Wednesday, February 25, 2004
Bush Goes Anti-Gay
One of the few truly analytical paragraphs in a typically well-written Dana Milbank piece in today's Post about Bush's anti-gay marriage announcement:
"(A)t a fundraiser Monday night, Bush vowed to "extend the frontiers of liberty." But 15 hours later, he threw his support behind an amendment that would be only the second in U.S. history other than Prohibition to curtail public freedoms. In the 2000 campaign, Bush himself opposed federal intervention on the subject, saying in a Feb. 15 interview with CNN's Larry King that states "can do what they want to do" on gay marriage. Vice President Cheney, similarly, said in 2000, "I don't think there should necessarily be a federal policy in this area.""
Regardless, Bush is now on-board to support his first Constitutional Amendment. I suppose a misreading of Prohibition's success has the Bushies emboldened that they can shepard this slime fest through the Congress. I'm not surprised since the Election is dominating everyone's thinking and Bush needs his conservative base to get ready for the months of ugliness ahead. But this unnecessarily moral battle needs to be fought as much as we needed to go to Iraq. And we all know how well that went.
Kucinich vaulted to a second place finish in Hawaii with a few days of retail politickin' - 26%, behind Kerry at 50%. Otherwise, Kerry cleans up in Utah and Idaho. The results are impressive for Kerry. Edwards is dead in the water. I doubt that he'll win a single state on Super Tuesday, with the only competitive chance I see being in Georgia. Ohio will say a ton about how much longer this debate will go on. Not much longer, by my estimate.
One of the few truly analytical paragraphs in a typically well-written Dana Milbank piece in today's Post about Bush's anti-gay marriage announcement:
"(A)t a fundraiser Monday night, Bush vowed to "extend the frontiers of liberty." But 15 hours later, he threw his support behind an amendment that would be only the second in U.S. history other than Prohibition to curtail public freedoms. In the 2000 campaign, Bush himself opposed federal intervention on the subject, saying in a Feb. 15 interview with CNN's Larry King that states "can do what they want to do" on gay marriage. Vice President Cheney, similarly, said in 2000, "I don't think there should necessarily be a federal policy in this area.""
Regardless, Bush is now on-board to support his first Constitutional Amendment. I suppose a misreading of Prohibition's success has the Bushies emboldened that they can shepard this slime fest through the Congress. I'm not surprised since the Election is dominating everyone's thinking and Bush needs his conservative base to get ready for the months of ugliness ahead. But this unnecessarily moral battle needs to be fought as much as we needed to go to Iraq. And we all know how well that went.
Kucinich vaulted to a second place finish in Hawaii with a few days of retail politickin' - 26%, behind Kerry at 50%. Otherwise, Kerry cleans up in Utah and Idaho. The results are impressive for Kerry. Edwards is dead in the water. I doubt that he'll win a single state on Super Tuesday, with the only competitive chance I see being in Georgia. Ohio will say a ton about how much longer this debate will go on. Not much longer, by my estimate.
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