Carrie Prejean: From Miss California to Republican Party Recruiter

by Michael Jones · 2009-07-24 11:20:00 UTC
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Who has the Republican Party tapped to travel down to Florida and help recruit younger voters to the Republican Party?  None other than Carrie Prejean, the former Miss California and Miss USA contestant who famously dueled with blogger Perez Hilton over the former's belief that "opposite marriage" is far more superior to same-sex marriage.

What, were Jon Voight and Joe the Plumber too busy?

While Carrie Prejean certainly fits the age demographic that the Republicans are trying to tap, she's miles and miles away from the political sentiments of the under-35 crowd.  Take, for instance, the issue of same-sex marriage, which Prejean has established her conservative bonafides in bashing.  The majority of people in their 20s and 30s favor marriage equality by a substantial percentage.  On this subject, Carrie Prejean is not only on the wrong side of history, she's also on the wrong side of her generation.

And that's just not some liberal gay rights blogger's opinion.  That's the opinion of some Republicans, including Sandy Steen, a Broward Republican committeewoman.  Here's what Steen told the Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel:

It doesn’t seem like the smart thing to do. She’s in the right age bracket, certainly, but they’re going to turn off some of the young people who are moderates.  That is not how you reach out to young people. She’s got every right to her opinions, but she can’t be the spokesperson for all the young people.

But beyond that, does the Republican Party really think that Carrie Prejean has the substance to bring voters into their tent?  Is this the person the GOP wants to offer a substantive argument on issues like health care reform, civil rights, immigration, and climate change, to name a few issues?

Not to be too cynical, but one wonders if this is just an attempt to clone Ann Coulter.  One news item that might back this assertion up?  Last week, Carrie Prejean signed a lucrative book deal with Regnery Publishers, the publishing house that brought us Ann Coulter's first diatribe, "High Crimes and Misdemeanors."

Michael Jones is a Change.org Editor. He has worked in the field of human rights communications for a decade, most recently for Harvard Law School.
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