Friday, October 01, 2004

An AFP reporter inspects the latrines at a Marine air base in Iraq and finds something unexpected:

...if one straw poll is to be believed on this gigantic air base in the western Iraqi desert, Kerry is due to rout Bush in the November 2 elections after the Massachusetts senator picked up 73 votes to 58 on the bathroom wall.

This may not be reliable:

However, the vote has come in for criticism amid suspicions Kerry supporters voted more than once due to the identical hashmarks on his side of the column inside the foul, humid brown and green plastic stalls, known as "Port-a-Johns".

However, what would prevent Bush supporters from responding in kind?

More telling, perhaps, is some of the other graffiti:

One diatribe says: "The only thing Bush cares about is a good fight to make a name for himself. If you think he really cares about us you're out of your fucking mind. If you really believe 9/11 is related to Iraq then you're just as delusional as the hippie that thinks there will ever be world peace.

"You're not fighting for America. You're fighting for fucked-up politics. End of story Cinderella."

Another pundit opines: "If you are a retard, vote Bush. He is too!"


There's quite a bit of anti-Kerry graffiti as well ("If you want a pussy in office vote Kerry," for instance). But

Kerry gets off scot-free compared to Bush who is called "a scumbag, alcoholic, draft-dodging millionaire daddy's boy" ...

What? Our brave fighting men don't think Kerry is a pampered traitor who looks French? Commies.

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