[qam1]

Excellent article

I do believe all this credit giving to the religious right for Bush's big win by the Rats is a diversion/excuse to take away from the President his excellent job he's done in fighting the war on terror, Iraq and yes even the economy.

Plus I thought I heard on Rush (maybe Sean?) that in many of the exit polls where moral values was listed as a choice for "Why you voted for president" the war on terror and/or Iraq wasn't even an option

[churchillbuff]

I thought I heard on Rush (maybe Sean?) that in many of the exit polls where moral values was listed as a choice for "Why you voted for president" the war on terror and/or Iraq wasn't even an option """

IF you heard that, you heard wrong. The Iraq war was an option, so was terrorism, and they both ranked below values (1) and the economy (2). Brooks is trying to diminish the influence of the cultural conservatives by wrongly claiming they didn't play a decisive role in W's reelection. I'm not surprised, since Brooks is very liberal on "social issues."

[sevry]

all this credit giving to the religious right

You can THANK all those people of faith, whom you derisively call the 'religious right', for putting the President back in office.