[Vision2020] "God, Guns and Gays"

[Tbertruss at aol.com]

Donovan et. al.

Wonderful strategy, but I think you're joking?  

Republican's know the trick is to appeal to the conservative base and the 
evangelical vote without pushing it too far.  That's why Bush can loudly announce 
his advocacy for a constitutional amendment banning Gay marriage, knowing 
full well it will never happen.  

If democrats tried to pass the legislation you suggest, it would of course go 
no where, and though the fact some republicans voted the legislation down 
might be used against them to divide the evangelical vote, the democrats who 
pushed this extreme legislation would also face problems from the democratic base. 
 The republicans even have an edge in the US Congress now that allows them 
the luxury of allowing republican politicians in very conservative areas to vote 
very conservative, while the republicans in more progressive areas can vote 
more progressive.  So combined with democrat politicians also voting 
conservative or progressive depending on their voters persuasions, these splits in the 
democratic party itself end up supporting the republicans on many votes in the 
US Congress.

The problem is not with democratic strategy, I would like to suggest, though 
now everyone is saying the democrats must adopt a new approach.  I think the 
problem is with an uninformed and frightened electorate too easily manipulated 
by irrational appeals to emotion.  What can the democrats do to gain the 
support of such an electorate?  Repeat lies and make irrational appeals to emotion! 
 Do the ends justify these means?

This is enough to make many just give up on politics!  Which is one reason 
why many have.

Ted Moffett
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