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The White House Gets Egged
The Weekly Standard ^
| March 7, 2004
| Jeffrey Bell and Frank Cannon
Posted on 02/27/2004 9:01:58 PM PST by RWR8189
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posted on
02/27/2004 9:02:00 PM PST
by
RWR8189
To: RWR8189
Does anyone know anything about capital city partners?
This must be an example of "inside the beltway". The people I have seen and heard since this started are solid behind keeping marriage normal. They also consider this a significant voting issue.
Whtether it is threats from terroists or attacks by homosexuals agains family institutions they both threaten the future of the USA.
This issue crosses party lines because kerry has no coat tails. It is every democrat for themselves.
To: RWR8189; ohioWfan; Brad's Gramma; Peach; Utah Girl; DrDeb; MJY1288; Molly Pitcher; illstillbe; ...
bttt
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posted on
02/27/2004 10:14:06 PM PST
by
kayak
(Medals do not make a man. Morals do.)
To: RWR8189
Homosexuality is a deviant behavior.
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posted on
02/27/2004 10:17:17 PM PST
by
Brad’s Gramma
(Pray for America and Israel)
To: kayak
Clearly the president is on the right side of this issue, whether Congress will act or not. I personally feel Dubya should wait until this summer and call Congress back into session and demand they draft a resolution that will exempt any State that preforms same sex Marriages from Federal aid.
That will have every Governor across this country issuing arrest warrants for any State Official who ignores the State Laws on Marriage
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posted on
02/27/2004 10:25:48 PM PST
by
MJY1288
(There's no leaders on the path of least resistance, ask John Kerry, he's been paving it for 32 yrs.)
To: MJY1288
I think we need to contact our fed legislators.
For example, NY freepers. call write at
http://www.house.gov and htpp://www.senate.gov and let them know to get behind the FMA and stop the games going on in New Palz NY.
To: longtermmemmory
To: longtermmemmory
Been there, Done that, Lets make a point of contacting them every day. One email, one snail mail and one phone call to our Congress critter, and one each to our Senators
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posted on
02/27/2004 10:51:18 PM PST
by
MJY1288
(There's no leaders on the path of least resistance, ask John Kerry, he's been paving it for 32 yrs.)
To: RWR8189
To: cartoonistx
Great cartoon! LOL
To: Brad's Gramma
Homosexuality is a UNHEALTHY behavior.
To: RWR8189
As for the normally adroit Kerry, a baffling exchange in the same California debate with reporter Ron Brownstein seemed to leave him with the following positions: He is happy to have voted against the Defense of Marriage Act in 1996, but he no longer believes, as he did then, that DOMA is unconstitutional. He is against DOMA now, but thinks Congress probably shouldn't repeal it. He is in favor of the definition of marriage as involving a husband and a wife, but any congressional effort to codify this Kerry position would be polarizing, "gay bashing," or (most likely) both. Best encapsulation of the Kerry 'position' I have yet seen.
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posted on
02/28/2004 6:00:14 AM PST
by
atomicpossum
(I wish I had time for a nervous breakdown.)
To: RWR8189
As this performance suggests, Democrats are both uncomfortable with where they are and stuck with it for now. Congressional Democrats are nearly unanimous against the Marriage Amendment, and thus any near-term vote count will show that the needed two-thirds majority is not possible in either house. Timid Republican congressional leaders will no doubt try to conclude that holding such votes in 2004 is a bad idea because "the votes are not there." In the wake of the president's endorsement, this kind of contrived escape is the one thing that could make the GOP a net loser in this year's marriage debate. Now that he is committed on this issue, the president will need to make sure that House and Senate votes take place before the election, because only with stark, recorded, up-or-down votes will the Republicans clearly be seen by the electorate as the party that is serious about taking action to defend marriage. Because the national Democrats have no intention of openly advocating gay marriage, the lack of a vote on the constitutional amendment designed to prevent it would leave the two parties' positions on the issue muddled and hard to distinguish.
Bush didn't wade into this water without full intention of diving in.
The fight will be enjoined.
To: RWR8189
The very problem; "Debate," "Discussion," "Different Points Of View!" There is nothing to debate one must suppress. (However, that would take strength.The ability to take a stand, to say yes or no. I do not see the exhibition of such strength.)
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posted on
02/28/2004 6:56:21 AM PST
by
AEMILIUS PAULUS
(Further, the statement assumed)
To: RWR8189
"many Republican elites found the idea of capitulating to gay marriage far more attractive than fighting it." Pretty much their SOP for the past few years. Disgusting.
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posted on
02/28/2004 8:18:57 AM PST
by
KantianBurke
(Principles, not blind loyalty)
To: RWR8189
"Gay marriage" is, as Rush characterized it last week, a "gift from the heavens" to Bush. But what social conservatives need to realize is that Bush isn't going to go for a quick fix. There's no political advantage to that. This is going to drag out for several long, agonizing months. But during those months, Bush will use the issue to beat Kerry (or whoever) like a hot-pink, gold lamé-trimmed drum.
But the truth is, there is no quick fix. (Other than rolling over the way the country-clubbers would!) Bush is quite correct in calling for a Constitutional amendment. Under existing Constitutional law, there is no authority to ban gay marriage. Being grossed out by something doesn't translate into an ability to ban said activity. Just as the 18th Amendment was needed to ban alcoholic beverages, so to is an amendment needed to give the authority to regulate marriage.
Constitutional amendments need time to pass; and there's the rub. Not many social conservatives will have the patience to see this process run its course. They're fuming and want action NOW! Having Bush draw out the process for a few extra months won't help their demeanor. My only worry in all of this is that the social conservatives will lose perspective on this in the coming months; that their impatience will cause them to stay home come November.
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posted on
02/28/2004 8:54:21 AM PST
by
Redcloak
(¡LIBERE EL QUESO! ¡LIBERE EL QUESO! ¡LIBERE EL QUESO! ¡LIBERE EL QUESO! ¡LIBERE EL QUESO!)
To: RWR8189
Go GWB
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posted on
02/28/2004 8:59:33 AM PST
by
The Wizard
(democrats are enemies of America)
To: redlipstick
Millions of voters are not simply disapproving, as they might be of the Super Bowl halftime show. They seem prepared to change their votes to the extent the marriage debate becomes politically central. For weeks, respected GOP pollster Bill McInturff, not known as a social conservative, has been sharing results of a national poll showing a 4-point Bush lead turning into a 15-point lead should a fight over the definition of marriage become a prominent campaign issue. Ping for a most interesting poll reference.
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posted on
02/28/2004 9:00:58 AM PST
by
cyncooper
("Maybe they were hoping he'd lose the next Iraqi election")
To: RWR8189
As for the normally adroit Kerry, a baffling exchange in the same California debate with reporter Ron Brownstein seemed to leave him with the following positions: He is happy to have voted against the Defense of Marriage Act in 1996, but he no longer believes, as he did then, that DOMA is unconstitutional. He is against DOMA now, but thinks Congress probably shouldn't repeal it. He is in favor of the definition of marriage as involving a husband and a wife, but any congressional effort to codify this Kerry position would be polarizing, "gay bashing," or (most likely) both. I disagree Kerry is "normally adroit". There is barely a topic (I can't think of even one) that he hasn't taken two or three, or even more, positions on.
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posted on
02/28/2004 9:02:58 AM PST
by
cyncooper
("Maybe they were hoping he'd lose the next Iraqi election")
To: Redcloak
Nice. Rush might be right. Gay Marriage is a gift to the GOP.
Here's a good bumper sticker:
Encourage Gay Arrogance
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posted on
02/28/2004 9:08:26 AM PST
by
moodyskeptic
(weekend warrior in the culture war)
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