SOUNDBITES — “This year has just proven to me that not so different are the Republicans and the Democrats really. There are social issues I, of course, end up on the other side of, and when it comes down to it, this is a corporate-run government.” —Melissa Etheridge, who once defended Barack Obama’s Rick Warren invitation, on how Obama’s presidency is shaping up [Malkin]
Melissa Etheridge
“his year has just proven to me that not so different are the Republicans and the Democrats really”
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RobinNYC
Why is she speaking like Yoda?
InExile
Not much difference between Obama and Bush except Bush was a leader and got his agenda done.
Cam
Maybe now Melissa will do her homework before coming on out and telling the rest of gays how to think just because she is a celeb. She came out and defended Rick Warren saying he was a nice guy etc… Yeah, and if the guy who mugs you is polite we shouldn’t call the police?! Fool
Jon
Melissa can bite my ass.
AlanInUtah
@ InExile:
WTF? What agenda are you speaking of? Bush didn’t do shit for this country. His own personal agenda, sure.
@ Queerty:
FYI… You forgot the “T” in the first word of the article title. I kept wondering who “his” was refering to.
InExile
#5 And what has Obama done? End the wars? Keep his promises to the gay community? Stop domestic spying? Nothing is different. He is not leading his party or keeping his promises.
1EqualityUSA
I could see how Melissa E Got rooked in by smooth talker Obama. I sure did. I was jaded too and I still got suckered in. I hate politicians. I thought this clown was different. I’m bitter, can you tell? That ass-wipe from Saddleback church is creepy and uses creepy tactics to rope in vulnerable seekers. I never got suckered by that twerp. False messengers must emit some kind of gas. You can’t blame THAT on the dog.
Keith Kimmel
Someone who gets it. What a refreshment!
AlanInUtah
@ InExile:
Answering my question with questions is not providing an answer. Bush had 8 years, Obama is in his first year still. He still has time to prove himself to our community. Though I do agree that his promises are not being met as quick as most would think necessary. However, I find it funny you put support behind Bush who wanted to make a national constitutional amendment to ban same sex marriage all together, yet you don’t allow someone who has shown some support for the LGBT community to have the time to accomplish some of his promises. Bush hated gays! At least Obama has some respect. Give him the same amount of time Bush had, and if then he still hasn’t followed through on his promises, THEN BITCH!
Also, answer the question (if you can)… What agenda has bush completed other than that of his own?
1EqualityUSA
Alright, AlanInUtah, fair enough. The outlook is grim. Ever since Maine lost, the momentum has been going against us. Now New Jersey Dems are quaking in their zip up boots and New York is playing pocket pool, both houses are swaying to the wind, it’s just damned grim right now. I’ll wait and see if Obama is man enough to keep his word. I’m still bitter.
YellowRanger
@ #9
I never supported Bush, but I can still admit the man was a strong leader who was able to force his agenda items through, time after time. When he wanted something, he went for it. He didn’t start the entire process out by compromising with the other side.
Obama needs some of that in him.
FakeName
Bush was not a strong leader. He was not a leader at all. Yes, he was able to get things passed with his congressional majority but that’s not a testament to his leadership. It’s a testament to the discipline in the ranks and files of the Republican congressional delegation.
Joe Mustich, JP
Re: Bush & Obama:
different faces but basically the same agenda…
See: Theresa Amato’s book:
Grand Illusion, The Myth of Voter Choice in a Two Party Tyranny
Onward to equality…
Joe Mustich, Justice of the Peace,
Washington, Connecticut, USA.
Thom
The problem with Obama and most Dems are their chicken shit. They don’t have enough spine to get shit done.
AndrewW
Our equality will not be delivered to us by politicians. Believeing that is mostly a waste of time and resources.
Rob Moore
When I hear reports that the vote in the Senate on health care reform or any other issue is going to be close, I pose the question in my mind, “for what do the Democrats think we gave them a near super-majority in the Senate?” The Democrats have been an undisciplined rabble since the late 60s. They are the ones who really pushed this primary bullshit. We haven’t had good presidential candidates since then. Let them choose their candidates the same way parties in other democracies do it, at party conventions. Let the party come up with a platform that means something and stick to it instead of everyone for himself or herself. If you vote for a Democrat, you would then have some good idea of what policies the party wants to implement if given power. Same thing for the fucking fascists in the Republican party.
We would have some confidence the party we elect will stick to its platform. Voting for the person is just a way to choose people with big egos and no substance. Limit the campaign to 90 days. The way we do it now, gives us Republicans pretending to be Democrats and occasionally vice versa and then there is Joe Lieberman. Thanks a lot Connecticut.
1EqualityUSA
Rob Moore, Do you mean like this?
http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=aarp+commercial&www_google_domain=www.google.com&hl=en&emb=0&aq=0&oq=+AARP#q=aarp+commercial&www_google_domain=www.google.com&hl=en&emb=0&aq=0&oq=+AARP&qvid=aarp+commercial&vid=-7699614301486680030
Rob Moore
Exactement! That video was spot on. When my nana in England voted Labour, she knew she was voting on a set of policies. The key was that she voted Labour not for a person. The person’s importance during the campaign was to sell the policies not himself or herself. Same thing for my uncle when he voted for the Tories in the late 70s. He switched because the Labour party was making a mess of things. By the 90s, he was back to voting for Labour.
InExile
AlanInUtah
I have never supported Bush but like it or not, he got things done. Yes, he pushed “his” agenda through by being a leader. Last year, I never would have labeled Bush as a leader, but after seeing what a non-leader is you must admit Bush was more competent in his job, all policies aside.
It makes me sick that after 8 years of republican rule, we have a President and two houses with major majorities that cannot seem to get anything done. Watching Obama, the congress, and the senate in the health care debate has made me embarrassed to be a democrat. They don’t care about the people they serve, they care about themselves, it’s all about them.
Attmay
@20 InExile:
We had Republican rule for 8 years? The way they spent our tax dollars it only looks like it in comparison to today.
gayfamilyvalues
I agree 100% this country is in so much trouble the only thing republicans and democrats care about is getting realected…
That means Corparate interests.
schlukitz
@ No. 9 AlanInUtah:
Give him the same amount of time Bush had, and if then he still hasn’t followed through on his promises, THEN BITCH!
Then you also believe that a contractor or other professional should be paid before he even does the job? After all, if you’re not satisfied with it, you can always bitch afterward.
The thing is, Alan, there is little comfort in bitching after the fact. Those of us who voted for him, based on his promises, should not have to wait until the shingles start falling off the roof and the vinyl siding is flapping in the breeze before we have the right to speak up and demand some action instead of listening to Mr. Obama flapping his gums.
And that, Dear Alan, is called holding politicians for their promises and not tolerating what appears more and more to be a renege on all the basic LGBT issues, as well as all of the promises he made to the all the other citizens of this country.
Those of us who campaigned and voted for him, would like to know where the beef is. We are tired of eating the menu.
I know. Accountability is old-fashioned concept, but then, I am an old-fashioned kind of guy and my honesty and accountability is what has kept me in business for the past 45 years. I run my business by a very simple rule. And that rule is, I never make promises that I can’t keep or have no intention of keeping.
At it’s least, what Mr. Obama appears to be doing is back-pedaling.
At it’s worst, it’s outright lying and we should not have to hold our piece for another seven years before we allow ourselves the privilege of alerting him to that fact.
Seven years from now will be too late to do anything about it, just like 8 years of Bush is too late to do anything about.
Robert, NYC
AlaninUtah, maybe some of the things you say are true, but…always remember, Obama is NOT for full equality, does not support same-sex marriage either. He of all people should know better than kow-towing to the religious right for fear of offending them, but its ok to offend us with impunity. Nothing has changed. DOMA will NOT be overturned by this current administration unless the Supreme Court is stacked with more democrats than republicans and ideally without more catholics sitting on the bench because I think this is where it will end up, ditto marriage equality. That’s the only way DOMA will be repealed.