Lose the old playbook, get some balls

Wed, 03 Nov 2004 17:44:00 +0000

Some of my friends would say that I am very bold and abrasive, loud and passionate, direct and in-your-face. Some of you out there may have came to that conclusion as well by reading my letter posted on Salon, where I talked a lot of shit and noise. I am going to man up here and say I was completely wrong, bloated and/or whatever the fuck is similar.

First, congratulations sincerely to our president and his political supporters. They obviously had a wonderful night. They kicked our fucking asses. No two ways around it.

Since I was very wrong, I have some obligation to explain my wrong theories, which led me to believe that Sen. John Kerry would blow out President Bush. Obviously I believed strongly in my generation and our ability to decide this election. In comparison to voters last go-around, I felt it was going to be roughly even, where Bush would lose, let's say, gay Republicans and some fiscal conservatives and Kerry would lose some people who were concerned about security. With that in consideration, I felt that my extremely motivated generation would tip the scale, as we favor Kerry strongly.

Get ready for a November surprise

Wed, 27 Oct 2004 18:42:00 +0000

I am a 21-year-old African-American/loyal Salon reader/ frequent writer to you. Although I love you all a lot and, like you (assuming so), I am a liberal, I just feel I have to scream at you for a bit. Almost two weeks ago, I sent a letter to you guys telling you how the new Eminem song "Mosh" has many young'ns riled up, angry, motivated and against Bush. Now 10 days or so later, not only you guys but many publications are up on it. My point? Maybe you guys should listen more to us young'ns, maybe have a young person consultant of sorts. After all, we will decide this election, as I will point out later in this letter.

First, let me just say prepare for the death of polls, as that will be the dominant story coming out of election night. First blacks. I saw Ann Coulter on some show where she was literally speaking for black America. Being that she is an aging white chick with poorly dyed roots, she obviously got it wrong. Those polls saying how Bush will get 16 to 18 percent of the black vote are just wrong. To quote ODB, "Nigga please." Since black people aren't really polled, here is a bit of insight. Although we aren't that excited about Kerry, he has nothing to worry about with the African-American community. We as a whole don't like Bush, period. Yes, Democrats take us for granted and regardless of which party, we are at the bottom of the totem poll, but we realize that Democrats talk to us, try with us, are down with us, and give us a seat at the table. We are gamed to what the GOP do, or rather don't do for us.

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Lose the old playbook, get some balls

Get ready for a November surprise