I confess: I almost fell asleep during the VP debates. What really did it was the question of who's been flip-flopping. I think I made some not-all-that-funny remark about one of them wearing loafers, not flip-flops, and then, before starting to nap on the couch, had the good sense to get up and stop watching the thing...
But seriously, why do Edwards and Kerry have to believe marriage is between a man and a woman? I had always assumed the Dems' ticket was officially against gay marriage for political reasons, not out of sincere conviction on the part of Kerry and Edwards that marriage is just for straights. But Edwards seemed awfully convinced, even taking into account the politico-phoniness inherent in these debates. In an especially wonderful episode of Seinfeld, Elaine is mystified by the fact that her boyfriend is both gorgeous and pro-life; using that admittedly dubious logic, how can Edwards be anti-gay-marriage? He can't mean it, can he?
john edwards should smile more. I swoon when he smiles.
ReplyDeleteIt is clear that Edwards and Kerry have to be careful with their comments re: gay marriage and equal rights, etc. As you note, this is politics and they need a majority of the votes and that means "mainstream America." In addition, Edwards may really have "problems" with same sex marriages which may be based on his religion or whatever. He did make the point that the GOP is using the issue in a politically divisive way; the proposed constitutional amendment has no real purpose other than the usual scare tactics. Darth Cheney used the usual scary buzz words in that patented drone of his: 9/11, Saddam Hussein, taxes, and Massachusetts. In the contest of fear vs. hope; more of the same vs. new strategies based on reality, can there still be undecided voters out there? --JM
ReplyDeleteis it possible that you could have spewed more of john kerry's rhetoric, absent any original ideas?
ReplyDeleteI'm sure the debates did much to help undecided voters. but in an election with some real hard issues on which there's room to disagree, let's not go pretending there's only one rational choice.
==i voted...did you?==
The main point of my comment was disbelief that any voters could still be undecided given the clear choice between Bush/Cheney and Kerry/ Edwards. Additional disbelief that so many voters could want "four more years" is another matter. --JM
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