Blackwell and the Religious Right's Plans to Take Ohio in 2006

[theHandpuppet]

Last night must have been quite a shock to them, but still, I think some of you might want to take note of this blog as a forewarning of the battle to come:

http://www.frederickclarkson.com/2005_06_12_fredclarkson_archive.html

[greekspeak]

1. I hope enough Ohioans can see the theocracy for the rhetoric

I imagine that there are a lot of Ohioans, Christian or otherwise, who do not want to live under a theocracy. Theocracy cannot work well in America, for there is no one Christian group that can dominate. Sure, they may get quite far in setting up a theocracy. But then when the Baptists, say, start dominating and fixing up institutions in their mold, the Catholics, Charismatics, Evangelicals, and others in their alliances are going to turn on them.

[liberal N proud]

2. They already have it

Look at August 2, 2005 for proof.

[theHandpuppet]

3. The real difference was economics

Look at the average median income of the three counties that went red -- they fall within 96-116% of the national average median income. In the four counties which voted blue, the median income falls to something like 67%. Economic distress will eventually cancel out one-issue concerns, where the anti-choicers have a stronghold in the more affluent counties surrounding Cincinnati.

Voting for "moral values" may have already had its day in 2004, but when people realize that God didn't repay the favor by putting food on their table, they start taking matters into their own hands. At least that's my theory.