Bush: For Society's Sake, Jail Them Gays!

Yesterday, Bush came out. For his coming out he told those who have done the same or plan to to stay inside...no to gay marriage! The president's outrage is no longer against dissenters, Democrats, nay-sayers, or hungry prosecutors. At least, not last Monday, June 5th, Election Year. In order to maintain the "stability of society", Bush declares, gay marriage must be outlawed through a constitutional amendment. Liberal judges should not decide the fate of our country's fate, Bush continues, but the people. Hail bigot America!

Bush paints the American people as a bunch of redneck evangelical bigots that are more interested in banning the union between the gays next door than over their economic wellbeing or their son third tour in Iraq. Unfortunately, he may be right. A new ABC poll shows support for the banning of gay marriage, even after it left the public discourse for over a year. What does this say of our true character? Are we truly a nation of red-at-the-core Americans? Lets hope for poor polling.

It is, in the end, all politics. Bush wants to rally the base, as his numbers drop in every sector of his formerly die-hard support group. His numbers are still very low, but have rised somewhat. This slight rise is because of nothing more than his decent immigration proposal. This makes the next poll a clear indication of how the American people received his political pandering. I fear for his party's outcome this year (but not too much, of course) after this hasty endorsement. He might be showing some carrot to his fundamentalist base, but it is too little too late. The base is getting more and more needy, and Bush is bleeding political capital at an unprecented pace. His lame duck presidency started at the beginning of this year, seeing no end in sight other than a slowly approaching 2008. Bush can only harm himself at this point by postulating. That logic doesn't seem to stop him, however, for he relishes the campaign environment. I am sure he misses 2000 and 2004.