Ken Blackwell & Conservative activists fear war dwarfing social agenda

[RamboLiberal]

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2007/04/07/conservative_activists_fear_war_dwarfing_social_agenda/?page=1

Social conservatives seeking to ban abortion and same-sex marriage are worried that their agenda is increasingly being overshadowed by the war in Iraq, making it more difficult for their voices to be heard in Congress and the presidential campaign than at any time in more than a decade.

While conservative social issues were widely considered pivotal in President Bush's victory in 2004, social conservatives say they fear the 2008 elections will be decided by an event out of their control -- the war -- and dominated by Republican presidential candidates who are faithful to the party line on Iraq but less supportive on gay rights, abortion, and end-of-life issues.

Ken Blackwell , a Republican who ran unsuccessfully for governor of Ohio last year, said conservatives will have a hard time pushing their agenda to the forefront of the presidential campaign until the war retreats as an issue.

"I don't think we have to win the war by the next election. But I think we have to make more Americans believe the war is being prosecuted competently, and for a reason," said Blackwell, who recently joined the Family Research Council as senior fellow for family empowerment.

"If the public attention is that the war is being prosecuted in an incompetent, clumsy, or incoherent fashion, it becomes a greater challenge to focus attention" on matters such as abortion, stem cell research, and gay rights, he said.

:nopity:

[aquart]

1. You mean anti-social agenda, don't you?

[Wilms]

2. Emerging public awareness and revelations of corruption don't really help, either.

[jaysunb]

3. Death & destruction are never as important

as having a strong pussy police, gun ownership and the right to dictate who people marry. :evilfrown:

[ladym55]

4. Kenny Blackwell???

I thought that corrupt fool had crawled under a rock someplace. I guess we can't be so lucky. Hate to break it to him, but the war in Iraq wasn't what caused him to go down in flames in Ohio. His complete stupidity and arrogance sent him home.

[rodeodance]

5. "competently,_ He uses this word for the WH war. HA HA

[gratuitous]

6. If anyone knows incompetence, it would be Blackwell

Now the GOP doesn't want this war they lied, cheated and stole their way into? Gee, is Ken one of those cut-and-run traitors? Maybe Jean Schmidt should pay him a little visit to tell him everything she knows about being in the military.