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3 November 2004 
My mixed feelings on the election are giving way to sinking feelings. Bill Bennett, via Andrew Sullivan:
Having restored decency to the White House, President Bush now has a mandate to affect policy that will promote a more decent society, through both politics and law. His supporters want that, and have given him a mandate in their popular and electoral votes to see to it. Now is the time to begin our long, national cultural renewal ("The Great Relearning," as novelist Tom Wolfe calls it) — no less in legislation than in federal court appointments. It is, after all, the main reason George W. Bush was reelected.Now is when all the people who voted for Bush on foreign policy issues need to do an instant 180 and oppose him forcefully on every attempt to insert the Bible into US law.
03:41 PM |
After getting only five hours of sleep, I have just two brief comments on the election:
- I may be needlessly alarmed, but I'm thinking a Kerry win would have been better than a win for Bush due, as every commentator is saying this morning, to "moral values" issues (an argument bolstered by the fact that all 11 state anti- gay marriage measures passed).
- If I never see another interview with Barack Obama it will be too soon.
08:47 AM |