Monday, September 3, 2007
Poison Presidential Pill
How did George W. Bush win re-election in 2004? Well many think it was due to the topic of Gay Marriage. I tend to agree with this theory. It goes as follows: Karl Rove came up with a great plan to re-elect the President. If the Republicans would push the subject of Gay Marriage and make it an election issue, states would put in on the ballot. Whether that vote was to ban it from their state constitutions or allow it, the end result was a huge turn out by Evangelical and Far Right Conservatives at the polls. Although no one really thought Gay Marriage would be legalized, the plan got Republican voters out to the polls. This Poison Pill (or "Hot Button") issue ensured that more Republicans would turn out to vote than Democrats since most Democrats are Laisse Faire on this issue. Brilliant, Rove!
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I don't think George Bush won the election on 2004 just because of 2004. It might caused he have much more experience of leading the country than other ministry.
But personally I do prefer gay marriage could be legalized
I agree that Rove was an importante one since the first election. But, in my opinion, Kerry was the one who loose the election... He was really bad... he said that he would do everything like Bush did, but better... No one likes copies... people prefer the original!
It's funny to think that it was the topic of gay marriage that got Bush to the White House. I wonder what could be the next reason for his re-election?
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