>Kerry is loosing because US is one of the most reactionary countries in
>the developed world, and people tend to like conservative leaders with
>evangelical style, like Bush. They are afraid of terrorism and think
>that tough-talking Bush will protects them, just like tough looking SUV
>will "protect" them from car crash injuries or death. They are
>anti-intellectual and philistine - they like down to earth vernacular
>talking guys - and Bush is quite good at this role. They do not like
>people who are thoughtful and cultured like Kerry because they associate
>that with being indecisive and effeminate.
Bush is likely to get the votes of something like a quarter of the U.S. voting-age population. Aren't you generalizing rather recklessly about all of us? We've got all kinds of people here - some very smart, creative, and resourceful people along with the yahoos. We're not all dolts, you know.
Doug