Obama’s married to a black-supremacist Marx-spouting wookie and attended a congregation where the minister spouted “God Damn America” on more than one occasion. He had all the marble blocks in the Whitehouse replaced with glass panels the day he moved in.
So no, I don’t think the Lutheran faith or praying the gay away will decide the general election. Maybe important to the nomination process if the media can make a big enough deal of them, but meaningless come next November. Social issues are way down the list for independents. Being air-tight on fiscal issues, and being able to focus attention on Obama’s record are key.
That’s how Obama got in. He could run against Bush’s public political record, and didn’t have one of his own to mine for ammo. Nobody gave a damn about his religious affiliation, citizenship status, or marxist connections because HE WASN’T BUSH, and that’s really all most people cared about. No history is better than bad history in today’s political landscape. That’s why I wouldn’t bank on someone like Perry being electable, whereas I think Bachmann or even Palin actually have a shot.
He had all the marble blocks in the Whitehouse replaced with glass panels the day he moved in.
I really don’t pay super close attention to which freepers tend to like which candidate, I assume you’re Bachmann, but it takes a real long time for me to remember.
This is Christine O’Donnell stuff. Worse actually. She’s running for the President of the US. If the first husband is a semi poofter, it’s a real problem. Remember Kitty Dukakis?
It’s not social conservativism, it’s “pray the gay away” +
“seems gay” at the same time, and people are thinking they’re looking at Larry Craig. Or Ted Haggart, or the stereotype of the Anti Gay Closeted Republican. There is a stereotype of that, it’s happened so often. And it really doesn’t get votes.
Palin is not truly hurt by 3 years of attacks. People think she’s stupid, maybe? She does well in a debate. Problem solved. All I hear is that she’s damaged because the media says so. But she’s the most popular and famous Republican to Republicans. And The Undefeated is selling out all over the place. The most likely of a number of scenarios is a Palin Romp. most popular, most famous, popular movie, etc etc. You’d thinks she’d just win. Oh, look, the most popular, most famous Republican won easily. Not a surprise.