The Republican Party in One Headline

GOP Uses Gay Marriage Ban to Woo Its Base

In other words, the only way the GOP can keep votes within their party is to appeal to the most bigoted people in the country. Which compromises their "base."

Worse than terrorists
WASHINGTON - Five months before a congressional election that may prove difficult for Republicans, the party of President George W. Bush has decided to move to the forefront an issue dear to its conservative base: a gay marriage ban. Congress has many burning issues on its agenda: it has to unblock emergency funds for Iraq and Afghanistan, adopt a budget, ratify a nuclear deal with India and encourage construction of refineries to lower painfully high gas prices.
And yet, keeping these two men shown above apart by fucking with the Constitution is more important.
Seriously, is there anyone on the fucking planet that doesn't consider this a complete smokescreen?

(Note: The headline above is from the Yahoo main page; the headline at the actual link is slightly different. I think the main page headline is far more appropriate.)

(Now the angels wanna wear my red cross-posts...)

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