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Does anybody actually still believe that Kerry is a flip flopper? I doubt it, yet we hear stories on DU all the time about our mothers, our brothers, our friends or our co-workers who employ the same illogic to justify their support for Bush.
I'll bet they don't believe the hype, but in these strange days, belief isn't required-just a tight grip. Like a drowning voter base, they'll grab any rope, any line, any meme by which they can stay afloat. After all, their very livestyles depend on the avoidance of complex thought. Belief requires thought. So does disbelief, for that matter. But grabbing hold of the hype-line requires only the ability to keep on holding. Hold on through the storm, hold on through the dark of night, and hold on when the opposition tries to tell you that that rope in your hands actually ends in a noose.
Dont think. Just hold that line.
So the flip flop meme isn't really designed to convince the unconvinced. Perhaps it once was, but that time has passed. The numbers of the undecideds grow less by each day, and who can say what these near-voters are looking for to help them make their decision.
Perhaps they're not really undecided, but merely incapable of decision? Maybe they're not truly undecided, but just waiting for a clear frontrunner to emerge so that they can join the club? On the other hand (if you have three hands) the great undecideds could have severe voter's block. I know that back in the day, when I still had a GPA to worry about, there were papers I just could not write until the night before the due date. Are the undecideds just waiting for Nov 2nd to make up their minds? Are the undecideds just slacker students, and the USA one enormous party college?
If they are, do you think that the "Kerry is a flip flopper" meme makes a damn bit of difference to them?
No, the meme isn't a tool to convince undecideds, not at this point. Its a tool to maintain the loyal, an ideological lifeline. If your friends and family still hold on to this line, you might think twice about trying to turn them. They haven't thought this out. This is not a decision that they've come to after much debate.
This is a prepackaged thought that they've accepted because it rests easier on their minds. Again, its their lifeline, so don't be surprised when they won't let it go. They cant let it go. At this point, its all they've got.
So, let them go. Let the undecideds go. Fuck 'em. (No offense, mom)
And oh yes, let us absolutely fuck the polls.
Lets turn out our base, and take back this damn country while we can.
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