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Democrats found this election discombobulating because no matter how often they hear about a divided America, most blue staters--especially coastal élite types--still don't quite grasp that their world view is not shared by everyone. Day to day, liberals have the luxury of ignoring conservative America. Only occasionally does some red-state phenomenon like The Passion of the Christ intrude on our consciousness, and even then it's usually because of some outrage it sparks among a particular interest group on the left. Social conservatives, by contrast, cannot escape the world view of blue staters. Every time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Battle Is Over, but the War Goes On | 12/17/2004 | See Source »

...endpapers with a fiction writer’s flow to his near-perfect proofing track record (with a few, amusing-in-retrospect exceptions) and, above all, his desire to bond with us over Amstel Light or an episode of the Daily Show, Dave is our day-to-day, true-blue hero. He embodies the ethos of FM: be serious, but don’t take yourself too seriously, and we love him for it. His well-worn proofer’s shoes will be hard to fill next semester. Aye aye, Cap?...

Author: By FM Staff, | Title: FM Heroes | 12/16/2004 | See Source »

...League champion football team—not to mention a legitimate NFL-draft prospect—he has the resumé to play Big Man on Campus without even trying. He has an equally athletic girlfriend. Top off the whole 6’3 package with blond hair and blue eyes, and this Arizonan looks ready for his close...

Author: By Lisa Kennelly, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Friday Night Light | 12/16/2004 | See Source »

...blue she sent a forwarded e-mail from Michael Jordan saying he couldn’t be at the game, but that he wishes us luck,” Peljto writes. “She made up his e-mail address and everything...

Author: By Evan R. Johnson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Hungarian Hoopster | 12/16/2004 | See Source »

...sworn affidavit in Perry County, OH, an election poll worker noted 96 more votes than voters at a single precinct. Unfortunately, the list goes on—these are just a few of the stories from one battleground state. But throughout dozens of states— both blue and red—evidence is accumulating that the presidential election results were, at best, deeply flawed. Of course, the thousands of reports of malfunctioning machines and phantom voters have many people using a different f-word: Fraud...

Author: By Susan E. Mcgregor, | Title: The F Word | 12/16/2004 | See Source »

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