From: Arlo J. Bensinger (ajb102@psu.edu)
Date: Mon Dec 13 2004 - 00:38:24 GMT
Platt,
You say:
...will prevail in taking
> over the Democrat party, assuring your continued dwelling in the
> wilderness for another generation.
??? Wilderness?? 49% of the citizens of this nation voted for "the most liberal
member of congress". Nearly all heavily populated states, and practically all
urban areas voted for "the most liberal member of congress". NYC, the most
dynamic place on earth (as attested to by you), voted overwhelmingly Kerry.
You can shout "we won" until you're blue in the face, but that does not make you
an overwhelming majority, or one with a clear mandate to take the country to
far-right extremism or hand it over to big business and fundamental
christianity. AND, of course, you fail to mention that the majority of those
polled who voted Bush said they did so (1) to prevent gays from marrying, or
(2) because America would lose to AlQaeda if Kerry was elected. Hardly
intellectual "strong points" for the strong intellectual fiber of the right...
unless "fear" and "xenophobia" count as "intellectual patterns".
No, this was a victory for Victorian morality, a return to the good old days, a
strengthening of social control over the lives of individuals (oh, unless only
business counts), won by an amazing effective propaganda machine fueled by
anger and hate and fear. Goebbles would be very proud, Platt, very proud
indeed.
If the vote went 51/49 FOR Kerry, I doubt you willingly assert that liberalism
would have a clear mandate to "spend its political capital"? Would you??? Or
that "republicans" didn't get it? Nope, you'd say that we won with the slimmest
of margins, and that a near majority of people in the country oppose
liberalism, wouldn't you??? Suuuuuuure you would :-)
Not to mention that nearly all areas that correlate with academic hubs (groan, I
can forsee your response to this :-)), and all nearly all areas with high-tech
or knowledge workforce majorities voted "blue". And most areas with a
significant "non-white" population (whether Indian, Asian, Black or Hispanic).
If you call this "the wilderness", I'd prefer it over the bleak red landscapes
any day.
Arlo
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