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To: RetiredNow who wrote (221238)	3/1/2005 2:10:57 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1573092

Bitter. Liberals have been slow to grasp the mainstream reaction to the no-values culture, chalking it up to Karl Rove, sinister fundamentalists, racism, or the stupidity of the American voter. Since November 2, the withering contempt of liberals for ordinary Americans has been astonishing. Voting for Bush gave "quite average Americans a chance to feel superior," said Andrew Hacker, a prominent liberal professor at Queens College. We are seeing the bitterness of elites who wish to lead, confronted by multitudes who do not wish to follow. Liberals might one day conclude that while most Americans value autonomy, they do not want a procedural republic in which patriotism, religion, socialization, and traditional values are politically declared out of bounds. Many Americans notice that liberalism nowadays lacks a vocabulary of right and wrong, declines to discuss virtue except in snickering terms, and seems increasingly hostile to prevailing moral sentiments. I find this prevailing view of liberals interesting. Some how liberalism has become interwined with the current permissiveness that pervades this society. However, demographic statistics suggest otherwise. The liberal areas of this country tend to have less crime, divorce and murder than the more conservative areas. They tend to be more prosperous, attractive and environmentally sound than their conservative counterparts. That, in and of itself, should tell you something. When talking about permissiveness, people off cite Hollywood as the prime example. However, I say to you that if Hollywood is so out of touch with what people want, why is its product selling so well? And when conservatives discuss permissiveness, why don't they cite the permissiveness in the corporate world where dishonesty, corporate malfeasance and corporate embezzlement has outdone itself in the past ten years? I think this whole rightie whining fest is a bunch of horse puckey. Liberalism is alive and well. Its what's made this country great. If mistakes have been made along the way, so be it.........to err is human. What I think has changed has been the right and its commitment to gain power at almost any cost. I think that change took liberals by surprise. They were unprepared for the onslaught and it shows. At the present time, they are regrouping. At some point, they will have to come to the realization that what they stand for is good no matter what the right says to the contrary. I reject the neoconservatism that has sprung up in this country. It is dangerous and if allowed to go unchecked, will damage this country. So save your moralizing for church on Sunday. I ain't buying into this load of crap. ted