What's the stupidest reason you've heard for voting for chimp?

[senseandsensibility]

Let's have some fun with ridicule! Come on, it's easy! The repukes do it all the time!!I posted some real loo-loos that I heard in my position as canvasser during the election. I'll repeat some of them here as choices, but feel free to add your own! And may I say, the stupider, the better!

[LSdemocrat]

1. Other: shouldn't change leaders in the middle of a war

[niceypoo]

58. A republican in my political chatroom

said he voted shrub to "Piss Michael Moore off"

[barb162]

152. too bad the person didn't have the sense to "piss the swifties off"

and vote Kerry

[number6]

86. yep, I heard that one ...

:(

[cavanaghjam]

2. He's consistent

Like the kid who keeps getting 5 as an answer to 2+2

[Sporadicus]

3. 'John Kerry is Too Ugly'

from a clueless in-law. As it turns out, she didn't even vote anyway :crazy:

[senseandsensibility]

4. As if

* is even decent looking. He's a chimp, for crying out loud!!

[Sporadicus]

23. As I Said...Clueless! n/t

[Julius Civitatus]

34. A relative of mine said that

at the dinner table last October. My cousin (not the brightest one in the family) said that Kerry is ugly and looks like an old dude, and people won't vote for an ugly old dude.

The silence at the dinner table was deafening. Unfortunately, her stupidity was vindicated by 51% of voting adults.

:shrug:

[Nadeaufan17]

60. I heard that one too

From a friend of mine...I THINK she was joking, but she did say it.

[hyphenate]

89. Thank god for small favors. eom

[BeatleBoot]

5. John Kerry has "big hair"

A co-worker actually said that...

I replied, "perhaps, but there is a brain beneath it, which is more than I can say about your guy"

[bumblebee1]

145. Big Hair

I like that one. Especially the crack about Kerry's having a brain beneath his big hair.

[rolltide2005]

6. Other

He stole my bike!

http://wmd.ytmnd.com/

[desertalien]

7. Chimp needs to stay in office

and clean up his own mess. WTF

[Warpy]

8. "I don't know, I just DID"

I've heard that one so many times that I'm beginning to wonder if there's something else at work, like mass hypnosis.

This generally comes from somebody who disagrees with Idiot's policies on the war and the economy and who doesn't like the way Idiot runs his branch of government. They have no idea why they voted for him, they just "did."

[clydefrand]

9. We liberals "Just don't get it". Please tell me what the hell

this means. My "former" hairdresser--I refuse to go to her again--was quoting Andrew Sullivan who was on Bill Maher's show on the Friday after the election. I've heard it or read it several times since then. But for the life of me, I don't know what the hell they are talking about. So I guess in this sense, "I" just don't get it!

If it means, the religious angle, then I do quite get it and I don't like what I'm getting. That's hogwash!

[sleepyhead]

92. I hope you told her why you refuse to see her any more.

You may not be the only customer she's lost and maybe she'll think about it, if only for a few seconds.

[Julius Civitatus]

10. Here's from a comment sent to my blog...

and I quote literally. The guy goes on a rant against Kerry:

"I watched your pitiful video and have to say, it's the funniest thing I've seen in a while. How could anyone support this baby killing, cowardly, liar who stabbed his own friends from Nam to help his politicial career. I am having some fellow Bush supporters over tonight and your little show will be the highlight of the evening.
Advice: Run a loser with loser ideas and you'll lose every single time.
Red State and damn Proud of It!
jhc"

It says it all, doesn't it.

[regnaD kciN]

22. Unfortunately, it was predictable...

While I certainly backed Kerry after the primaries were over, and thought he would make a good president, nothing there was unpredictable.

Back when everyone was touting Kerry as "the most electable" of our candidates, I posted warnings here that we might be setting ourselves up for a fall. I observed that I didn't see anything electable about a candidate who would be portrayed as a "rich, Ivy-League Massachusetts liberal," who had "turned his back on his brothers in Vietnam" and "given aid and comfort to the enemy." (Needless to say, my warnings were dismissed as rantings of a "sour-grapes" Deaniac.)

It was just a known fact that these sort of attacks would be forthcoming, and I think we were all too confident of Kerry's ability to answer them, based on his previous campaigns. But, as Dukakis showed sixteen years ago, the ability to parry negative campaigns when you're a Democrat running in a statewide race in Massachusetts is far different from when you're running in all fifty states.

The quote you reproduce above is ridiculous, sure, but everyone should have known that this sort of thing would have been forthcoming -- and, as demonstrated by the month-long silence that met the Swift Boat Liars campaign, our side was woefully unprepared to handle it.

[Julius Civitatus]

27. Nobody is immune from the Right Wing Attack Machine

While I agree with you on most of your comments, I strongly disagree on the premise. You imply that the right-wing eviscerated Kerry because he was somewhat flawed. While I don't disagree that Kerry had his flaws, there's thing we need to start realizing if we want the Democratic Party to be elected to anything in this country:

The Right Wing Attack Machine will smear, libel, and eviscerate ANY candidate the Democrats will choose. I repeat: ANY.

The Democratic Party could nominate for the presidency one Jesus of Nazareth, and the Republicans would have trashed him too.

Please wake up to this horrible fact: there will be no candidate immune to the mud-slinging attack of the Republicans. They have in place a very effective propaganda machine that works very effectively to do their bidding, a propaganda network that would not exist if we had a real independent media. Unfortunately, most media outlets are played like a violin by the Repugs, if not downright controlled by them.

[Julius Civitatus]

31. ...

[Debs]

107. I was a Kucinich man all the way

But Dean was my second choice specifically BECAUSE I thought he was more electable than Kerry. He is a fighter I dont see him taking the slanders from the Swift Boat Liars for Rent lying down and trying to raise above it. I cant see him just letting the Abu Grhaib scandal die. He would have fought. I think he would have beaten Bush by 10 points.

[American Tragedy]

150. Dean would have been destroyed too

Unfortunately I think Dean supporters, blinded in their own affection for him, severely overestimate his appeal with the electorate outside the Democratic base.

I never saw Dean as being able to beat Bush (and no, the fact that Kerry lost does not mean that Dean would have won, though I wasn't originally for Kerry either). Most importantly perhaps, his economic plan included raising all taxes across the board back to previous levels. You can spin it any way you like, but I maintain that in the current political climate that would have gotten him killed.

[bogey18]

120. Every time I said

JOhn Kerry was eminently capable of losing in these forums I was virtually run out of town on a rail and accused of being "negative" and/or a "freeper". How could anybody have thought this guy was electable I will never know - I love his politics and I didn't even particularly like him. Clark, Dean - so many good men from outside the Washington establishment. I was totally stunned when the dust settled and Kerry was left standing. If this guy gets the nomination again in 2008 we might as well just bend over now.

[regnaD kciN]

11. You left off one option...

..."All of them."

:spank:

[liberal democrat]

12. Teresa Heinz Kerry

is annoying and not even an "American."

[Liberal Veteran]

13. Okay...this one has to top them all.

I have a gay aquaintance that was voting for Bush because (get this), Bush has the same kind of dog he does.

[yardwork]

112. Your's wins! That IS the stupidest excuse I've heard yet!

[senseandsensibility]

113. Tell me that's not true!

:wow: Now I've heard everything! What did you say to this person?

[Winamericaback]

14. Other: He'll keep us safe

*gag*

[sakabatou]

54. Same (n/t)

[muse]

111. I've heard this over and over again from otherwise intelligent people.

When pressed as to what they mean by that, they have no good information to back that up. It's a "feeling", a "sense" or "we haven't been attacked again on U.S. soil since 9/11." They should just be honest and say, "I always vote Republican and I did this time also. I will vote Republican always and ignore whatever bad news there is about my candidate."

[yorkiemommie1]

15. other

from my husband:

1. 'we need to get rid of the communists' . yes! he said, COMMUNISTS!

2. ' kerry is too rich; living off his wife '


is there a prize for the stupidest entry?

[Debs]

108. WOW

getting rid of the communists looks like a winner to me. You might inform him the cold war is over, he can look it up.

[arewenotdemo]

132. my brother once referred to Al Qaeda as "leftists"

simply no hope for a dialogue

[Sinti]

16. missing answer

Good Christian of the picks you gave.
But the stupidest reason I have seen so far is, his wife is too elitist. Being a smart woman is a negative???? Give me a break, I'd rather have a chat with Theresa than be in the same state as Laura.

[ogradda]

17. there are no good reasons for voting for him.

none. nada. zip.

[marew]

18. You forgot ...

Because my church told me to. (actually overheard in a doctor's wating room.)

[SammyWinstonJack]

48. That reason actually pisses me off the most I think.

:grr: For many reasons.

[bumblebee1]

146. Reasons

My sister- We're a Republican family. (Does being a Republican mean you have to be stupid?)

Brother in law- The Democrats will raise out taxes. (Gee, brother in law, does having a deficit so huge your grandkids will have to pay it off appeal to you?)

Husband- I don't like the way Kerry is with the military? (You mean you approve of the moron using our military like a personal game of Risk?) Like me, he also thinks Bush is a moron.

One of my co-workers- Kerry scares me. (Frankly, Bush's incompetence scared the hell out of me more than anything Kerry said.)

Another co-worker- Can't stand Teresa. (Last time I checked, Teresa wasn't running for any kind of office.)

My oldest niece- Teresa has no personality, (As opposed to Laura, the Stepford wife; maybe she also needs an application to the U.S. Army)

In the 2000 election, my niece was saying how she thought Bush was the bomb. (Dear, what is so the bomb about having a President who sounds like an idiot? What is so awesome about a President who is ignorant by choice?)

I have a little surprise for my dear 25 yr old niece. Along with some gift cards from a local supermarket, she'll be getting an application for the U.S. Army. She voted for the moron, she can join the army and serve this country in Iraq, Afghanistan or maybe Iran. Can't wait to see the look on her face when she sees the application.
Stop waving the pom-pons and get into the action.

[2cents]

19. other

Clinton left him with so many problems...he did the best he could and deserves another chance.

[XanaDUer]

20. Other: "If I had children, I would vote for Bush..."

Actually said to me by a relative.

:wtf:

EDIT: I am child free by choice, he has kids (as he kept reminding me as if having kids confers moral superiority on him).

[serryjw]

21. I have heard all of the above.......let me add

1) 19 year(hispanic)old gal on my CU campus couldn't vote for JK because HE WAS GOING TO RAISE HER TAXES!

2) ASS"T MGR of my suppermarket couldn't vote for JK because he didn't trust what he was saying about his war record.

:shrug: :shrug: :shrug: :shrug:

[emulatorloo]

24. "I just like him! He is so REAL! Not like that slick politician Kerry"

EOM

[proud2BlibKansan]

25. I know a lady who voted for Kerry

because she thought it was better for the balance of power that we have a prez from a different party than the majority in the Congress and the Senate. I thought that was a pretty lame reason.

[CarbonDate]

29. So countering one-party rule is a lame reason?

I think it's a lot better than the other reasons for Bush that I've seen.

[otohara]

39. How Dare She

think about the balance of power being in the hands of one party?

[Winamericaback]

47. Actually

I think thats a damn good reason. Its called checks and balances..

Read the Federalist papers, obviously she did.

[Debs]

109. Oh I did read the federalist papers

I particularly like the part where it says the primary responsibility of Government is to protect the opulant minority from the majority

[Mutley]

141. :7

LOL... that may be a lame reason but at least it was a vote in our favor!

[Paintedlady]

26. I'm in GA

so I have heard too many stupid reasons to even begin to remember them all, but here are some of the worst.
"At least Bush doesn't kill babies"
"Kerry is going to take my guns away"
"We need to kill every Muslim over there, just nuke the whole place, Kerry wouldn't do that"

I'm ashamed to be a Georgian right now.

[XanaDUer]

It's not just Southerners...

Granted, there are a lot of morons, seemingly, there, but the same relative who told me that if I had kids I would vote for Bush also told me that we need to "kill all the towelheads" and he lives in Southampton.

[Kahuna]

38. I'm in NJ, and I've heard the "nuke all the Arab countries refrain.."

of course I have to remind them that we probably would have nuked the Arabs years ago if the nuclear bombs wouldn't contaminate the oil. This reminder makes them very sad. They're like, yeah - too bad about the oil. :eyes:

[senseandsensibility]

42. LOL

OMG, how pathetic. Sometimes you just have to laugh to keep from crying.

[Julius Civitatus]

57. The most rabid right-winger....

The most rabid right-winger I know is from Massachusetts. He is a devout neo-con and when it comes to "foreigners" he makes some disturbingly genocidal remarks. The guy is a piece of work, and loves to adopt a position of victimism (conservative white men are being persecuted, blah, blah, blah), but the fucker won't leave his cozy blue-state Massachusetts for Texas or Kansas. Hypocrite!

[Laelth]

72. Hi Paintedlady!

Welcome to DU. :hi:

As a fellow Georgian, I'm too stunned to be ashamed. Georgia has always been a moderate state. Our state motto is "Wisdom, Justice, Moderation," and for a long time, we meant it. I feel my state has completely abandoned me and its own history.

:shrug:

-Laelth

[newyawker99]

95. Hi Paintedlady!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[212demop]

28. And like Cheney said out of the corner of his insipid mouth

if the other guy's elected, "There's the danger we'll get hit again, and this time it'll be much worse."

Yeah- Because BUSH has neglected taking any steps that would actually protect our cities, ports, skies from actual fucking terrorists!

[KyndCulture]

30. What I've heard in no particular order

Kerry is a flip-flopper
Teresa is a crazy bitch
Well, nothing ELSE has happened since 9/11
God wants him to be president



blah.... whatever.

[cruadin]

32. Yep, those are two of the reasons I heard most:...

Kerry is a flip-flopper
Teresa is a crazy bitch

[Julius Civitatus]

33. "Before he ran, he was just a Texas farmer"

I swear I heard this idiocy barely a month ago:

"Before he ran for the presidency he was just a Texas farmer, a working man like the rest of us. He knows what it's like to work the fields to feed your family."

The ignorance of the average Joe truly disturbs me.

[KyndCulture]

36. wow that one is really screwed up!

One word for that ARBUSTO!

[Kahuna]

40. Ding ding ding ding ding. We have the Darwin Award winner..

right here. :crazy:

[Kahuna]

41. self delete. dupe.

[sleepyhead]

93. I have TMJ now

from my jaw hitting the floor. Is it possible to have a negative IQ?

[Debs]

110. Pathetic

Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups

[otohara]

35. I Don't Like His Wife

lots of Teresa haters out there...

[Ronnie]

133. Yes, I heard that one too.

Followed by:"She talks too much." From a woman who literally never shuts up.

[Contrary1]

37. "Bush is against abortion."

Not a one of them questioned whether or not he would do anything,
or could answer why he hadn't done anything in his first term.
(True sheeple prefer not to clutter up their beautiful minds with questions.)

Just the fact(?) that he is "against" it is good enough for them.

[sariku]

43. Other...

I know a woman who works for Boeing and she said she was going to vote for shrub because she thought that Kerry would cut funding and she'd lose her job. I was like, so thousands of dead iraqi's are ok, over a thousand dead Americans, skyrocketing debt, loss of personal freedom, resistance to investigating 9/11 .... but as long as you think you can keep your job?
:wow: :wtf: :puke:

[zippy890]

44. "He's nice"

A co-worker said to me.

"Nice is as nice does" is what I said to her. In which case he is the opposite of nice.

[coreystone]

45. Sorry! I couldn't vote! I work with a "devout" neocon, and I haven't..

heard any GOOD reasons in the last two years of working with him!!

Not one!!

:crazy:

[RevolutionaryActs]

46. By far the most moronic thing I've ever heard..

"Bush is a good Christian man, and we need him in office."


Uh hello its called the separation of Church and State...... Which means that a person in office CAN NOT be directed by their religion.. you fricking idiot! :mad:

[Donna Zen]

49. You know you've heard this one:

....bush will fight the terr-a-rists over there, and keep them from coming here.

DZ: Well_do you really think there are a limited group of terrorists and therefore they don't have 19 to spare to send to the US?

(puzzled look shields face of bush-wacker.)

BW: Yeah...yeah! They won't be sending any here.

BTW, heard all of the other reasons that have already been posted. Too many times to count. In some cases, the depth of Arab dehumanization cannot be plumbed.

[senseandsensibility]

50. You're right

I HAVE heard that one a lot, but you know where I heard it? On the media. They love this one, and never question it. And I'm not talking about opinion "journalists', but anchors who are supposedly objective. It's disgusting.

[zippy890]

52. anti-arab racism is rampant in this country

It is very very scary how well the BFEE has played this to their advantage--- subtle yet not-so-subtle

It is very convenient to have this ENEMY, and they are non-christian and they don't like western ways, and they dress funny, blah blah racism hatred torture war:

end result: fascism masquerading as democracy

[Hippo_Tron]

51. Kerry flip-flops too much (n/t)

[JohnLocke]

53. "I don't always agree with 'em, but he's honest & I know where he stands.'

AHH!!!

[s-cubed]

55. He'll keep us safe

by my brother, who believed the switch boat crap

[info being]

56. Theresa Heins has funny hair

I'm not joking.

[senseandsensibility]

59. Reminds me of how the repukes used to

make fun of Hillary's hair. They are so superficial and empty-headed that I don't know how they get out of bed in the morning.

[bush_is_wacko]

103. I heard a lot of people dissing her too

I consider myself a strong, educated, and not afraid to show it kind of woman too. There is a certain type of man and he often has a wife that will kiss his feet and back him up, that just can not stand being around a woman with more intelligence and integrity than he has. I have a very difficult time keeping my mouth shut around this type of man. I have been judged as a bitch many times because I had the ability to debate and win against this type of person. I consider myself un-electable (not that I would ever want to run) because of it. These people will always exist and they will always ban together in their stupidity and pettiness.

[corker]

61. all of the above

and the one I hate most "I don't know I just like him" that really burns me up...

[janx]

62. "The economy doesn't matter, because the economy is in

God's hands."



I kid you not.

[Donna Zen]

64. The entire matter is in God's hands:

A co-worker told me (no one could make this shit up) that although bush was wrong about WMDs...it didn't matter even if he, bush, knew there were no WMDs. Why? Because bush cannot lie--God speaks through bush, and God doesn't lie.

Note: the co-worker has a master's degree in Chemistry and is originally from Connecticut although he currently lives in Maine.

[janx]

65. So Chimpy is sort of like God's ventriloquist dummy?

;-)

[Donna Zen]

67. either that or

a blasphemous lying ugly puke encouraged by Satanic mutterings a la Linda Blair.

I'm thinking we are much more dangerous waters than even DUers imagine.

Actually_ the junta has long cultivated this myth with strange press photos of "halos". The lecturns at the RNC with the subtle crosses.

Sick

[RegexReader]

73. Remind him that

When Jesus was alive,
He was a Liberal!

RegexReader
$USA =~ s/Republican/Democrat/ig;

[joanski01]

63. Reason given by my cousin

for voting for bush*. "Cuz I can't stand the other guy".

[jesusq]

114. He's got the cajones to push the button

He doesn't need brains ... it doesn't take brains to "push the button, it just takes cajones." Of course, it is easy to have balls, when it is someone else's ass that gets killed:wtf:

[ZombieNixon]

66. "Bush is an idiot, but he has great advisors."

I shit you not. This guy actually voted for Bush because of Karl Rove!

[GreenPartyVoter]

68. All of the above

[Laelth]

69. Gotta be "chimp says what he means and means what he says."

Gotta be "chimp says what he means and means what he says." That's one of the most absurd and egregious lies I have ever heard. Just thinking about it makes me angry.

:mad:

-Laelth

[spooky3]

70. "He's a strong leader."

[jonnyblitz]

71. "I just don't like kerry"

I would go through the WHOLE litany of vile crap that the Bush regime has done, and these people (I am talking more than one) would say, "yes, i know, Bush has done lots of bad stuff BUT I just don't like that Kerry ." and that would be that. Like I said, I had this conversation with more than ONE person. :shrug:

[uppityperson]

74. Real one: "he's keeping us safe from the terrorists"

idjuts

[mtnsnake]

77. That's the one my cousin used. He thought the chimp would protect him

My cousin's always been liberal all his life, and Democrat as far as I know. He's also supposed to have a really high IQ. He was going to vote for Bush because he thought the chimp would protect him better from the terrorists than Kerry would. When I and several of my family members got wind of this we barraged him silly with insults. We told him things like nobody who's supposed to be as smart as he is would ever vote for the chimp and maybe his high IQ was all a big mistake, or maybe he grew out of it and got stupid as he got older. We shamed the hell out of him. I think he finally came around and voted the other way, although I'm not positive.

[imenja]

75. How that last one stuck is beyond me

"means what he says and says what he means'? The guy has lied for four year straight.

[susu369]

76. Said with a goofy grin, "I think I'll just vote for ole George."

This was the reasoning given by an older lady I work with. She grew up on a farm in Kentucky and told me months ago that she was a Democrat, as was her family. I think her redneck son-in-law got to her. A few weeks later I brought up news about the tragedy of Falluja and she told me she didn't know anything about it.

Sad...."ole George."

[liberal N proud]

78. How about "I don't care, I am going to vote for him anyway"

Even thought they aknowledged the chimp was a lying, cheating AWOL, Drug Attic. They still supported the idiot.

[underseasurveyor]

79. "I know what evils I'm getting with george bush in the white house.

I don't know what evils Kerry will bring to the white house and that scares me."

:shrug: Fear Fear Fear, from all directions.

[poppet]

80. Sister's friend voted * because she heard that is who smart people

would vote for. She was wavering between Kerry and * but I guess she didn't want to seem dumb (????). Another of my sister's friends voted for Bush because of the morals thing - even though she (the friend) is in a relationhsip with a married man. Both are in PA. Oh well.

Personally, I don't know many people who voted * even though I live in Louisiana. Many of my underage (nonvoting) students were pro-Bush; however, even that is beginning to change. They are 16-17 years old, and I think some of them are nervous about a possible draft.

[jlee1933]

81. I got a few

"Bush is Cute"
"youre still alive thanks to him"
"they both suck so better off him"

and the stupidest,most ignorant one of all and this isnt a joke:

"Im from Texas, Im a republican, if u punched Kerry he wouldnt do anything, but if u punched Bush hed probably hit you back,and he did a great job as governor"

NO im not joking thats from a kid at my school that moved here(FL) this year.

All he did as governor was kill 156 ppl and make Houston the most polluted city beating out Los Angeles.

[Paranoid_Portlander]

82. Because Clinton had sex with Monica.

That was the reason given by my aunt for voting against Kerry. Apparently she was afraid that Kerry would have sex with Monica, too. She thinks Monica is the most serious problem this country faces.

[Mutley]

142. hehe

:wtf: :wow:

[Raiden]

83. Because he's a good Christian...

As if warmongering, hate, bigotry, and deception are Christian characteristics.

This person said that Bush was the only one with the guts to stand up and be proud to be a Christian. :eyes:

[FubarFly]

84. You shouldn't change Presidents in a time of war.

So no matter how ineffective and corrupt a president is, as long as they start a war before their second term, they should be guaranteed reelection.

[logosoco]

85. My husband heard

someone say they wanted to vote for bush because he "looked " like a president. I'm not sure if this person was aware that bush has BEEN the president for almost 4 years, and his father, who he resembles, used to be pres.
I'm not too sure about people who base their vote on looks. Why would they even bother voting?

[Sugarbleus]

87. # 3 is a no brainer..

"He's a godly man......" :puke:

[obietiger]

88. I feel sorry for him

because of the mean ads the Democrats have on tv about him. This was actually said to me by a young lady.

[r3verberate]

90. Theresa's "Has Laura ever had a job" debacle

my mom.

[RebelOne]

91. Well, one stupid reason was from my own stupid sister

when she said that she and her husband were Republicans, so they voted Republican even after I told her all the reasons not to vote for the moron.

[leesa]

94. "At least he did something." in response to bombing Afghanistan and Iraq

[robbedvoter]

96. "I don't like to compromise" - shouted at me in Times Square

as we protested the theft yesterday

[hollowdweller]

97. Couldn't bear Teresa Kerry in the White House as 1st Lady

That was the lamest I heard.

[DemoTex]

98. My air-brain sister-in-law likes Laura, so she voted for Chimp.

Go figure. She has three sons, the oldest of which will be draft age in three years.

[LibDemAlways]

99. "He's keeping us safe"

That one's a howler. How, exactly, is he doing that Mr. and Mrs. Bumberfuck? How is he keeping you safe? By killing every Arab in sight in Iraq even though Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11? By seeing to it that you, Mrs. BF, are properly felt up at the airport to make certain there are no explosives in your bra? By ripping the shoes off 90 year old women hunched over in their wheelchairs or dusting the prosthesis of an amputee -- the "job" of TSA screeners run amok. By issuing bogus terror alerts so that you and your neighbors run out and buy duct tape? And what are you supposed to do with it? Apply it to your own mouths so that you shut up and fall in line?

By going along with the program you are making yourself less safe. While your civil liberties are being eroded, you are putting your faith in the team that did nothing to stop 9/11 despite numerous warnings. You are putting your safety in the hands of a man who stayed in a classroom and listened to children reading "My Pet Goat" while your fellow citizens were incinerated in the towers.

You are fools, and the chimp and cheney are, no doubt, having a good laugh over how gullible you are. For "He's keeping us safe," like "He's a good christian" or "John Kerry is ugly" are all lies - repeated ad nauseum by the state run propaganda machine whose mission it is to keep you as dumb and ignorant as possible while your "leaders" have their way with the U.S and leave it broken, battered, and changed forever.

[Starlight]

125. It's always said with an empty eyed look & a deranged smile...

"He's keeping us safe"
"He's a good Christian"
"He's doing a good job"

I've seriously wondered if these people are drugged or hypnotized. They just don't seem right. :scared:

[rucky]

100. My brother-in-law: "Cuz nobody will mess with us."

i suppose there's one in every family.

Unfortunately, my other brother-in-law voted for Shrub, "Cuz Kerry kills babies."

God help us.

[bush_is_wacko]

101. I can't even vote here..None of the above...

My idiot uncle agree's with everything I say about Bush and his administration. They are criminals, Iraq is a mess, the Vietnam war was wrong, Saddam didn't have WMD'S, we need to catch OBL, blah, blah, blah. His ONLY reason for not voting for Kerry is KERRY THREW AWAY HIS MEDALS AND WENT TO HANOI! The man is an idiot! He can not give me any answer to explain my premise that if the Vietnam war was wrong, Kerry is a hero and patriot for all he did to bring it to an end! His reply to me was I served 8 years in the Navy! I don't know what that has to do w/ anything, but I do know he never saw a day of combat or received any medals. Maybe jealousy? You can't even argue w/ someone like this, unless you resort to name calling. I felt like I was back in elementary school being bullied by Billybob Redneck!

[against all enemies]

102. There are only stupid reasons. This is a trick question.

[senseandsensibility]

104. Bingo!

Ain't that the truth!;)

[AntiCoup2K4]

105. "I vote for Bush because he defends LIFE!"

Of course he's killed thousands of Iraqi civilians, 1200 plus American troops and bears some degree of responsibility for the deaths of 3000 people on 9-11, but that's OK as long as we don't kill babies.

What? You say that more abortions have been performed under the Bush administration than under Clinton?? Well that's because that commie Klintoon and his wife Hitlery have been sending out alien penis rays to them wimmenfolk to impregnate them!

[TroglodyteScholar]

106. Not an option, but should be:

I chose "good Christian," but only because "he's so much better looking than Kerry" wasn't a choice.


I work with some seriously retarded people.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

115. Other: heard this one in 2000

The"reasoning" went: "Gore is really smart, so he'll want to do things his own way and will be a loose cannon. Bush is not very bright and knows it, so he'll surround himself with capable advisors, who will help him make good decisions."

I wish I were making this up. :-(

[giasangria]

116. Kerry wants a draft n/t

[RhodaGrits]

117. Not liking Theresa Heinz Kerry. aaarrrrgggghhhhhh. n/t

[Dem2theMax]

118. "John Kerry waves his hands around too much." Yep. That was the reason.

Woman on a call in show on C-Span after one of the debates. Person hosting the show asked her who she was voting for and why.
She said she was voting for * because Kerry waved his hands around too much and she didn't like that.

I swear, it's true! No wonder I want to :puke: every time I hear a repuke talk.

[bogey18]

119. Here is the craziest reason I heard

This is a direct quote from an e-mail from a friend of mine, a lifelong democrat. I was so stunned after I read it that it increased my post election depression into the red zone for a few days:

"You will get a big laugh out of the following, This is the first
time I have ever voted for a Republican President. I could find no
difference between the lies and BS being thrown about by both
campaigns. So I voted for Bush because I thought his wife had more
compassion and heart for the common mans plight. I'm hoping she might
make a positive difference in some matter that I might care about."

You know, I see crap like this and I just want to give up entirely.

[Logansquare]

123. Jeebus, isn't it scary to think of him serving on a jury some day? n/t

[Scrooge]

121. Michael moore

This person didnt even SEE any of his movies. They judged him based on his looks!! And voted for chimp based on that!! F'd up coworker of mine!!

[Jeff in Cincinnati]

122. We "owe him" the chance to fix things...

swear to god one of my in-laws actually said that. It was like seeing a UFO -- it's so incredible that at first you don't believe it actually happened.

[Demi_Babe]

124. other: he will protect us better

:puke:

[Pluvious]

126. From my mother-in-law

How could you stand to have Teresa Kerry as First Lady ?

[chyjo]

127. other: Chimp understands working class America.

n/t

[DireStrike]

128. "Kerri (sic) is an ass"

[chyjo]

129. also an old man told me he voted for Bush because

"Our first President was a G.W.". No I'm not joking.

[conflictgirl]

130. My MIL said Kerry's wife donated money to al-Qaeda. nt

nt

[AmyStrange]

131. If Dean had won the nomination... I wouldn't have voted...

n/t

[Ronnie]

134. From my Republican brother,

who was mostly annoyed that I told him his vote for Bush in California wouldn't count,: "They're both stupid, but Kerry is stupider."

[greenmutha]

135. "I don't like the way Kerry uses metaphores when speaks.." (more)

"I like Bush because he a no bullshit kinda guy.. I don't agree with all his decisions or view points but I like the fact that he reacts with or without support from congress."

My Comment: WTF??? :puke:

[MrUnderhill]

136. "Says what he means and means what he says"???? Dr Seuss???

Isn't that from "Horton Hatches and Egg"???

[West Coast Democrat]

137. The whole horse/mid-stream excuse

[pcboss49]

138. You have to vote for Shrub...the Book of Revelations tells me so....

this was the wildest reason I heard...

[AntiCoup2K4]

139. Revelations says to vote FOR the Antichrist??

Which translation is that?

[ComerPerro]

140. "He respects the military"

"At least Bush respects the military. Clinton did not. He just started wars for political reasons."

[Mutley]

143. Two... both from coworkers...

1. Because my parents are voting for W.

2. Because I don't like Heinz Ketchup.

:wtf: someone please help America :wow:

[funkybutt]

144. My Wife's Parents Want Me To

they say that if Kerry is elected then he'll get my naval academy graduate brother in law killed.

[StrongbadTehAwesome]

147. "My parents won't be able to afford college without the Bush tax cut!"

from someone whose parents make $200,000/yr. In contrast, last year my husband and I made less than $10,000/yr, and BOTH of us went to a rather expensive school. Yes, we had financial aid, but it didn't cover everything. We still managed to pay for school and buy food/pay rent/etc on our pathetic income, so shut up!

I fucking HATE people like that.

EDIT: fixing my freeperish grammar

[Spirochete]

148. Other: "I have a feeling Kerry's going to start World War III"

This from a person who runs a support group for UFO abductees in Seattle. LOL

[obreaslan]

149. B*sh is a Hero, Kerry is a Chicken. Yes, it's not a typo...

Someone said that to me.

[barb162]

151. Colin Powell wasn't running

[Done]

153. i vot bsuh caz he'z miltery genyus

he gone win war on terorim.