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Originally Posted by RougeUnderoos
I find it quite refreshing that this thing has already been absolutely sidetracked by this totally inconsequential issue and we have nobody to blame but Harper and he'll have nobody to blame but himself when he loses.
People won't vote for him because they are afraid he's too socially conservative. So what is the first thing he does? Volunteers his own socially conservative agenda. Sure the Liberals would have brought it up. So what? It doesn't mean he has to, on his own accord, on the very first day of the campaign.
It's the equivalent of Paul Martin coming out today and saying "we are going to set up a federal sponsorship program in Quebec if we win the election".
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Normally I'd be happy to agree that Harper gets schooled in the political game but in this case it's probably smart. This is a looong campaign. By the end no one will remember anything before Christmas.
As you said, its actually an inconsequential issue, so the problem (for Harper) comes in when it becomes part of the 'great conspiracies of the evil empire formerly known as Reform'. If the gay marriage issue gets beat to death by the media, the public, the libs (and Harpers own wingnuts) in the next two weeks then it will make very little splash come election time. Not unlike the gomery report for the Libs really.