A tip of the hat to Northern Valley Beacon and James Taranto. From The New York Times:
Arthur J. Finkelstein, a prominent Republican consultant who has directed a series of hard-edged political campaigns to elect conservatives in the United States and Israel over the last 25 years, said Friday that he had married his male partner in a civil ceremony at his home in Massachusetts.
President Bill Clinton seems to have added psychoanalysis to his list of talents.
The former president noted that an earlier article over the weekend reported that Mr. Finkelstein had married his male partner in a civil ceremony at his home in Massachusetts, then he alluded to the Republican Party's use of the same-sex marriage issue to mobilize conservative voters. "Either this guy believes his party is not serious and he's totally Machiavellian," Mr. Clinton said, or "he may be blinded by self-loathing."
So any homosexual has to be a Democrat; otherwise he is automatically guilty either of being ruthless or psychologically defective. You'd think that respect for gay persons would mean allowing them to make their own political decisions.
But Tarranto points out that President Clinton himself signed the Defense of Marriage Act, which CNN called the "anti-Gay marriage act." So how come his party is so much more worthy of non-Machiavellian support?
In point of fact, the Republican Party is much more diverse politically than the Democrats. Most Republicans are pro-life, but several prominent speakers at the Republican National Convention were pro-choice. Libertarian Republicans are pro-gay rights. Either way they are usually honest about it
But find me a pro-life democrat? There probably is one somewhere. And find me a Democratic Presidential Candidate who will admit to being in favor of gay marriage.
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