West Palm Beach seniors spitting mad at Bush

[mainer]

After the butterfly ballot fiasco, they're ready for revenge:

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"We were really angry in 2000, but we feel worse now. I'd vote for Mickey Mouse if he was running against George Bush - anyone, but Bush," says May Duke, who is sitting with her husband Sam, in the home of their mutual friend Sam Oser.
Appearances can be deceptive. This trio of retired Jewish New Yorkers, enjoying their twilight years in a huge but thoroughly middle-class retirement community in Florida's West Palm Beach, are, by their own admission, getting on a bit.

But mention the upcoming presidential contest, and the angry determination that spews forth would do justice to any gathering of committed student activists. They never liked Bush in the first place and at the time of the "butterfly ballot" fiasco, Mrs Duke, 76, was president of the local Democratic Club, which includes the majority of the Jewish residents here at Century Village among its membership.

The West Palm Beach ballot was one of several anomalies that turned Florida into the laughing-stock of the western democratic process in November 2000. It was the ballot where it wasn't at all clear to thousands of voters whether they were selecting Al Gore, or the right-wing Reform Party candidate Pat Buchanan. He racked up 3,400 votes here, as compared to an average of 400 in other districts.




http://www.guardian.co.uk/uselections2004/story/0,13918,1170370,00.html

[Tarheel_Dem]

1. Great Read.....

wonder why we have to get this info from the Guardian...as opposed to, say, Time Mag or Newsweek? :shrug:

[texas1928]

2. Because

They don't want to be shut down for talking bad about Shrub.

[newyawker99]

3. Hi texas1928!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast: