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Kerry Concedes, Bush Wins Presidency
How the GOP Took Control of the White House, the Senate,
the House, the Judiciary, State Governorships and Legislatures
Christian Evangelicals Proclaim "Now Comes the Revolution"
How the Far Right Built a Media Empire to Manufacture Consent
Kerry Concedes, Bush Wins Presidency
Sen. John Kerry conceded in a phone call to President Bush
ending the 2004 presidential race. We hear Kerry's concession
speech followed by Bush's acceptance speech.
The presidential race is over. Senator John Kerry conceded
in a phone call to President Bush yesterday morning ending
the 2004 race.
Bush held a victory rally at the Ronald Reagan Building in
Washington and appeared on stage with his family and Vice
President Dick Cheney.
Bush enters his second term after winning the popular vote
by 3.5 million. He is the first president to win more than
50 percent of the vote in 16 years. And the Republicans have
strengthened its control of both the House and the Senate.
The Kerry campaign had vowed not to concede until every vote
was counted in Ohio, but the Massachusetts Senator conceded
yesterday after determining there were not enough uncounted
voters to make up the difference.
At 11 a.m. Kerry called Bush and then addressed supporters
a couple hours later in Boston. Kerry called on the nation
to "begin the healing."
Speaking at his victory rally, Bush said, "America has
spoken and I'm humbled by the trust and confidence of my fellow
citizens. With that trust comes a duty to serve all Americans
and I will do my best to fulfill that duty every day as your
president."
- John Kerry, giving concession address, November 3, 2004
- President Bush, giving acceptance speech, November 3,
2004
How the GOP Took Control of the White House, the
Senate, the House, the Judiciary, State Governorships and
Legislatures
We speak with American University law professor Jamie Raskin
about the Electoral College and how the Republican party took
control of all branches of the U.S. government: the White
House, the Senate, the House, the Judiciary, State Governorships
and Legislatures.
- Jamie Raskin, American University law professor.
Christian Evangelicals Proclaim "Now Comes the
Revolution"
Conservative Christian leader Richard Viguerie said yesterday
"Now comes the revolution." We speak with Esther
Kaplan, author of the new book With God on Their Side: How
Christian Fundamentalists Trampled Science, Policy, and Democracy
in George W Bush's White House. Tuesday's election saw the
participation a record number of Americans.
An estimated 120 million voters cast ballots, fifteen million
more than in the 2000 Presidential race. About sixty percent
of eligible Americans voted, the highest level of participation
since 1968. And although the Democratic party received a boost
as record numbers of young voters, African Americans, and
Latinos headed to polls, their influence was more than offset
as self-identified Evangelicals voted in record numbers.
Bush won three-quarters of white, born-again Christian voters,
who are now one of every five American voters. More than half
of Bush voters said "moral issues" were most important
to them. State initiatives prohibiting gay marriage in eleven
states may helped Bush record a victory, as evangelicals and
conservative Christians cast ballots both for the ban, and
for George W. Bush.
- Esther Kaplan, author of the new book With God on Their
Side: How Christian Fundamentalists Trampled Science, Policy,
and Democracy in George W Bush's White House.
How the Far Right Built a Media Empire to Manufacture
Consent
We speak with veteran investigative journalist Robert Parry
about how the far right "intimidates mainstream journalists
and news executives who will bend over backwards and cater
to the conservative side."
We speak with veteran investigative journalist Robert Parry
who writes in his latest
article:
George W. Bush's electoral victory is chilling proof that
the conservatives have achieved dominance over the flow of
information to the American people and that even a well-run
Democratic campaign stands virtually no chance for national
success without major changes in how the news media operates.
It is not an exaggeration to say today that the most powerful
nation on earth is in the grip of an ideological administration
- backed by a vast network of right-wing think tanks, media
outlets and attack groups - that can neutralize any political
enemy with smears, such as the Swift boat ads against John
Kerry's war record, or convince large numbers of people that
clearly false notions are true, like Saddam Hussein's link
to the Sept. 11 attacks.
The outcome of Election 2004 also highlights perhaps the
greatest failure of the Democratic/liberal side in American
politics: a refusal to invest in the development of a comparable
system for distributing information that can counter the Right's
potent media infrastructure. Democrats and liberals have refused
to learn from the lessons of the Republican/conservative success.
- Robert Parry, veteran investigative journalist and author
of the new book "Secrecy & Privilege: Rise of the
Bush Dynasty from Watergate to Iraq." For years he
worked as an investigative reporter for both the Associated
Press and Newsweek magazine. His reporting led to the exposure
of what is now known as the "Iran-Contra" scandal.
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