I attended my second John Kerry rally in the past two weeks here in Des Moines on the steps of the Iowa State Capitol. It was an amazing feeling. I remember sitting in school in January, during AP government or economics (one of those two classes) and watching the live feed from the local station as Iowa’s First Lady Christie Vilsack and then caucus candidate John Kerry came down the steps to talk to the people of Iowa and for Christie to announce her endorsement of Kerry. It made me feel real proud to know that others in recognizable position were recognizing the strength of John Kerry, and that I as a high school student wasn’t the only one.
Today, Kerry and Vilsack retraced their steps, and as Kerry said, “It felt good and it seems like it will be good luck.” I can’t agree anymore, and I have proof to show that John Forbes Kerry will win Iowa, and with the GOTV efforts I’ve been partaking in with others across Iowa and this great nation, we will hopefully be able to rollback President Bush and elect John Kerry as the next President of these United States.
The Des Moines Register released their latest poll tonight that puts Kerry in great position in Iowa. Kerry is at 48% while Bush is at 45%, with a margin of error of +/- 3.5%, so it is pretty close. Some of the key results from the Register poll follow:
“Four years ago, Democrat Al Gore edged Bush by only 4,144 votes in Iowa. The poll shows one in 10 Bush voters from 2000 is defecting to Kerry. That compares with just 5 percent of Gore supporters who are supporting the president in this election.
Among likely voters this year who declined to vote in 2000 or who were ineligible to do so, a majority back Kerry.
Bush has failed to improve his job approval ratings since the last Iowa Poll was taken in July, when he held a 1 percentage-point lead over Kerry. In the new poll taken last week, slightly more than half disapprove of his handling of the budget and the economy. Fifty percent find fault with the way he has managed the situation in Iraq.”
All I can hope and pray is that this means Iowa, and for that matter the rest of the nation, are headed in the right direction–to the left and with a democratic president!
My only wish tonight is that the rest of my family could see through the lies and propaganda spewed by the Bush Administration. I’ve convinced my parents and one of my grandmothers through tough talks about the downfalls of George W. Bush. Two of my younger brothers are in JROTC and favor Bush because they don’t realize his mistakes and won’t pay attention to what Bush is doing to the country. Everyone else I know is voting for him because he’s such a strong Christian. Why can’t others see beyond the lies of the right?
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