Republicans have their priorities; are they yours?

September 28, 2006

In June, Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) said, with a straight face, that a constitutional amendment on “flag desecration” was the single most important issue facing the nation. He wasn’t kidding.

Of course, not all Republicans agree with Hatch — some think a constitutional amendment to ban gays from getting married should be at the top of the national policy agenda.

Rep. Marilyn Musgrave (R-CO), the lead sponsor of the constitutional ban on gay marriage in the House, spoke this weekend at the Family Research Council’s “Values Voter Summit.” […]

Musgrave declared that gay marriage “is the most important issue that we face today.” She told the audience that “when you’re in a cultural war like this, you have to respond with equal and hopefully greater force if you want to win,” and warned that the “future is grim” if gay marriage is not banned.

It’d be amusing if it weren’t so sad. Look at the congressional agenda: lawmakers couldn’t pass a budget, or most of the 11 required spending bills, or legislation on lobbying reform, immigration, the minimum wage, or offshore oil drilling. But for Musgrave, the “most important issue that we face today” is an anti-gay amendment to the Constitution. No wonder this is a do-nothing Congress.

Fortunately, as it turns out, we may not have Marilyn Musgrave to kick around much longer.

Colorado’s 4th congressional district (the fightin’ fourth) has been solidly Republican for quite a while, but even this red district is getting a little tired of Musgrave’s nonsense. In 2004, an underfunded Democrat, Stan Matsunaka, only lost to Musgrave by six points, 51 to 45%.

This year, state Rep. Angie Paccione (D) has a real shot at beating Musgrave outright. The latest SurveyUSA poll, released last week, showed the incumbent with a narrow, four-point lead: 46% to 42%.

As for Paccione’s response to Musgrave’s latest nonsense, the Democrat said yesterday, “Holy smokes, we’re at war, we’ve lost nearly 3,000 people and thousands more are maimed. We have over 46 million Americans without health insurance.”

We can only hope voters in Colorado’s 4th have their priorities straight.

We can only hope voters in Colorado’s 4th have their priorities straight. Yeah, but not too straight.

  • Holy smokes I wasn’t aware that flag burning gay people were an epidemic in Large portions of Colorado and Utah.

    I did hear from Senator Coburn that they’ve taken over some schools in southeast Oklahoma, however.

  • Sheesh – Maybe we should bring home every active member of our military to guard our flags. We can use stop loss to protect our churches from the hordes of radical homosexuals seeking marriage.
    I have one simple question for Hatch and Musgrave. I do not ask it rhetorically. I ask in all seriousness: Are you stark raving out of your minds?

  • Well, when you’re part of a mojority that can’t point to much of anything as a positive accomplishment, what else is left? Look, a jackalope!

  • Don’t count on a win for the Dems. The Musgrave campaign is running some very convincing negative TV ads, and I’m afraid they will be quite effective in the 4th. The Dems needed to run a squeaky clean candidate…

  • Conservatives just want the fantasy. They want the screw-me suite at the Las Vegas casino and the girl who looks like she’s a $1,000 a night hooker.

    Maybe Dems should just tell them: “yes, you are smart. Yes, you are the best. Maybe your concerns about gay marriage and flags are warranted, that people shouldn’t try to change too much too fast. But have you ever considered. . .?” If we just give them the “maybe-you-should-consider” option instead of the “you-are-wrong-option” they might start feeling as if they can listen to the truth.

  • If she loses she can landon her feet as a ban freedom lobbyist/spokesnut. I’m sure she will become a theta-7 wing-nut if the pressure of public office is removed from her.

    We have one of these looney’s her in MN topo. We call ours Michelle Bachman and she want’s Mark Kennedy’s ols House Seat. If you have the means think about donating to Patty Wetterling for congress!

  • Sheesh – Maybe we should bring home every active member of our military to guard our flags

    Holy smokes, by the power invested in me by the internets, I declare you the winner, brian!

  • “when you’re in a cultural war like this, you have to respond with equal and hopefully greater force if you want to win,” – Rep. Marilyn Musgrave (R-CO)

    Wow! And I just thought that homosexuals wanted the right to get married. Little did I realize the “culture”, something the conservatives have been happy to let Hollywood define for, well forever, is the subject of a war.

    What a dumb woman.

  • The rethugs must really want to keep the seat Mark Kennedy squats in because the NRCC is buying attack ads against Patty Wetterling now.

    But Patty is fighting back with attack ads of her own.

    Michelle Bachman looks and talks like a Stepford wife.

    Whow!

  • This is the refrain I hope is used often – “Your (R) Representative and George Bush have their priorities – are they yours?” A litany of gut level and bread and butter issues beg this question.

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