Nov 09 2008
Nancy Pelosi
How did she ever get elected, let alone, number 2 in line to the Presidency???
Pelosi: Prop 8 supporters might have been too dumb to grasp what they were doing by Allahpundit
Evidently, it’s now somehow illegitimate to vote on the substance of an issue without being fully informed of the legal posture first. Sure, a majority opposes gay marriage — but did they know that four justices of the California Supreme Court disagree with them (whereas three don’t)?
Speaking as someone who would have voted no on Prop 8: Who cares?
Whether you agree with the position or not, why:
- Does she need to infer people are stupid if they don’t believe what she believes?
- Could her argument be defeated by an 8th grader?
- Why was it okay for the Mayor to CHANGE the law in the first place? (The Mayor was overturning what he felt to be unfair. So instead of trying to change a rule that the people of the state already decided on, Gavin Newsom just Changed the rule. “To hell with the people—they’re stupid and don’t know what they’re doing—right?” Same sex marriages were voted against in the state of California just a few years ago. And in very Liberal California it was just voted against again in 2008! Stupid People!)
Apply her reasoning to the situation as it was just a few years ago—wouldn’t that make all the people who voted No on 8 be stupid then? It wasn’t even a case brought before the Judges in California. “61% of people voted against it, you 30% who voted for it just don’t understand!”
The strategy should be: keep calling it discrimination and intolerance and it will get through, maybe next time around. Very strong effective language.
Or just keep asking people to vote and then do what you want anyway—WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT!
That line could have been the straw that, pissed people off, to vote with.
Looks like the SFGate agrees with my diagnosis: Pelosi says voters misunderstood Prop. 8
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi expressed deep disappointment on Friday that California voters approved Prop. 8, the measure banning same-sex marriage, and defended her ally, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, against critics who say his actions contributed to its passage.
Newsom played a starring role in TV and radio ads aired by the Yes on Prop. 8 campaign, which seized on his remarks at a rally in May after the court’s ruling that same-sex marriages were “going to happen, whether you like it or not.” The measure’s passage was seen as a blow to the possibility of a Newsom bid for governor.
Pelosi, a longtime supporter of Newsom, said the mayor should not be blamed for the measure’s success. “He acted upon his beliefs. He feels very strongly that there should not be discrimination and that fairness should prevail for all parts of our society,” she said. “Some may say there are political risks, but I know the (bigger) political risk for him was to do what he didn’t believe, and he would never do that.”
