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Solon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-02-08 04:20 AM
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7. Neither candidate supports full equality though...
and that's the primary point, I don't pretend to know what most GLBT people think, however, from my perspective, no one in their right mind is going to say the Republicans and Democrats are equally bad, the Republicans are worse, by a long shot, but that doesn't make the Democrats good, just less bad.

In addition to this, Democrats have a bad habit of compromising on shit they shouldn't even both compromising on, such as the ENDA bill. Leaving the "T" out of GLBT is just atrocious, and, considering the bill was, at best, symbolic, with Bush still in office, it says a lot about Democratic Party leaders in Congress. They simply don't believe in equality, they just want to appear to care, to pander for votes.
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  -GLBT DUers. How do you feel about Hillary's new homophobic campaign TheDonkey  May-02-08 03:18 AM   #0 
  - LOL  MonkeyFunk   May-02-08 03:21 AM   #1 
  - Interesting from a camp that is so quick to scream sexism you think it's ok to call  TheDonkey   May-02-08 03:23 AM   #2 
     - It's Not A Nice Word But It Hardly Rises To The Level Of A Harsh Anti-Gay Epithet  DemocratSinceBirth   May-02-08 04:46 AM   #12 
        - To call a straight man a "pansy" = girlie man = effeminate  TheDonkey   May-02-08 02:20 PM   #27 
  - I really don't get what the obsession with fucking lattes is.  impeachdubya   May-02-08 03:34 AM   #3 
  - I do not understand that guys anti-latte rant. He is comes off as a sociopath  TheDonkey   May-02-08 02:44 PM   #32 
  - It's also ignorant of the fact that TONS of people enjoy  Erin Elizabeth   May-02-08 02:58 PM   #36 
  - Yeah, I've never understood that.  Erin Elizabeth   May-02-08 02:56 PM   #35 
  - Especially since Hillary, on her ride-to-work photop, got a vanilla froof coffee...  PoliticalAmazon   May-02-08 02:58 PM   #37 
  - you forgot the testosterone remark, too.....  ruby slippers   May-02-08 03:35 AM   #4 
  - Both campaigns and candidates suck, to put it bluntly, especially for GLBT people...  Solon   May-02-08 03:35 AM   #5 
  - Both candidates are better on GLBT issues than anyone  cali   May-02-08 04:00 AM   #6 
  - Neither candidate supports full equality though...  Solon   May-02-08 04:20 AM   #7 
     - Do you know who forged the compromise on ENDA?  cali   May-02-08 04:27 AM   #8 
        - Let me see if I got this straight...  Solon   May-02-08 04:34 AM   #9 
  - Clinton DID go on Ellen Generes's show and talked about her support for gay rights.  CTyankee   May-02-08 03:10 PM   #43 
  - I am a gay man.  ccharles000   May-02-08 04:39 AM   #10 
  - I think you are correct  leftofcool   May-02-08 04:48 AM   #14 
  - Yes-It Would Also Have Been Different If The Governor Directed The Remark At A Gay Person  DemocratSinceBirth   May-02-08 04:50 AM   #15 
  - Thank you for saying that.  shaniqua6392   May-02-08 04:54 AM   #17 
     - If He Would Have Called A Gay Man A Pansy It Would Have Been Different  DemocratSinceBirth   May-02-08 04:56 AM   #18 
     - Correct!  leftofcool   May-02-08 05:14 AM   #20 
     - True that.  aquart   May-02-08 05:23 AM   #23 
        - I take comfort in the fact that the youth of our country will change things someday.  shaniqua6392   May-02-08 06:17 AM   #25 
  - The spin machine......  quickesst   May-02-08 04:40 AM   #11 
  - Jesus, who wears Gucci any more?  yibbehobba   May-02-08 04:48 AM   #13 
  - Somebody Does...  DemocratSinceBirth   May-02-08 04:53 AM   #16 
  - Please tell me why Obama has never apologized.  cboy4   May-02-08 05:03 AM   #19 
  - Hah. "That's for others to conclude". nt  PaulHo   May-02-08 05:17 AM   #21 
  - Ah, the pansy again.  aquart   May-02-08 05:20 AM   #22 
  - I see you do not mind slurs  TheDonkey   May-02-08 02:18 PM   #26 
  - Karl, do you ever sleep?  Iceburg   May-02-08 05:26 AM   #24 
  - It's disgusting how she handles this and any other issue.  wowimthere   May-02-08 02:21 PM   #28 
  - Wow, that's a reach. Maybe if he had actually used a homophobic word, but instead  PelosiFan   May-02-08 02:33 PM   #29 
  - call a man a pansie is now okay political discourse?  TheDonkey   May-02-08 02:40 PM   #30 
     - Extending it to Clinton's campaign being homophobic is ridiculous of course.  PelosiFan   May-02-08 02:49 PM   #33 
        - who knows if he is gay actually but it is suggesting he is some sort of effeminite man  TheDonkey   May-02-08 02:54 PM   #34 
           - Personally, I think it's bizarre that anyone is making a deal of this.  PelosiFan   May-02-08 03:03 PM   #40 
  - I will have to ask Rev. Donnie.  prodn2000   May-02-08 02:41 PM   #31 
  - Guise, this is baloney  sudopod   May-02-08 02:59 PM   #38 
  - Were you concerned about homophobia prior to this event,  QC   May-02-08 03:00 PM   #39 
  - What strikes me more than homophobia is the rejection of femininity.  Lucky 13   May-02-08 03:04 PM   #41 
  - dupe  Lucky 13   May-02-08 03:05 PM   #42 
  - Let's get real here  Terran   May-02-08 03:24 PM   #44 
 

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