[The GOP] is taking [the Extreme Religious Right's] "free milk" of votes and walking away without buying the cow. (Ironic, isn't it, since abstinence is their sole sex ed, that they didn't see that one coming?)
I said that in another post. And now, oddly enough, W is acting just like the frat boy he's always seemed to be, and he's shown up drunk looking to score with the ERR. His push this week is a revival of the Gay Marriage Scare of 2004.
I wonder, has the ERR wised up? Will they throw his flowers back in his face and slam the door? James Dobson reportedly claimed, "If you forget us, we'll forget you," which is what all the good girls say after falling for the BS the first time. But when McDreamy comes back, and looks at you with his soulful if bleary eyes, it's so easy to forget the past, ignore the whiskey on his breath, and take another ride in his convertible.
And if they take him back, will he take their votes and ignore them in class the next day?
There's an interesting article in Newsweek ("Politics of the Altar"), from where I got the Dobson quote. They also make the interesting point that the acceptance of gay marriage and http://www.blogger.com/img/gl.link.gifgay families is rising on an accellerated rate, such that "Pew polls show a 10-point jump in support for gay marriage since 2004." At this rate, Mary Cheney's vision of a new America that doesn't care about this stupid debate might be here fast enough that by this fall's elections it's already a non-starter and by 2008 doesn't even factor into the election cycle. OK, maybe I'm being too optimistic. But I'd bet that in 2008 it doesn't sway the election, and by 2010's midterms, it's gone completely.
But this can only happen if the ERR wises up and keeps its legs closed when the GOP comes around, which is somewhat unlikely. Or they could come to their senses with the GOP but fall for some other idiot who wants to use them for their votes.
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