W. stands for Winner
On Thursday in the Boston Globe front page ABOVE the fold, I read that W. had got congress to vote AGAIN to drill in Alaska. This was the 3rd vote he called- after losing the first 2. He won this round 51-49. This told me that EVERYBODY voted, which isn't always the case, and since there are only 44 dems in the senate, a couple of republicans must have crossed the aisle.
However this angered me because I realized it wasn't JUST a case of W. winning AGAIN... but the fact a) he's like a dog with a bone, he just won't let go of an issue til HE wins and b) he always wins.
I mean think about it. Name me an issue where somebody has been able to say NO! to him and make it stick. The only thing W. has lost is his first run for public office( congressman of Tx). Everything else, he asks for it and he gets it.
So that's why he thinks he has a mandate for Social Security, because HE wants to reform it and NOBODY'S gonna stop him.
posted by Drew at 7:07 AM
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Well, thankfully, he hasn't gotten the Constitutional Amendment banning gay marriage passed yet.
One the one hand I think you are techincally right...
However I always felt his call for the amendment was more of 'energizing his base'- couching the election in terms of 'Kerry is a liberal who wants to ERRODE family values.'
and in that way he won as 11 states ended up voting AGAINST gay marriages in 2004 and I'm pretty darn sure( 90%) that W. won each and every one of those states.
I also think that they haven't passed the amendment as they want to continue to use 'gay rights lover' as a beat stick.
http://www.queerday.com/2005/feb/24/ad_links_aarp_to_gay_marriage_in_attempt_to_discredit_it.html
Whereas if they actually passed the amendment... then gay rights would no longer be an ongoing 'issue'
(note: he could also be waiting for a) 2006 electios or b) when he gets another neo con on the Supreme Court to belay his fear of the Supreme Court overturning it- citing their ruling of Lawerence V. Texas.
sorry it cut off the web link... just google aarp and 'gay rights" and you'll get a bunch of links showing that the neo cons are attacking old people by saying they're 'gay lovers' to discredit aarp's anger over the social security reform.
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