BS. 9/11 won them the election in '04. It's like that quote from "Wag the dog" I can't seem to forget: "You don't change horses in midstream!"
Nope.
What got people out to vote in key battleground states was the inclusion of the anti-gay marriage amendments after the failure of the FMA. It was preached from the pulpits, and , the subtle hint was made that "While you're saving your family, you can save your country too."
11 states banned Gay Marriage , after Bush called for them to do it at the state level in the General Election. Many states were ready to go to ballot before then, in the 2003 election, but the people involved with collecting signatures intentionally held it over. They wanted the conservative neocon evangelicals out at the polls in 2004. Not 2003.
Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Michigan, Mississippi, Montana, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon and Utah.
And what state was a "key state" for Bush? What state had the election coordinator for the state working for Diebold? What state made the difference?
Ohio. With it's 20 electoral votes.
