Celebrity gossip blogger Perez Hilton (a/k/a Mario
Lavandeira, who is openly gay) makes an excursion into politics
with this
"Quote of the Day" from John McCain:
"I think that we've proven that both parents are
important in the success of a family so, no, I don't believe in gay
adoption."
That's from a
New York Times interview with the Republican.
Keli Goff at HuffPo says:
Younger voters in particular, who have been raised in a
world of Will & Grace and Ellen have become
increasingly intolerant of intolerance.
Is Goff trying to suggest that, far from being mere
light-hearted entertainment, these programs are effective
propaganda for the gay agenda? Just a few years ago, as I recall,
scorn and ridicule were sure to rain down on any conservative who
dared suggest there was even such a thing as a "gay agenda," much
less accused Hollywood of promoting it. Now that the triumph of
"tolerance" is a fait accompli, I guess liberals don't
mind discussing their sitcoms-as-subversion strategy.
Goff says reactions to McCain's quote "highlight a fundamental
problem for John McCain as he tries to formulate a winning strategy
for November: How to win an election decided by voters in the
middle, while continuing to pander to voters on the
right."
Two questions:
- Is support for gay adoption a sine qua non in reaching
"voters in the middle"? In Montana (the state where
Obama spent his Fourth of July holiday), voters in 2004
approved by a 63-37 margin a ballot measure banning gay
adoption. This suggests that the Will & Grace agenda
has not progressed as rapidly as Goff might believe.
- Does anyone "on the right" feel that John McCain's been
pandering to them lately?
He's already made
his pitch to La Raza and gone over the fence on
global warming, so it's hard to see what's stopping Maverick
from switching sides on gay adoption. But liberals never condemn
support for their pet causes as "pandering."
topics:
John McCain, Global Warming, Hollywood
