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THUNDER HANDS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 02:43 PM Original message |
If Obama Is So Anti-Gay |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
1. K&R for the people who don't know better. NT |
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mitchtv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
2. It's called Politics. they are free to choose |
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Windy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
3. shh... you are stating fact.... don't get in the way of their spin.... |
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jackpan1260 (361 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
4. He isn't anti-gay. Edwards and Clinton supporters are anti-Obama |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 04:43 PM Response to Reply #4 |
29. Welcome to DU. |
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alteredstate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 10:25 PM Response to Reply #4 |
35. Thanks for pointing this out! |
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Stop Cornyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
5. I feel the same way about Cheney! Cheney's campaign efforts were coordinated by his gay daughter so |
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THUNDER HANDS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 02:51 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. is Jon Cooper Obama's son? |
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mitchtv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 03:01 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. I'll stick with Edwards for now, thanks |
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Stop Cornyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 03:40 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. I believe in my heart that Obama wouldn't embrace Donnie McC is Obama had a gay child, don't you? |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 11:41 PM Response to Reply #5 |
41. Oh yeah, comparing fucking |
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Baconfoot (653 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
6. If Bush doesn't support pro-black policies, why is Condi and why was Powel in his admin.... oh wait. |
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silverweb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
8. He's not and everyone knows it. |
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mitchtv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
10. you people can tell me all you want how to think |
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2rth2pwr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
11. Thanks, but no thanks. |
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FredScuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
12. So a gay chairman cancels out hiring an "ex-gay" bigot to clown it up for a bigot crowd? |
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hulklogan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
13. I suppose "Hillary did it too!" applies especially well in this case. LOL n/t |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
14. Pandering to anti-gay voters with McClurkin |
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THUNDER HANDS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 03:45 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. it's not staffing decisions |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 03:48 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. We can only guess how he feels |
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Bjorn Against (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
16. Well it is good to know he has a gay friend... |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
19. so embarrassing- some of his best supporters are gay..... is your take on things? |
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THUNDER HANDS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 03:56 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. heh |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 04:02 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. "mock outrage" ? i wish i thought you were joking casue now I find you offensive. |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 11:44 PM Response to Reply #19 |
42. :You're just |
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maxanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
20. if Obama is so pro-gay |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 04:02 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. It's not that he's anti-gay, he's trying to win an election in a country full of bigots |
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maxanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 04:07 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. sorry |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 04:19 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. So you're saying Obama is pandering |
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DrFunkenstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
26. And How Come He Has Such Good Fashion Sense? |
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PurityOfEssence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
27. this issue is not whether he's "anti-gay", but why he's willing to trample them for tactical gain |
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mitchtv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 04:40 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. you say it so more richly than I |
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Raster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 08:06 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. Thank you for interjecting HONESTY and CLARITY into a straw discussion. |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 10:27 PM Response to Reply #27 |
37. Stated perfectly. |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
30. Thanks Magic Rat. |
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mitchtv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 10:12 PM Response to Original message |
32. Didn't Rick Santorum have a gay COS? |
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ripple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
33. Thank you for posting that. |
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Raster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 10:55 PM Response to Reply #33 |
38. Except, of course, when it can garner him the black, christian, homophobe vote. |
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ripple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 11:35 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. Oh, bullshit |
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Raster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-06-08 12:29 AM Response to Reply #39 |
44. Ah, really? And why would Senator Obama allow a born-again homophobe MC a campaign event |
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ripple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-06-08 02:21 AM Response to Reply #44 |
46. McClurkin was already booked and heavily promoted |
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Raster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-06-08 10:43 AM Response to Reply #46 |
47. Don't lecture me. And please, "...already booked and heavily promoted...."? |
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ripple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-06-08 03:10 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. I have no interest in 'lecturing' you |
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Raster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-06-08 03:58 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. Not lecturing, eh? I can just see the finger wagging... |
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maxanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-06-08 04:07 PM Response to Reply #46 |
50. it is never too late |
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Raster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-06-08 04:14 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. Canceling McClurkin would have been the hard thing, the tough thing, the right thing. |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 10:24 PM Response to Original message |
34. I don't remember seeing anyone accusing him of being anti-gay. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 10:25 PM Response to Original message |
36. For the sake of argument: isn't that tokenism? |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 11:47 PM Response to Reply #36 |
43. No it isn't for the sake of argument. |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 11:37 PM Response to Original message |
40. Well, Jon Cooper and I |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-06-08 12:34 AM Response to Original message |
45. Obama is like Kerry in 2004 |
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