First Lady: Don't Campaign on Marriage Ban

i thought they had the corner on the 'compassionate conservative' market.

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to the exclusion of anything relevant to the country.

It's their #1 wedge issue. Laura's just there to distance those who do use it from the administration's position.

well, excuse me, but just who the 'eff' is attacking marriage? No one is. Believe what you will about gay marriage or civil unions or whatever you might believe, but marriage is NOT 'under attack'. This is another Republican straw man argument. NO one, not even the most radical on the left..is 'attacking' marriage. Its about equal rights under the law, pure and simple.

Nobody seems to be very concerned about that.

One Re-puke actually did hint that the Christian reich might try to rail against this issue, although they wouldn't succeed even as much as they did with the federal gay marriage ban, natch.

that proposed amendment from Marilyn Whatever Her Name Is of Colorado was "marriage is to be defined as between one man and one woman FOR LIFE." I did read it around two or three years ago. Those two little words were dropped faster than a hot potato.

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...Oh, I know what the Reich-Wing's retort is...but anyone who was actually attacking marriage would be against marrige, logically.

Her husband certainly had no problem using gay marriage as a campaign issue in '04. Laura Bush is a liar, and she can go to hell.

You're two years too late.

It's ok. You don't mean it anyway. Rove gave you marching orders to put lipstick on the pig that is the GOP.

"progressive" than GWB, but I also remember reading an article on Bush in the NY Times Magazine a while back that said that originally he did not want to use prejudice against gays as a campaign tool. This was, of course, well before he did exactly that, but I do think the man is not himself a homophobe. Look at those he surrounds himself with - Karl, Scotty, Mehlman. I do think they are all gay, and Bush does not seem to have a problem with that. (Did anyone ever read the account of the first time Rove saw Bush - he remembered what Bush was wearing, and the leather seats of his car - in my view, after reading that, the man has loved Bush for many, many years. His taste sucks.)

I think that she is more open-minded than her husband, although I don't think that she would fit in here. I come from a family of teachers, although I did not take that career path myself, and none of them are right wing nuts.

She has assumed a rather traditional role in her marriage, as far as the public can see, and she's loyal to her husband, which with him probably is a must. As a consequence, she seldom says anything in public that could be construed as contradicting him. However, I wouldn't be too surprised if she speaks her mind to him in private, at least on issues with which she is familiar.

women who are afraid to speak their minds in public and think they can't contradict their husbands are not "progressive." I don't care sho your husband is. Marriage doesn't mean you sell your soul down the river and lose your sense of self. What are we, living in the 50's?

Also, she's not a teacher.

it's how repubes work.. they speak in code... the "faithful" know what she's doing..and of course the press will dutifully applaud her for NOT "going negative"..:puke:

Mary Cheney closed her eyes to what the Bush administration was up to and ended up looking like the fool that she is. This sounds like act two.

For crying out loud Laura Bush, there are something like 13 States that will have a gay marriage ban on the ballot this November. The Republicans will attempt to make this the key issue of the Novermber elections. Hate and wedge issues are the cornerstone of Republican politics. This is not going to change any time soon. Richard Nixon called the tactic a "southern strategy".

Let the people decide what they want.

Stand outside the pharmacy and barricade the door and ask the elderly, "You want your heart medication... or do you wanna keep them damn homos from getting married?"

That's the choice they're making in 2006.

Your medicine or your bigotry: Choose ONE!

Last year, they chose bigotry.

Let's see how they like Bush's MediCare(less) Plan.

When all else fails, send out the wifey. Pave the way before the SPEECH tomorrow. After all, she did so well with her Mid East gig, should work here. :sarcasm:

she doesn't think anyone else should use the ame despicable tactics he used. Actually, I don't believe that for a minute. THere's plenty more bushes waiting in the wings.

why is she talking so damn much lately anyway?

It's probably the only context in which she's ever been called a lady,
and she's free to get the chef sacked as often as she likes.

I expect she and Lynne Cheney are very good at entertaining each other while
Gannon is visiting with chimpy, so she might even have a genuine opinion on this.

But she'll put on her ridiculous grin and spout out whatever words
look like keeping her in the White House a bit longer,
no matter what she believes the truth to be.

and if so, why?

I can't figure that out...they are spreading Mary everywhere and now this...what gives?

I mean, 10% of the population, that's a 'focus group' to Bush, right?

who would provide silver bullets and stakes to anyone who wanted to take out a gay.

They are contemptuous.