tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20030700.post3549814490382103679..comments2023-07-04T06:23:56.465-05:00Comments on Hunter At Random: Am I Being Cynical? (Updated)Hunterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13760530671721879107noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20030700.post-5911082967694342492010-03-30T06:45:16.116-05:002010-03-30T06:45:16.116-05:00He deosn't seem to have really learned it. Wi...He deosn't seem to have really learned it. With DADT, there are all sorts of imponderables -- there's been a lot of speculation that Rahm Emanuel, who got his fingers burned in '93 with this whole thing, is the one saying "wait." And there's a distinct feeling in the community that the Democrats are not our friends -- they talk the talk, but that's where it ends.<Hunterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13760530671721879107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20030700.post-56659024322383672442010-03-29T22:53:51.952-05:002010-03-29T22:53:51.952-05:00Yes, I agree that Obama should not have wasted any...Yes, I agree that Obama should not have wasted any time (let alone an entire year) trying to win Republican support. I guess he had to learn from the school of hard knocks that bipartisanship is a load of crap.Albanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20030700.post-26595246862793186682010-03-29T12:54:47.408-05:002010-03-29T12:54:47.408-05:00Somehow, the conjunction of "Michael Savage&q...Somehow, the conjunction of "Michael Savage" and "politically informed" in the same sentence gives major cognitive dissonance.<br /><br />Not that Obama could have prevented the teabaggers -- they and/or their spiritual brethren have been a reality in American politics pretty much from Day One -- but swift action on whatever issue he chose to showcase first would have lessenedHunterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13760530671721879107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20030700.post-56879280368846941472010-03-29T11:59:53.415-05:002010-03-29T11:59:53.415-05:00I'm all with you on DADT. But, dude, there is ...I'm all with you on DADT. But, dude, there is NO WAY Obama could have prevented the psycho teabagging movement. Have you ever met one of these jerks? They are the fundamentalist nutters who thought assassination of the prez would be patriotic even before he took office because he was secretly a Kenyan terrorist who'd make us all into gay, baby-killing Muslims. My aunt is one of them. She Albanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20030700.post-42856455704825733102010-03-29T07:49:10.813-05:002010-03-29T07:49:10.813-05:00I don't mean to come down hard on you, but I&#...I don't mean to come down hard on you, but I'm seeing the same scenario taking shape: Obama is going to sit in his office, and Pelosi will sit in hers, both saying they don't want to tackle anything controversial right now. Frankly, DADT repeal is probably the least controversial part of the evil Gay Agenda (70% of Americans favor repeal, including 58% of Republicans), but they willHunterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13760530671721879107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20030700.post-59542398335146405112010-03-29T05:15:51.793-05:002010-03-29T05:15:51.793-05:00And Congress had to pass a separate batch of fixes...And Congress had to pass a separate batch of fixes to get something that anyone but the insurance companies could tolerate. That's not leadership. If he'd done his job to start with, he wouldn't need a cup of tea and we wouldn't have Sarah Palin inciting the teabaggers to assassination.<br /><br />DADT is an either/or proposition: either it's repealed, or it's not. Hunterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13760530671721879107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20030700.post-14730938939841071462010-03-28T20:42:22.220-05:002010-03-28T20:42:22.220-05:00It seemed like Obama was wussing out of healthcare...It seemed like Obama was wussing out of healthcare reform and then he (with Pelosi and others) managed to miraculously turn the tide in, like, two weeks. Hopefully he will do the same for gays in the military. Let's just give him a moment to recover from the huge task that was HCR. He looked like shit when he gave the celebratory speech. I wanted to reach into my TV sit to hand him a cup of Albanoreply@blogger.com