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In the past few weeks a series of reforms have been passed which some are saying justify President Obama’s, the Democratic Party’s, and American liberals’ extreme moderation and corporatism (or, in some cases, a mere subservience to, if not an outright embrace of, this horribly corrupt form of capitalism). However, I would advise you to [...] Ian Welch Gays dropped their votes to Dems significantly from 2008 levels. Hispanics voted for Democrats at about 2008 levels despite horrible policies against them. You only have leverage if you are willing to defect in a high profile fashion. A group concerned with a specific issue once went to FDR to lobby for their [...] DADT is expected to pass on Sunday at 3 PM today, EST. Wa-hoo! And apparently he’s a-ok with torture too, with policies no different from Bush and Ashcroft. For civil libertarians, President Obama now ranks with one of the worst presidents in our history and virtually indistinguishable in these cases from his predecessor. For all of those Democrats in Congress begging for support, I will simply add [...] Will Obama do the right thing and support the decision? After all he did promise to end DADT. I’m not holding my breath. Oh no, don’t make me fight for something. Besides it’s all the Republicans fault. Shriek. AmericaBlog So, the United States Senate made it clear that LGBT Americans still aren’t equal. Most of us are well aware of that, but the GOPers really drove home the point. Homophobia ruled. But, to be clear, the [...] Lefti on the News In the last couple days the elimination of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” has gone from one year to two years away. Hey, not so fast! If Obama wants to rescind DADT, he simply needs to do what Truman did to end segregation in the Armed Forces. As commander in [...] |  | ||||
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