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ProSense Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-21-08 05:29 PM
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31. And what the hell has Schlussel done? She's better?
Your using her to make your point pretty much validates Obama using Warren to make his. Period.

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  -Priorities, Schmiorities: The Wrong Outrage on Pastor Rick Warren, Syria's Best Bud IndianaGreen  Dec-21-08 04:52 PM   #0 
  - How, exactly, does this change anything? The guy is a tool, but Obama will not be reversing his  GarbagemanLB   Dec-21-08 04:54 PM   #1 
  - IOW, Obama is unwilling or unable to admit he made a mistake, and take corrective action  IndianaGreen   Dec-21-08 04:56 PM   #3 
  - You assume he didn't expect the outrage. This was a political move done on purpose, would be my gues  GarbagemanLB   Dec-21-08 05:00 PM   #7 
     - According to Brazile, who was on This Week this a.m., Obama did not expect this outrage AT ALL. The  No Elephants   Dec-21-08 05:20 PM   #20 
     - Obama was used to being idolized by his base.  Sarah Ibarruri   Dec-21-08 05:28 PM   #29 
        - And Rick Warren will remain a major distraction until January 20  IndianaGreen   Dec-21-08 05:32 PM   #32 
           - Yep. This is growing. nt  Sarah Ibarruri   Dec-21-08 05:34 PM   #34 
  - Then Obama will be facing a VERY ANGRY BASE. It's up to him.  Sarah Ibarruri   Dec-21-08 05:00 PM   #6 
     - The base will vote for him in 2012 as long as some campaign promises are kept.  GarbagemanLB   Dec-21-08 05:01 PM   #10 
        - Well, the magic is already gone with this. I think he's made 2 errors:  Sarah Ibarruri   Dec-21-08 05:05 PM   #12 
        - I would say it's a three fer. His defense of his choice is so blatantly  No Elephants   Dec-21-08 05:24 PM   # 
           - The start of Obama's presidency is being done on a highly disappointing note  Sarah Ibarruri   Dec-21-08 05:26 PM   #26 
              - Sad, But, as I have posted on other threads, I think good will come of this in many different ways.  No Elephants   Dec-21-08 09:01 PM   #50 
        - Maybe not, but gay rights in general definitely will be. Including gay marriage. You cannot ask  No Elephants   Dec-21-08 05:22 PM   #22 
  - Plus his organization's  votesomemore   Dec-21-08 04:56 PM   #2 
  - Debbie Schlussel? Is a wingnut racist  ProSense   Dec-21-08 04:59 PM   #4 
  - I did say she was a rightwinger, and she is no friend of LGBTs  IndianaGreen   Dec-21-08 05:04 PM   #11 
     - She's full of shit.  ProSense   Dec-21-08 05:07 PM   #14 
        - I am more concerned about Rick Warren's bigoted bona fides  IndianaGreen   Dec-21-08 05:11 PM   #15 
        - Right, nothing else matters so it's OK to use a despicable and hateful person to make your point  ProSense   Dec-21-08 05:16 PM   #17 
           - Warren compared abortion to Holocaust, and gay marriage to incest and pedophilia  IndianaGreen   Dec-21-08 05:24 PM   #24 
              - And what the hell has Schlussel done? She's better?  ProSense   Dec-21-08 05:29 PM   #31 
                 - She is not the one giving the invocation.  IndianaGreen   Dec-21-08 05:33 PM   #33 
                    - Enjoy her.  ProSense   Dec-21-08 05:34 PM   #36 
                    - So that makes it okay to give her a platform  ObamaVision   Dec-21-08 05:46 PM   #39 
                       - Who gave Rick Warren a platform at the Inaugural?  IndianaGreen   Dec-21-08 05:50 PM   #40 
                       - Who's giving Debbie Schlussel a platform on DU?  ObamaVision   Dec-21-08 05:53 PM   #43 
                       - Uhm, I think pointing out hypocrisy while being hypocritical yourself is fucking hilarious.  Solon   Dec-21-08 06:28 PM   #45 
        - What your objection? The source or the point she makes?  Mass   Dec-21-08 05:17 PM   #18 
           - The point she makes, her, everything she stands for.  ProSense   Dec-21-08 05:18 PM   #19 
              - So you think that Warren is right when he says that Jews are well treated in Syria?  Mass   Dec-21-08 05:22 PM   #23 
                 - I don't have to cherry pick Schlussel's statement to understand her point.  ProSense   Dec-21-08 05:26 PM   #27 
                 - What's this about Jews in Syria?  stillcool47   Dec-21-08 07:14 PM   #49 
  - So suddenly DUers are concerned about Israel?  democrattotheend   Dec-21-08 04:59 PM   #5 
  - Warren is an anti-Semite  IndianaGreen   Dec-21-08 05:01 PM   #9 
  - "Mmmm... Jee tinka Jewdai inkabunga leah lickmoomoo... hahahahaaa!"  Swamp Rat   Dec-21-08 05:00 PM   #8 
  - Again, what is wrong with his statement?  LittleBlue   Dec-21-08 05:07 PM   #13 
  - Translation:  Shiver   Dec-21-08 05:15 PM   #16 
  - My only criticism of Obama was related to his selection of Rick Warren  IndianaGreen   Dec-21-08 05:20 PM   #21 
     - I do not defend Rick Warren in any way  Shiver   Dec-21-08 05:28 PM   #28 
  - so now the ravings of an extremist homophobe and racist are okay as long as they are anti-Obama?  Douglas Carpenter   Dec-21-08 05:24 PM   #25 
  - Was Rick Warren cavorting with Syria's Assad? A simple Yes or No.  IndianaGreen   Dec-21-08 05:29 PM   #30 
     - Dennis Kucinich, Nancy Pelosi, Jimmy Carter and countless others have met with Assad  Douglas Carpenter   Dec-21-08 05:34 PM   #35 
  - Debbie Schlussel on "the gays":  ObamaVision   Dec-21-08 05:39 PM   #37 
  - She is as unacceptable to give the invocation as is Rick Warren  IndianaGreen   Dec-21-08 05:46 PM   #38 
     - Yet you give her a platform  ObamaVision   Dec-21-08 05:50 PM   #41 
        - A thread on DU is neither a platform nor legitimacy. The Inaugural Invocation, on the other hand  IndianaGreen   Dec-21-08 05:52 PM   #42 
           - The man is giving a prayer  ObamaVision   Dec-21-08 06:20 PM   #44 
              - Uhm, he's still going to be elevated onto the national stage, isn't that bad, all by itself?  Solon   Dec-21-08 06:30 PM   #46 
                 - Warren's been on the national stage for years now  ObamaVision   Dec-21-08 07:05 PM   #48 
                    - Obama's message is: This guy, Rick Warren, he's okay with me!  IndianaGreen   Dec-21-08 09:13 PM   #51 
  - Is Syria the "bad guy"?  stillcool47   Dec-21-08 06:33 PM   #47 
 

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