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In reply to the discussion: Obama: Biden forced timing of gay marriage announcement [View all]The Stranger
(11,297 posts)40. The question contains a false assumption.
You're trying to equate his declaring that his position is "evolving" -- on the one hand -- with his actively coming out against gay marriage, i.e., "attacking a woman's right to choose" -- on the other. Your attempt to equate the two is fallacious.
He may have actually done the the LGBT's community's right to marriage far more benefit by "evolving" (for now), rather than losing the election altogether, and having his ability to make such change become powerless and his position completely irrelevant.
Maybe it makes you feel better to get indignant, but it is not constructive. And it isn't smart in an election year.
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"He probably got out a little bit over his skis, but out of his generosity of spirit"
Skinner
May 2012
#1
I'm shocked that Biden might have let his mouth get away from him. He's never done that before. n/t
Ian David
May 2012
#2
Biden was the one that introduced the Violence Against Women Act when he was a Senator.
jillan
May 2012
#16
Compare Biden getting out "a little bit over his skis" to Rmoney getting out a little bit over his,
truthisfreedom
May 2012
#25
I'm not foregoing anyone's rights (if one can "forego" a right, in the first place).
The Stranger
May 2012
#37
I think my reply was pretty clear: You are including in your question an assumption that is false.
The Stranger
May 2012
#44
I have a tough time believing that Joe did anything that far outside the party line.
davsand
May 2012
#39