Paul may have been referring to national-level amendments (that is, amendments to the U.S. Constitution, which are far far less likely to pass than those at the state level).
"Electoral chum" is a very apt phrase - did you coin it yourself? Paul Smith Alverno College Milwaukee On 8/25/06, Rick Froman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Paul Brandon hypothesized: "Actually, I think that they knew it would be caught. The point was for the Bushies to be able to tell their base "well, we tried; you see how evil the other guys are" and make political points. It's the same strategy as the (anti) gay marriage amendments that have no chance of passing, but whose presence on the ballot guarantees that the trogolodytes will get out and vote." I don't think that the marriage amendments are the best example of electoral chum (something that has no chance of passing but serves only to get out the extremists on your side to vote). A google search for state marriage amendment turned up the attached chart at: http://www.heritage.org/Research/Family/Marriage50/Marriage50States.cfm. Although I am sure this organization is biased in favor of such amendments, I don't think the chart is inaccurate. Rick Dr. Rick Froman, Chair Division of Humanities and Social Sciences Professor of Psychology John Brown University 2000 W. University Siloam Springs, AR 72761 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (479) 524-7295 http://www.jbu.edu/academics/hss/psych/faculty.asp "Pete, it's a fool that looks for logic in the chambers of the human heart." - Ulysses Everett McGill --- To make changes to your subscription go to: http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0&lang=english
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