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"Darrel Hoffman" <i.dont@think.so> wrote in message 
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>> An attempt at an intellectual ad, that is. I don't know if such ads
>> exist outside Northern Europe, but they sometimes work here. :-)
>
> Ah.  Sneaky.
>
>> > American tourists or military personel who happen to be there, but if
> the
>>
>> Military personnel? :-o
>
> Heck, I don't know where all the US military bases are.  Thought there was
> an off-chance we had one in that part of the world for some reason.  We 
> seem
> to have them almost everywhere else...
>
>> > last election is any indication, the absentee ballots probably won't be
>> > counted anyhow, so that does seem like a bit of a waste...
>>
>> Wouldn't the Democrats be fighting like hell if that were to happen? I
>> mean, right now at least the Americans in Europe are more than likely
>> to be something like 90 % Kerry voters.
>
> Oh, you mean the people that said "If Bush wins this election I'm moving 
> to
> Europe"?  Sidekick is right though, that the majority of absentee ballots
> would be cast by military personel.  However, given the fact that most of
> those military personel have been forced to stay on duty far longer than
> anticipated, it's possible that their faith in Bush may be a little bit
> shaken by now...
>
>
Nope ...I personally know  several guard and reserve members that have been 
on active duty longer than expected. (And are currently serving in either 
Iraq, Afghanistan, or Cuba) Every one of them understand the need to be 
where they are.  I myself was on active duty longer than expected,(I was 
fortunate enough to be assigned to stateside duty)