Newsgroups: bit.listserv.politics
Date:         Tue, 25 Aug 1992 11:56:11 CDT
From:         Sue Clark <SACLARK@UNMCVM.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: What is family values?

Good Morning to all,

I finally get to look at my mail...sheesh...what a back up.  But school
has started at the Medical Center and every medical student in the world
has shown up at our humble library.  So, it is time to whip out my 'GO
AWAY' or 'QUARANTINED' sign, I guess.

So, now my try as I might to catch up attempt:

In answer to KAT:

>Do you think those Democrats who are Christians do NOT believe in the
above values?  (i.e. the ones the Missy J mentioned).

Of course they do, that is why the few conservative Democrats that I know
are voting for Bush because they were digusted with the lack of respect to
God and the ultra-liberal stance of the Democratic party.

I recently heard a comment from a member of the general public who gave her
careful study & analysisof both the Democratic party and the Republican party
conventions on PBS.  She said that she took detailed notes of the speakers of
both parties and the media coverage, and gave her conclusions on national
radio.  Here is her analysis of the two parties and the media.

She said that the speakers of the Democratic party were self-centered and not
for the good of the country.  She seemed to believe that these spokesmen for
the 1992 Democratic party were not concerned with the moral future of this
country, but that anything goes, this was a major fear for her.  She was
more comforatble with the concerns shown by the Republican party.

She believed that members of the media were antagonistic toward anyone who
attacked the very same values that Missy J listed.  To her, the press also
was not concerned about the moral future of this country, they were cynical,
and disrespectful at the Republican convention.  She is correct, it was like
a 'feeding frenzy' for the media looking for any conservative to attack.  I
was pleased at the way Barbara Bush stopped the 'barbs' before they could
even fire them.  She would not let them sink their teeth into her, 'I know
what you are up to.' she said.  This member of the public was not blind.

Here is her conclusion.

She stated that members of this same media and the spokesmen for the Democratic
party were literally 'laughing' at her!  She felt like she was being laughed
at and she was insulted and scared.  Now, she was NOT planning to vote for
George Bush, but she refused to vote for Clinton, however, because she lis-
tened to *what* was being said, she is now voting for Bush.  She judged the
content of both and believe that the Democrats were not concerned about the
country only themselves.

In a AP  poll on August 24, 1992, the issue of morality was more important to
the question of leadership of the country than the economy issue.  'Character'
was more important than economics.  Approximately 1250 people were polled.

Where and who has talked about the 'character' issue before, Missy J.?  The
people seem to agree him, don't they!

'Fully 56% of approximately 1250 registered voters polled for Time magazine
Cable News Network during the last two nights of the Republican National
Convention said they wanted to hear President Bush and Bill Clinton discuss
family values.  But alternative lifestlyes were not on the minds of most
Americans polled.  Asked which of the following are very important to pro-
mote family values, the rankings were:

Preventing homosexuals from adopting children  - 47%
Women having children only when they are married - 46%
Couples living together only when they are married - 40%

A substantial 42% in a Newsweek poll Friday said the values issue was more
important than both the economy and education in deciding their vote.  It
was more important than the enviornment to 52%, more important than abortion
to 56% and more important than foreign policy to 57%.  - Omaha World Hearld
Campaign '92 section, page 8.

This was not a member of the academia but she *knew* what she heard and she
didn't need a PhD to figure out what was being said, she just listened.

Morality and character are certainly going to be used as a 'weighing' tool
this election and not because it is a political ploy, but because people *are*
concerned and because both will affect family values.  She was not weighing
the Democratic party but its 'values' and she found them wanting.

Sue Clark

This mornings CBS poll:

Clinton 48%

Bush 43%
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