Apa salahnya mementingkan moral. Bukankah bagus bila rakyat bermoral baik?
> > Från: partogi samosir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Datum: 2004/11/04 Thu PM 01:27:06 CET > Till: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Ämne: Re: [ppiindia] "Morality" a top issue in U.S. election win by Bush > > > dear all, > rupanya rakyat Amerika persis seperti rakyat Indonesia yah, yaitu sangat > mementingkan moralitas. > togi > > > Petter Taulan P wrote: > > another perspective on the current phenomenon > > ptP > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > 05:46 04Nov2004 RTRS-"Morality" a top issue in U.S. election win by Bush > > By Joanne Kenen > WASHINGTON, Nov 3 (Reuters) - President George W. Bush built his > election win on a coalition of older, white, church-goers in a race where > voters were more likely to cite "morality" as their top concern rather than > war or terror, analysis of the vote showed on Wednesday. > "Moral values" was the single top issue cited by voters, and social > and religious issues such as gay marriage, gun ownership, and abortion > loomed large, according to exit polls by television networks posted on Web > sites on Wednesday. > Bush voters said they valued his clarity, leadership and religious > faith -- while Kerry scored much higher with those who placed a premium on > intelligence, compassion and being an agent of change. > CNN's analysis of the exit data showed that morality was cited as the > number one concern by 22 percent of voters -- four-fifths of whom voted for > Bush. The second top issue was economy and jobs -- and Kerry captured > four-fifths of those votes. > Terrorism was the third top issue, at 19 percent. Iraq was fourth at 15 > percent -- and 73 percent of those voters went for Kerry. > Other domestic issues -- health care, taxes and education -- were all > under 10 percent, with Democrats caring more about health and schools and > Republicans about taxes. Other networks had very similar analysis of the > exit poll data on their web sites on Wednesday. > "Despite the conventional political wisdom that moral concerns are a > drag on a political ticket, it was values that energized voters," James > Kennedy, president of the Florida-based Coral Ridge Ministries said in a > statement. Kennedy said Christian conservatives had voted in unexpectedly > large numbers and had delivered a "moral mandate." > Of the 11 states with anti-gay marriage initiatives on the ballot, Bush > carried nine. Three of those states had either open or very competitive > Senate races, and Republicans captured all three -- Georgia, Oklahoma and > Kentucky. > Voters who opposed gay marriage overwhelmingly backed Bush, while the > minority of Americans who backed full marriage rights for gay couples > backed > Kerry. > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page. www.yahoo.com/a > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > *************************************************************************** > Berdikusi dg Santun & Elegan, dg Semangat Persahabatan. Menuju Indonesia yg Lebih > Baik, in Commonality & Shared Destiny. www.ppi-india.uni.cc > *************************************************************************** > __________________________________________________________________________ > Mohon Perhatian: > > 1. Harap tdk. memposting/reply yg menyinggung SARA (kecuali sbg otokritik) > 2. 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