GOP Lite

[theknife]

President Bush today urged Congress to send to the states a proposed constitutional amendment banning same sex marriages throughout the country.

now, the 2004 campaign starts...Bush opens with the classic wedge issue strategy. makes sense for him - solidifies his base and makes the right-wing churchies happy....but not quite happy enough:

Conservatives in general were delighted. But Robert Knight, head of the Culture and Family Institute, said Bush's proposal did not go far enough. "We're disappointed he left the door open for states to create gay marriage by another name," he said.

the Prez apparently does not condemn civil unions, which disappoints the burn-gays-at-the-stake crowd. nevertheless, the issue is tailor-made for a GOP incumbent....lets him plant his "conservative" flag into a emotional but meaningless issue by proposing a solution to a non-problem that will take years to implement, if at all. this also takes the spotlight off of real issues that affect average American families like jobs, prescription drugs, environment, the Iraq debacle etc.

The Democratic National Committee said today that Bush's decision was purely political. "It is wrong to write discrimination into the U.S. Constitution and it is shameful to use attacks against gay and lesbian families as an election strategy," DNC Chairman Terence McAuliffe told the Associated Press.

now, i happen to believe that Terry McAuliffe is a corrupt spineless weasel, but in this particular instance, i agree with him.

can we get back to the real issues now?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...2004Feb24.html