Opposite Day
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Folks, President Bush doesn’t read polls. He has never cared if he wins popularity contests. And you know, that’s a good thing because he’s tremendously unpopular. His poll numbers are so low that other politicians are now no longer afraid to disagree with him. In fact, now they’ll disagree with anything he says, and that’s a great advantage. The President must harness the fundamental power of his unpopularity.
To get the policy he wants, all he has to do is promote the opposite. Take gay marriage. Right now, he’s trying to ban gay marriage by banning it. If he really wants to ban it, he should be for it. I’m picturing the President officiating a marriage ceremony between George Michael and Harvey Fierstein during the Superbowl Halftime Show. If he did that, gay marriage would not only be outlawed, but the penalty would be unthinkably harsh.
And you know, folks, the President has come out strongly for a constitutional amendment banning flag burning. From the way he’s trying to stop it, you’d think he was for it. To get the flag burning amendment through, the President should just propose that we run our cars on burning flags. That’s a twofer. Americans would automatically reject burning flags and alternative fuels.
Finally, Mr. President, Iraq’s in a civil war. A lot of people want to bring the troops home. You say you’re going to bring them home, and everyone will panic and keep them there. No, forget that. It’s too big of a risk. You could end up with a civil war in Iraq and our troops back home. And that would be bad.
Folks, President Bush doesn’t read polls. He has never cared if he wins popularity contests. And you know, that’s a good thing because he’s tremendously unpopular. His poll numbers are so low that other politicians are now no longer afraid to disagree with him. In fact, now they’ll disagree with anything he says, and that’s a great advantage. The President must harness the fundamental power of his unpopularity.
To get the policy he wants, all he has to do is promote the opposite. Take gay marriage. Right now, he’s trying to ban gay marriage by banning it. If he really wants to ban it, he should be for it. I’m picturing the President officiating a marriage ceremony between George Michael and Harvey Fierstein during the Superbowl Halftime Show. If he did that, gay marriage would not only be outlawed, but the penalty would be unthinkably harsh.
And you know, folks, the President has come out strongly for a constitutional amendment banning flag burning. From the way he’s trying to stop it, you’d think he was for it. To get the flag burning amendment through, the President should just propose that we run our cars on burning flags. That’s a twofer. Americans would automatically reject burning flags and alternative fuels.
Finally, Mr. President, Iraq’s in a civil war. A lot of people want to bring the troops home. You say you’re going to bring them home, and everyone will panic and keep them there. No, forget that. It’s too big of a risk. You could end up with a civil war in Iraq and our troops back home. And that would be bad.
posted by Liz at 9:07 AM
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