Thank God we didn't spend any money to go to Washington for what is now something that isn't even worth watching. I suppose we could just symbolically throw our Obama-Biden pins - they can have 'em back.
The appeal to dialogue is a canard.
When Obama invites anti-Israel speakers on the platform with him, in a place of honor on his special day, we'll "talk" about inclusionism, okay? Otherwise, spare us the platitudes, please.
This is the second time, by my reckoning, that the Obama gang have totally misjudged the prevailing sentiments of the gay community.When Obama invites anti-Israel speakers on the platform with him, in a place of honor on his special day, we'll "talk" about inclusionism, okay? Otherwise, spare us the platitudes, please.
They don't seem to understand that, right now, sore from losses on every contested rights issue in the past election, watching Warren in a place of honor on stage is akin to watching a Klansman offer up an inaugural "invocation" for Obama.
The appeal to dialogue is a canard. When Obama invites anti-Israel speakers on the platform with him, in a place of honor on his special day, we'll "talk" about inclusionism, okay? Otherwise, spare us the platitudes, please.
If Obama wanted truly to do something with the limited time he has in office, his team might have seized the day to ask Cizik* to do it. Now THAT would have been bold, a provocative message of dialogue and respect. How about the "noisy" Reverend Wright? I guess there a limits to outreach, even for Barack, eh?
As it is, however, the Obama team and the inaugural committee had choices and they chose poorly.
[*Cizik resigned Dec. 10 as the NAE's vice president for governmental affairs after saying in a radio interview his view on gay marriage was shifting and he now supports civil unions for same-sex couples.]
