am pretty sure there are going to be a lot of "f--- you" votes coming from Iraq alone.

[Blasphemer]

38. No doubt the Kerry votes...

will be the ones lost or missing and they have a ready made excuse.

[underpants]

41. Jim Angle was smirking throughout the report

as usual. Yeah that is exactly what I thought too when I saw it.

I can see it now "Well Britt it appears that Kerry did not get one single vote throughout the military"

Britt:"Well one can only conclude that they don't trust him to be the Commander in Chief"

Angle:"I think that is very clear."

[Hepburn]

7. LOL, Danny Quayle

That article made me think of one of my fav comments about George Bush:

George Bush ~ the President Quayle we never had! :+

[kskiska]

15. Mrs. Quayle agrees

As Marilyn Quayle bitterly told The Arizona Republic, “the caricature they made of Dan in ‘88 is George W. It’s him. It wasn’t true about Dan. But it is him. ... A guy that never accomplished anything. ... Everything he got, Daddy took care of.”

[5thGenDemocrat]

34. Which seems to demand a quick comparison between the two

Dan: Not too bright, skated through DePauw with mediocre grades. Dodged Vietnam in the National Guard. Hand-picked by the BFEE for a position of power. Comes from an extremely rich, extremely right-wing Republican family.
Seems to me you change "DePauw" to "Yale" and the resemblance to Dopey is scary. But stupidity aside, I don't think Quayle is quite the murderous, sanctimonious, drug and alcohol-addled nit that Chimpy is.
John
Speaking of "drug and alcohol-addled," it is now 51 days, 22 hours and 46 minutes to FUNDAY. There's a thread in "State Forums: Michigan" if you want more information.

[PATRICK]

8. How odd

it is precisely the expats who are exposed both in media and personal contacts to the full range of anti-Bush sentiment and full disclosure we can't get over here. Even if they are rabid nutsos they can't help being affected by the worldwide antipathy toward Bush and how the disgrace gets passed on to them.

Now Quayle puts them in the spotlight even more? I bet they really appreciate that. Besides, Quayle is off the beam. The Internet voting scam for military and citizens overseas has been quashed this year.

Better start visiting those Indian graveyards instead, Danny boy, PNAC wizard.

[Gman]

9. Unique political insight

from someone that can't spell "potato".

[mumon]

11. Quayle is, as usual an idiot.

Expats aren't going to vote for Bush- they actually have more diverse media than we do.

And the troops overseas?

They're going to endorse "Mission Accomplished?" Ha!

[leesa]

16. They will if their electronic votes are altered.

Or if they allow many thousands of GOP votes to be illegally counted like in Florida.

[leesa]

14. PNACer fostering the illusion that it will be a close race

They MUST perpetuate this illusion or else they cannot steal the election.

[sniffa]

17. just an effort to iLLegaLLy stuff

baLLot boxes with "expatriate votes".

[hang a left]

36. Yep.

They are probably getting nervous about their good ol diebold machines. Looking for other avenues.


We should just assume that Florida is in the bag. Work from there.

[PurityOfEssence]

18. the German chapter of Republicans Abroad

Sorta gotta ring to it...

[Layman]

29. Far be it from me to be p.c but...

that's a cheap shot PoE. I mean don't you think it's highly ironic that it was the Americans baying for Arab blood while the Germans, among others, were strongly against this Oriental genocidal crusade.

[catzies]

32. Layman, pardon me for butting in but I don't think that's what PoE meant.

I think it was meant more as a shot against the similarities between today's Republican party and their Nazi forebears from Germany long ago.

You're aware of the links between the beginnings of the Bush family fortune and the financing of the Nazi war machine, yes? Prescott Bush, "Hitler's angel?"

[Layman]

42. Nein, mein liebe

If PoE was so historicaly minded why didn't he point out the references? No it was a cheap sophomoric shot. That's what travel and being an expat teaches you. It gets one beyond the amateurish cliches and enables one to see the peoples of the world for who they really are.

[Tellurian]

19. The soldiers in Iraq are anti Bush. He's put them in harms way...

for no reason at all- (well, except for oil)

They are on the internet. They know what is going on here.

They want to come home to their families.

[GoldenOldie]

20. Informed Expat's

Anyone having family living/working abroad know better than most Americans just what Bush has accomplished with his arrogant actions.

[Stuckinthebush]

22. It is so sad....

Quayle looks like an intellectual giant next to George Bush.

[Zero Gravitas]

23. Bring It On

Republican ex-pats are not going to be very supportive of Bush as by the very nature of having actually lived in other countries they understand that the world is not the simplistic Good vs. Evil that Bush and the corporate media are fooling the dummies at home into seeing. They understand that rebuilding good relations with our ex-allies is necessary & they can see how Bush's arrogant ignorance is hurting US interests abroad. So I think these are exactly the type of Republican who are going to be the least supportive of Bush.

[Wickerman]

26. "An estimated six million" Holy Crap! We've offshored that many companies?

that is a lot of CEOs!

[Turbineguy]

27. Well, let's see, Dan.

Expats. Now those are Americans living outside the U.S. Mostly in foreign countries.

These Americans are surrounded by "foreigners", sometimes known as "aliens". Many of these Expats even speak a "foreign" language.

Now about 95% of the worlds population think that President Bush is a lying sack of shit and an idiot. The other 5% voted for Bush.

I'm glad Quayle is out there stumping for Chimpy.

[Claire Beth]

33. did he ever learn the correct spelling of potato? n/t

[femmecahors]

35. I'll be voting from France . . .

and I can attest to the fact that all the Americans I know in my departement, will NOT be voting for BUSH.

[colonel odis]

39. why does quayle think a bunch of guys who used to play for new england

can influence this election?

[underpants]

40. Will Russ Francis cast his vote?

:bounce:

[dawn]

43. Expatriates won't go for Bush*.

Sorry.

[JCMach1]

44. Expats will go at least 60% for Kerry

We are higher educated on the average and WE have to deal with Bush's international fallout.