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[Thomas Beckett <thomas AT tbeckett.com>]

This whole "moral values" thing is a crock of shit.  If you look at the 
numbers

http://www.beliefnet.com/story/155/story_15546_1.html
(Towards the bottom)

Twenty-two percent of the electorate indicated that moral values were 
the key factor in determining who to vote for.  Of those, 80% voted for 
Bush.  Well 80% of 22% is 17.6%, which happens to be the proportion of 
fundamentalist Christians in the U.S. electorate.  (Source:  The Two 
Americas, by Stanley Greenburg.)

That's a solid and reliable minority for the GOP, but it is still a 
minority - less than a fifth of the country.  But if you listen to the 
news media and such, half the country just got religion.  It's just not 
true, it's just not there.

Also, neither Bush nor the fundamentalists have any lock on morality. 
Don't get me started on the fundamental immorality of the Bush 
Administration.

TaB

Tanner Lovelace wrote:

> Interesting article by Cringley today
>
> http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20041104.html
>
> Interesting quote:
>
>   If the experts are correct, the 2004 election 
>   results mean we now live in a country where 
>   morality is apparently the major concern of 
>   people. Am I wrong, or is the same thing 
>   not true in Iran? And if our morality is in 
>   fundamental conflict with their morality, 
>   which side will be willing to sacrifice more 
>   to obtain what they view as their just end? 
>   I can tell you it ain't us.
>
> Cheers,
> Tanner
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