Instead of health care reform, funded mandates for education, mutually assured (that is, secure for us and for it) Social Security reform, fair trade that is both free and non-exploitative, funding for mental health, sufficient
money to fight AIDS - the real things we all Americans want – we get wedge issues: gay marriage, prayer in schools, Ten Commandment displays. You get the picture.

Interesting the things that tend to be liberal issues: health care reform (more nationalization), more money for government education, mental health funding(?), and more AIDS money are things "we all Americans want."

Conservative concerns are "wedge issues." ;)

Also interesting that Bush has worked with Democrats in almost all these areas, like education and AIDS, and gotten kicked in the balls by the Democrats for his trouble.