That's a nice way of saying they got it
up the ass.
Anti-family groups in Florida (not content with the state's longstanding ban on gay adoption) have been desperate to get an amendment on the ballot that would ban most legal benefits for gay groups. Knowing that their own election slate includes such proven stamp-out...er...get-out-the-vote candidates as Katherine Harris, the Florida Republican Party bankrolled most of the effort for this hate ploy.
Well, it looks like they FAILED.
State records at 5 p.m., the deadline for turning in the signatures, showed that the group had turned in about 446,000 signatures, well short of the 611,009 needed, but the totals were unofficial.
Florida4Marriage conceded that it was likely to fall short the AP reports.
Of course, this isn't a surprise to them, as they say they had a "shoestring budget". Yes, the cash-strapped always find the resources to:
Despite being short Florida4Marriage dispatched three planes around Florida to deliver petitions to couriers, who then drove the signed petitions to various counties to be counted.
Is this not funny enough for you yet? It gets better. The reason this petition drive seems to have failed is because the deadline was moved up. Why did that happen?
February 1 is earlier than in previous years, thanks to a measure pushed by state Republicans.
I guess the crusade against the "will of the people" has some benefits after all.
Don't relax. Jeb Bush, in spite of opposing such an amendment in 2004, may push for the measure this year.
But moments of victory, or amusement, are very few. Let's take them while we can.