I'm just wallowing and gloating in all the lib-dem misery, teeth gnashing and breast beating, LW.
Maybe we should pad the walls and cover-up the electric outlets, so they don't hurt themselves too bad?
I can support a man I don't always agree with- I can't support a man I can't trust.
Voters told the exit pollsters that the president says what he believes and believes what he says, and John Kerry says what he thinks the voters in front of him want to hear.
What a surprise for the MSM - Americans vote their conscience.
Catholic Ping - please freepmail me if you want on/off this list
Bye, bye don't let the kitchen door hit you in the fanny on the way out of the country. And while your at it renounce your citizenship..since you apparently don't LOVE the USA or support traditional values.
Please know I mean the left whackos not you LibWhacker.
OOOH Susan hammer it home!
For half of us, their credibility is shot, the other half is complaining that they weren't more biased.
As to TV, I think there is room for maybe two of the alphabets to vye for that dwindling number of info-seekers who need the media to affirm their worldview. For two of them, continuing to go after the lefty niche is a viable financial business model, and they will thrive. Soon, at least one of them will have to follow the Fox model in order to stay alive, I'm not sure which one, we will soon start to see evidence of a move toward the right.
Many pundits define the culture wars as a war between religious people vs. secularists. This misses the point. The culture wars are about the values of common sense that underwrite traditions that have undergirded Judeo-Christian moral codes for centuries. The culture wars are about how we raise our children, what the schools teach them, how we teach them what's right and what's wrong.
Good observation, the election was far more than a simplistic “war between religious people vs. secularists.”
By most standards I would be considered a secularist. I personally know only a few religionists. I personally know of no one who voted for Kerry. Gay marriage was never much of an issue. Watching Hanoi John stand up in black churches delivering a campaign speech was an issue for many – it was seen as the height of political hypocrisy.
Plain old patriotism was an issue. How could we vote for a man who bragged about committing sedition and openly committed treason?
Kerry was promising everything to all people – and claimed it would be paid for by taxing “The Rich”. If The Rich were taxed heavy enough to pay for it all, The Rich would have to include everyone not on welfare. The balance would have to be made up by slashing defense.
Our “esteemed” news media played its part – I often heard people at my favorite watering hole laughing at the lame spin put on election coverage.
Hollywood can’t be left out - watching celebrities stepping out of their jets and limousines to protest SUVs, and later to tell us that we would have to be very ignorant to vote for President Bush. Belittling a candidate never helps.
And of course President Bush and John Kerry played their part. We watched President Bush talking with the people, walking around his ranch, and being a normal human being. We watched Hanoi John pontificate on the issues and about what a Great War Hero and Savior of the Nation he is. We listened as he talked down to us peasants in a stentorian voice.
Fortunately enough of us peasants are smarter than the democrats gave us credit for.
Very good article. I particularly liked the opening salvo about "slouching towards Canada".