3 G's- Gods, Guns & Gays

"Turd Blossom," is a Texan term for a flower which grows from a pile of cow dung, I am referring to the the most powerful political consultant in American history & the architect of George Walker Bush's remarkable political triumph, Karl Christian Rove. He was Bush's senior advisor & chief political strategist and now the deputy chief of staff at the White House.
Personally I am a centrist in contrast to most of my friends who prefer the liberal democratic policies. I have never been completely anti-Bush (I felt circumstances were such that a change of power might have jeopardized national security), nor have I supported most views of the Democrats.(Though I might consider voting for Barrack Obama whenever he runs- I was one of the millions who took notice of him after the Democratic national convention)
Now back to the role of Karl Rove-Like millions of Americans and people around the world I never expected George Bush to be re-elected to office, until I started following the campaign towards the end and noticed the strategy of the Republicans trying to woo the conservative bible-thumping population(against the conventional wisdom of appealing to the "Reagan Democrats", who ignored party affiliations to support a second term for the popular president) by favoring them in the very divisive issues of abortion and gay marriage, Rove set out a political message that would appeal to voters in the Bible Belt and then kept Bush on that message. He also played his own part, reaching out to evangelical leaders and other "people of faith" and attending to them personally.
Pundits thought that the Iraq conflict, terrorism and the economy were the key issues, but voters decided they were more concerned by moral values. Bush even joked "I try to tell people about the economy, but all they care about are the 'three Gs' ".