George W. Bush's daughter comes out in favor of same-sex marriage
By James Brady RyanFebruary 1st, 2011, 10:30 amComments (10)Notable Republicans' daughters have been so feisty lately! Meghan McCain is the obvious example, but there's also Bristol Palin telling her mother to stop going after the "lame-stream media" since she is a powerful media figure herself. I love it. Three incidents would officially make it a trend (or enough to claim it's a trend), and now we have Barbara Bush, daughter of our 43rd president, speaking out in favor of marriage equality in New York:
Thanks for the support, Babs. (I can call her "Babs" because we're close like that.) Now work those political connections, girl! I know you must have some.
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Commentarium (10 Comments)
Who?
Wonder what family dinner at the Bush compound will be like now....
Who cares? Its not like the majority of people today are not in favor of it. Seriously? Oh the daughter of a republican is for same sex marriage like that's supposed to be taboo or something? Please. Grow up.
I do give her credit for stepping out of her father's party line. Say what you will about her, that takes some guts.
She's late stepping on the party line. Bush's VP was stepping on back when he was in office.
I suspect that if you fed W some truth serum, he'd say, "Eh, who cares? Let the gays do what they want." Remember, he (and Cheney, too) is from the corporate-money wing of the party, not the social-reactionary wing. The corporate-money types pander to the social-reactionaries to get elected, but deep down, they just don't give a crap about what people do, so long as it doesn't interfere with corporate profiteering.
here! here!
@profrobert: True enough, but he still had to pander to the base to get elected, which includes the usual sexually repressed agenda that passes for family values with the trailer-and-shotgun set.
@MEH: Yes, yes, absolutely. That's why the corporate-money wingnuts mouth the social-reactionary line. I just think they do so cynically to get elected, not because they genuinely believe it.
Now you say something