This is not surprising to me, since nothing that scumbag does is: banning gay marriage, banning inheritance taxes, and banning flag-burning. An attempt by a ever unpopular usurper to circle the wagons as his ratings plummet. From the Guardian:
George Bush declared his backing for a ban on gay marriage yesterday in what sceptics said was part of a broad campaign by the US president to win back disillusioned conservatives and divert attention from the Iraq war.
The point is that none of these issue are at the heart of the concerns of ordinary Americans–or at least they should not be. Who knows what “ordinary Americans” are thinking these days, I was never much in touch with that, and whatever inklings i might have had of that are now completely gone, since most of the time, what i found digusted me. But in any case, it doesn’t seem that i’m alone here:
“Most people are more concerned about performance issues, over Iraq and the economy,” said Andrew Kohut, of the Pew Research Centre polling organisation. “In terms of issues these are pretty far down the line of concerns [of the public]. The question is … whether this can re-energise the conservative base and make it more likely to vote in the mid-terms.”
5 months until November, the one rule in American politics is that you can never start too early. Trying to canvas support is no big deal, but how can you ask the citizenry not to become totally disillusioned with politics when you use ploys like this, where issues like gay marriage and flag burning and inheritance taxes are just used as chips in the eternal game of politics? How can anyone look at this kind of world and have any faith left in american politics?
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