If Karl Rove's confidence isn't enough, here are six reasons to vote GOP:
6. John Kerry. No, he' s not running for anything, and yes, he has apologized and that's the end of it, as far as I'm concerned. But Kerry's entire demenor during the kerfuffle is a preview of the attitude we're going to get from a Democratic congress for two years. Pelosi is Kerry in drag.
5. Vex an Idiot. A GOP victory will mightily vex a number of people whose stupidity and mendacity in the last couple of years have earned them a serious vexing. It will be a well-deserved and sorely needed splash in the face with cold water to see the Americans reject the negativity, conniving and deceit that has been the hallmark of this campaign.
Here's a partial list of people who need vexing, in no particular order. These are people who, as Glenn says, aren't just anti-war, they on the other side: Michael Moore, Noam Chomsky, Nearly everyone at The New York Times, Eric Alterman, Kos, Jimmy Carter, Dan Rather, Barbara Streisand, Susan Sarandon, Natalie Maines, Tim Robbins, Janeane Garofalo, Martin Sheen, Alec Baldwin, Ed Asner, Danny Glover, Chrissie Hynde, Madonna, Woody Harrelson, George Carlin, Richard Gere, Garrison Keillor, Harry Belafonte, Jane Fonda, Ted Turner, Bruce Springsteen, Dennis Kucinich, most French people, Peter Arnett, Tina Brown, Scott Ritter, Gore Vidal, Al Franken, ANSWER, Mike Farrell, George Clooney, Keith Olberman, Bill Maher and many many more.
4. The Democrats will raise your taxes.
3. The Democrats, if they gain control of either house, will paralyze the country with BDS-based investigations and indictments.
2. There's the little matter of the survival of our civilization. The Democrats have harped on so many perceived failings of the Bush Administration and the GOP congress, from Abrahmoff to Foley, from pay raises to the minimum wage. My reaction to all of these issues is the same: I wish, I really do, that these were the most important things we had to worry about. I with these were the things that captivated our attention. But there's the little matter of the survival of our civilization to consider. And until I am convinced that we have dealt with that threat, nothing else matters. Nothing. And until that changes, I cannot willingly vote for Democrats.
1. I know that a lot of people on the right--especially on the far right--want to "punish the Republicans." It's a stupid argument and any conservative who votes Democrat tomorrow for that reason is, quite simply, an idiot.
If you're leaning that way, and looking to "punish" somebody, try to look at it this way: vote for Republicans to "punish" the Democrats for not presenting a viable alternative, for fielding a raft of empty suits, for having no discernable agenda except Bush hatred, for having this great, great chance for victory, and squandering it with the slimiest, most substance-free campaign ever.
Hold your nose if you must, but vote Republican.