The Real Values Numbers Tell the Tale

Have we all fallen under the GOP spell? Are we in a coma...WHAT? Do yourselves a favor and read Frank Rich’s column in today’s New York Times. But if that’s too much trouble, here are some figures he quotes. Only 23% of the electorate voted with “moral values” in mind. This is the same percentage of people who call themselves born-again Christians. On the gay issue, 62% of Americans believe in some kind of legal status for gays--35% believe in civil unions and 27% believe in gay marriage. And ex-NYC-Mayor Ed Koch notwithstanding (he switched from Dem to Repub because he thinks the GOP will favor Israel), the total number of Jewish Repubs was 200,000 less than the number of gay Repub voters. If you find yourself believing even one small thing that is coming out of the White House, snap out of it. WAKE UP! There are many reasons people voted for Bush/Cheney, but moral values is not high on the list. Since 78% of the voters didn’t vote with the GOP version of values in mind, the BushMen are going to have to contend with the real values of the vast majority of people in the USA. During the next four years the actual citizenry, the living, breathing John Q. Public folks will be electing representatives, senators, governors and mayors. And it’s the little people, whether they are Repubs or Dems who will be looking at their pay stubs (if they are lucky enough to have pay stubs), at their health care costs, at their children’s education and they will be wondering, What are the BushMen doing for me? If the general public actually figures out who is responsible for the content of their TV shows they are going to put two-and-two together: There is so much junk and gratuitous sexual crappola on TV because the CEO of Viacom (Sumner Redstone), the CEO of TimeWarner (Richard Parsons) and the CEO of GE (Jeffrey Immelt) all endorsed the Bush administration. It’s certainly not the cultural values of the Democrats up there on the screen. Take a look at the divorce statistics. It's the Bible thumpers who are getting divorced at a dizzying rate. According to an Associated Press report, the divorce rate in conservative states is about 50 percent higher than the national average. Texas has a divorce rate of 4.1 to 1000 people. The lowest divorce rate is in Massachusetts with 2.4 in 1000 people. But among born-agains the divorce rate is 4.2 per 1000 people. And if you don’t want to take the AP’s word for it, ask George Bama about his findings. The George Bama Research Group of Ventura, CA found that the divorce rate of born-again Christians is one of the highest in the nation. George Bama is a born-again Christian. The values of 78% of the voters who aren’t born-agains is not a problem in America. It’s the 23% who rant and rave about abortion and homosexuality who are having a raging values crisis.