I'm trying really hard to come up with spin to make "conservative" seem like a bad word, ie. "elite religious right". The same way that "liberal" became a bad word. In fact, I even heard a doctor being interviewed that said he wouldn't vote for Kerry because he was the most "liberal man in the senate" (straight from the ads). When the doctor was asked what Kerry had done in the senate that was so horribly "liberal", he couldn't come up with one incident. He had only heard that Kerry was "liberal" and that is as good as labeling him as the devil, 'nuff said. When the doctor was given the issues, he almost always sided with Kerry. His conclusion though was to vote for Bush, because Bush was more honest. Although, he couldn't come up with a valid moment when Kerry was dishonest.

This doesn't seem logical when you type it out, but you can hear the argument of this doctor at ThisAmericanLife.org and the name of the show is "Swing Set".

Anyway, I'm writing more about the "elite religious" media's declaration of Bush's "clear mandate". Even NPR (our most un-biased source) has declared it a mandate. My media watchdog sources have claimed that this information came straight out of a white house press release. Almost half the people in America would disagree. I'm just scared because that means he was holding back before. We can expect more religion in politics and in the bedroom and broadening of the Patriot Act. As Bush has said, "There should be limits to Freedom". Living in a country where you can be sent to prison without ever having access to a lawyer, as possible in the Patriot Act, I think is pretty strong proof that we are not living in a free society even if the Patriot Act is only used legitimately.

So, I don't think "elite religious" right works very well, I've got to come up with better spin.