Sunday, July 16, 2006
The Left Advises Its Candidates: Lie About Gay Marriage
If this posting were not frightfully sickening it would be hilarious.
Matthew Yglesias, a disgusting leftwing imbecile, had advised Downies running for office that they should "pretend" to be against gay marriage so that the issue will not hurt them.
At Least Pretend
This is the new leftist strategy: sell the voters what you think they want. If they want gay marriage, come out for it. If they want their guns to be preserved, come out for that. Do you believe it? OF COURSE NOT. But, after all, we are here to win elections! Fuck the issues! Fuck the voters if they are too stupid not to believe us!
If this posting were not frightfully sickening it would be hilarious.
Matthew Yglesias, a disgusting leftwing imbecile, had advised Downies running for office that they should "pretend" to be against gay marriage so that the issue will not hurt them.
At Least Pretend
Via Ramesh Ponnuru, Carville & Greenberg's latest strategy memo on, among other things, gay marriage: "We hate this issue but we promise you that the Republicans will run hard on this issue, as it is critical for their dislodged voters and those in rural areas. That the Democrat believes marriage is between a man and a woman is among the strongest reassurance for older blue collar voters, seniors and those in rural areas. If this is what a candidate believes, it is important to say it."
If I might throw in my two cents, I would further strongly urge Democrats who don't believe marriage is between a man and a woman but who feel they ought to pretend to believe this in order to win elections (a plausible position) need to do a better job of pretending. I've heard a shockingly large number of politicians say things, in rooms where journalists are present, that make it perfectly clear that they think gay marriage is just fine but that the voters aren't ready for it. That's a sensible thing to believe, but you can't go around saying it if you're trying to win votes. If you're going to lie, then lie -- and lie convincingly!
This is the new leftist strategy: sell the voters what you think they want. If they want gay marriage, come out for it. If they want their guns to be preserved, come out for that. Do you believe it? OF COURSE NOT. But, after all, we are here to win elections! Fuck the issues! Fuck the voters if they are too stupid not to believe us!
