tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7900749.post114781093457473885..comments2023-09-21T10:05:52.438-04:00Comments on Shock And Awe (aka Brian's Blog): Is This An Attempt To Silence Conservative Speech?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7900749.post-1148012615997262712006-05-19T00:23:00.000-04:002006-05-19T00:23:00.000-04:00Mr. Hornback,David is correct - liberals do tend t...Mr. Hornback,<BR/>David is correct - liberals do tend to ignore those issues between elections because they are inconsequential to governing. Conservatives do not ignore those issues - they fret over them, pray over them, preach over them and finally at election time the "conservative" politicians trot them out and we're where we are now - MFA and a mid-term electiion that at the moment doesn't Steve Mulehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07120101908132148299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7900749.post-1148004822231015702006-05-18T22:13:00.000-04:002006-05-18T22:13:00.000-04:00The Lord said "they would always be among us" Was ...The Lord said "they would always be among us" <BR/><BR/>Was he also referring to the likes of liberal whackos like Steve?Brian Hornbackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07096128266090814434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7900749.post-1147994968692488182006-05-18T19:29:00.000-04:002006-05-18T19:29:00.000-04:00I think Steve will always believe that these impor...I think Steve will always believe that these important cultural issues are "wedge issues" because in the world of the Left wing of the Democratic Party, those issues really <I>do</I> only come up at election time.<BR/><BR/>However, we on the Right are talking about them and doing things about them-even when it isn't election season.Deacon David Oatneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01895500028831981591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7900749.post-1147869513984897802006-05-17T08:38:00.000-04:002006-05-17T08:38:00.000-04:00Mr. Hornback,You are correct - the issue has been ...Mr. Hornback,<BR/>You are correct - the issue has been around a while. However, it seems to only get back into the limelight just before election time. In between elections it seems to fall off the radar adnd everyone's legislative calendar. <BR/>You are again correct to point out that it cost Sen. Kerry Ohio in the last presidential election and, consequently, the election itself. However, Steve Mulehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07120101908132148299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7900749.post-1147823804809866662006-05-16T19:56:00.000-04:002006-05-16T19:56:00.000-04:00SteveMule, Your going to think, whatever you are g...SteveMule, <BR/><BR/>Your going to think, whatever you are going to think. The facts are that this issue isn't a new issue, just to create in your words "a wedge" <BR/><BR/>It was the Mayor in San Francisco, I believe that was the first to decide to marry couples of the same gender. Then pockets of Mayors began marrying same gender couples across the country. I believe had the liberal Brian Hornbackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07096128266090814434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7900749.post-1147822441467288942006-05-16T19:34:00.000-04:002006-05-16T19:34:00.000-04:00Mr. Hornback,Given the timing of this ad, the comi...Mr. Hornback,<BR/>Given the timing of this ad, the coming primaries and the vote on the admendment itself, would it not be unreasonable to assume that this whole thing is just a charade to try to motivate a discouraged conservative base to vote for "good" Republicans in August and then again in November?<BR/>Especially given the silence that descended on this issue following the '04 Presidential Steve Mulehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07120101908132148299noreply@blogger.com