The most pro-gay president in history
There should be no more second guessing of this assertion any longer.
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where the HECK is the smilie with tears of joy????????
Given the insane and utterly inexplicable "conservative" opposition, can you really blame the man for trying to be strategic and trying to time things like this for maximum effect? It's a lot easier to criticize than it is to actually stare down the "conservative" pukes.
I understand that reality. I don't pretend to understand why it is the reality, mind you. But hey the "conservatives" have done more to destroy this country over the past 30 years, and yet they remain a potent political force?
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I mean there are gay Republicans and I simply can't wrap my mind around that one, so ...
I am very happy that President Obama has come out.
First, he actually said he opposed same sex marriage. Equal rights, but not marriage (and as a very competent attorney, he knows the wide gap between marriage and something else "equal"
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Second, when you are the repeated target of "I'm for equal rights, but" conversations, you develop a very good sense of when there is emotional baggage that is the source of the "but." In addition to just living it 24/7, I spent 8+ years in a very intense period of wrestling with my faith community, culminating in my community marrying my spouse and I. Listening and sorting the emotional and other baggage on this issue is something I do frequently, and well.
During the 2008 primaries I spent a lot of time watching, listening, and reading everything that was available from each of the presidential candidates. Both Edwards and Obama struggled on a gut level with the issue. Edwards openly acknowledged it. Obama intellectualized it as a very convincing cover (convincing enough that many LGBT individuals believed he really supported marriage (and other rights), but just couldn't say so politically in advance of the election). From my perspective, nothing Obama did during his first portion of his term with respect to LGBT issues has shocked me - it is all extremely consistent with my sense of him from the primary period. I was disappointed, and each new jab or delay hurt like hell. But none were surprised me (and I know there were several times I had that specific discussion with DUers who were shocked at new slights). That confirms, for me at least, my ability to assess where where he really is on the matter.
from true. I've come to the conclusion that a lot of the instant outrage we see generated here and at other progressive sites is merely instigation. The Repukes have promised to turn the president's strengths against him.
We saw the beginnings of that with Karl Rove's "celebrity" commercial. Because the president was widely admired in '08, they hope to trivialize that popularity & turn it against him. We saw another example over the weekend when Drudge posted that pic of a half empty stadium, even though people were still arriving. That's an attempt to turn the president's '08 ability to attract huge crowds against him. And finally, there's never been a candidate in history who used technology to such an advantage prior to Pres. Obama, the internet being chief among them. So sites like this are under constant surveillance, by the other side, and are being used to attack the president relentlessly. That's not by accident.
It was shade to the OP, who praises Obama, but bashes good Dems when they do good in helping our president.
That said, do agree with you though. 
