Attn: Gay Flag-Burners
Other Republican operatives say the strategy [of re-introducing hot topics like "gay marriage" and "flag burning"] is a waste of time when most Republican voters are angry or divided over the Iraq war, high gas prices and immigration.
"Those are the issues that are dominating people’s dinnertable talk," said Scott Reed, who managed Bob Dole’s 1996 presidential campaign. Reed dismissed Frist’s plan [of forcing votes on perennial conservative favorites like "gay marriage", flag burning, and the estate tax], saying: "If you’re a gay who likes to burn flags, it’s going to be a long year."
[James Kuhnhenn, "GOP pushes bans on gay marriage, burning U.S. flag: Moves seen as effort to rouse party’s base", KnightRidder newspapers via Columbus [OH] Dispatch, 4 June 2006.]
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on Wednesday, 7 June 2006 at 01.55
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Ah, but pushing wedgies plays well with Gary Bauer, Brent Bozell, the Rev. James Dobson the head of Georgia's Republican Party, Ralph Reed — a guy who may be OK with de-facto slavery, forced prostitution and abortion for Asian women in a far Pacific setting, but can't tolerate gays and lesbians amidst fine Christian true believers like himself.
Ahem.
What a menagerie.