Jeb Fumbles On Same-Sex Mariage ... Again and Again

That darn Jeb Bush; he’s oh-so-presidential, or at least he’s trying to be.

As governor of Florida, he was against same-sex marriage even though he withheld his enthusiasm, and support, for the state’s 2008 campaign to rewrite the Florida Constitution to define marriage as between a man and a woman; but that was only because he left office in 2007.

However, in 2012, during a PBS interview, Jeb suggested that gay parents could be … could be … held up as role models, even as he added that “traditional marriage is what should be sanctioned” by the government. See, he was saying that The Gays are “okay” as parents but, you know, marriage? Oh hell no.

But last year, in a speech to some Republican group, Jeb warned against the GOP being a party seen as against too many things … as in against everything … including being “anti-gay” because, you know, they might look like haters.

And so that fumbling and flip-flopping and saying nothing at all leads us to today, as Jeb thinks about thinking about running for President, and we find him still fumbling on the idea of The Gays getting married, especially, in Florida:

"It ought be a local decision. I mean, a state decision. The state decided. The people of the state decided. But it's been overturned by the courts, I guess."

A local decision? Oh, if the locality is the state; and what’s with the ‘I guess’? Doesn’t he know what’s happening in Florida, or maybe Jeb is reading the same newspapers that the Mama Grizzly Bore™ used to read.

So, so presidential; that darn Jeb. And because he came off as if he had no idea where marriage equality stood in Florida, and because his statement on Sunday made him sound less presidential and more like his idiot brother, his people decided that they needed to try again to have Jeb talk about same-sex marriage and try to come off less baboonish and cartoonish. So, Jeb sat down again, this time with the New York Times, to talk about The Gays and marriage again:

“We live in a democracy, and regardless of our disagreements, we have to respect the rule of law. I hope that we can show respect for the good people on all sides of the gay and lesbian marriage issue – including couples making lifetime commitments to each other who are seeking greater legal protections and those of us who believe marriage is a sacrament and want to safeguard religious liberty.”

See what he did there? He basically said the same thing he said on Sunday; he’s not at all a fan of same-sex marriage but that people should respect those pesky gays and lesbians who want equality as long as The Gays respect religious liberty.

Better? No. It’s just Jeb Bush trying out his message for his run at the White House in 2016, coming across as somewhat okay with marriage equality — if that’s what The Gays want — but making sure we all know that he’s not especially for it, and wants to keep religion at the forefront of the discussion.

He’s kissing asses and pandering to his base at the same time, y’all, and we have 22 months left of it.

via NCRM

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My Mid-Term Thoughts

First off, thank god that's over ... except for some of the weeping of some of the people.

I seriously hope both sides can opt to work together and not continue this “You’re wrong … No, you’re wrong” business as usual mentality. I’m tired of things not getting done — and I’m counting the 100 or so attempts to repeal Obamacare that failed each and every time. And, remember, if the GOP intends to spend the next two years trying to impeach the President, then we must, as a country, send them packing, Getting nothing done is not doing their jobs. You’ve won, now do something!

That said … Gosh, I so wanted Mitch McConnell to lose, if only to see him pull his head inside his shell and quiver like a frightened turtle. Maybe next time?

Here in South Carolina — where it’s not the heat it’s the stupidity — Nikki Haley handily won reelection. But she may suffer defeat later today because the federal court may move that her continued fight against marriage equality is about the lamest thing ever, since it’s already been decided. Haley just might go down in history as this generation’s George Wallace, barring the doors of marriage to The Gays as he barred the doors of public schools to Black children. And, if history repeats itself, and it does, George Wallace didn’t fare very well politically after that. So, yeah, Nikki, you’re pretty much through here.

Rick Scott won in Florida over Charlie “I’ll think I’ll switch parties again” Crist proving that the people of the Sunshine State put the ‘duh’ in Flori-duh.

In Massachusetts, Maura Healey wins, becoming the country’s first openly gay Attorney General.

Clay Aiken; also ran; again. But at least this time he didn't lose to Ruben.

Lindsey Graham won reelection here, too and was last seen pressing his crinolines for his victory cotillion.

In funny news because it was never really going to happen, virulently anti-LGBT crackpot, and a Kill The Gays sponsor, Scott Lively earned just 0.9% of the vote in the Massachusetts gubernatorial race.

And, probably to pour salt in Lively’s wounds, let’s also mention that each of the six openly LGBT members of the US House — Representative Mark Takano of California, Representative Jared Polis of Colorado, Representative Sean Patrick Maloney of New York, Representative Mark Pocan of Wisconsin, Representative David Cicilline of Rhode Island, and Representative Kysten Sinema of Arizona — all retained their seats.

So, again, as I said, I hope both sides can work together, from the President on down; they haven’t been so eager to team up in the last six years, but maybe now they’ll do something.

Please.