I have seen reference to a book that has a title, something like:  The Kansas Effect.  The book suggests that certain issues such as prolife and gay marriage are used by conservatives for misdirection and distraction for the masses.  If you are all fired up about those issues, you likely are not paying attention to the tax code changes, the fact that your work place is less safe, your environment is more polluted, you lost your health insurance, etc.  In effect they are misdirections for the masses by politcians with an economic agenda for the wealthy and corporations.  Hence, there really cannot be  a prolife and proenvironment politician (regardless of the words that may come from the politicians mouth).    I've read reports of religous, proenvironment groups that believe we should be taking care of God's earth, and they are stunned that there politicans don't understand their environmental concerns.  Do I believe that politics is this cynical.  Yes, in an instant.  Lanny Schwartz

P.S.  I wanted to be brief, and I realize there is a bit of sterotyping in the above.  L.S.

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