Comments on: I Now Pronounce You Barack and Mitt http://blogfreespringfield.com/i-now-pronounce-you-barack-and-mitt Con maldad hacias sombreros rojo. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:37:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: menopoz belirtileri http://blogfreespringfield.com/i-now-pronounce-you-barack-and-mitt/comment-page-1#comment-4078 menopoz belirtileri Mon, 11 Jul 2011 17:37:47 +0000 http://blogfreespringfield.com/i-now-pronounce-you-barack-and-mitt#comment-4078 Hey! I just would like to give a huge thumbs up for the great info you have here on this post. I can be coming back to your blog for extra soon. Hey! I just would like to give a huge thumbs up for the great info you have here on this post. I can be coming back to your blog for extra soon.

]]> By: Dr. Snacky http://blogfreespringfield.com/i-now-pronounce-you-barack-and-mitt/comment-page-1#comment-1755 Dr. Snacky Fri, 18 Jan 2008 14:58:46 +0000 http://blogfreespringfield.com/i-now-pronounce-you-barack-and-mitt#comment-1755 It was a big issue in the previous 2 presidential elections because Karl Rove used it as an emotionally charged "wedge issue" - using fear and prejudice to whip the conservatives into a frenzy to ensure that they go to the polls. George Bush actually proposed that there be a Constitutional Amendment to ban gay marriage, knowing full well that there was no chance (considering the high threshold required) that it could actually be passed (or survive scrutiny in the courts). It was a purely and transparently cynical political ploy. Unfortunately it worked. The reason it is not a major issue this time is that the Republican strategists realize they may not be able to push their luck a third time in a row. Besides they have a new, purely and transparently cynical political wedge issue - Immigration. Again appealing to fear and prejudice to get the vote out. It was a big issue in the previous 2 presidential elections because Karl Rove used it as an emotionally charged “wedge issue” – using fear and prejudice to whip the conservatives into a frenzy to ensure that they go to the polls. George Bush actually proposed that there be a Constitutional Amendment to ban gay marriage, knowing full well that there was no chance (considering the high threshold required) that it could actually be passed (or survive scrutiny in the courts). It was a purely and transparently cynical political ploy. Unfortunately it worked.

The reason it is not a major issue this time is that the Republican strategists realize they may not be able to push their luck a third time in a row. Besides they have a new, purely and transparently cynical political wedge issue – Immigration. Again appealing to fear and prejudice to get the vote out.

]]> By: occula http://blogfreespringfield.com/i-now-pronounce-you-barack-and-mitt/comment-page-1#comment-1754 occula Thu, 17 Jan 2008 20:40:26 +0000 http://blogfreespringfield.com/i-now-pronounce-you-barack-and-mitt#comment-1754 Oh, Dan ... it's a red <i>head,</i> not a red <i>hat.</i> You don't have to worry about My People. Oh, Dan … it’s a red head, not a red hat. You don’t have to worry about My People.

]]> By: John http://blogfreespringfield.com/i-now-pronounce-you-barack-and-mitt/comment-page-1#comment-1753 John Thu, 17 Jan 2008 19:13:29 +0000 http://blogfreespringfield.com/i-now-pronounce-you-barack-and-mitt#comment-1753 Sorry I meant "Has this issue's" with an apostrophe s. Damn. Sorry I meant “Has this issue’s” with an apostrophe s. Damn.

]]> By: John http://blogfreespringfield.com/i-now-pronounce-you-barack-and-mitt/comment-page-1#comment-1752 John Thu, 17 Jan 2008 19:10:21 +0000 http://blogfreespringfield.com/i-now-pronounce-you-barack-and-mitt#comment-1752 Dan- Agreed. I was just thinking the other day about how this issue hasn't come up much at all so far. I'm fairly surprised by this, too. Has this issues "hot-button" era passed? If it's a call on the part of strategists to avoid the issue during the primary season, then that worries me quite a lot. That would mean that on a pretty serious level all of the campaigns are in collusion with each other about which issues are important and which aren't. I think this type of strategizing most definitely occurs, but this just seems to really underscore it. Dan-

Agreed. I was just thinking the other day about how this issue hasn’t come up much at all so far. I’m fairly surprised by this, too. Has this issues “hot-button” era passed?

If it’s a call on the part of strategists to avoid the issue during the primary season, then that worries me quite a lot. That would mean that on a pretty serious level all of the campaigns are in collusion with each other about which issues are important and which aren’t. I think this type of strategizing most definitely occurs, but this just seems to really underscore it.

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