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I just don't get it. In this election, by the choices made at the polls, Americans have demonstrated support for progressive causes such as environmental and wildlife protection, more humane practices in factory farming, increased regulations in the runaway financial industry among others, a more nuanced and reasoned approach to the immigration issue- the list goes on and on. So where do they see evidence of a "center-right nation?" Here's a news flash for Hume and company: the political views of Fox viewers do not necessarily reflect those of all the rest of us, and contrary to popular GOP opinion, we *are* all "real Americans." Perhaps it is time for the Fox talking heads to reacquaint themselves with the rest of this country; listen to NPR, talk to Americans whose TV sets spend time on channels other than Fox. With the election of Obama and the increases in the Democratic majorities in Congress, this fantasy of the "center-right nation" has been discredited as nothing but right wing wishful thinking, thank God.
