This is remarkable.
It’s not remarkable that he opposes the gay marriage ban and thinks it should be left to individual states. Nor it it remarkable that he has publicly acknowledged his gay daughter. But think about this. In a single public statement, he underscores what we have known all along: Our current administration looks out for number one. You think he would have made the same statement were it not for a gay daughter? Think again.
Reuters just published an article entitled Neither Bush Nor Kerry Understands Women Voters, which states that:
Most American women … don’t feel that President Bush or John Kerry understand them, pollsters and independent experts said on Tuesday.
Then we find out that this broad generalization is based on a study that Lifetime did of 1,000 women. Hmmph. Every woman I know–admittedly, not an accurate representation of the population–is firmly entrenched on the Kerry side. On the other hand, I don’t know a single woman who watches Lifetime. Or at least admits to it.
What bothers me about this article is that there’s this incredible leap of logic; Lifetime viewers probably represent a small percentage of the population, but the thrust of the argument is that all women feel this way. It’s sloppy thinking and sloppy reporting.