What do ya say? Let's get the last laugh. Unlike Kerry let Bush do, let's not let Sonny set our agenda. -- Let's accept the "no" vote for now.

I have read it at least once since first seeing it in Baxter & Galloway's 10-28-04 PI, but I read it there first. The topic is the title of my 10-28-04 post:

"Same-sex/union constitutional amendment post-Nov. 2, Part II. -- PI adds color to this, noting this will allow Gov. Perdue to lose the battle and win the war."

The PI noted:

"Win or lose, Sonny wins on the gay marriage amendment

The prospect [that the Georgia Supreme Court could toss the gay marriage amendment aside brings] a faint smile to the governor's lips. A reworked anti-gay marriage amendment couldn't come back until November '06, when Sonny Perdue would be running for re-election."
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Let's out think and in effect preempt the bastards, and deprive them of another sure victory.

Rushing to court and having amendment #1 declared unconstitutional (because of the multi-topic issue that does make it unconstitutional under Georgia law in my opinion), could help, as noted in the title to my 10-28-04 post, Sonny Boy to lose the battle (in court) and win the war (a second term as Governor).

So dispatch this message from Douglas to Atlanta to spread the word to all far and near (including the lawyers at Alston & Bird), and help keep alive the dream of victory in 2006, as such victory will return our Party to its days of 'Camelot.'*

Consider the following:

-- There is no statute of limitations on a constitutional amendment being declared unconstitutional. What's the rush to go to court? Its passage -- along with the gay marriage measures passed in ten other states on on Nov. 2 -- has enjoyed more publicity than money can buy. Thus any intended message, statement, etc., has damn sure been heard.

-- We argued all along Georgia didn't need it, since already it is only legal for a man and a woman to marry. So again, what is the rush to go to court?

-- While we have said that passage of the amendment may hinder companies from attracting employees looking for tolerant and diverse workplaces, representatives from some of the state's largest companies, including United Postal Service and Coca-Cola, said a week or so before Nov. 2 that an approval of the amendment would not change their domestic-partner benefits programs.

Bottomline. What's the rush. Louisana saw its measure struck down by the courts. Big deal. Has life changed in Louisana.

Think about it. And while you are thinking about it, think about 2006 and 2008. What do ya say?

We may get the last laugh by depriving them of an issue they long to ride again, and hey, we may be a day late, but a whole of dollars long.
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* For you youngsters, in my youth Pres. Kennedy's administration was our country's Camelot. And we loved the play that was on Broadway during his time in office.

You know the story. At the end, lovers Guenevere and Lancelot have fled to France, facing charges of treason. King Arthur sets off after them, knowing that he must declare war on France if the Round Table is to retain its integrity.

Prior to the battle, he meets them both. Aware that he has lost the love of Guenevere, Arthur forgives them and prepares for battle. Whether or not he is killed, he knows that the Order of the Round Table as he envisioned it will probably die. In a final gesture of hope, he dispatches a young boy back to England to spread the word and help keep alive the dream that was his Camelot.

(I love it.)