Dana Perino calls marriage equality "crass politics of the left"

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Perino calls marriage equality ‘crass politics of the left’

By David Edwards
Monday, May 14, 2012 10:48 EDT

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/05/14/perino-calls-marriage-equality-crass-politics-of-the-left/



Former Bush spokeswoman Dana Perino on Monday said that President Barack Obama only ended the “charade” that he did not support same sex marriage because his campaign wanted to use “crass politics” to divert attention from the economy.

Over the weekend, conservative New York Times columnist Ross Douthat charged that “the Obama White House has consistently sought to change the subject from the unemployment rate to contraception, or immigration, or now even gay marriage.”

“Obama is currently running for re-election as an opponent of sexism, homophobia and social reaction in all its forms,” Douthat wrote, arguing that Obama should instead be focusing on “how Mitt Romney wants to take away your retirement security to pay for tax cuts for the rich.”

“All of these things the campaign has come up with on the Democrat side have lasted sometimes 48 hours, sometimes a full two weeks– you think of the contraception controversy — but then there’s another one, one on top of the other,” she explained. “But still, the most important thing to every voter is the economy. So they might on the Democrat side — they might win the little skirmishes, but what you want is to win the war.”

[gratuitous]

1. Hey Dana, tell us about the Cuban Missile Crisis again

Do you remember where it might have happened?

[Aerows]

2. Dana Perino is crass

If you don't support same-sex marriage, don't marry someone of your same sex. It's as simple as that. People need to shut up about things that are none of their business and quit worrying about other people's marriages and sex lives. I don't give a damn who Dana Perino is married to or who she is sleeping with, so why should she worry about who I'm involved with?

[coalition_unwilling]

3. 50 years ago, Perino would have called

racial equality a "Communist plot.'

I successfully resisted the urge to use racist and sexist language with regard to Perino (but only barely).

[patrice]

4. Perino's "logic" justifies the following: Perino's charade that she cares about economic justice is

crass politics of the ROYAL Right.

All of the issues listed are aspects of OUR lives. Apparently we are to prioritize everything in our lives in exactly the manner that Perino and Douthat prescribe.

[Solly Mack]

5. From a person who played mouthpiece to a war criminal.

[struggle4progress]

6. meh. why should anyone care what she says?

[hifiguy]

7. That woman is dumber than a sack of hammers.

[msongs]

8. here I thought the right winger would be glad to have this as a campaign issue nt

[DCKit]

9. I think what Dana and the rest of the Republics are worried about is...

that all the self-hating, closeted (R) men are going to leave their wives and families, get gay-married and become Democrats. It's as if they know how many SHCRs they have among their ranks.

That kind of insecurity must keep them up nights.

[justiceischeap]

10. I think it's funny that all the Repubs have been doing since Obama was elected

was play politics with social issues. For almost 4 years, we've been asking Boehner where the jobs are and the reply we've gotten has been the war on women, the war on voters, the war on logic... but they had absolutely no interest in the economy. Now that Obama is garnering positive press and poll numbers from supporting equality, as well as women and other social issues the Repubs have been waging a war against, they suddenly want to talk about the economy. Unfortunately, the only thing they want to talk about in regards to the economy is how Obama has "focused" on social issues instead of the economy.

[Initech]

12. Fox News enabled Bush to use social wedge issues to rile the values voters.

But then again there's no such thing as facts at that network.

[Initech]

11. Hey idiots - if you're so concerned about unemployment rates - your candidate made his fortune bankrupting businesses!!!

Stop trying to blame Obama for our shitty economy - your stupid fucking news network justifies Wall St.'s crimes!