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The Day the Enlightenment Went Out (Garry Wills loses it)
The New York Times ^
| November 4, 2004
| Garry Wills
Posted on 11/04/2004 3:49:47 PM PST by EveningStar
This election confirms the brilliance of Karl Rove as a political strategist. He calculated that the religious conservatives, if they could be turned out, would be the deciding factor. The success of the plan was registered not only in the presidential results but also in all 11 of the state votes to ban same-sex marriage. Mr. Rove understands what surveys have shown, that many more Americans believe in the Virgin Birth than in Darwin's theory of evolution.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Government; News/Current Events; Philosophy; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bushvictory; christianvote; crevolist; garrywills; voterturnout
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Professor Wills badly needs his meds.
To: EveningStar
To: EveningStar
Another adjunct Professor. How did they dig up a foam at the mouth liberal professor? They are so rare.
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posted on
11/04/2004 3:52:32 PM PST
by
Arkinsaw
To: EveningStar
Which raises the question: Can a people that believes more fervently in the Virgin Birth than in evolution still be called an Enlightened nation? Wow--Isn't Wills a Catholic?
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posted on
11/04/2004 3:52:58 PM PST
by
silent_jonny
(Victory is sooooo sweet!)
To: EveningStar
How horrible when you fear Christian influence. That should be a signal that you need to look at your values.
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posted on
11/04/2004 3:53:31 PM PST
by
ClancyJ
(Middle America is what makes America - not the Liberal "elitists" and the Media)
To: EveningStar
Actually for most of the nation, the lights really went on:
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posted on
11/04/2004 3:54:37 PM PST
by
Grampa Dave
(FNC/ABCNNBCBS & the MSM fishwraps are the Rathering Fraudcasters of America!)
To: EveningStar
Professor Wills badly needs his meds.I went and read the whole piece, and you're right. This dude is nuts.
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posted on
11/04/2004 3:54:50 PM PST
by
rdb3
(The Black GOP vote numbers are up, and they WILL go higher. -- rdb3 "Hip-Hop FReeper")
To: EveningStar
Preach On Garry!! you're just the sort of whack job we need as the opposition.
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posted on
11/04/2004 3:55:19 PM PST
by
sierrahome
(Proud member of the Geo. W. Bush Reelection Team)
To: EveningStar
You've got to thank our liberal intellectual superiors for helping us understand how inferior we are, don't you?
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posted on
11/04/2004 3:55:27 PM PST
by
atomicpossum
(They pelted us with rocks and garbage.)
To: EveningStar
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Poor Garry...he's had a rough week. |
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posted on
11/04/2004 3:55:34 PM PST
by
Fintan
(I wanted more Bush...I GOT MORE BUSH!!!!!)
To: Grampa Dave
Actually for most of the nation, the lights really went on:Amen to that, Gramps. Amen.
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posted on
11/04/2004 3:55:50 PM PST
by
rdb3
(The Black GOP vote numbers are up, and they WILL go higher. -- rdb3 "Hip-Hop FReeper")
To: EveningStar
The Enlightenment was so overrated.
To: EveningStar
Does enlightened mean "Atheist." I think that is what he is talking about here. I guess I am not enlightened because I am a God fearing Protestant and I guess I don't have the ability to think in Mr. Wills opinion.
To: EveningStar
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posted on
11/04/2004 3:57:02 PM PST
by
Grampa Dave
(FNC/ABCNNBCBS & the MSM fishwraps are the Rathering Fraudcasters of America!)
To: EveningStar
Somehow, the conservative religious right is evil but having Rock Stars attempt to bring out the youth vote is glorious. Those 18-25 year olds freshly indoctrined by academia is not scary?
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posted on
11/04/2004 3:57:09 PM PST
by
deetch
(Frank)
To: EveningStar
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posted on
11/04/2004 3:58:15 PM PST
by
beebuster2000
(waiting waiting waiting)
To: rdb3
I went and read the whole piece, and you're right. This dude is nuts.Ain't life great?
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posted on
11/04/2004 3:59:18 PM PST
by
Sonny M
("oderint dum metuant")
To: rdb3
utterly.
completely concretely.
howzit goin' up thar?
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posted on
11/04/2004 3:59:25 PM PST
by
King Prout
("We've found more WMDs in Iraq than we've found disenfranchised blacks in Florida." - Ann Coulter)
To: rdb3
Actually, we just turned on the lights, and the perverts of the dark side scurried back into the shadows.
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posted on
11/04/2004 3:59:47 PM PST
by
Grampa Dave
(FNC/ABCNNBCBS & the MSM fishwraps are the Rathering Fraudcasters of America!)
To: EveningStar
Hey, why don't we pretend post-modernism never happened? It's those nasty Republicans that are trying to bury the gains of the Enlightenment, that's it.
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