Monday, October 25, 2004

New Rasmussen three-day tracking poll

The Oct25 Rasmussen poll has Kerry leading Bush for the first time since Aug23. The poll shows Kerry with 48.4% and Bush with 46.4% nationwide. The 48% for Kerry is his highest poll number on the Rasmussen poll since Aug17. Are the tides shifting Kerry's way? Is there a surge happening here near the end of the campaign that will propel Kerry into the White House, or will the surge be brief and die just before Nov2? It is all up to you.

Can you really say that as a nation we are better off now than we were four years ago? I have two brothers who work in the coal-mining industry who credit Bush with an improved economy for coal. I must disagree with them. In the last ten years, the U.S. has produced only 10% more coal, much of that increased coming in the last three years of the Clinton administration. Today, coal prices are up because they are directly tied to oil prices. As the price of a barrel of oil has increased, so too has the price of a ton of coal--has Bush really had any positive effect on the economy?

I truly believe that if GWBush is re-elected on Nov2 then our economic situation will become exponentially worse in the next four years. The sad thing is that the Bush team can just make up reasons for downturns in the economy, or reasons why the tax cuts have not done more to stimulate the economy, and the big media give a pass to their assertions. I have learned one important thing in the last four years--question EVERYTHING, and DO NOT trust this administration to tell you the whole truth.

1 comment:

Meister.Ludi said...

And yet just in the last few days, our maniacal Vice-President has been declaring the war on Iraq a "glaring success story." Imagine if a politician in 1971 had said that Vietnam was a glaring success. He would have been laughed out of the country. But not this crew! They make outrageous claims that cannot possibly be backed up with the truth, and their followers cheer, hoot, and holler as though they are infallible!

WAKE UP, AMERICA!! Before it is too late...