Talking Points

[lollardfish]

Premise: Democrats win elections when they are about health care, education, environment. Republicans win elections when they are about gay marriage, abortion.

National security right now is a toss-up (typically Republican, but support on Iraq extremely low).
Taxes are a toss-up (everyone likes lower taxes, but deficits high enough to raise concern for fiscal conservatives.

Problem: The gay-marriage ammendment is clearly an attempt to push the debate into a Republican side.

Solution: Democrats should say, when asked about gay-marriage, "The founding fathers wrote the Constitution to protect freedoms, not take them away. No further comment."

Better one-line answers?

Comments

[starcat-jewel.livejournal.com]

On a personal level, I tend to say, "If I have to choose between people who are fighting for the right to love and people who are fighting for the right to hate, I know whose side I'm on."

But as a more neutral response, I like yours and will be adding it to my arsenal.

[lollardfish.livejournal.com]

Over the last year I've been trying to develop (just for my own head, really) ways to answer questions and make statements that might actually communicate to independent swing voters, rather than express my true inner feelings.

I know whose side I'm on too ...