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In article , "gregpresley"
wrote: Not that anyone cares at this point in the thread, but it's clear that there were 5 main groups voting strongly for Bush. People who earn more than $200,000, people who believe that the only real business of government is defense/(offence), people who think that sticking to one point of view (no matter how discredited) is more indicative of leadership than flexibility is, people who live in small towns with perhaps less access to a variety of news sources, and people who are religious conservatives. There are some overlaps between these groups, notably the religious conservatives and small town groups. What can be said unequivocably is that Bush could not have won this election without the religious conservative vote. Just subtract their numbers (20,000,000 or so) and you get a Kerry over Bush victory 56,000,000 to 39,000,000. So on issues which could be argued on a rational basis, you have a significant, but smaller group of Republicans. Even though I disagree with those voters, at least we could argue political philosophy, numbers, motives, cost/benefit, etc. Once you get into the realm of which candidate truly believes "Jesus Christ is my personal Savior", and how you would prove that, you've lost the ability to have a rational political discussion. But as I wrote to my Republican brother recently, the Democrats faced internal disunity for over 100 years between the northern Democrats and the southern Democrats. The northerns were anti-slavery, the southerns pro, the northerns willing to assist the implementation of Amendments XIII and XIV, the southerns to obstruct them, the northerns to pass civil rights legislation in the 50's and 60's, the southerns to obstruct them, the northerns to encourage scientific knowledge and debate, the southerns to vote on public officials depending on their stand on evolution. Now the Republicans have "inherited" the south, and with that inheritance come a lot of problematical issues and potential divisions down the road. Barry Goldwater spent the last years of his life warning his fellow Republicans that there would be tremendous trouble in store for them if they allowed the Christian right to become dominant in their party, and I would say that we've arrived at that point. Excellent comment. -paggers -- "Of what are you afraid, my child?" inquired the kindly teacher. "Oh, sir! The flowers, they are wild," replied the timid creature. -from Peter Newell's "Wild Flowers" Visit the Garden of Paghat the Ratgirl: http://www.paghat.com |
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