[11-5-04]

We invited comments on the election.  Here's one.

How pathetically out of touch Bill LeMosey [sic] and many, if not most, "progressives" remain. LeMosey's comparison of President George W. Bush to Joseph Stalin and Adolph Hitler is typical of the pathetically paranoid parallel universe American progressives share with too many Britons and a large number of West Europeans, with the exception of Frenchmen over sixty-five whose recollections of life under Hitler may be a bit more vivid. Isn't it curious that Vladimir Putin, who grew up in immediate post-Stalinist Russia, welcomed Bush's second term? Incidentally, Stalin, too, was a "progressive." While not every progressive that ever lived was or is a communist, every communist there ever there was, the few who remain and the even fewer there ever may be was, is, or will be a "progressive." I use "was" because most communists are dead (many by at the hands of their comrades) or long ago abandoned the system when it collapsed of its own "internal contradictions." Hope floats, however. At least for as long as there's a North Korea, Cuba and vibrant womens' studies programs at major colleges and universities, not to mention the enduring remnant of the Flat Earth Society.

This election in which the President not only won his second term but the Republicans expanded their majority in both the House and the Senate was a re-affirmation of traditional values, American military strength and optimism for the future. Eighty-percent of the people who voted for George Bush said that integrity and traditional values were more important than the Global War on Terror (in which we are doing right well), the economy (which is expanding) and health care (the best available in the world). Ever wonder why in every state where a referendum on gay marriage was on the ballot it was overwhelmingly rejected?

A modicum of gratitude is in order. First, thank you to the Massachusetts Supreme Court for legalizing homosexual "marriage." You got the attention of a nation as well as your own citizens. Second, thank you Moveon.org, Truthout.org, George Soros, Michael Moore and, of course, Hollywood stars, Bruce Springsteen and all the folks at MTV for abundant expressions of your inanity, prevarications and outright stupidity. Each of you, in your own way, made it clear to the majority of Americans what was at stake in this election. Third, thanks to CBS, NBC, ABC and CNN for the kind of political coverage that compelled millions of Americans to turn to Rush Limbaugh, the Internet and the FOX cable news channel. And finally thank you Witherspoon Society. Thank you for covering the actions of religious "progressives" who think the essence of the great commission is to "go to Columbus, Georgia and close the School of the Americas," for bringing us the strategic ruminations of George Hunsinger and other left-wing seminary professors, and for you unwavering support for the killing of unborn children and blessing homosexual activity. Although comparatively minor, I don't want to understate the role you may have had in solidifying support among what remains of the PCUSA, a slight majority of whom remain registered Republicans. You did your part and for that I'm thankful.

With Gratitude,


Earl H. Tilford, Jr., Ph.D.
Professor of History
Grove City College