The Most Surprising Gay Marriage Poll We've Seen In A While [retread zot]

Washington Post ^ | 2/17/15 | Aaron Blake

[Dalek]

Everyone wants to know whether Jeb Bush can survive his support for Common Core and comprehensive immigration reform in today's Republican Party.

One deal-breaker that might surprise people, though: His opposition to gay marriage.

NBC News and Marist College are out with a batch of new 2016 primary polls. And as you might expect, Common Core, immigration reform, belief in man-made climate change and support for raising taxes on the wealthy are among those with the potential to alienate lots of conservatives.

But according to the polls, so does opposition to gay marriage--an issue on which Bush agrees with basically every other candidate.

The polls, in fact, show that about half of likely GOP caucus and primary voters in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina said they find opposition to gay marriage either "mostly" or "totally" unacceptable in a candidate....

[trisham]

[HLPhat]

“We’re Conthervative! {uhhhh} But Progrethive!”

[Darksheare]

Drats.. I don’t have the image anymore!
It said “Pain is for the weak”, and it was from a video game from waaaaay back.

[trisham]

It must be out there somewhere!

[Darksheare]

Not easily found at the moment.
:-/

[trisham]

I can’t find it, though.

[trisham]

Me, either.

[Darksheare]

Drats.
It was hysterical.
The image I had, this baboon monster was trying to wipe the characters face off and the text said “pain is for the weak”.

[trisham]

It’ll turn up one of these days. :)

[Darksheare]

Eventually.

[trisham]

[Darksheare]

If I wanted to recreate it, I’d have to run an emulator and play the game in [I think] DOSbox.
Then take a screenshot, then add the text.
So, it wouldn’t happen tonight.
*sigh*

[trisham]

Hang in there. I know that you can make it happen.

[DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis]

I hear your coffee is to *die* for.....

Btw, is this the brand of coffee you use?

[Lurking Libertarian]

The polls, in fact, show that about half of likely GOP caucus and primary voters in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina said they find opposition to gay marriage either "mostly" or "totally" unacceptable in a candidate.

People have to have been confused by the double-negative wording of the question. I can believe that the American people in general support gay marriage more than they did a few years ago, but half of South Carolina Republican primary voters? No, I don't believe it.

[Gay State Conservative]

Is the Washington Compost still in business?

[Boogieman]

Gay marriage is an easy issue for a presidential candidate to use as “red meat”, because a president won’t have much to do with any decisions about marriage. He has more power to make a direct impact on education and immigration policy.

[JSDude1]

I don’t believe it.

And I don’t think Gay marriage support is as solid as the left would like people to believe..

[BlackAdderess]

So when he loses, somebody is going to claim this is why?

[CharleysPride]

This one is a larf, ask a ridiculously phrased question and use the tainted results to claim conservatives support gay marriage.

Not buying it.