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MrVisible · 06-03-2006, 05:42 PM

This is backfiring massively on the administration.

Two years ago, they rode back into power on the strength of states' anti-gay amendments (plus or minus a few tens of thousands of rigged votes). Four years before that, they did the same thing. Each time, they promised their frothy right-wing base that they'd do something about us gay people, once and for all.

And they didn't.

What's the quote again? Fool me once, something or other, fool me twice and something else? Well, nobody's being fooled anymore. Only the frothiest and rightest of the right-wingers have recognized pandering this blatant. There's barely a news article out there on this subject that doesn't mention that this has no way of passing and is a way of rallying his base.

It really says something when you have to pander to the one group of people you have left that should be supporting you come hell or high water. It says even more that the only way you have to reach out to them is through hatred and bigotry. And people are picking up on that.

I'll be surprised if Bush's popularity in the next few weeks goes much higher than 27%

It's a desperate move from a despised administration. An easily recognized, pointless gesture, that does more to highlight the inadequacies of the current regime than it does to condemn us as a nation. The very fact that this is already less than a joke, I think, says a lot for Americans. We should be proud that the only ones left that think this is a real issue are the nuttiest of wingnuts.

06-03-2006, 05:42 PM	#9
MrVisible May Ter Dee Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 26	This is backfiring massively on the administration. Two years ago, they rode back into power on the strength of states' anti-gay amendments (plus or minus a few tens of thousands of rigged votes). Four years before that, they did the same thing. Each time, they promised their frothy right-wing base that they'd do something about us gay people, once and for all. And they didn't. What's the quote again? Fool me once, something or other, fool me twice and something else? Well, nobody's being fooled anymore. Only the frothiest and rightest of the right-wingers have recognized pandering this blatant. There's barely a news article out there on this subject that doesn't mention that this has no way of passing and is a way of rallying his base. It really says something when you have to pander to the one group of people you have left that should be supporting you come hell or high water. It says even more that the only way you have to reach out to them is through hatred and bigotry. And people are picking up on that. I'll be surprised if Bush's popularity in the next few weeks goes much higher than 27% It's a desperate move from a despised administration. An easily recognized, pointless gesture, that does more to highlight the inadequacies of the current regime than it does to condemn us as a nation. The very fact that this is already less than a joke, I think, says a lot for Americans. We should be proud that the only ones left that think this is a real issue are the nuttiest of wingnuts. __________________ Meanwhile, elsewhere...