Being a Wedge Issue
When I think of it, I like to read things at Democratic Underground. I particularly enjoy the column written by "The Plaid Adder". (Do you suppose Dick Cheney will call me up in high dudgeon if I mention that The Adder is herself an out lesbian?) Anyway, she concluded her column called October Surprise by writing
My partner just called; she's coming home from the phone bank. It's been a rough year to be a wedge issue. John Cornyn has called us box turtles; Rick Santorum has called us perverts; Alan Keyes has called us selfish hedonists; and now John Kerry has been pilloried for calling us all God's children. After four years of fighting to protect what we love about our country from the people who are trying to destroy it, I think we have earned the right to call ourselves patriots. And together with the thousands of ordinary Americans who have joined the battle this time around, I think we can also call ourselves the October surprise.
I suppose I just liked it enough to put it here. It's my blog, right? Besides, I know what she means about it's being a tought year to be a wedge issue. I'm also in the mood for a bit of October surprise.