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2016 Postmortem

stubtoe

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14. This is like when the Berlin wall fell. Or the end of Apartheid.

Reply to Tx4obama (Original post)

Sun May 13, 2012, 11:29 AM

May 2012

Or other seismic shifts in collective consciousness that occurred when something that seemed so permanent and impenetrable, for so long, suddenly collapsed under its own weight.

President Obama, in just a few words, at just the right time, has triggered one of those moments of societal attitude adjustment. A real paradigm shift.

Reading this article, and the talking points memo it discusses, convinces me of that.

When Republican strategists take the trouble to point this out, the change is already underway.

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Top GOP Pollster to GOP: Reverse On Gay Issues [View all] Tx4obama May 2012 OP

Think about what the rights goal must be. Force gay people back to the status brewens May 2012 #1

Did you read the whole article on the link in the OP? n/t Tx4obama May 2012 #2

Yes. I was commenting on the rabid right-wing anti gay people that brewens May 2012 #4

You're right on. There are basically four groups. napoleon_in_rags May 2012 #5

imo group #4 is mostly made up of people fearful that they are gay... polichick May 2012 #11

Agreed. Like I always say: a cat and a salad = napoleon_in_rags May 2012 #12

Exactly. polichick May 2012 #13

Good find dbackjon May 2012 #3

Someone jokingly posted that Mitt Romney was taking responsibility for gateley May 2012 #6

I don't think this will amount to much RZM May 2012 #7

Yes, Romney is throwing his support of adoption by same sex couples under the bus Bolo Boffin May 2012 #8

It is falling on hateful GOP peoples' ears that are not listening. AlinPA May 2012 #9

There is no way the GOP will reverse course on this issue.. DCBob May 2012 #10

This is like when the Berlin wall fell. Or the end of Apartheid. stubtoe May 2012 #14

This is merely an obvious fact. This is the death knell of the GOP, because they can't handle fact. joshcryer May 2012 #15