«Is it a country that does not intrude into people's sexual preferences and the marriage unions they want to make? Is it a country that allows a woman to have control over her body? Is it a country where the line between church and state bequeathed to us by our Founding Fathers should be inviolate? Is it a country where religion doesn't trump science? And, most important, is it a country whose president mobilizes its deep moral energies to unite us - instead of dividing us from one another and from the world?Bush ora ha un mandato, certo, ma anche un «appuntamento con la storia», conclude.
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My problem with the Christian fundamentalists supporting Mr. Bush is not their spiritual energy or the fact that I am of a different faith. It is the way in which he and they have used that religious energy to promote divisions and intolerance at home and abroad. I respect that moral energy, but wish that Democrats could find a way to tap it for different ends».
Walter Russell Mead, intervistato dal Council on Foreign Relations, parla di «sconfitta catastrofica» per i democratici: i «valori morali» hanno mosso molti elettori, è vero, ma non solo su questioni interne, anche sulla guerra al terrorismo.
Andrew Sullivan accetta la sconfitta di Kerry, riponendo la sua fiducia nella «saggezza» del popolo americano e giurando lealtà al presidente rieletto, perché i veri nemici, avverte, sono i jihadisti:
«Our job now - all of us - is to support this president in that war, to back those troops, and to pray for victory. (...) The past is the past. And George W. Bush is our president. He deserves a fresh start, a chance to prove himself again, and the constructive criticism of those of us who decided to back his opponent. He needs our prayers and our support for the enormous tasks still ahead of him. He has mine. Unequivocally». Leggi.Sullivan è anche fiducioso sui diritti degli omosessuali. Invita a non darsi per vinti, a non rinunciarvi. Bush stesso e 2/3 degli americani sono più aperti sulle unioni civili dei gay. A questo riguardo si appella al federalismo. Infine, si consola dicendo che ora Bush non avrà più scuse e nel 2008 sarà totalmente responsabile delle sue politiche.
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