OK now I'm angry

[willendorf5761]

Obama spoke at a DNC fundraiser in Beverly Hills the other day.  Queer protesters were outside.  Note that Obama has been totally silent (in public, at least) on the Prop 8 decision, as he has been on DADT, DOMA, the HIV travel ban -- all of it.  Now check this out, from Politico, via Dan Savage:

Obama even noted the gay right protesters outside the

Comments

[alexisyael]

yeah, he was never gonna be a fierce advocate. I think if we keep riding his ass (which we have to do) he'll turn out to be an OK advocate, but I don't think we're going to see anything mind-boggling until after 2012. And even then, I'm going to "settle" (read: be pissed but still vote for him b/c he's better than an ass-publican) with him only being slightly non-biased.

I think the turning of the tide is coming, tho. I really do. I see it in the upcoming generation and I see it in the fact that my town's Pride celebration is growing every year!

[thedarkages]

Obama is going to do for gays what Roosevelt did for Jews -- very little, and then grudgingly. The Obama::Roosevelt analogy works in a number of different dimensions, and this is the least palatable of them.

[willendorf5761]

Apparently he talked about FDR at the fundraiser, too. Grr.

1992?

[musikmysterium]

As dissappointing as it is, gotta say I agree. Did you all see this in the NYTimes?

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/24/opinion/24rich.html?_r=1&emc=eta1

I was so hopeful when he was starting to get rid of DADT.
It's like when Clinton said, "I didn't realize how much they hate y'all"
Geez, is it still 1992????
I refuse to believe it.

Re: 1992?

[willendorf5761]

Yes! I love Frank Rich. And I agree with him -- the Democrats are a bunch of wimps.