tom wolf

Tom Wolf has a new book out, I can't remember the name, but he was on Letterman and Charlie Rose tonight.

An interesting observation he made was that this concept of the Religious Right doesn't exist. There's no Religious Right, these people are just religious. And most of the country used to be that way, too.

Tom doesn't make any judgments about it, either, which is nice. These people are the same people who always vote Republican. WASPs. Hard-working, stubborn about their values, and not afraid to fight. They love their freedom, their guns, and their God. This election was about who's champion to root for, and theirs did this time. They don't care about getting a bit better health care, or stopping jobs going overseas, they're doing just fine thank you. As long as Osama doesn't hurt them, they'll be alright.

Looking at it in this light I too feel a bit silly for tossing blame around for how Bush got be re-elected. Perhaps I was under the impression that we had changed a lot more than we had.

I'm glad I heard Tom's view of the election. I feel a bit better now. (Or at least cynical in a different way...)