Comments on: Does Barack Obama Simploy Not Know What His Administration Is Saying About DOMA?

By: youcanthandlethetruth

youcanthandlethetruth — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 18:32:29 +0000

Maddow is neither a good journalist nor a good comedienne.

She’s just a token lesbo on TV.

DOMA is not anti-gay, it’s pro-marriage.

When will you homosexuals stop playing the victim card and wallowing in your own self-imposed exile??

By: rick

rick — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 23:51:05 +0000

howard dean is ryan reynolds in 20 years. handsome man.

By: rick

rick — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 23:50:12 +0000

how much do you want to bet the brief was written by a graduate of the either pat robertsons or jerry falwells law school?

a lot of their briefs are hitting the courts and people are being fired for them.

By: Pete

Pete — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 22:47:04 +0000

Does Obama think we're dumber than a box of hair? What the hell is he thinking? @Sick of Whining Bitches: Enough with the misogynistic slurs. Stick to combating the homophobia.

By: rich

rich — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:45:10 +0000

@glennmcgahee: “He was pushed back and paid for it dearly. Who did the pushing? None other than a powerful Democrat, Sam Nunn from Georgia, a supporter of Barack Obama.”

You just made my point. Homophobic Democrats are fighting us on equality. This isn’t strictly the Republican’s fault as Howard Dean implied.

Bill Clinton and Barrack Obama hold the exact same position on same-sex marriage. They’re both against it.

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:08:20 +0000

@Sick of Whining Bitches: And she's been even harder on him over torture prosecutions. @glennmcgahee: I was only 10 in 1995, so I don't quite remember it that well. How did Karl Rove pass DOMA?

By: galefan2004

galefan2004 — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:29:01 +0000

@mikefromSF: We are gay men, we love being ignored by the men we are in love with. We hate the men that actually pay attention to us. That is just the way it works. *SARCASM*

By: galefan2004

galefan2004 — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:24:34 +0000

If, and its a big fucking IF, Obama didn’t know about this and the DOJ acted on its own when it wrote the brief, then Obama better do some house cleaning and some heads had better roll at the DOJ. If that doesn’t happen then even IF Obama didn’t know about it, he implies consent.

By: InExile

InExile — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:56:44 +0000

@glennmcgahee: Very, very true. Those of us that were around then remember Bill Clinton taking a stand and risking everything to do the right thing for our community. The Repugs backed him into a corner, he could sign DADT or keep the total ban of gays in place and with DOMA the choice was sign DOMA or they were going to push a Constitutional Amendment permanently banning all gay marriages. Bill did the best he could do at that time.

By: glennmcgahee

glennmcgahee — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:46:32 +0000

Rich, how old are you? Were you 10 or 12 when Clinton was in office? This country has come a long way since the 90′s when there was a huge Republican majority in Congress. You bought their talking points which were repeated adnauseum by so-called Progressive sites trying to defeat Hillary Clinton. Thats exactly why you ended up with a homophobe as President. Bil Clinton’s very 1st act as President was to grant gay and lesbians thr right to serve openly in the military. He was pushed back and paid for it dearly. Who did the pushing? None other than a powerful Democrat, Sam Nunn from Georgia, a supporter of Barack Obama. Stop reading just blogs and read a little history. I was there. The Clintons were the best friends we’ve ever had in the White House.

By: mikefromSF

mikefromSF — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 12:49:02 +0000

@fifi: It’s called balanced reporting baby. none of us hate Obama. we just want him not to ignore us anymore. Obama worships other minorities like AA, and latinos, women(if women are considered a minority group?. Why is he not gay friendly?

By: ChristopherM

ChristopherM — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 12:45:10 +0000

@fifi:

That’s because he deserves to be blasted on gay issues, sometimes deserves to be praised on other issues, and ad hominem attacks deserve to be called out. I don’t see what is inconsistent…she’s simply more honest than other broadcasters.

By: fifi

fifi — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 11:59:36 +0000

the funny thing is that rachel, within the one hour of her shou will blast obama for gay related issues and totally praise obama on other issues and fiercelly defend obama from the republican mob. I’m like are these words coming from the same person/mouth /brain? but i love her.

By: BOQ

BOQ — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 08:47:00 +0000

I don’t understand why rachel is always whining about Barack feigning shock and dismay at his flamboyant bigotry. this is the change she bought and sold. you might have been waiting and so were we on friday when she spoke with a ‘cloud expert’ for almost 20 minutes and put on paper hat and sang happy birthday to her Howdy Doody friend instead of covering it and now that she finally did she gives this pig Dean a platform to preach his bigotry and defend Barack. Thanks Rach … you’re always on the job!

By: rich

rich — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 08:24:16 +0000

Wait a second. Howard Dean just tried to blame DOMA on Karl Rove. (at the 2:30 mark)

DOMA isn’t a Dubya/Cheney/Rove conspiracy. IT’S BILL-FUCKING-CLINTON’S FAULT!!!

We need to be absolutely clear on this point: We are treated like second class, sub-humans who do not deserve any rights at all because anti-gay bigotry is one of the few causes that has bi-partisan support.

Democrats, by and large, are just as bad as Republican’s when it comes to gay rights. And we need to start holding “liberal” Dems accountable.

By: Pickles

Pickles — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 08:18:40 +0000

GIRL! Spell check, ok? Or just proofread. We’re here to help you.

By: depfox

depfox — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 07:01:12 +0000

I am loosing all respect for the man I fought to get elected. Obama is not a stupid man.

By: Sick of Whining Bitches

Sick of Whining Bitches — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 06:10:15 +0000

@Addyboo:
MSNBC, and specifically Rachel Maddow HAVE, in fact, criticized Obama on several well-deserved occasions when he has made a mistake…Maddow, in particular, has repeatedly brought up the “fierce advocate” claim in a negative comparison to Obama’s slow action on GLBT issues.

If you’re looking for ‘bitches’ spewing horseshit ideology, try the peroxide blonde ‘fem-bots’ over at Fox News…those c-words will repeat ANY lying republican talking point without a second thought…all with a “Stepford Wife” robot gleam in the eye, talk about scary!

By: Addyboo

Addyboo — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 04:46:55 +0000

If you’re looking for any kind of criticism of President Obama, you won’t find it on MSNBC. Even on gay issues from the only openly-gay cable pundit. Ideology is a bitch!

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 03:52:14 +0000

Not only did he know, but he’s repeatedly defended it. First this was done with the press release and then with the OPM guy who said everything he was saying he was doing on Obama’s approval.

By: Lulz

Lulz — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 03:34:53 +0000

Simploy. Spell check ftl.