Bush Supporters Lied to Save Skin During Election

Bush wins as Kerry finally (and thankfully) concedes. Now, a lot of people have been making noise over the extremely inaccurate results first reported from the exit polls early yesterday morning. Early in the day, the exit polls had pegged Kerry an easy win, but as the day fell to night, those exit poll results become more and more questionable. While I’m not here to preach to you the evils of conducting exit polls, I am however going to explain why those polls were so inaccurate and why Bush seemed to buck the losing trend.

First of all, the antics and the attitudes of many of the radical Democrats/Bush-haters, the Michael Moores of the world, Bruce Springsteen, Hollywood etc, had made the environment in many of the battle ground states nearly intolerable for anyone considering a vote for Bush. For an example of what I mean, look at what happened in New York and Milwaukee,

Leftist Violence Mars GOP Convention in New York City

Protesters were arrested for spitting on delegates as they entered the convention. A 63 year-old delegate from Mississippi told the New York Post he was physically blocked from entering the convention by protesters. “I don’t mind them demonstrating, but to spit on people is unbelievable,” he told The Post, after himself being spit on.

Vandals slash tires of 20 GOP vehicles

Milwaukee police were looking for a young white male suspected of slashing the tires on 20 cars and vans rented by Republicans to get out the vote.

And, in another case of vandalism, a wall at the Wisconsin GOP headquarters building in Madison was spray-painted with the words “Illegitmate Democracy” twice, a Republican official said.

These were not isolated cases - the hatred and vitriol levelled at President Bush and his core supporters is well documented (particularly in urban areas) and is certainly not hard to find while strolling the streets or reading the editorial page of your local newspaper. Imagine you’re considering voting for Bush while most of those around you have nothing but contempt for such a move. How likely are you to speak up if the perception of a vote for Bush is a vote for ignorance and backwardness? I’m not saying that these perceptions are true - they are obviously not - but for many, saying one thing (I’m voting for Kerry) and doing another (actually voting for Bush), was simply a way of avoiding the potentially embarrassing and often threatening attacks from Kerry supporters.

This is why many of those individuals who emerged from their polling stations yesterday openly lied to the exit pollers, who incidentally were more than eager to fill their predetermined media bias for Kerry, and chose to vote for President Bush. I suspect that many of these soft Republicans (and the undecided voter) when faced with the reality of four years of Kerry went with the gut feeling and voted Bush. They might not have admitted it to the exit pollers or even to their friends and family, but their choice is now clear: Bush easily won the popular vote - 51% to 48%.

Maybe now, after the dust of the election finally settles they’ll have the courage to admit to it.