Dupes and Dopes Of Campaign '04 (Even Richard Cohen gets it!)

The Washington Post ^ | November 9, 2004 | Richard Cohen

[The Loan Arranger]

A phrase from a press release struck me: "In voting for George Bush, religious Americans were duped into voting against their best interests." The operative word is "duped," and it explains, almost by itself, why the Democratic Party is in the pits and John Kerry is not the next president of the United States. Only a dope thinks these voters were duped.

The press release comes from an organization called "Retro vs. Metro America," which -- par for the course nowadays -- is also a book and a Web site and soon, probably, a breakfast cereal. It is Democratic, and consists of some pretty impressive people, including the pollster Celinda Lake. And while a press release is, after all, just a press release, the one from Retro vs. Metro does represent the fairly common view that cultural conservatives have no idea what they are doing. For a little piece of heaven, they will sacrifice a better standard of living, health insurance and a chance to live their retirement in splendor.

In some theoretical way, this may be the case. But in the real world, as they say, you tell me what Democratic program would have improved the economic well-being of your average family so that, even for a moment, it would have to weigh trading off a cultural conviction. Is there a single American out there who really thought that Kerry's program to end or limit or whatever the outsourcing of jobs overseas was going to amount to anything? If so, that person should have been deprived of the right to vote on the grounds of insanity.

[The Loan Arranger]

Wow!

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

The press release comes from an organization called "Retro vs. Metro America," which -- par for the course nowadays -- is also a book and a Web site and soon, probably, a breakfast cereal.

Might as well be. It's an organization comprised of fruits, nuts and flakes. :)

[eagle11]

"In voting for George Bush, religious Americans were duped into voting against their best interests."

This is going to be a long 4 years for these poor losers.

[Robert A Cook PE]

Hmmmmn.

Well, to start with, most religious people do in deed (and indeed!) believe as a matter of fiaththat they SHOULD trade off a little self-glorification (and the temporary instant pleasure that comes with sexual sins) in this life to gain "a little bit of heaven!

[OSHA]

[Dolphy]

Can you imagine, had Kerry won by 3.5 million votes, what would have happened had we belittled black Americans? After all, they represent the Dems most devoted voting block and could have clearly been shown to account for a Kerry margin of victory.

It wasn't John Kerry or his ideas that made this election close. It was the mainstream media, the Soros' and the Moores.