Here's a pathetic comment. And it's from Ann's column that's been posted.
"Amazingly, it was the Democrats – the ones who support gay marriage – who used the gay issue for political advantage, most famously when Kerry gay-baited Mary Cheney during the third debate."
As I said above, if Ann thinks that this issue was used to Kerry's advantage, I'm utterly stunned at her ineptness.
This column was particularly poorly written. Spinning it doesn't help.
"Amazingly, it was the Democrats – the ones who support gay marriage – who used the gay issue for political advantage, most famously when Kerry gay-baited Mary Cheney during the third debate."
As I said above, if Ann thinks that this issue was used to Kerry's advantage, I'm utterly stunned at her ineptness.
She says he "used" the issue for political advantage, not that he succeeded at it. Clearly Kerry's point was to attempt to make the Pubbies look "soft" on gay issues; not to gain support for himself, but to hopefully weaken support for Bush. However, most Christians are not the bigots the Left has convinced themselves that they are. But it was the "values" issue that Bush had over him that Kerry was trying to frame as, well, maybe not quite so different than his. (This is not my opinion alone, but that of the majority of FReepers that saw it for what it was, and discussed it here at great length.)
Miss Coulter also writes:
Seventy percent to 80 percent of Americans oppose gay marriage and partial-birth abortion. Far from appealing exclusively to a narrow Republican base, opposition to gay marriage is strongest among the Democratic base: blacks, Hispanics, blue-collar workers and the elderly. There were marriage amendments on the ballot in Michigan and Ohio. Bush won Ohio narrowly and lost Michigan by only 2 points. How different might that have been if Bush hadn't run from the issue.
This column was particularly poorly written. Spinning it doesn't help.
The column was perhaps hastily written, but still, in my opinion, was well done. I gave credit earlier to Rove, on this thread, for what I felt was an exemplary GOTV effort. But yes, it could have been far more successful (not that it makes, ultimately, much difference) had he dumped his "moderate" stance. That's not what put feet on the street.
As an evangelical Christian and Second Amendment advocate, I have been aware for a while of Rove's disdain for those values, and thus I feel fully within my rights to return the sentiment. Besides, none of it matters. Perhaps Coulter's felt this way for a while, and realized that Rove's job is done now anyway. I have little desire to see who he might arm-twist us into running next -- unless he too has clearly seen the writing on the wall.