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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-03-10 09:56 PM Original message |
Obama hasn't done more for gay rights than Clinton did |
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golfguru (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-03-10 10:08 PM Response to Original message |
1. Obama is for DOMA n/t |
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jenmito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-03-10 10:26 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Obama is AGAINST DOMA. n/t |
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golfguru (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-03-10 10:45 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. These articles from Huff Post & Am Blog say I am right |
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jenmito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-03-10 10:48 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. He has said, many times, that he wants to repeal DOMA. Politifact: |
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golfguru (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-03-10 10:52 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. OH OK, may be his personal desire differs from Justice Dept. |
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jenmito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-03-10 10:54 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. You're wrong. The DOJ defended current policy. They had to. MY link above shows the fact. n/t |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-03-10 11:02 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. just like Jerry Brown and Gov Schwartzeneger had to defend prop 8 |
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jenmito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-03-10 11:06 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. So you just ignore the Politifact link? n/t |
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golfguru (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-03-10 11:22 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Is DOMA still on the books as a law? n/t |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 06:55 AM Response to Reply #16 |
23. yeah when the evidence directly contradicts it |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 10:00 AM Response to Reply #23 |
44. Uh huh. Speaking of "evidence"... there is none to support your specious claim in the OP. |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 02:56 PM Response to Reply #23 |
86. sited? |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 04:23 PM Response to Reply #23 |
113. You said it -- +1 |
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CTLawGuy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 07:30 AM Response to Reply #23 |
168. If they are not defending prop 8 |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 11:03 PM Response to Reply #14 |
161. California law doesn't require the AG to defend a law. Federal law DOES require the DOJ to. |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-03-10 11:56 PM Response to Reply #1 |
18. Clinton SIGNED DOMA... and created DADT |
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golfguru (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 12:05 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Correct and Obama has not been able or willing to repeal it n/t |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 10:32 AM Response to Reply #20 |
45. Deleted message |
dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 06:59 AM Response to Reply #18 |
24. No Congress created DADT |
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CTLawGuy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 09:14 AM Response to Reply #24 |
38. Clinton's name is on it |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 01:38 PM Response to Reply #38 |
52. so is Kerry's (he voted for the exact same bill Clinton signed) |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 01:46 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. You keep making this inaccurate statement just to defend Clinton |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 01:52 PM Response to Reply #54 |
57. yes he did |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 02:02 PM Response to Reply #57 |
60. No, |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 02:18 PM Response to Reply #60 |
64. Try reading |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 02:40 PM Response to Reply #64 |
73. "I was referring to DADT not DOMA." What difference does it make? |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 02:43 PM Response to Reply #73 |
76. I never said he didn't |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 02:55 PM Response to Reply #76 |
82. Oh please. |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 03:30 PM Response to Reply #82 |
98. He didn't have the votes, period |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 08:36 PM Response to Reply #98 |
155. so when clinton "doesn't have the votes" for something, he's an innocent angel. when obama doesn't |
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Lord Helmet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 06:17 PM Response to Reply #98 |
172. like when the O-man didn't have the votes for the public option |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 02:06 PM Response to Reply #57 |
62. Stop digging. ProSense has just proven you wrong with a link to the actual vote. |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 02:19 PM Response to Reply #62 |
65. No he didn't |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 02:22 PM Response to Reply #65 |
67. Yes, it's obvious that nothing is ever Clinton's fault, even DADT & DOMA. |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 02:36 PM Response to Reply #67 |
71. I already did but since you may not have been in the thread where I did so I will provide the link |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 02:43 PM Response to Reply #71 |
77. Clinton being responsible for DADT & DOMA and defending anti-gay ads in 1996 is excusable, eh? |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 02:48 PM Response to Reply #77 |
78. Clinton isn't responsible for DADT unless both Kennedy and Kerry are too |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 02:55 PM Response to Reply #78 |
84. Clinton is responsible for DADT, DOMA, defending anti-gay ads in 1996 & telling Kerry to throw gays |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 04:00 PM Response to Reply #84 |
108. if you beleive Bob Shrum, which I don't |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 06:32 PM Response to Reply #108 |
151. Why would he lie? Bill Clinton is the original Pander Bear who executed a mentally-retarded man |
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CTLawGuy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 07:10 AM Response to Reply #108 |
166. the DOJ is not Obama's personal lawyer |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 08:38 PM Response to Reply #67 |
156. a smidgeon of a double standard, huh. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 09:39 PM Response to Reply #156 |
158. Laughably so... |
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Lord Helmet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 06:31 PM Response to Reply #156 |
174. sure if by smidgeon you mean a big smelly pile of double standard |
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CTLawGuy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 07:02 AM Response to Reply #67 |
165. how Bill Clinton is not anathema |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 03:13 PM Response to Reply #165 |
171. Also, I don't ever see any outrage over Hillary the Homophobe. |
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CTLawGuy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 09:18 PM Response to Reply #171 |
175. I've always wondered about that double standard |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 10:00 PM Response to Reply #57 |
160. Kerry voted against the DOMA amendment |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 09:58 PM Response to Reply #52 |
159. Kerry spoke in favor of gays in the military and testified before Thurmond's |
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CTLawGuy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 06:56 AM Response to Reply #52 |
164. for voting for it yes |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-03-10 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
2. did clinton survey the wives of soldiers for permission to give gays their rights? nt |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-03-10 10:11 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. In fairness, Clinton's ignorance of the military culture bit him on the ass |
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ncteechur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-03-10 10:12 PM Response to Original message |
4. Are you comparing 20 months in office to the entirety of Clinton's 8 years?? |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-03-10 10:20 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. back then AIDS funding was nearly entirely a gay issue |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-03-10 10:26 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. "Already done more for LGBT than *any* President" is a very common |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-03-10 10:35 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. One other point |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 12:08 AM Response to Reply #4 |
21. Deleted message |
Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 07:04 AM Response to Reply #21 |
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davidinalameda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-03-10 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
11. just tried to recommend this post |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-03-10 11:06 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. People who unrecommend posts should have to publicly own that behavior |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 12:01 AM Response to Reply #11 |
19. Yup. me too. |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 12:45 AM Response to Reply #11 |
22. Same here. |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 08:57 AM Response to Reply #11 |
30. Gay people are not qualified to speak on gay issues. |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 03:37 PM Response to Reply #11 |
102. That sums it up. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 07:36 AM Response to Original message |
26. Bubba's anti-gay legislative legacy is what Pres. Obama is trying to repeal now via Congress. n/t |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 07:43 AM Response to Reply #26 |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 08:45 AM Response to Reply #26 |
29. This is a perfect example of |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 08:57 AM Response to Reply #29 |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 09:03 AM Response to Reply #29 |
34. and this is different from Obama's behavior in regards to McClurkin, how |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 09:27 AM Response to Reply #29 |
42. Yup. Let's repeat this FACT from 1996: "CLINTON DEFENDS ANTI-GAY ADS, WILL NOT PULL THEM" |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 08:27 AM Response to Original message |
28. Bullshit |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 08:57 AM Response to Reply #28 |
32. You are wrong on several counts |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 09:06 AM Response to Reply #32 |
35. No, Prosense nailed it correctly 100% |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 02:22 PM Response to Reply #35 |
68. No he didn't |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 03:40 PM Response to Reply #68 |
104. She did. |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 09:26 AM Response to Reply #32 |
40. Did Clinton remove it? As for your claim: |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 09:31 AM Response to Reply #40 |
43. Yup, the OP is wrong. Pres. Obama is spending more on HIV/AIDS funding than Clinton ever did. n/t |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 01:37 PM Response to Reply #43 |
51. In terms of per capita and constant dollars no way that is true |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 01:48 PM Response to Reply #51 |
55. "Under Clinton AIDS funding, for prevention, research and treatment went through the roof. " |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 02:17 PM Response to Reply #55 |
63. No it isn't and I provided the figures to back it up in my post |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 02:33 PM Response to Reply #63 |
69. Oh brother. |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 02:40 PM Response to Reply #69 |
74. On AIDS funding he may well have |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 02:02 PM Response to Reply #51 |
59. Prove it. Unlike ProSense, you have failed to provide any facts to back up your claims. n/t |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 02:21 PM Response to Reply #59 |
66. actually I did |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 02:34 PM Response to Reply #66 |
70. No, you are making completely specious claims. For example... |
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CBR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 09:02 AM Response to Original message |
33. ... |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 09:09 AM Response to Original message |
36. And the left beat the living shit out of Clinton too |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 02:53 PM Response to Reply #36 |
81. we got 8 years of Bush because of Nader who didn't give a damn about gay rights |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 09:13 AM Response to Original message |
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LiberalAndProud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 09:24 AM Response to Original message |
39. No politician has done enough. Nor is it likely that any politician will. |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 09:26 AM Response to Reply #39 |
41. Good post. |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
46. if you can still make this claim after 8yrs of Obama, I'll |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 03:52 PM Response to Reply #46 |
107. and something Obama had absolutely nothing to do with |
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Liberal_Stalwart71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
47. You post this nonsense as if Obama has served two full presidential terms. Jesus, you can't |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 01:40 PM Response to Reply #47 |
53. have you even one time asked those who claim that Obama did |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 02:06 PM Response to Reply #53 |
61. He has done more than any President |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 02:50 PM Response to Reply #61 |
79. coming for the man who says, and I quote, nothing changed for gays |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 02:57 PM Response to Reply #79 |
87. He's done much more |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 03:32 PM Response to Reply #87 |
99. I doubt he will get anything else done at all for gays |
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Liberal_Stalwart71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 05:28 PM Response to Reply #99 |
139. "once we lose the House." You've already made this claim as if it rings true. |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 05:34 PM Response to Reply #139 |
141. I don't have any endangered incumbents in my neck of the woods |
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Liberal_Stalwart71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 05:21 PM Response to Reply #53 |
134. Is that the point? The point is that he hasn't even had the time to do anything. Their ignorance is |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
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book_worm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
49. It's amazing how people will attack Obama on gay issues but applaud Clinton who gave us DOMA & DADT |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 12:14 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. Deleted sub-thread |
dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 01:50 PM Response to Reply #49 |
56. It is amazing how many post on gay issues with no apparent knowledge of them |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 01:57 PM Response to Reply #56 |
58. Face it |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 02:38 PM Response to Reply #58 |
72. No I actually lived during the time and paid attention |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 02:42 PM Response to Reply #72 |
75. No, |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 02:51 PM Response to Reply #56 |
80. Without DOMA, we would have had a Constitutional Amendment |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 02:55 PM Response to Reply #80 |
83. we might well have |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 03:37 PM Response to Reply #83 |
101. I think a bit more of the propaganda they were spewing then would have done it |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 02:55 PM Response to Reply #80 |
85. Absolutely not. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 03:32 PM Response to Reply #85 |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 03:40 PM Response to Reply #100 |
105. Why, you don't like facts? n/t |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 03:44 PM Response to Reply #85 |
106. You have no eartly idea if there were or if there weren't |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 04:35 PM Response to Reply #106 |
118. "If Congress sends me the Defense of Marriage Act in the form now being considered, I will sign it." |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 05:27 PM Response to Reply #118 |
138. I didn't say he opposed it |
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CTLawGuy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 07:36 AM Response to Reply #138 |
169. well if it could have passed |
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CTLawGuy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 07:16 AM Response to Reply #80 |
167. this excuse.... |
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Lord Helmet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 06:30 PM Response to Reply #167 |
173. it's revisionism/ here's a good explanation |
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CTLawGuy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 09:20 PM Response to Reply #173 |
176. thank you for that |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 03:01 PM Response to Reply #88 |
89. That's just tired |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 03:06 PM Response to Reply #89 |
91. the key word is "our" |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 03:08 PM Response to Reply #91 |
92. The fight for equal rights is not |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 03:11 PM Response to Reply #92 |
94. My post is about the gay rights movement specifically |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 03:14 PM Response to Reply #94 |
95. "that is what this thread is about." No |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 03:26 PM Response to Reply #95 |
97. You're proving my point with every response |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 03:39 PM Response to Reply #97 |
103. How, because you say so? |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 04:03 PM Response to Reply #92 |
109. You are so not the person to say that |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 04:06 PM Response to Reply #109 |
110. I did no such thing. In fact, |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 04:16 PM Response to Reply #110 |
111. Oh really? I warned you not to deny you said this |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 04:22 PM Response to Reply #111 |
112. You "warned" me? What exactly did you prove? |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 04:31 PM Response to Reply #112 |
115. Oh please |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 04:34 PM Response to Reply #115 |
116. What? |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 05:16 PM Response to Reply #116 |
133. fron your own link |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 05:25 PM Response to Reply #133 |
137. Wait, |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 05:43 PM Response to Reply #137 |
143. No, I know you like to change the subject but I am not biting |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 05:50 PM Response to Reply #143 |
145. And no matter how much you try, |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 06:14 PM Response to Reply #145 |
148. whatever |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 06:19 PM Response to Reply #148 |
149. So, you can't |
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VMI Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 04:34 PM Response to Reply #112 |
117. Are you a member of the GLBT community? Just curious. |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 04:35 PM Response to Reply #117 |
119. No |
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VMI Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 04:38 PM Response to Reply #119 |
120. What percentage of Americans do you think support civil rights for gay citizens? |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 04:40 PM Response to Reply #120 |
121. A majority. |
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VMI Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 04:43 PM Response to Reply #121 |
122. How do you square that with President Obama's homophobic stance on that subject? |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 04:46 PM Response to Reply #122 |
123. The President has his personal opinion and he doesn't let it get in the way of policy. |
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VMI Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 04:53 PM Response to Reply #123 |
124. Would you expect a racist to treat other races fairly outside their "personal" life? |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 04:58 PM Response to Reply #124 |
125. Are you that clever? |
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VMI Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 05:01 PM Response to Reply #125 |
126. That was a hard one to answer. I understand. |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 05:04 PM Response to Reply #126 |
127. No, it wasn't hard. |
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VMI Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 05:05 PM Response to Reply #127 |
128. I believe at one time his view on gay marriage made him one. |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 05:07 PM Response to Reply #128 |
129. "Do you believe Barack Obama is a homophobe?" No, but |
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VMI Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 05:09 PM Response to Reply #129 |
130. Yes I do. Do you believe a person that opposes interracial marriage is a racist? |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 05:14 PM Response to Reply #130 |
131. You sure have a lot of questions. Answer one of mine for a change: |
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VMI Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 05:16 PM Response to Reply #131 |
132. You should read my last post. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 05:23 PM Response to Reply #130 |
136. Then Bill Clinton has been a homophobe. Ditto for Hillary, who's against gay marriage. |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 05:29 PM Response to Reply #136 |
140. gee what a shock you still aren't reading posts |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 05:35 PM Response to Reply #140 |
142. I read enough. True, Hillary is as DLC as they come when it comes to equivocating & pandering... |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 05:45 PM Response to Reply #142 |
144. so when posters like you tell us that Obama really doesn't believe |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 05:52 PM Response to Reply #144 |
146. What exactly are you arguing? |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 05:56 PM Response to Reply #144 |
147. "posters like you"? Just who are you referring to, dsc? What point are you trying to make? |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 03:10 PM Response to Reply #91 |
93. +1 |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 03:04 PM Response to Reply #88 |
90. +1 |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 03:16 PM Response to Reply #88 |
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VMI Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 04:30 PM Response to Reply #96 |
114. Off topic, but is your usernamesake Clinton sycophant Wes Clark? |
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impik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
135. Clinton: 8 years. Obama: 20 months. That's all. |
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muffin1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 06:36 PM Response to Reply #135 |
152. That's not all. |
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liberalpragmatist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 06:27 PM Response to Original message |
150. I'm generally an Obama defender, but his gay rights record is very disappointing |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 08:17 PM Response to Original message |
153. dsc |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 09:18 PM Response to Reply #153 |
157. So this thread is a rebuttal to another thread? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 08:31 PM Response to Original message |
154. Deleted message |
vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 11:20 PM Response to Original message |
162. Okay then. Since this all comes down to not voting for Obama, then don't. |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 11:36 PM Response to Reply #162 |
163. I'll vote for Obama in 2012 |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 01:47 PM Response to Reply #163 |
170. I agree with you. This entire thing is ridiculous. |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 09:25 PM Response to Original message |
177. Obama was not the one that gave us DOMA and DADT |
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