it was sweet.
"Anyone anticipating a conciliatory second Bush term should stop."
This is the only true line in the article (though I admit, I only skimmed it).
I agree with Sullivan:
W clearly RIGGED the election by turning out his CONSERVATIVE base, in higher numbers than in previous election cycle.
"all those predictions of gay marriage moving African-Americans toward the Republicans didn't pan out."
Actually I think there are indications that it did pan out.
You're a lib'ral--trust your feelings.
At least 3/4 of self-described moderates are in fact centre-left even by the New Zealand standard. True centrists lay omewhere more to the right.
I guess he's been hanging out at the DU too long.
"Moderate" is the label 'rats use for themselves when they are not quite Marxist or are ashamed of the label "liberal".
Thank God, the left just doesn't get it. As long as they stay in such total self denial about their support nationwide the Conservatives can keep taking more and more of the House and Senate. By the time they figure out what's really going on we will have all 9 Supreme Court justices appointed by Republicans.
Translation, if we can keep the courts in the mix, we can nationalize gay marriage another day, or at least mandate it the unprotected states via the courts.
Whew- isn't it amazing?
I'm always uneasy with one-issue folks- whatever the issue.
Andrew just completed his relatively short journey into oblivion.
Oh, and Bush did not come out in favor of civil unions necessarily. He said that he did not want to ban them, but he did want to leave it to the state legislatures. One day maybe Bush will realize that there isn't a dimes worth of difference between gay marriage and civil unions, but it doesn't matter. As long as the courts get out of play then we can manage this issue just fine.
The Democrats' attempted coup managed to last all of eight hours.......
Or, Kerry confused and shell shocked, dithered over conceding for 8 or 9 hours. He just couldn't reach a decision even though faced with irrefutable facts..
W on the other hand delayed a mere 7 minutes on 911 and swung into confident action.
"Moderates" ARE liberals. They just can't bring themselves to admit it.
memo to homos: you've come out. congratulations. now go back in.
Homosexuality is still a mental illness characterized by paranoid feelings!
A MANDATE FOR CULTURE WAR: That's Bill Bennett's conclusion. He won't be the only one. What we're seeing, I think, is a huge fundamentalist Christian revival in this country, a religious movement that is now explicitly political as well. It is unsurprising, of course, given the uncertainty of today's world, the devastating attacks on our country, and the emergence of so many more liberal cultures in urban America. And it is completely legitimate in this country for such views to be represented in public policy, however much I disagree with them. But the intensity of the passion, and the inherently totalist nature of religiously motivated politics means deep social conflict if we are not careful. Our safety valve must be federalism.