“They simply beg to differ”

"The real question here is: whose moralizing swung the vote?" writes EURSOC re the latest meme media elites are using to account for GW's unaccountable "good luck" in winning the hearts and minds of a majority of his fellow Americans at the ballot box:

The thrashing of John Kerry’s Democrats prompted a knee-jerk reaction from the left-leaning media on both sides of the Atlantic. Predictably they blame Bush’s sinister marshalling of the “religious right” and morally-driven middle America for the implosion of their aspirations.

It is not so much the arrival of “moral value” voters that is changing the political scene, but a broad-based rejection of the established progressive-left moralists who dominate the media and Government across the western world.

It seems that a lot of people are sick of the left’s snobbery and propaganda, its corruption and incompetence. More still have had enough of its social engineering agenda. What’s more, voters don’t like the trendy and urbane telling them how to live: and not because they are uneducated bigots, but because they simply beg to differ.

It is ironic that the left sneers at the "religious right," After all, the left's chosen fantasy, Marxism, is often described as a religion of sorts. In all its evolved forms and perversions, however pale pink, it has its roots in moral righteousness.

Exactly. Regarding what Bush voters meant when they told exit pollsters they were motivated by moral values, we're inclined to agree with Virginia Postrel:

Dianne Feinstein and Bill Bennett may think "moral values" means "opposition to gay marriage," but it's just as likely --  more, in my opinion -- to mean "the candidate's character."

As we blogged re John Kerry's tendency to exaggerate his accomplishments, It's the character, stupid.

Note:  It looks like the stack overflow problem has taken care of itself (crosses fingers).

Comments

[Teresa]

Good heavens - stack overflow now that's about the last kind of message I would expect! It's definitely a problem with the machine/code at typepad... I'm glad they resolved it.

I tried my hardest not to listen to any post election junk last Tuesday. They just make up whatever suits and try to fit the rest in with whatever view they are presenting. I wish it was as easy to ignore the continuing idiocies that are being used to explain Kerry's defeat. I can't decide whether to laugh or start throwing rocks at them!

[Miguel]

I'm glad the problem is over!! :) I have the impression that the dems simply won't get it. They will always spin truth to find a way out of their messes. So much for the reality-based community. They will never get it, IMO because in order to understand reality as it is they will have to cope with a string of issues they simply don't want to accept. As sad as it is, I declare them beyond redemption. I think that what will happen is that people will keep dropping off their ranks and becoming something else, independents, republicans, or something. It's already happening. God bless all :)