During the campaign Obama made it clear that he did _NOT_ support gay marriage. Explicitly clear. Emphatically clear.
Oh, he dressed it up in softly spoken clearness but, ultimately, his position is no different than the Mormons who voted for Prop 8 and no different from all the blacks who voted for Prop 8 as well.
This is what comes from living on the plantation Andy.
Obama and the rest of the Democratic Party elite knows this. They know it to their core. Gays and lesbians are but a constituency without any options and are thus available for constant exploitation with little need for anything in return. Oh sure, the Democrats will occassionally throw the gay community some worthless - and politically cost-free - bone every once and a while.
But do anything which counts? Anything which has a political risk?
Not a chance.
This latest bit from Obama is but more proof of that.
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Date: 2009-06-13 04:17 pm (UTC)Why the surprise?
During the campaign Obama made it clear that he did _NOT_ support gay marriage. Explicitly clear. Emphatically clear.
Oh, he dressed it up in softly spoken clearness but, ultimately, his position is no different than the Mormons who voted for Prop 8 and no different from all the blacks who voted for Prop 8 as well.
This is what comes from living on the plantation Andy.
Obama and the rest of the Democratic Party elite knows this. They know it to their core. Gays and lesbians are but a constituency without any options and are thus available for constant exploitation with little need for anything in return. Oh sure, the Democrats will occassionally throw the gay community some worthless - and politically cost-free - bone every once and a while.
But do anything which counts? Anything which has a political risk?
Not a chance.
This latest bit from Obama is but more proof of that.
And that, Andy, is change we can all believe in.
Yes, we can!
Madoc