The New York Times > Opinion > Op-Ed Contributor: Voting Without the Facts

The New York Times > Opinion > Op-Ed Contributor: Voting Without the Facts

Now comes someone who puts the values issue in its proper perspective. Many of those who claim to hold to family values actually hold values that are repellent to those of us who have thought the issues through. They think with their gonads and feel that everyone else does, too. And I agree that ignorance played a big role in this election. When reason doesn't work, it is obvious that a lot of the public are deliberately ignorant. We know that is true with those who think evolution is controversial. The survey he cites here shows that the voters who supported baby bush did not know the facts regarding the "war" against terrorism, despite the amount of information put out about it. I can only believe that they were willfully ignorant.