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In reply to the discussion: Inaugural committee: 'We were not aware' of Giglio's anti-gay speech [View all]Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)47. I think I was the first to post on DU that Medgar Evers' widow was speaking at the inauguration
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022153670
If you look at the link I posted you'll see Giglio was also mentioned, I didn't post him in my OP because I feared something like this might come out and I really didn't want to spoil a moment that could draw us together with more divisive nastiness.
I didn't trust the inaugural team to have thoroughly vetted this guy and wham bam thank you maam I was right.
If you look at the link I posted you'll see Giglio was also mentioned, I didn't post him in my OP because I feared something like this might come out and I really didn't want to spoil a moment that could draw us together with more divisive nastiness.
I didn't trust the inaugural team to have thoroughly vetted this guy and wham bam thank you maam I was right.
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Inaugural committee: 'We were not aware' of Giglio's anti-gay speech [View all]
Newsjock
Jan 2013
OP
In the future, everything that public figures say will be instantly accessible via the internet.
MADem
Jan 2013
#32
Well, they made "the leap." I honestly wouldn't figure that someone who was on the forefront of
MADem
Jan 2013
#4
I applaud them for correcting their error, but they shouldn't be immune from criticism ....
Scuba
Jan 2013
#7
Like I said, I would have made the assumption too. How many people do you know who give a shit
MADem
Jan 2013
#10
If you can't properly vet people who are going to represent the views of the POTUS
sabrina 1
Jan 2013
#15
I am pretty clear always about what I have to say. It appears to me, based on what you
sabrina 1
Jan 2013
#43
Well you go on with your bad self then--let us know what kind of a difference you make. nt
MADem
Jan 2013
#50
You are wasting your time. Blind adoration trumps all. I am surprised she ventured out of the
rhett o rick
Jan 2013
#53
I think I was the first to post on DU that Medgar Evers' widow was speaking at the inauguration
Fumesucker
Jan 2013
#47
It should be no newsflash that a Christian minister believes that homosexuality is a sin.
phleshdef
Jan 2013
#13
Really? I'll alert the gentleman at the National Cathedral, then--he'll want to adjust his POV. nt
MADem
Jan 2013
#16
I'm sorry, but is there some part of the word "most" thats difficult for you to understand?
phleshdef
Jan 2013
#19
Wow, that might the stupidest, most painfully desperate false equivalency ever.
phleshdef
Jan 2013
#27
I never tried to walk back anything. Thats a complete and utter lie and you know it.
phleshdef
Jan 2013
#31
If your subject line was 100% accurate, and you stand by it, then we have nothing to discuss.
MADem
Jan 2013
#34
You have been rude by personally insulting the intelligence of anyone reading this exchange.
phleshdef
Jan 2013
#38
Want some irony? Here's some irony- the Bible condones and codifies human trafficking.
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2013
#41
If you're "not aware," then what are you doing on the damned inaugural committee. Just askin'.
ancianita
Jan 2013
#28
I completely agree. And the incompetence should be forgiven because they are Democrats. nm
rhett o rick
Jan 2013
#52