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In reply to the discussion: WOW, Newsweek Cover: "The First Gay President" [View all]JohnnyLib2
(11,211 posts)12. The reactions will probably be painful in many ways, but this sure will keep the discussion going.
Good for Newsweek.
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Since the President himself is not gay, "Pro-Gay President" would be more exact..n/t
monmouth
May 2012
#1
Newsweek is pap for the low info. voters. It's a glossy Enquierer. A yellow tabloid.
xtraxritical
May 2012
#58
I suspect it's an echo of Toni Morrison describing Bill Clinton as "America's first black President"
nxylas
May 2012
#75
IMO, this appears to be a riff on Bill Clinton being "The First Black President"
Poll_Blind
May 2012
#5
Yeah, I kind of agree. Beltway folks and politicos will get it almost certainly...
Poll_Blind
May 2012
#10
The reactions will probably be painful in many ways, but this sure will keep the discussion going.
JohnnyLib2
May 2012
#12
As long as we also continue to discuss Romney's bullying of another student, and his failure to show
MH1
May 2012
#110
It doesn't matter -- they're anti-O no matter what. Let them say what they will. nt
gateley
May 2012
#38
Anything from Andy SULLIVAN is dross. (He liked Shrub, is a "traditionalist" like O'LOOFAH.) n/t
UTUSN
May 2012
#16
Yet Sullivan doesn't think Bush Administration war criminals should get a pass - Obama does.
MotherPetrie
May 2012
#39
Yip, it's easy to be an OBAMA supporter. When Libs needed uniting he was for Shrub.
UTUSN
May 2012
#63
Yes there are some really disturbed people right here on this thread too
Laughing Mirror
May 2012
#105
i'm ok with "the first gay president" title, but i don't like the halo and the look on his face
JI7
May 2012
#40
I don't agree with the cover either, but he certainly has done more than any other president
WI_DEM
May 2012
#49
I have to disagree - the way they did the picture also is meant to incite teabaggers, etc.
Daemonaquila
May 2012
#79
I think he should own it, just like Clinton owned being the first African American President
Cleita
May 2012
#64
Then he would "own" being a victim of elite politics. Because that was Morrison's point.
Luminous Animal
May 2012
#104
Plus look at his halo, he has a messiah complex and thinks he is "THE ONE"
emulatorloo
May 2012
#114
And what does supporting equal marriage rights have to do with being gay anyways?
LiberalLovinLug
May 2012
#99
Blacks stopped liking Clinton after the 08 primaries when he and his wife used the race card
Skrewdriver
May 2012
#108