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To: LindyBill who wrote (84196)	11/5/2004 2:30:03 PM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 793850

Silent Running sums up the election. This day is called the feast of Crispian With the Un-re-defeat of President Chimpy McSmirk, the world's dumbest Nazi, many people naturally enough are now resignedly awaiting the call from the mobile megaphone trucks for all homosexuals to assemble at the appelplatz in Times Square for "resettlement to the West". Others are attempting to dodge the mines, machinegun nests and barbed wire to make it to blessed freedom in Canada. Still more are attempting to memorise the latest editions of "The New York Review of Books" and "Tikkun", like in "Farenhet 451", so at least part of western intellectual life might survive the bonfires being stoked by the grim-visaged Creationists even as we speak. Yes, it's the Fall of Night in AmeriKKKa. No doubt about it. The crushing of all dissent is well advanced, as the government turns us into pathetic sheeple.I heard Michael Moore talking about that on "Entertainment Tonight". And all those books down at Barnes and Noble keep telling us all about the sinister plans by Karl Rove to make the Bible compulsory. And of course Professor Chomsky has long been trying to let us know about the brutal crackdown on independent academics. He himself is down to his last Alfa-Romeo convertible. Ben Affleck is probably going to be forced to do a sequel to "Reindeer Games" as a hideous example of what happens to those who dare defy the Will of Jesus by opposing His chosen vessel. He might even start to run out of Jennifers to date! When will our long national nightmare end?

To: LindyBill who wrote (84196)	11/5/2004 5:33:26 PM
From: SBHX	Respond to of 793850

Jane Smiley Classic liberal elitist groupthink : The problem's not me or people like me, it's those unschooled/greedy/evil/neanderthal/uncool fools that's ruining it for all of us metro-people. At some point it will sink in to the snobs like Jane Smiley that a little introspection between drinks is not too much to ask for. And... there is the exit polls of Florida and Ohio. In Florida's case, I see that college graduates voted for Bush 54:44, a 10 pt margin. When you look at the post grad numbers, it's even more startling : Postgrad and PhDs voted for Bush 53:45, a 5 pt margin, while those who did not finish high school went for Kerry with the same 53:45 margin. VOTE BY EDUCATION BUSH KERRY NADER TOTAL 2004 2000 2004 2004 No High School (3%) 45% -2 53% 1% H.S. Graduate (20%) 48% +6 51% 0% Some College (34%) 51% +2 48% 0% College Graduate (27%) 56% n/a 44% 0% Postgrad Study (15%) 53% +1 45% 1% VOTE BY EDUCATION BUSH KERRY NADER TOTAL 2004 2000 2004 2004 No College Degree (57%) 50% n/a 49% 0% College Graduate (43%) 54% n/a 44% 1% cnn.com I don't know Jane, maybe we're the good guys, and it's you who's been hanging out with the bad crowd --- you know, the ones doing a terrible job posing as professional journalists? Maybe?