Then there were the repulsive push polls. These are devices for smearing an opponent, disguised as opinion polls. These are just a few brief examples of how elections are rigged, but there are many more dirty tricks used to secure the will of the Establishment for their chosen man. The reasons they should do so, according to some Christian leaders, are that Mr. Bush is less evil than the alternatives, and that he is more pro-life than his opponents, which they believe God wants us to be, all other issues excluded. Ethics matter more, and that's something the extreme Right should remember.
Love matters more than anything.
The rest are sham. There is particular concern for the ethics of Mr. Bush's team. The ugliness of his tactics, his willingness to consort with the most unsavory characters in a notoriously unsavory state and the sheer vacuousness of his message have revealed him to be not merely hollow but also malicious and unwise. In his first bout with adversity, Bush called in the boys and told them to nail his opponent's head to the floor. In the past few weeks Bush has gathered around him, with uncanny efficiency, the unprincipled lowlife who have poisoned the Republican party for a decade or more.