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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 05:57 PM Original message |
ADVOCATE: White House shut down DADT repeal in February at secret meeting |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
1. Well that's pretty fucking shitty, if true. We gotta get Obama moving faster on gay rights. :( |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
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Dr Morbius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 06:24 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. Or, he committed publicly before telling his staff. |
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Prism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 06:33 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. This excuse cannot wash. It is a lie. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 06:32 PM Response to Reply #2 |
13. The year has 8 months to go, and there is an off-year election |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 06:35 PM Response to Reply #13 |
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TriMera (885 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 06:38 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. No, no! |
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boston bean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 06:41 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. He is cautious and pragmatic only when it he feels it may impact his political future. |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 11:29 PM Response to Reply #19 |
37. "Pragmatic" is just another way of saying a person stands for nothing |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 08:17 AM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Amen! I am so tired of hearing about "pragmatism." |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 02:17 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Quiet and go demonstrate how to separate an egg, homo. |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 08:20 PM Response to Reply #40 |
44. What's that mean? |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 02:20 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. Does seem 'pragmatic' is code for Democrats acting like Republicans. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 07:54 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. + |
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saracat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 06:08 PM Response to Original message |
3. But I am sure there are those who will find a way to "justify" this. |
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Prism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 06:10 PM Response to Original message |
4. And gay rights "leaders" knew for *several months* |
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boston bean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 06:13 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. leaders can be bought and sold, and politically pressured. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 06:16 PM Response to Reply #5 |
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TriMera (885 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 06:19 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. I'd have to respectfully disagree. |
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boston bean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 06:23 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. I am not talking about those leaders, HRC, the Advocate itself was a huge obama supporter. |
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TriMera (885 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 06:27 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Well, I can't disagree with that. n/t |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 07:13 PM Response to Reply #8 |
23. Aravosis and Americablog were huge Obama backers too. Now they are "teabaggers" to the apologists. |
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boston bean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 07:22 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. True. |
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Prism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 06:27 PM Response to Original message |
11. Pam Spaulding confirms story with "three independent sources" |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 08:48 PM Response to Reply #11 |
32. thank you |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
12. And there it is. |
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boston bean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 06:36 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. That is one of the most maddening talking points, I read. |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 07:55 PM Response to Reply #17 |
30. They're also reinforcing the stereotype that Democrats can't be effective leaders. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 07:51 PM Response to Reply #12 |
29. There are more than a few here who need a tattoo of that sentence! |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 08:01 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. and then have their keyboards confiscated. n/t |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 10:10 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. nodding |
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foxfeet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 06:32 PM Response to Original message |
14. K&R |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 06:45 PM Response to Original message |
20. knr |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 07:06 PM Response to Original message |
21. KICK AGAINST LIARS AND BIGOTS |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 07:08 PM Response to Original message |
22. Sad and pitiful. nt |
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leeroysphitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 07:15 PM Response to Original message |
24. I don't understand how the president could change his mind about DADT so quickly.... |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 09:15 PM Response to Reply #24 |
33. Do you know better? |
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leeroysphitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 10:50 PM Response to Reply #33 |
45. I know that this prez like thse before him don't mind using gay rights as a political footbal. n/t |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 11:22 PM Response to Reply #24 |
35. Remember "IT'S JUST ONE SONG!!!"? That was a warning about how Obama REALLY thinks of gay people. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 02:06 AM Response to Reply #35 |
38. Do I ever. |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 04:09 PM Response to Reply #35 |
42. Let's not forget: "ITS ONLY GOIGN TO BE A TO MINUTE PRAYER!1!!!11!" N/T |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-24-10 06:13 PM Response to Reply #42 |
46. + |
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DURHAM D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
25. Anyone who is surprised by this simply was "listening" challenged. |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 11:25 PM Response to Reply #25 |
36. He's both. It takes cowardice to create a liar. |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
27. sad thing is, it's no longer surprising to learn this |
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ProgressIn2008 (848 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
28. Bigots in the White House. Shame. nt |
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