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Originally Posted by Motorboat Cruiser
No, I was surprised by the fact that he stood up to the evangelists and refused to be a part of their attacks.
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When it comes to political capital, there is no difference to Bush between gays, criminals, terrorists or even the corpses of 9/11. He'll use them all to his advantage. There's no need to discriminate against gays -- they are a political goldmine.
1994:
PBS Frontline (If you have time, read the entire transcript. Interesting stuff regarding both Bush and Kerry.)
NARRATOR: At one point, the campaign turned ugly. Bush's east Texas campaign chairman accused Richards of hiring "avowed and activist homosexuals" to high state offices.
ANN RICHARDS: The issue of homosexuality was very much an issue. In fact, there were flyers placed under the windshield wipers of parked cars at religious fundamentalist churches on Sundays that showed two men kissing. It was very much involved.
NARRATOR: The flyer attacked liberals for encouraging homosexuality in the schools. It had no connection to the governor's race, but some observers suspected it was part of a coordinated attack.
NICHOLAS LEMANN, FRONTLINE Reporter: The pattern, when you look at President Bush's career, is one of very, very, very aggressive campaign tactics.
There's a pattern of groups popping up who spread basically dirty rumors about the opponent, and do it in a way that serves the interest of the Bush campaign but enables the Bush campaign to say, "We have nothing to do with these people." And it's happened over and over and over again. He clearly has said to himself, "I am not going to lose an election for being too gentlemanly and nice."
NARRATOR: He didn't lose. Social conservatives and the religious right liked what they saw in Bush. Many years before, he had watched his father lose in this once heavily Democratic state. In 1994, Republican George W. Bush was elected governor of Texas.
And again in 2004:
State of the Union 2004
"...the only alternative left to the people would be the constitutional process. Our nation must defend the sanctity of marriage."
I don't see where Dubya has a problem with attacking homosexuals. There seems to be a large chasm between the (allegedly) private citizen George Bush and the politician George Bush. Will the real George Bush please stand up, please stand up?