Bull....
So, when the dems talk about "allowing gay marriage", this is immediately rejected by this part of the populace. BUT, if you were to change the term marriage and discuss equal benefits for same sex couples...you would get further. BUT, the dems allowed and flaunted the "gay marriage" thing...with the folks in San Fran making the news and allowing their "fringe" to drive this voting block away.
First off, dems were NOT pushing gay marriage. A small group was pushing for "gay marriage" through the court system in state courts.
However, that did not prevent Republicans and the fair right wing from claiming that it was being pushed by the left.
Another part of this was the hammering in the debate of the VPs daughter. It was obviously a staged attack. It offended this block's sensibilities. Not necessarily by bringing out some "kneejerk homophobic response"..but for attacking a mans family to try and gain position.
I'll grant you this one. She's a fair target since she is in politics (Cheney's campaign manager), but it was a stupid approach and stupid execution. Whomever was the advisor on that needs to be fired.
And then there's Mike Moore. Giving him a promiment position in the party workings does nothing to swing opinion of those hoping the dems are closer to center.
Sigh. Michael Moore represents the Democratic party as much as Limbaugh represent the Republican party (and the Liberatians).
They aren't looking to vote for anyone because its "the christian thing to do"...their looking to place votes with a party that they think more representative of their ethic...and the dems have blown this lately because of their allowance of the fringe to make such a spectacle of themselves.
Actually, what they've allowed to do is for the Republicans to define their values and agenda and are suprised when they come up looking so bad in the eyes of the media and the public.
The Repo side has their lunatic fringe too...but you don't see the head of the southern baptists sitting next to George Sr. at the convention (as an example)
No, you see Kenny-boy, Scooter Libby, Perle, Delay, Duke Cunningham, and Abramoff all enjoying a night at the Whitehouse.
The left hasn't defined their message....and they certainly aren't attacking like they should.
(Although, they are slowly learning to improve.)
