Re: [microsound] Re: us citizens... (OT)

[Richard Zvonar <zvonar@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 05 Nov 2004 00:24:32 +0200, Christos Carras <ear@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> the election was won because of fear: all the main
> themes - guns, gays, irak, al qaida, abortion - are related to some
> dimension of fear - of the enemy, of ones own desires etc.


At 9:28 AM +0900 11/5/04, Bill Ashline wrote:
> The reason the repubs won this election was because they had 11
> anti-gay marriage initiatives in a variety of states, including Ohio,
> which brought out the religious ultra-conservatives, who, once they
> cast their ballots on the initiatives, voted for Bush and the rest of
> the repubs on the ballot.

I agree with both statements. The mobilization of the Evangelicals 
(who tend to be a fearful and superstitious lot) was a masterful 
tactic engineered by Karl Rove.

BTW - George Lakoff has some insights:

http://www.rockridgeinstitute.org/people/lakoff
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