Reply #57: When you re-spin it all your way, it is easy to make false points

[Bluenorthwest]

Every body knows Obama opposes marriage equality. No one says he said he would as you put it 'legalize same sex marriage'. You said that. The President does not have the power to 'legalize' it. The Congress does.
No matter how you spin it, the fact remains that Obama made the promise to lead on the repeal of DOMA and DADT. He promised, in very specific terms, that if we supported him, he would provide the leadership needed to change those laws. He called DOMA 'abhorrent'. He said that if we put him in office he would 'not hesitate' to use his bully pulpit to drive these issues to a just solution.
What he has not done is what he said he would do. What you claim is expected is not expected, and never was. I doubt you can even find a DU poster that says he promised to 'legalize same sex marriage', as you put it. You certainly will not find any media voice of the community saying so. Rachel lays out exactly what the problems are. Exactly how he promised to be a Fierce Advocate for GLBT rights. All of that is there, and clear enough even for heterosexuals to understand it.
So what you are talking about, it is something you made up, a man o' straw. He promised leadership he delivers silence and worse.
He promised to use his bully pulpit, that he'd not hesitate to be a fierce advocate for the repeal of abhorrent laws. When he does half of that, or even stops being in the way, he'll get a kind word in return. Until that time, his word is of questionable value to me. Because he has yet to do what he claimed he would do without a moment's hesitation.
He promised what he promised. It is a matter of public record. These facts are not lost on the people who are harmed by those laws. Most of the action in regard to these issues does not and will not occur on DU. So good luck with your wee revisionism.