Someone should tell Obama the campaign is over. HE WON

Why pull a Palin and court the nutcase-homophobe-bigot vote now?

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Pissing away his political capital and he hasn't even taken office yet.

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this also.

why the FUCK are you on this site????

he is doing.

Way to piss off the people who believed in "Hope and Change."

Wedge politics have their place, yes. I'm not saying they don't. Some things really are right versus wrong. And kicking Warren because of his stance on a wedge issue is absolutely playing wedge politics.

knows what he is doing? what DO you people who deem yourselves centrists actually care about? I find it interesting what you apologists deem fringe issues. it's very fucking telling.

everything in my house in a blind rage because of Obama being consistent with everything he has written in his books about reaching across the aisle.

He hasn't changed his policy positions on gay issues. He hasn't made Warren an advisor of any sort.

the cousins of the right-wing extremers that Obama is the country's president.

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washington.

Let me ask you, if there is a bill on the table to severely limit the patriot act is the LGBT community going to be against it?

NO!!!

What this does is get some of religous nuts to IGNORE or support some of the more progressive things he wants to get done.

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When someone believes they're a nail, everything looks like a hammer.

on the issues the LGBT community cares about?

indirectly that this may help with

But then, you already know this.

We should be used to that loud THUMP THUMP as the wheels pass over and we look up to see the underside of the bus. Nothin' new here, keep moving right along. Same shyte every election: they need the LGTBQ vote to get over the top, can't do without it, promise this time we'll hear back from them after the election, yeahreallyhonest! Until this time, pols have always had the decency to wait until after the swearing-in to throw us under the bus. I'll give him credit, though, buddy; he didn't even wait to get in office before rubbing our faces in it. Now that's change we can believe in!

Honest to Pete, he could have picked a thousand other officiants. No. NooOOOOOoooo. He had to reach out to the very most offensive pick he could find, right on the heels of Prop 8. Nice. Real nice timing, real nice sensitivity there.

Yes, it's nice to know we still matter as much as we ever did. :sarcasm:

What does he have to gain by this?

progressive issues through without massive blowback.

Palin would have someone who has the full support of her political base--and who pisses off everyone else--speak. Obama is having someone with broad appeal--but who pisses off a significant portion of his base--speak.

As Bush learned the hard way, political capital is most quickly pissed away by governing to the base.

They went for their shrinking nutjob base.

Fiscally conservative, non-wedge voters either crossed over to Obama or didn't vote.

Which is what you're demanding Obama do.

Holy Raptor Jesus!

except inasmuch as Warren is in favor of global anti-poverty measures. This entire discussion is whether Obama should play wedge politics and uninvite a speaker because of his stance on a particular wedge issue.

Marginalize and disappear the voters most likely to be interested in economic issues.

Maybe we can get it down to just 10% of the population voting.

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"Politics as usual" is inviting people who agree with your base and telling everyone else to fuck off, because you're in charge and you do what you please. Obama is, shockingly, making an appeal to the public at large.

Also: GLBT are "most likely to be interested in economic issues?" If that's really the case, why would they be "disappeared" by a speaker who has unsavory opinions on gay rights, but who will not be talking about such opinions?

Gosh golly gee. Could have really appealed to the 'public at large.'

would not be improved by campaigning with either Mr. Obama or Mr. McCain. He does have a tax-exempt status to protect, of course. I'm pretty sure that he would lean more towards McCain were he to choose one of the two, but he's not exactly a Hagee or a Falwell either.

Everyone knows who Obama is.

Few know who this fundy nutjob is.

But they will soon...

See how well it works?

There's more to politics than elections.

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or the Patriot act over this? NOOOO!

So stop getting all riled up over it.

Got it