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In reply to the discussion: I remember when gay marriage was "the far left wanting a pony". [View all]merrily
(45,251 posts)188. +1 PREACH.
It's one thing to forgive. It's another to deny, excuse, rationalize, pretend the advice of a campaign advisor is an excuse, etc.
I get many valuable things from DU, but, in a way, I'm sorry I found it. Before I started reading here, I never knew there were certain kinds of Democrats.
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I remember when gay marriage was "the far left wanting a pony". [View all]
redgreenandblue
Jul 2015
OP
Oh, I don't know. Centrist doesn't seem so bad when I'm reminded of how much those on
Hortensis
Jul 2015
#208
Just saw your responses, and here are a couple of links I grabbed quickly in case you return.
Hortensis
Jul 2015
#246
Obama & Hillary were against gay marriage, before they were for it (& it became politically safe)
RiverLover
Jul 2015
#7
Look, the point is that while Obama might have been running a tactical ploy, centrist boosters of
Bluenorthwest
Jul 2015
#13
I could be mistaken here. But I believe you specifically were told, and I'm
Guy Whitey Corngood
Jul 2015
#74
It would be interesting if you actually found links that said that...
ConservativeDemocrat
Jul 2015
#91
Well I personally don't give 2 fucks what you think. As I said in my
Guy Whitey Corngood
Jul 2015
#95
Tell you what slappy. Show me where I made that claim. I was specifically
Guy Whitey Corngood
Jul 2015
#118
Well, your post DID begin "I could be mistaken here...." So clearly you made no claim whatever.
merrily
Jul 2015
#193
Check this out bubula. You can try to Rightsplain this shit all you want and try to
Guy Whitey Corngood
Jul 2015
#199
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=2952192
WorseBeforeBetter
Jul 2015
#159
See? Gays had the right to free speech, equal to heteros. Where was the problem? OMFG.
merrily
Jul 2015
#203
Yes correct, same poster also said 'there is only one right you don't have' meaning marriage
Bluenorthwest
Jul 2015
#195
I wonder how much of that was gullibility, and how much was plain malice.
nomorenomore08
Jul 2015
#175
Please repeat after me: "Whatever is, is right and good and the best that could possibly exist,
merrily
Jul 2015
#214
Who gives a SHIT if a politician is 'for' you privately, if they're *against* you publicly?
Marr
Jul 2015
#111
+1 What the President says publicly impacts public opinion and lives profoundly.
merrily
Jul 2015
#220
You missed all the posts about Bernie's writings and women fantasizing about being raped?
Sheepshank
Jul 2015
#128
"Bernie writes" present tense. False. 43 fucking years ago. "Essays." Plural False.
merrily
Jul 2015
#185
A deal was cut in 2008. Obama lived up to his end of it and so did the Clintons.
merrily
Jul 2015
#222
All you have to do is look at DU threads about McClurkin, Rick Warren, or Obama 08 to see
Bluenorthwest
Jul 2015
#11
Everyone knew how it was going to be once Rick Warren gave his talk and Rahm was COS.
LiberalArkie
Jul 2015
#63
I remember that because it was also tied in with "it's just a little prayer!11!!"
riderinthestorm
Jul 2015
#213
Skinner posted in ATA once that he doesn't care if banshees and banhees return, as long
merrily
Jul 2015
#226
Have the force of character to call someone a liar if that's what you mean.
DisgustipatedinCA
Jul 2015
#26
Oh please, it happened, most of the posts were deleted, but nothing...
Humanist_Activist
Jul 2015
#93
I think the point is more to do with people who would never march at all.
nomorenomore08
Jul 2015
#180
while i agree with you in principle, my desire to gloat sometimes just triumphs over my principles!
La Lioness Priyanka
Jul 2015
#212
So just the sheer transcendent majesty of his being President caused Iowa to legalize it?
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Jul 2015
#78
And did they change the face of America like Reaganites did(for the worse)? Not even close.
Rex
Jul 2015
#46
LBJ and IKE were textbook conservatives...the kind that by the 1980s Newt could only dream
Rex
Jul 2015
#49
While you're at it, I'd like to see the MIC totally defunded, Banksters in prison their spoils
Dont call me Shirley
Jul 2015
#80
I remember that too. I remember being TOLD THAT and that The Left was going to lose
sabrina 1
Jul 2015
#79
You are absolutely correct. I remember the centrists' term "poutrage" for referring to civil rights.
RadiationTherapy
Jul 2015
#100
Your name doesn't seem to me to be a good fit. You seem to be appologizing for the
rhett o rick
Jul 2015
#147
The pony was supposed to appear on the day after Inauguration, without having to shovel pony shit....
Hekate
Jul 2015
#121
Good to know activists have the power to sign bills &executive orders &direct the military as CIC...
Hekate
Jul 2015
#129
I agree with him too, but if he had not been doing his job, they might still be waiting.
Hekate
Jul 2015
#230
Piss poor political analysis...We lost because it's hard to get our base to turn out for...
DemocratSinceBirth
Jul 2015
#139
I agree. Calling LGBT activists "brazen" is about as reactionary as it gets. n/t
nomorenomore08
Jul 2015
#177
I suspect social change always starts out with a radical idea that with time and effort
mythology
Jul 2015
#138
Everybody needs a platform, I guess. Even if it's merely the lack of one.
nomorenomore08
Jul 2015
#176
This did not come about accidentally. The Human Rights Campaign and other groups
merrily
Jul 2015
#184
I can remember fighting for "civil unions" just so we could get our LGBT brothers and sisters a seat
LaydeeBug
Jul 2015
#209
Tons of Bernie supporters in this thread agree with you. Two Hillary supporters disagree.
ieoeja
Jul 2015
#216