Got a few responses to the CounterPunch Civl War dispatch. One email said simply, “it’s abortion stupid.” But according to the exit poll, 55 percent of Americans think abortion should be legal or “mostly legal” and they mostly went for Kerry.
Another email looked more carefully at Kerry’s pledge to reduce everyone’s health care costs by $1,000. Actually, he promised to reduce it by “up to” $1,000 per year, which, as the emailer points out, could reduce your costs by zero. I also learned that sarcasm can be a difficult tone to convey.
Finally, sez another reader, backlash 2004 is just like backlash 1865 and so many backlashes before and after. While 88 percent of black voters stood firm with Democrats, only 44 percent of white voters stood with them. That wasn’t enough. Whites were the only race/ethnicity to favor Republicans, but Asians and Latinos each contributed 44 percent to the new white power coalition. “If you’re brown stick around.” As my correspondent queried sarcastically, “What else is new?”
PS: Thom Hartmann also sent a nice note. Here’s what I wrote in reply:
There’s the side of history that wins power today,
and the side that wins progress tomorrow.
May we never forget which side we’re on!
He liked that, too. Thanks again, Thom.
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