Much Worse Than I Expected

(Blog Post) The president gave a speech he could have given at any point in the last three years. No one in that room could disagree with any of the things he said. I sure don't (with the exception of the hate crimes hooey). And he said it well Full Story »

Posted by Kaizar Campwala - via Tom Friedman, Memeorandum
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Posted by: Posted by Kaizar Campwala - Oct 10, 2009 - 8:22 PM PDT
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Edited by: Kaizar Campwala - Oct 11, 2009 - 8:24 AM PDT
Randy Morrow
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by Randy Morrow - Oct. 12, 2009

Mr. Sullivan comments on Obama's speech to the HRC.

But the point of electing a president who pledged to actually do things is to hold him to account, and to see if he is willing to take any risk of any kind to actually do ... More »

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Barry Grossheim
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by Barry Grossheim - Oct. 12, 2009

"What that means, I'm afraid, is that this speech was highfalutin bullshit." Andew Sullivan Well, if anyone could recognize bullshit it certainly would be Andrew Sullivan. As usual, he proves that a conservative gay man should be an oxymoron.

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Kaizar Campwala
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by Kaizar Campwala - Oct. 11, 2009

he is refusing to take any responsibility for his clear refusal to fulfill clear campaign pledges on the core matter of civil rights and has given no substantive, ... More »

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Derek Hawkins
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by Derek Hawkins - Oct. 11, 2009

HRC, of course, is putting no pressure on him; Joe Solmonese’s disgraceful email actually took all pressure off him by saying he’d be ... More »

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