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Dems on gay rights? channeling Emily Litella

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by basso, Sep 4, 2009.

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  1. basso

    basso Member
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    if you're easily offended by images of mildly sweat-drenched, shirtless dudes horsing around, don't click the link.

    [rquoter]Oh yeah, about that gay rights promise... never mind
    by John Aravosis (DC) on 9/03/2009 12:50:00 PM

    I really don't like being right about these things. Joe and I, and everyone else in the Netroots, went all out to elect a Democratic president and a Democratic Congress. It doesn't make us happy to see our concerns about their competence and character come to fruition. But today we have word from the Democrats that this year is a bad time to lift the ban on gays in the military, and next year won't work because - as Joe and I predicted repeatedly - it's a congressional election year, and keeping the Democrats' civil rights promises may anger the religious right (duh), the Dems are now telling us. So the next two years won't work for Don't Ask Don't Tell (and apparently any other gay rights promise). Of course, that means that the next year, 2011, won't work either, because it is the beginnings of the presidential primaries, and the year after that won't work, 2012, since it's a presidential election year and a congressional election year.

    That means that the President and the Congress might keep the civil rights promises to tens of millions of gay and lesbian Americans some time in 2013, assuming Obama wins re-election or another Democrat takes his place. That of course assume that we aren't facing another economic crisis, or are fighting a war, or have the need to pass some other large piece of legislation - then the gays may have to wait until 2017, provided another Democrat wins the presidency, and the nation has no other important issues to address for a while. Barb over at DKos has a bit more.[/rquoter]
     
    #1 basso, Sep 4, 2009
  2. Rashmon

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    You must be feeling neglected with all the attention and abuse being heaped upon DaDakota and Fatty Fat b*stard these days.

    Just so you don't feel left out...nevermind.
     
    #2 Rashmon, Sep 4, 2009
  3. pgabriel

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    so this couldn't go in any of the other threads you've started on the same issue?
     
    #3 pgabriel, Sep 4, 2009
  4. basso

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    naw- this one is about the how the Dem Party has not lived up to it's promises- not the tension between AAs, Gays, and gAAys in the DP.
     
    #4 basso, Sep 4, 2009
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    Basso, what Political Action Committees and political candidates have you supported based on their advocacy of gay rights?
     
    #5 Dairy Ashford, Sep 4, 2009
  6. basso

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    I voted for Lorna Fulani once.
     
    #6 basso, Sep 4, 2009
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    not that I am saying it never happened....but when did Obama promise gays the right to marriage?

    I clearly remember him saying that he believes marriage is between one man and one woman.
     
    #7 Landlord Landry, Sep 4, 2009
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    nudge, nudge, wink, wink.
     
    #8 basso, Sep 4, 2009
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    More proof that you're nuts. Not surprising at all. BTW, her name is Lenora.
     
    #9 Batman Jones, Sep 4, 2009
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    yeah, never did get it right. and yes, she is nuts. but i was so much older then, i'm younger than that now...
     
    #10 basso, Sep 4, 2009
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    you post a lot of the same stuff over and over again....

    and shouldnt this make you happy? you hate gays right?
     
    #11 Nice Rollin, Sep 4, 2009
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    where'd you get that idea?
     
    #12 basso, Sep 4, 2009
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    The biggest impediment to gay rights is not the Democratic party, but the religious right. If this is an issue that's really important to you, basso, you should post about it on a right-leaning message board. You'll sway more minds that way.
     
    #13 durvasa, Sep 4, 2009
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    basso knows this, he is starting these threads to clear his on guilt for supporting the party that is really against gay rights.
     
    #14 pgabriel, Sep 4, 2009
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    really? Obama is "solid" on gay rights? i don't see that, but then maybe, he's not representative of the democratic party on this issue?
     
    #15 basso, Sep 4, 2009
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