Good point on the "culture war"

Lance Manion, who I also quoted in the previous post, also makes a good point about the "culture war" voters and the nature of their image of the famous "dirty [Cheney]ing hippies":

Reagan Democrats were not moved so much by their religious beliefs as by a reaction to trends of the 60s and 70s, one of which included Roe vs. Wade. Their motivations were also economic---times were tough and Jimmy Carter didn't seem to be helping or have a clue how to---and "patriotic"---they hated the anti-war movement which they confused with the counterculture in general; they accepted the cant that Democrats were soft, not just on defense, but on crime, drugs, and bad behavior by uppity women, uppity black people, uppity college kids, and uppity gays. (my emphasis)