USA Today labeled conservative evangelical Huckabee supporters as "value voters"

[NNN0LHI]

http://mediamatters.org/items/200801250016?f=h_top

Summary: Repeating the myth that social conservatives are the only political constituency that votes its "values," the January 24 USA Today twice referred to voters most inclined to support Republican presidential candidate and former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee as "values voters." A front-page graphic claimed "Huckabee: Has drawn evangelicals and 'values voters,' " while an accompanying article noted that "Huckabee's strength is among just those kind of 'values voters' " who are "uncomfortable" with Rudy Giuliani.

[Stinky The Clown]

1. When you own the media, you get to do the framing

We all know that phrase is bankrupt and incredibly misleading. But it gives the message they want to give. That liberal values - and yes, they ARE values - are really not valued.

[fenriswolf]

2. I suppose the knights in the crusades

could have been considered value voters as well.

[bluestateguy]

3. "Values voters" don't care about the economy

Because they're all reading those innane Tim LaHaye books about the rapture. They are convinced that the End Times are coming soon anyway.

[gratuitous]

4. Let's not get too definite about those values

Like turning loose rapists to rape and murder again. I'm not sure that's a "value" most Americans share.

[walldude]

5. And their value is about $600 a person

:rofl:

[BOSSHOG]

6. I have to disagree with Media Matters on this

Huckabee supporters do vote for their values of hate, ignorance and an incredible yen to narrow the constitution so that only they have liberties in the land of the free.

[Essene]

7. That's a mischaracterization. It's a codeword for social conservatives

And yes...

Folks need to challenge this language and suggest that the Theocrats within the religious community are anti-american.

America needs to start having that debate because it's going to increasingly define the 21st century.


(see sig for long rant on this)

[L. Coyote]

8. I so miss the old lexicon, when we called Puritans and Creationzits just that.

:rofl: