Nov 13
montgomery sun commented on Fierce Advocacy Watch.
yeah, that's idealistically what should have happened.
but alas they run the white house, not the house of idealism.
team obama did the right thing, politically.
yet on the idealistic level i agree with you....
g'night dingo.
but alas they run the white house, not the house of idealism.
team obama did the right thing, politically.
yet on the idealistic level i agree with you....
g'night dingo.
Nov 12
montgomery sun commented on Fierce Advocacy Watch.
@26
it's a potentially controversial video.
the white house wanted to see it.
they did nothing wrong considering the university's policy.
likewise: team obama should endorse single payer health care, should end both wars immediately, should enact a new New Deal, and should legalize marijuana, etc.
do you wanna talk politics or do you wanna talk idealism?
it's a potentially controversial video.
the white house wanted to see it.
they did nothing wrong considering the university's policy.
likewise: team obama should endorse single payer health care, should end both wars immediately, should enact a new New Deal, and should legalize marijuana, etc.
do you wanna talk politics or do you wanna talk idealism?
Nov 12
montgomery sun commented on Fierce Advocacy Watch.
@23 for the umpteenth time, it was the college's policy to get a clearance to publish the video.... read the damn article.
Nov 12
montgomery sun commented on Fierce Advocacy Watch.
@22 great point...
but i don't think he was lying during his campaign. it's just insanely hard to get anything done in washington dc. i mean his own party is even selling him out.
remember the health care bill that was to be signed into law in august?
maybe january now.
how about the strict wall street regulations?
this week the senate, one year later, introduced a bill to regulate wall street.
didn't he run on education too?
any peep of repealing "no child left behind"?
obama is the most decent guy to hold office in decades, and his team is the most politically astute. to watch them tread water like this is boggling. a revealing indicator of just how fucked up our country is....
regardless, badmouth the dude all you want: it's your own foot your shooting.
but i don't think he was lying during his campaign. it's just insanely hard to get anything done in washington dc. i mean his own party is even selling him out.
remember the health care bill that was to be signed into law in august?
maybe january now.
how about the strict wall street regulations?
this week the senate, one year later, introduced a bill to regulate wall street.
didn't he run on education too?
any peep of repealing "no child left behind"?
obama is the most decent guy to hold office in decades, and his team is the most politically astute. to watch them tread water like this is boggling. a revealing indicator of just how fucked up our country is....
regardless, badmouth the dude all you want: it's your own foot your shooting.
Nov 12
montgomery sun commented on Fierce Advocacy Watch.
@20 why wouldn't you want them to cover their asses, make sure they see what was said first before giving consent?
in politics you leave no stone unturned!
[obama and co. are most likely the best political team we've ever seen. a black man got more votes than any other president ever, took down the clintons, and wait, did we forget that obama is a freakin' black man, and won in a landslide presidential election?]
let them do their politics. chill the fuck out.
in politics you leave no stone unturned!
[obama and co. are most likely the best political team we've ever seen. a black man got more votes than any other president ever, took down the clintons, and wait, did we forget that obama is a freakin' black man, and won in a landslide presidential election?]
let them do their politics. chill the fuck out.
Nov 12
montgomery sun commented on Fierce Advocacy Watch.
@18 they didn't "deliberately hold up the release of this woman's talk"... they took around 36 hours to review the tape before they consented to it being public (which was the school's policy to get such consent, not obama's policy).
ya know, there's a few other things going on over at the white house, and 36 hours doesn't seem like a particularly long time to do something like this....
the real story here is that gay advocates like dan savage are sensationalizing every speck of gay dust obama leaves around....
ya know, there's a few other things going on over at the white house, and 36 hours doesn't seem like a particularly long time to do something like this....
the real story here is that gay advocates like dan savage are sensationalizing every speck of gay dust obama leaves around....
Nov 12
montgomery sun commented on Fierce Advocacy Watch.
@15 in his campaign he was against gay marriage....
but AGAIN, THIS ISN'T ABOUT OBAMA. this is about the gay rights movement building support nationally. how will we build support by bashing the president? are we hoping to get conservatives on board with our anti-obama message?
[[[AND DAN SAVAGE, FUCK YOU, CORRECT YOUR POST. it says nowhere in the article that the white house "tried to prevent" the college from releasing the tape. have whatever opinion you like, but don't lie about what an article says!!]]]
but AGAIN, THIS ISN'T ABOUT OBAMA. this is about the gay rights movement building support nationally. how will we build support by bashing the president? are we hoping to get conservatives on board with our anti-obama message?
[[[AND DAN SAVAGE, FUCK YOU, CORRECT YOUR POST. it says nowhere in the article that the white house "tried to prevent" the college from releasing the tape. have whatever opinion you like, but don't lie about what an article says!!]]]
Nov 12
montgomery sun commented on Fierce Advocacy Watch.
For anyone who wants to understand the politics of gay marriage, please please please read:
http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2009/08/d…
notice in this one the red dots on the graph which tracks gay marriage state by state (and how our own washington isn't even above the 50% threshold yet....)
http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2009/06/g…
my point, we've got work to do. obama has larger priorities, and can't be expected to tarnish his approval ratings to fully embrace gay marriage right now.....
and yes, he's a politician, not a saint.
http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2009/08/d…
notice in this one the red dots on the graph which tracks gay marriage state by state (and how our own washington isn't even above the 50% threshold yet....)
http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2009/06/g…
my point, we've got work to do. obama has larger priorities, and can't be expected to tarnish his approval ratings to fully embrace gay marriage right now.....
and yes, he's a politician, not a saint.
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dan savage gets fined $1 everytime he goes on TV and attacks obama for not being a fag...
our budget wud be in surplus by 2011!!