"Why Kerry will beat Bush" - Jimmy Breslin

Why Kerry will beat Bush
Jimmy Breslin
November 2, 2004

One day last May, I assigned the election to John Kerry. I said it early, and often. As I looked more, I saw that it shouldn't even be close. I said that in this space more than once. Now I am so sure that I am not even going to bother to watch the results tonight. I am going to bed early, for I must rise in the darkness and pursue immediately an exciting, overdue project.

Besides, if I was up, so many people, upon seeing every word I said of this election coming true on television in front of them, would be kissing my hands and embarrassing me with outlandish praise. So I go to bed with total confidence. I will get up and stroll to other meadows. I invented this column form. I now leave, but will return here for cameo appearances. And I leave today as the only one in America who from the start was sure John Kerry would win by a wide margin. Let me tell you why.

This began when I noted that it was obvious, but overlooked that George Bush had lost the last election by 500,000 votes. He was close enough in Florida for it to be stolen in court. The reason he was close was that Ralph Nader had 125,000 votes in Florida, most of whom would have voted for Gore.

Anybody who had voted for Gore four years ago would never vote for Bush. So Bush started this campaign behind 500,000 votes.
Nor is there Nader. He has reduced himself to being the village idiot.

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/newyork/columnists/nyc-breslin1101,0,538572,print.column?coll=ny-ny-columnists

GO JIMMY!

that column. Great timing, Jimmy. Today's the day the American people clean house!

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Thanks, this is awesome!

recently who said they voted Gore last time and now voting Bush. Just a couple mind you. I was astonished.

You know how repukes follow their leader and lie, lie, lie.

I'm soooooo happy! :bounce:

It's as simple as that...thanks for the article... I'm off to vote! :bounce: MKJ