An Olive Branch

Well said...


"Peter Duniho" wrote in
:

"Icebound" wrote in message
...
On the security front, I found it interesting that the people most
likely to be affected by terrorism (the big cities)... especially
New York City, and in spite of Guiliani's. popularity... still voted
overwhelmingly AGAINST the incumbent???? (like 70%plus ... 80% in the
case of The Bronx)

That's because, as cities most likely to be affected by terrorism (and
in the case of NYC, to *have* been most affected by terrorism), the
populace actually understands the real risk versus benefit issues, and
see how they are a) not really much safer than they were before, b) not
really in all that much danger in the first place, and c) subject to
additional restrictions and scrutiny that are unwarranted.

The "selling fear to the voters" works best on people far enough
removed from the situation to not be able to sift fact from fiction.

Another factor is the move of the Republican party from being true
conservatives (which they used to be) to being basically front man for
the evangelical or fundamentilist Christians. Again, this demographic
group is not well-suited to high-density urban areas where there's a
great amount of diversity and open-mindedness.

Pete