Ok, getting back to WHY Bush won, since terrorism was not the factor. Moral Issues. We had a vote on a Constitutional amendment to forever ban gays from marriage. That put everyone on record, (Senate, congress and both pres candidates). And 11 states added such legislation to their own constitutions. It is these people who created the majority for Bush to win. Kerry actually won the liberal (86-13)
AND the moderate vote (55-45) (as self described). Conservatives came out and voted for hate in great numbers and gave it to Bush by an (84-15) margin.
It is solace, small solace, but still solace to know that the moderates in america, largely did not support this. It's just incredibly distressing to know the most active segment of the american electorate voted to overwhelm us.
This is the base that elected Bush
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"I wonder if you noticed that yesterday all eleven states that considered the question of gay marriage voted to ban it. ALL ELEVEN. I think this sends a very clear message -- true Americans do not like your kind of homosexual deviants in our country, and we will not tolerate your radical pro-gay agenda trying to force our children to adopt your homosexual lifestyle. You should be EXTREMELY GRATEFUL that we even let you write a very public and influential blog, instead of suppressing your treasonous views (as I would prefer). But I'm sure someone like yourself would consider me just an "extremist" that you don't need to worry about. Well you are wrong -- I'm not just an extremist, I am a real American, and you should be worried because eleven states yesterday proved that there are millions more just like me who will not let you impose your radical agenda on our country."
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