[lbo-talk] Terrorism not values

[Carl Remick]

>From: Jacob Segal <jpsegal at rcn.com>
>
>The Gay Marriage Myth
>Terrorism, not values, drove Bush's re-election.
>By Paul Freedman
>
>... If the morality gap doesn't explain Bush's re-election, what does? A 
>good
>part of the answer lies in the terrorism gap. Nationally, 49 percent of
>voters said they trusted Bush but not Kerry to handle terrorism; only 31
>percent trusted Kerry but not Bush.

This terrorism gap is even screwier that the "values" gap.  All of GWB's 
achievements here have been as a supply-sider, creating as stimulus as 
possible to increase world output of terrorism.  Yet, the sovereign wisdom 
of the U.S. electorate deems GWB the obvious choice to save their sorry 
sizable behinds.  By this logic, it's a pity that George "The Mad Bomber" 
Matesky is dead; he would have been ideal to head Homeland Security.

Carl