On Wed, 20 Dec 2000, Doug Pensinger wrote:
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> "John D. Giorgis" wrote:
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> > After all, which President would be more representative of the people:
> > A) A President who has the narrow support of the urban coastal areas,
> > producing a narrow overall popular majority, and little support from the
> > vast central rural areas?
> > B) A President with overwhelming support of the vast central rural areas,
> > and a decent minority of support in the urban coastal areas?
>
> A, obviously since more of the people are represented. I think Dan had an
> excellent point about the rural minority - why _should_ they have
> disproportionate power?
Ummm, because liberal-leaning humanist urbanites are "the Enemy" in the
culture war (as defined by such Repubs as Helms, Lott, Bennett, etc.). We
are evil, the threat to Biblical values. (Gooooooooo Evil!)
To Bush's credit, he hews less to such extreme views than the leaders of
his party.
Marvin Long
Austin, Texas
