k wrote:
] ] So, by all means let's pander till we can't stand up.
] ] We'll all pretend to be duly chastised by our libertine
] ] ways and pay obeisance to those good heartland values
] ] that neither they nor we actually live by. Whatever. But,
] ] don't expect me to actually believe that George W. Bush's
] ] majority represents those things any more than we
] ] depraved liberals do. Politicians and preachers lie.
] ] Neilson ratings and product sales don't.

Oh, but yes they do! That NYT story was complete baloney, as I mentioned in another thread. I'll repost my complete comments here:

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noteworthy wrote:
] Bush bastions Atlanta and Salt Lake City, watching
] a sex-drenched television drama?
]
] In the greater Atlanta market, reaching more than two million
] households, "Desperate Housewives" is the top-rated show.
] Nearly 58 percent of the voters in those counties voted for
] President Bush.

How about statistical bullshit?

Dekalb: 73% Kerry
Fulton: 60% Kerry

(Source CNN)

Thats the ALT and most of it's significant suburbs. I mean, we all know that Cobb is conservative. Whatever. Even in some of the exurbs people connected with the City are more likely to be finance voters rather then moral values types. The Atlanta "Market's" interest in "Desparate House Wives" may reflect its interest in Kerry, but you're not going to see that if the way you do this is to average out an area like "the whole state of Utah and parts of Nevada, Idaho and Wyoming" and call it "Salt Lake City."

Calling Atlanta a "Bush Bastion" is like calling Israel "Islamic" because you're including Egypt, Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon in with what you call "Israel."

Stupid.

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Now, if you are the kind of person who gets offended, stop reading this now.

I mean it. Stop.

OK, you asked for it.

The base of the right wing consists of people who are:
Rednecks who like to watch people die on TV so they can feel good about themselves as "ass kicking Americans," greedy professionals who want lower taxes and don't give a fuck about the world, crazy fundamentalists who want to shove their religion down everyone's throats, and fascists.

Its ok, the base of the left wing consists of people who are:
Punks who are still pissed of at their Dad and don't know the difference between questioning authority and always disagreeing with authority, idiots who are not able to understand that the public's money is their money too, crazy freaks who want to destroy anything associated with traditional culture in America, and socialists.

I was wrong, and many commentators where wrong, to give credit for this election to the base of the right wing. The base of the right wing didn't win this election. Those people were going to vote for Bush anyway. The center chose Bush.

The center are people who don't really care about conservative religious values but don't mind crosses on public lands. The center are people who want lower taxes but not at the expense of killing people. The center are people who just aren't into all this fanatical political bullshit and mostly want to hire a President who is charismatic, strong, honest, and responsible. They chose Bush. They chose him because seems more Presidential then Kerry. He is.

The left didn't vote for Kerry. They voted against Bush. They need to actually produce a candidate they want to vote for. They'll win if they can do that. They need to forget the issues and focus on the man.

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