tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905181885778117365.post5708248034508717089..comments2023-09-30T09:41:52.224-07:00Comments on The Well Spoken Negro's Salon: Concerning Obama on the 40th Anniversary of the Stonewall RiotsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905181885778117365.post-21173548612709535022009-07-14T18:24:57.813-07:002009-07-14T18:24:57.813-07:00@Anon 1: And McCain supporters weren't excite...@Anon 1: And McCain supporters weren't excited for their guy, and didn't have expectations based on what he said he would try to do? Come on now. Of course BHO is a politician, but it is up to his constituents to hold his feet to the fire. I would have expected the same from McCain supporters had he won.<br /><br />@Anon 2: If you note the actual term that I used, you would see that I used "christianist," not christian. I am following Andrew Sullivan's (a christian) example of separating out those who seem more in line with, as he suggested, islamists. And I know full well the islamic position on homosexuality. But BHO, not being a muslim, has not suggested that his position on gay marriage, for example, has been influenced by his late father's faith.hscfreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15248588351369527519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905181885778117365.post-62629088169485860722009-07-13T20:37:08.346-07:002009-07-13T20:37:08.346-07:00I find it interesting to see you lash out at Chris...I find it interesting to see you lash out at Christians (again). Perhaps you should explore Muslim views of homosexuality or the status of homosexuals in Muslim countries. Or what about the status of gay rights in his father's native Africa?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905181885778117365.post-44157094484483040212009-07-13T20:33:42.224-07:002009-07-13T20:33:42.224-07:00Don't blame religion. Obama is responsible for...Don't blame religion. Obama is responsible for his own decisions. The fact that you, along with the rest of the left, had unrealistic expectations of him is your own fault. He is a very gifted politician, no more and no less.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905181885778117365.post-69894664562903080792009-07-09T15:47:45.230-07:002009-07-09T15:47:45.230-07:00Thankfully, I knew that last line you wrote going ...Thankfully, I knew that last line you wrote going in. I learned that during the Clinton era. It really is a shame that history is repeating itself with regard to attitudes and civil rights issues. The primary problem here is that religion is prominently in the mix here, and Christianists are quite comfortable with blending the sacred and the secular when it comes to their point of view, opposing positions be damned, literally for some.hscfreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15248588351369527519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905181885778117365.post-63457736476413886062009-06-29T12:09:33.991-07:002009-06-29T12:09:33.991-07:00Well said Free. I too was willing to be patient u...Well said Free. I too was willing to be patient until that Justice Dept. brief came out. <br /><br />One of the things the "Christian right" has finally learned about the Republican Party is that despite saying all the right words, the corporate establishment that really controls the GOP doesn't give a damn about the social issues that are important to them. Abortion and guns and gay marriage--the GOP simply uses them as hot-buttons to lure the ignorant into voting in ways that in fact contradict their own economic interests.<br /><br />I'm beginning to wonder if the people who control the Democratic Party are running the same game with their "base" of social liberals. They say all the right words, pose as "fierce advocates" of our rights...but when it comes to action there is nothing behind the words. <br /><br />Yes we can doesn't mean yes we will, eh?Scottnoreply@blogger.com