[fintstone]

Bob
I agree with much of your last post except the part about many voting for Bush because of fear. I believe just the opposite. I think the margin would have been much greater if the dems had not falsely made:

elderly folks afraid of losing medicine and social security
young men and women afraid of being drafted
People of middle eastern desent aftiad of persecution via the patriot act
Industrial workers fraid of losing their jobs due to Bush "paying companies to outsource overseas"
Everyone afraid that the escallating federal debt would bankrupt the country
Afraid that the frennch would not like us and start charging a tarrif on french bread...etc

The fear of terrorism that you cite that may have caused people to vote Bush was logical after we were attacked on 9/11...Too bad the dems nominated a person with a lifetime of anti-war and anti-military actions and votes. what did they expect?