Well, that's the take away I get from RNC Chairman Michael Steele's last statements, but I'm not real sure that even he knows what the hell he's talking about. Mr. Steele, uncle to Mike Tyson's children, is now casting his opposition to gay marriage as being driven by economics. The AP quotes him:
Steele said that was just an example of how the party can retool its message to appeal to young voters and minorities without sacrificing core conservative principles. Steele said he used the argument weeks ago while chatting on a flight with a college student who described herself as fiscally conservative but socially liberal on issues like gay marriage.
"Now all of a sudden I've got someone who wasn't a spouse before, that I had no responsibility for, who is now getting claimed as a spouse that I now have financial responsibility for," Steele told Republicans at the state convention in traditionally conservative Georgia. "So how do I pay for that? Who pays for that? You just cost me money."
So when Jack and Diane want to get married, they are costing you money. Ungrateful punks.
Hate to nitpick, but Steele is the uncle to only a couple of Mike Tyson's children.
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I like to think that in the big tent that is Michael Steele's heart, he has room for all of Mike Tyson's children.
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