Posted on 11/29/2004 12:39:51 PM PST by neverdem
GUEST COLUMNISTS
Washington. The theories from liberals and the old media as to why John Kerry lost the presidential election reconfirm that they just don't understand the values and priorities of middle-class America. While they seem to believe that most Americans who voted for President Bush are idiots, religious zealots, or both, the results from our post-election survey show the American people gave President Bush a clear victory for practical and common-sense reasons. They voted for George W. Bush because they trusted his character and were more in agreement with him on the two most important issues of the day: fighting the war on terror and improving the economy.
In spite of what liberals and the media may say, the voters made an educated and rational decision in giving President Bush a clear victory on Election Day.
Myth #1: The American people don't like George W. Bush or his policies.
Fact: A clear majority of voters (54 percent) approves of the job Bush has done as President.
Ironically, President Bush's favorable rating was lower than his job approval rating. This means people voted for Bush because they believed he was doing a good job and agreed with him on the most important issues of the day, which were keeping America safe from terror and improving the economy.
Myth #2: American voters didn't vote for Bush; they were voting against Kerry, and didn't want to change horses during a time of war.
Fact: 83 percent of Bush voters said they were voting for George W. Bush; while only 11 percent said they were voting against John Kerry. The leading responses as to why Americans voted for Bush were because they felt he was doing a good job and they agreed with him on the issues.
(Excerpt) Read more at timesdispatch.com ...
Decent read, I was prepared for a read on the website of a similar name, you know, the one that purports that W ordered the attack on 9/11 that the pentagon was a missile and all that other absolute nonsense.
I spent Thankgiving at my Mother's home in Ohio. She's a lib, as is my sister. We got into a major confrontation. They threw out "Oh, I guess you didn't see Fahrenheit 9/11" I absolutely BLEW my stack. They think I'm a rube, when I'm the most informed person in my family. It boggles the mind how well leftist propganda works.
Hehe - Captain Photon account "banned or suspended." Nuff said.
Point taken. I don't dispute your comments.
As do many of us.
read later
"You were uninformed enough not to see the dozen completely unsupportable distortions in the first three minutes, and not get sick?" :)
Turn out the lights on "Captain Photon."
You "Figure It Out."
"The People" were NOT fooled.
Doc
Darn, just as I was going to ask the Captain to explain how "inarticulateness" differs from "the ability to speak coherently."
Thanks
ability = inability
I immediately recognized the quotes. They're from the town I was born in and where I still happen to live. I can't wait to leave it. I was going to post the article. It was posted three times, at least one time poorly edited. It totaled about 9300 hits here on FR. These folks here in the Big Apple have attracted some of the worst idiots, freaks and schemers from all over the world. There are still some decent folks here with common sense, but the overwhelming majority are clueless. Here's the story from where the quotes originated.
A Blue City (Disconsolate, Even) Bewildered by a Red America
This is really good.
Thanks for the ping.
I have friends in the City, and in-laws on the island and in Chappaqua (one of the only Republican families there!). I love New York, and it's equally disheartening to me to read quotes from presumably knowledgable professionals who should know better than to stereotype those of us in the South. I live here because I abhor pretension, and despite the stereotypes others have of us, we are a friendly, tolerant people.
I know what it's like to dislike where you live. I lived in San Diego for 11 years, 8 of which were wonderful. Then the materialism got to me, and it was time to re-pioneer the South.
Are you in the medical profession?
Affirmative, FP doc. Yourself?
I'm a psychologist, definitely not in the mold of the APA activitists. My specialty is cognitive assessment and treatment.
Thanks! Refreshing read.
marker
I was in Korea, only for a year, but in that year I met a few enlisted who had just received their third Purple Heart.
NONE of them wanted to go home until their buddies did!
Jim and John, and YOU, seem to want to spin this away from what is uncomfortable for them. The guy at PEW only took 48 hrs. or so before wanting to INSIST that 'value voters' didn't really matter - it was the war, or the economy. I said at the time, here and in the journal, that the left would be uncomfortable with the idea that people of faith voted Bush in. That would suggest that people of faith might be rewarded by a pro-life Justice, or high court appointees, a pro-life Amendment and whatever else. Defense of marriage, and so on.
But the effort to spin this as just another Marxist exercise is not convincing. And I just wanted to tell you that.
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