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A quick flyby today: Found this post by Andoni at Citizen Crain (via Sullivan):

President George W. Bush’s presidency has been marred by its rigid thinking with little ability to change when new circumstances on the ground dictate that new ideas, policies, or plans should be tried.

I would argue that the Human Rights Campaign has been using the same modus operandi for the past 14 years. Their two prime priorities have been Hate Crimes legislation and the Employment Non Discrimination Act (ENDA). Neither has successfully become law despite year s of trying and literally millions of dollars spent.

One would think that after 14 years of failure, some leaders of the gay movement would try to assess the situation on the ground and change priorities or strategy.

It's a good variation on my often-repeated comment that marriage is the fight we have, so let's fight it. HRC et al. got blindsided back in 1993 and not took until now to figure it out, but kept insisting that everyone else had to accept their (patently ineffective) strategy. That sort of rigidity is a major reason why I have no patience with the national gay rights groups at this point.

What is that definition of insanity? Trying the same thing over and over under the same circumstances and expecting a different result?