ABC News: “We Can’t Find A Single American…”
An amazing statement from ABC News says they haven’t been able to dig up a single person in the entire United States of America who voted for Al Gore in 2000, but plans to vote for George W. Bush in 2004: ABC News’ The Note: First Source for Political News. (Hat tip: Yehudit.)
And they invite you, oh rare deluded subspecies that you are, to email them at their “political unit:”
Forget the fact that that we still can’t find a single American who voted for Al Gore in 2000 who is planning to vote for George Bush in 2004. (If you are that elusive figure, e-mail us and tell us who you are and why: politicalunit@abcnews.com.)
With nearly a million visitors a month (30,000-50,000 daily), a large percentage of whom are former Al Gore voters who will vote for Bush, I think LGF may be able to answer this challenge. Have at it, lizardoids; the usual disclaimers about being polite but firm apply. ABC News really should be humbled for this outrageous display of mainstream media hubris.
UPDATE at 8/11/04 8:56:38 pm:
Apparently, ABC News didn’t bother to contact former New York Mayor Ed Koch:
Over the years, I have crossed party lines in mayoral elections because I believed that John Lindsay, Rudy Giuliani and Michael Bloomberg, for whom I campaigned and voted, would be far better for the City of New York than the Democratic candidates running against them. Party affiliation is an important consideration but should never be dispositive when casting a vote.
Now, for the first time in my life, I am going to vote for a Republican candidate for president, the incumbent, George W. Bush. I voted for Al Gore in 2000. I was one of the few Democratic leaders who supported Gore in the 1988 presidential Democratic primary when Michael Dukakis received 45 percent of the primary vote in New York City, Gore 7 percent, and Jesse Jackson carried the City with 46 percent.
With his endorsement of Howard Dean in this year’s primary and his strident speeches calling President Bush a liar, Gore has certainly demonstrated that he has moved considerably to the left since his defeat.
Why have I endorsed George W. Bush when I don’t agree with him on a single domestic issue? Because I believe the issue of international terrorism trumps all other issues. I don’t believe the Democratic Party has the stomach and commitment to deliver on this issue.