Make your point; let others make their points, and try to show a little respect for differences in opinion. No matter how upset that makes you. Don’t take it so personal.

I think Obama is a charlatan; you do not. Good for you; good for me. Time will tell.
Some agree; some do not.

Now, just let’s leave it at that, Pat. Let us all avoid the ad hominid attacks. It is really immature and just meant to intimidate. It serves no purpose whatsoever. It does nothing to promote the free exchanges of ideas.

OK?

How soon you forget Bill Clinton’s legacy to us, such as: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell (Lie, Hide and Die for your country) …and DOMA (Defense of “heterosexual” Marriage Act or more appropriately named Offense of Same-sex Marriage Act). All thanks to Clinton and Democratic cowardice.

Think before you accuse others of “spewing“ things you do not want to acknowledge — apparently many people are not as willing to be as quiet and as accommodating as you “to go along in order to get alone“. Perhaps you had better ask yourself: What happened to your self-respect?

Obama already has gone on record as regarding same-sex marriages as offensive to his religion. By the way his church, The United Church of Christ, was one of the first denominations to embrace same-sex marriage equality — so what religious fig-leaf is Obama trying to hide his homophobia behind anyway? But, never-the-less, our unions (if not outright “unsacred” in his words) are at the very least ”politically unsafe” for him in his eyes.

OK, what could Obama have done? Simple.

When asked about marriage equality, he could have just said that he believes that all people are created equal under the laws of the United States of America and under the US Constitution. And no single group in this country is entitled to special status, privilege or consideration at the expense of others. And whether a state calls a codified same-sex domestic relationship a “Civil Union”; a Marriage, or a Domestic Partnership then he, as a fellow citizen of this diverse America, and as a potential president of the United States, honors those commitments — and so should the Federal Government. Further more, he could have said that family relations strengthen a community, and that we are all better Americans when we encourage lifelong bonds of love and commitment amongst each other and we should not do anything to undermine that or to tear it apart.

He could have also added that his personal opinion or preference in the matter was irrelevant since this was not a matter that impacted on his life directly. But that he wished all sincerely, loving families the best of everything. ‘Nuff said.

The marriage is “sacred” only for heterosexuals crap from Obama made me lose all respect for him. I don’t trust him. If you do Pat…good for you. I just hope I wont have to do the “I told you so dance” in a few years.

I’m voting for my district Democratic House Representative, Dennis Moore. That is all.
But I shall no longer reward betrayal. I don’t respect duplicity. I wont vote for Obama.

Maybe if enough people in the GLBT community felt the same way we wont have to settle for these bums in the first place who use us and then toss us aside after the elections. Maybe the Democratic Party would get the message that we are not for sale so cheaply. We could all learn a lesson from other minorities (Blacks, Hispanics, etc) as well as pro-choice women whose votes are not so easily purchased with lies.

…Zzzzzzzzzz….zzzzzzzzzz…zzzzz…Oh!….I’m awake…Really…I was just watching Joe Biden’s…..zzzzzz….uh…zzzzz….speech…zzzzz…on…zzzz….tele…zzzz….vison.

…ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz…..Snore!!!

… [wipes sleep-drool off from side of mouth and continues]…

Wow! That was really painful listening to Joe Biden butcher his VP nomination speech last night. It was like listening to a torturous thirty minute string of verbal type-Os. The text was agonizingly dull and uninspiring. I didn’t think that it was possible, but gosh, Obama looks even more brilliant standing next to ol’ bumbling Joe. Great pick! It’s like wearing an old shoe on one foot and a new shoe on the other. That sure makes the new shoe look fresh.

But before I digress, here is just an example of one of Biden‘s many missteps. Biden gleefully announces: “When John McCain proposes $200 billion in new TAXES for corporate America, $1 billion alone for just eight of the largest companies, but no relief for 100 million American families, that’s not change; that’s more of the same.”

(Hmmm…that makes McCain sound like my kind of guy — more taxes on greedy oil companies. How cool is that?)

But it should have read: “When John McCain proposes $200 billion in new TAX BREAKS for corporate America, $1 billion alone for just eight of the largest companies, but no relief for 100 million American families, that’s not change; that’s more of the same.”

Biden didn’t even pick up on this huge flub. Jeeez…how the omission of just one little word can totally change the entire tenor of your speech — especially if you drone on without even correcting your errors. He didn’t even have a clue. Come over to Denver Dan Quayle and meet your new daddy!

But I agree with Biden though on one salient point he made in his speech, we really do need more “cheeechers in America“. Uh…read…“teachers“.

He said it, I didn’t.

Of course the delivery was even worse. I lost count of how many times he mangled the Queen’s English. Even Obama’s contrived “surprise” appearance at the end of this snoozer couldn’t have saved the evening.

When Ring Master Barack rushed out on stage and whispered to Biden: “Great Speech!” I kept thinking…ohhhh…this man really is a really good liar. Perfect qualification for any politician. But, in his mind, I’m sure Obama was fantasizing about running out thirty-minutes earlier with a hanky soaked in chloroform to put over ol’ Joe‘s bumbling mouth. I swear I saw Barack reaching out with a long curved cane from behind the curtain several times trying to hook Biden’s neck in order to drag him off stage.

After he came to Biden’s “surprised” rescue Wednesday night, Obama then addressed the crowd: “Good evening Ladies and Germs…thanks for coming…don’t forget the carnival continues tomorrow at the big top across the street…hurry…hurry…hurry…get your pop corn…peanuts…cracker jacks…giant foam hands and silly hats…see the bearded lady…the dog-faced boy…the former first lady eating crow…come one…come all…the show is about to begin!”

Yep, I can’t wait for tomorrow. I’m waiting on the edge of my seat with the rest of the GLBT community…waiting to see if Obama will use the magic “G” word.

As I write this, I am chewing on my “gay” fingernails, and wringing my “gay” hands in feverish “gay” anticipation. I am wondering, along with the fearless leadership of the GLBT community: Will he mention us in his acceptance speech? Will the great emancipator of the homosexual race give us a verbal thumbs up or a silent thumbs down?

Oh, my “gay” heart is going all pitter patter! Will Obama say it…oh I’m sooooo nervous…I think I just “gay” peed a little in my “gay” pants….will he say the “G” word in his speech?

I don’t care if he thinks that homos are not worthy of the word marriage, and that all of the GLBT delegates basically had to wear bags over their heads at the convention, and that the six percent of gay delegates were being managed and kept on the “down-low” — getting a compulsory cultural crash course (how’s that for alliteration?) in Black homosexual etiquette, at the convention.

So move over urban myth gerbils, I am a “love that dare not speak its name” political lemming now.

I don’t care about Equality…Respect…any of that crap. I just want Obama to use the word GAY in his acceptance speech!

And Goddamn it, if he does…he’s got my vote.

…not!

© Bud Evans, 2008 (from Rainfish2000 on Blogspot)