Why the “moral values” story plays right into the GOP’s hands. NYP

[madfloridian]

http://www.nypress.com/17/45/news&columns/signorile.cfm

A FEW WEEKS AGO Howard Dean told me that, oddly, I was the only interviewer to ask him about a passage in his new book, You Have the Power, in which he recounts how Bill Clinton told one of Dean's supporters that Dean "had forfeited his right to run for president." The reason for Clinton's alleged claim? Because Dean had signed civil unions into law in Vermont, something Clinton believed would prevent him from ever getting elected. The fact that few in the media asked Dean about this glaring account in his book—in a year in which one presidential candidate has used the issue of same-sex marriage against the other one—says a lot about our clueless media, which is suddenly telling us that the presidential election turned on "moral values."

SNIP..."Dick Meyer at CBSNews.com notes that the exit polls that claim "moral values" trumped every other issue—from taxes to terrorism—were vague and exceedingly misleading. People were given a list of items to check off, with "moral values" on the list but not exactly defined. Anything could be considered "moral values," including Bush's attitude toward Osama bin Laden ("evil"). And if the other issues on the list were less specifically broken down, they might have topped "moral values."

[GOPFighter]

1. Exit polls

Isn't it funny that reporters say the exit polls showing Kerry winning the election were erroneous, but then they turn around and point to the same exit polls when they want to convince us it was the GOP's moral values that won the election?

[madfloridian]

2. And not even defined. ...

They did not define the moral issues in the exit polls.