Bush, Kerry Voters Differ on View of U.S.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

By NANCY BENAC, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON - The nation is emerging from the 2004 presidential election with two very different portraits of itself sketched by two very different halves of its population.


George Bush's voters go to church more often than John Kerry's and are more likely to oppose gay marriage and abortion. They are more likely to own guns and to feel better-off financially than they did four years ago.


Sure, they are concerned about terrorism. But they are more concerned about "moral values."


Most think things are going well for the United States in Iraq, and that the war has made America more secure.


They are satisfied with the Republican Bush administration; many are enthusiastic.


Voters who supported the Democratic nominee, by contrast, are more worried about the economy. They view "moral values" and terrorism as lesser concerns. They go to church, but less frequently. Few see any improvement in their financial situation over the past four years.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=533&e=4&u=/ap/20041106/ap_on_el_pr/two_views

[Nimrod]

1. I see "moral values" as a huge concern now

I see it as a threat. To our freedom, to our way of life, to our financial standing, and to our physical safety. Fuck terrorists, we've got the moral crusaders doing a WAY better job on terrorizing people.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

3. Good point

It may be Moral Relativism but it is interesting how the right defines morality.

Though shalt not kill....unless it's rag heads.

Thou shalt not bears false witness against thy neighbor.....unless it gets you ahead politically.

Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's goods......unless it's oil.

Thou shalt not have strange Gods before me......unless it's money

[Warpy]

2. My grandmother kept a scrapbook during the Depression

and filled it with articles by pubbies who said the country was in good shape, really, that there was nothing to be concerned about, that prosperity would be just around the corner if FDR would only quit screwing things up.

The date may change, but the pubbies sure don't, not until they're the ones standing in the street with a cup full of pencils, trying to earn enough money for enough food to keep them alive one more day.

This bunch will continue going around in a haze of self righteousness until enough disasters pile up to give them the equivalent of a 2X4 between the eyes.

Things are not going to get better until they get a whole lot worse, first. We already have run out of nations willing to front us the money to keep going. The dollar is in a slow slide now, but I think we're going to see that rate of devaluation pick up.

And the Bush team has absolutely no clue what to do about any of it. If the facts don't fit the dogma, just ignore the facts.

[Catt03]

4. This is the kind of reporting that drives us into the ground

we all should be writing letters to these media marionettes who are consistently and shamefully telling us what OUR values are, how often we go to church and why that makes us less than the others.

Stop them from defining us!