A bit too obvious

By Ken Edelstein




Monday’s Georgia GOP press release — “Top 5 Questions Cathy Cox and Mark Taylor to Answer” — says more about what Republican strategists view as their hot-button issues than it raises questions for Democrats.




The five questions:








  1. “Do you support Cynthia McKinney’s extreme views and outrageous behavior?”


  1. “Where do you stand on gay marriage?”


  1. “As governor, would you have signed the Women’s Right to Know bill, requiring a 24-hour waiting period before a woman can have an abortion?”


  1. “Did you support or oppose last year’s landmark tort reform legislation?”


  1. “Do you support the illegal immigration legislation passed by the House and Senate this year?”






Hmmm. Let’s see. Recycling the settled 2004 gay marriage issue, along with abortion and the great boogeywoman, Cynthia McKinney. But not a word about taxes, spending, education, the economy, health care or any other significant issue.




Might this agenda seem a bit cynical? Is there any doubt now that the big push for the state to do something on the federal issue of illegal immigration was no more than a campaign tactic?