[Kevin Curry]

This faith and its surety in Bush will be enough to keep the social conservatives in his coalition, while allowing him to expand government in small but critical ways and broaden the Republican tent even wider.

IOW, Sullivan sees this as as a slick and masterful move by Bush to make the Republican Party safe for gay activism. With Sullivan, it's always about gay rights--the up-text, the subtext, the untext.

Sorry Sullivan, but it won't happen the way you think. When gay activism is allowed in, the religious conservatives will leave Sodom promptly.

[deport]

Thanks woofie......

[justshutupandtakeit]

I don't view it that way but merely as recognition that the party cannot isolate itself in the far right wing. However happy it might make some of us around here it will not fly with the vast majority of the ignorant, immoral voters. These must be neutralized at worst or converted at best but it will be slow. Bush is doing a masterful job of broadening his appeal and it could pay off hugely in the fall elections. Then he can really get something done when fewer obstructionists are in Congress.

[Torie]

IOW, Sullivan sees this as as a slick and masterful move by Bush to make the Republican Party safe for gay activism

LOL. You really parsed all of that from THIS speech? Someday I hope you will join with me in giving the appropriate weight as a public policy issue to gay issues vis a vis other issues. We don't agree on anything I suspect regarding gay issues, but one of us is rather obsessed about them, and one of us isn't.

[Salman]

Sorry Sullivan, but it won't happen the way you think. When gay activism is allowed in, the religious conservatives will leave Sodom promptly.

And go where? Not arguing, just asking.