Why doesn’t Barack go and make these promises personally?
Mindful of the audience in front of her, [Michelle Obama] then touched up gay and lesbian issues. “In a world as it should be,” Obama said, “we repeal laws like DOMA (the Defense of Marriage Act) and ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.’” She also said an Obama Administration would “recognize” gay adoption rights. Both lines received loud applause. Another crowd pleasing line was about the Iraq war. “In a world as it should be,” Obama said, “we end this war responsibly.”
This is pretty dramatic stuff. Democrats love to rail against the Defense of Marriage Act (signed by that reactionary Bill Clinton), but it would probably have overwhelming support if anyone bothered to poll on it. It simply guarantees that no state will be required to recognize gay marriages sanctioned in other states. It does not prevent a state from recognizing such marriages, nor sanctioning its own. In effect, it requires an action of the state legislature to bring same sex marriage to a state, rather than a court.
If Barack plans to overturn DOMA, and to recognize gay adoption, why isn’t he more forthcoming about it? Why is Michelle Obama making promises at secluded fundraisers in liberal enclaves, far from the eyes of the mainstream press?
The Left is fond of saying that McCain is stealthily and secretly trying to extend President Bush’s policies for four more years. That wouldn’t be so laughable if Obama were more forthcoming about his own.
Neil Stevens
Steve Maley
Nails in coffins
hunter (Diary) Monday, September 8th at 9:57PM EST (link)Michelle is so helpful.
hunter
Do these revelations just come to her?
Maggie_in_Indiana (Diary) Monday, September 8th at 10:54PM EST (link)Or does every wackco group in the country send in scripts for her?
People who were/are supporters are beginning not to trust either one of them. They know something is not ringing true in what the charming couple is saying. I just think they lie through their teeth.
Maggie in Indiana
Michelle Obama is now fair game
tankertodd (Diary) Monday, September 8th at 10:54PM EST (link)I personally have little problem with gay marriage and adoption but that is immaterial – I don’t like the idea of a candidate’s wife going off and doing fund raisers and policy change statements because the candidate doesn’t have the stones to do it himself. She should be questioned on those views.
You know darn well that Obama can’t get caught standing anywhere near a gay or even the color pink at this point given his massive shift to the right. Which is sad. A leader of character ought to have the courage of conviction to stick to his guns and stand with the folks you say you stand by.
Perhaps it’s good for the gay community that there isn’t a bus in the world that would accomodate them being thrown under.
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The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race – Chief Justice Roberts
Michelle is the reason why Obama picked Biden; Michelle is really running as Obama's VP.
Rod_Patrick (Diary) Monday, September 8th at 11:04PM EST (link)Shades of Hillary Clinton?
Maggie_in_Indiana (Diary) Monday, September 8th at 11:13PM EST (link)Wonder what office she’ll run for? Mayor of Chicago,State Rep.,How about Hubby’s empty seat? We know the PTA is out.Ummm
Maggie in Indiana
And subtle as well
morganm Monday, September 8th at 11:19PM EST (link)I love that she continues using the “world as it should be” lines from Saul Alinsky. Just straight out of a playbook so old, and so thin, and so shopworn– thank you so much Mrs. Obama.
Michelle Obama: Palin isn't smart like Biden
Hammer2008 (Diary) Monday, September 8th at 11:30PM EST (link)As reported on LA Weekly’s Queer Town blog by a “pool reporter”, before Michelle Obama pushed the homosexual agenda, she worked in a backhanded slap at Gov. Sarah Palin. Good thing the Obama campaign is keeping her under wraps, eh?
(This occured at a fundraiser the night Gov. Palin was accepting the nomination for Vice-President.)
Some background and excerpts:
Does this mean someone should ask “The One” if homosexuals couples would get preferential adoption treatment of an black child over a black couple?
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Too much noise! “Noise! You’ll have noise enough before long. The Regulars are coming out.” ~ Paul Revere (April 18th, 1775′s eve…)
In a world as it should be,
Menlo (Diary) Monday, September 8th at 11:31PM EST (link)she would not be there. There would be no government or need for government if the world was as it should be.
“The ultimate touchstone of constitutionality is the Constitution itself and not what we have said about it.” -Felix Frankfurter
Of course she's fair game
Bill S (Diary) Monday, September 8th at 11:36PM EST (link)Ever since she made her first stump speech she’s been fair game, despite The Obamessiah’s whinings to the contrary. If you’re campaigning for a candidate, it’s within bounds to have your own credentials questioned. Unlike the Palin children, Mrs. Obamessiah is actively engaged.
Somehow Barry fails to get the difference. No shocker there.
“It’s such a fine line between stupid, and clever.” – David St. Hubbins
Michelle is the Smartest Woman In the World
Rod_Patrick (Diary) Monday, September 8th at 11:43PM EST (link)… So Narcissistic.
The Democrats say that she is Superwoman.
she is...
Jack (Diary) Monday, September 8th at 11:57PM EST (link)the gift that keeps on giving.
Jack
“If at age 20 you are conservative you have no heart. It at age 30 you are liberal you have no brains.” Sir Winston Churchill