Below is a consolidated list of links to events and facts that I have used as references on swing voters, namely my parents who have never voted for a Democrat before. Through persistence of daily emails, the aide of these links, and a continuing dialog of fact v. reality and Bush's leadership style, or lack thereof, my parents are currently on the "fence" and are heavily leaning towards Kerry. They are from Minnesota. They are also using my emails as references when discussing this election with their friends as well. My Dad will not admit it, yet my Mom says this dialog is having a substantial effect.
I believe this election can undoubtedly be won with the "silent conservative vote," long time Republican voters not admitting to pollsters or staunch repugs they will be voting for Kerry.
I live in New York City and have been hammering on the ground the quality of leadership. This is, in my mind, a great gap that no matter what Bush currently says, what he has said and done in the past has no qualities of a leader. He does not have Presidential quality and people need to recache the images in their minds of looking at him as a leader since 911. Independents and Republicans pay way more attention when the leadership theme is brought up. I believe leadership is a great angle to discredit Bush on all fronts because he is a very weak President, has always been a weak President and many Americans forgot about that after 911.
I hope these links help anyone trying to convince the unconvinced. I will try and update it as much as possible to stay with the current events. I generally copy and past the stories to my emails without a lot of personal commentary or bias. Let the facts speak for themselves.
I was tipped off to some of these links on this website so some are redundant. I apologize, yet hopefully many will be able to use them more efficiently grouped like so. Thank all of you for your efforts, passion and hard worked logged into dailykos. It is an uphill battle and with the determination I have seen it is one that we can and will win. Let's get to work and send Bush and his cronies packing!
Bold Bush Missteps and Contradictions Regarding Iraq:
"Leadership Matters" MilitaryWeek.com
http://militaryweek.com/kk092204.shtml
U.S. Effort Aims to Improve Opinions About Iraq Conflict
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A60725-2004Sep29?language=printer
Violence in Iraq Belies Claims of Calm, Data Show
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50259-2004Sep25.html
"Just Guessing"
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=6296762
"I think the world would be better off if we did leave" QuickTime Required.
http://homepage.mac.com/njenson/movies/leaveiraq.html
"They never stop thinking of new ways to destroy and harm our people; and neither do we." QuickTime Required.
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/graphics/movies/0805041bush.mov
Britain to cut troop levels in Iraq
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1307980,00.html
Al-Qaida would back Bush, says UK envoy
http://www.guardian.co.uk/print/0,3858,5020679-111675,00.html
Secret papers show Blair was warned of Iraq chaos
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/09/18/nwar18.xml&sSheet=/news/2004/09/
18/ixnewstop.html
Skewed Intelligence Data in March to War in Iraq
http://nytimes.com/2004/10/03/international/middleeast/03tube.html?hp=&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1096
740291-85/uyiQeOnMypEYLTlp2rA
Who is John Kerry?
John F. Kerry: Candidate in the making
http://www.boston.com/globe/nation/packages/kerry/
Text From The Speech John Kerry Made On The Senate Floor
http://www.independentsforkerry.org/uploads/media/kerry-iraq.html