Obama Plays the Odds and Finally, Officially Flips on Gay Marriage; Or Did He?
Just before Vice-President Joe Biden went on Ellen to decry California's "Proposition 8" back in October 2008, his boss, President Barack Hussein Obama was on television giving his opinion on how he supported traditional marriage, after of course he said he supported same-sex marriage in 1996 while still a Illinois State Senator. Which means he was lying to the American people...again.
Why did he flip on such a socially important topic? Twice? Well, his party and defenders will (and have) say Obama's opinion on the subject has "evolved." See, only democrats and Liberals get to have opinions that "evolve." Republicans and Conservatives (even Libertarians to an extent) are "flip-floppers" They don't get the luxury of getting to change their minds.
They say the epitome of conservatism is "the status quo." Bill Mahr recently made a joke about how if your a real conservative, you have to have the same opinion when your 18 as when your 78. He said it as an insult. You see, "everybody knows" conservatives are mindless, unforgiving robots that are unable to "evolve" and must always, always adhere to the strict, stiff, linear doctrine of the "extreme" right. So when a lefty, such as the infallible Barack Obama does it, he is afforded that luxury. Because you see he had to have been mistaken, therefore, he is given four years latitude to correct himself and make the correct decision. But only because he's a left-wing demagogue that can still probably walk on water if he really wanted to.
But why now? Why didn't Obama stake this claim long ago? Why didn't he address this "historic" decision at his first State of the Union? Surely such a socially important and historic opinion deserved a grand platform and a nation-wide audience. But alas, it was left to the Vice-President to divulge the Commander-in-Chief's seemingly secret and not-so-important opinion on a daytime talk-show with minimal ratings. As I mentioned, the president's initial opinion was he was "more or less" against gay marriage. And this was before he totally misrepresented DOMA (The Defense of Marriage Act)-or as Obama put it, the Defense Against Marriage. Once again demonstrating that he either a) does not read anything put out in front of him and is not nearly as intelligent as his followers want him to be, or b) he didn't really care for traditional marriage to begin with. The timing of his now "fully evolved" opinion on the matter beginning to take shape.
Could it be the real reason Obama is now coming out of his shell to embrace gay marriage (like he always has?) and anyone who doesn't is just a plain old fool, regardless of why they don't, other than political expedience? Could it be a simple matter of cultural relevance and media complacency? It's not surprising that Obama's little revelation comes at a time when seemingly every member of the mainstream media is slobberingly in favor two people of the same sex tying the knot and are only too happy to let you know about it-you know, the people that, professionally speaking, are not supposed to have an opinion? Add to that Hollywood's embracing of the former taboo subject. Gay characters and story lines (mostly supportive ones) are now a regular thing with of a lot of writers of both the big and small screen. There are major gay characters and gay-themed shows Will & Grace and Glee (or at least in Glee's case, it seems like a pro-gay message) and before them there was the deplorable Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, with the cast presenting (the first and only as far as I know) Best Gay Hero Award at the MTV Awards (yes there was a Best gay Hero Award)
There was also the critically-acclaimed and dipped-so-much-in-Oscar-sauce-it-made-you-sick, Brokeback Mountain
It now permeates as a social construct, or at least a social barometer. If you write about it favorably, you're a decent human being and you may continue on with your life unabated and unabashed. If not, and especially if you publicly decry gay marriage, you are now a pariah, unfit to breathe the same air as the rest of the righteous heroes of a now more enlightened society. Either that or the Prez always supported gay marriage and had to seem torn about it for the real political expediency.
Come to think of it, that's what he was in fact doing. He wasn't flip-flopping, he was lying! Again! And his acolytes bought it and defended it from day one. Do you think they have any idea how much Obama used them and made complete fools of them? Do you think they will care and still defend him?
But having said all this, does the President of the United States' opinion on this matter, or any social matter really mean anything? Does it really have that much sway with Suzy Homemaker or Larry Lunchpail? Most polls-or if you're like me and don't really trust or have the need for polls-documented history shows that no it doesn't. Look for instance at the aforementioned Proposition 8. The California Democrats spent millions in trying to convince people that the proposed bill was inhumane. That it was unconstitutional. It didn't matter what all the Ivy-League politicians or brain-dead celebrities said, traditional marriage was defended by a large majority in one of the most liberal states in the Union.
In any event, it's still a state-to-state decision and I can't see traditional marriage being in such a great deal of trouble to the point of it's eradication. At least not without a huge fight and decisions going back and forth in the courts, if it even gets to that point.
Some people like Red State's Erick Erickson and even (yikes!) Slate editor David Plotz have seemingly seen through Barry's charade.
FOX News liberal contributor Kirsten Powers called it best. Obama's "historic" flip is "less evolution and more intelligent design." But anyways, yeah, President Obama has no balls. Whatever it takes...Chicago style.
Why did he flip on such a socially important topic? Twice? Well, his party and defenders will (and have) say Obama's opinion on the subject has "evolved." See, only democrats and Liberals get to have opinions that "evolve." Republicans and Conservatives (even Libertarians to an extent) are "flip-floppers" They don't get the luxury of getting to change their minds.
They say the epitome of conservatism is "the status quo." Bill Mahr recently made a joke about how if your a real conservative, you have to have the same opinion when your 18 as when your 78. He said it as an insult. You see, "everybody knows" conservatives are mindless, unforgiving robots that are unable to "evolve" and must always, always adhere to the strict, stiff, linear doctrine of the "extreme" right. So when a lefty, such as the infallible Barack Obama does it, he is afforded that luxury. Because you see he had to have been mistaken, therefore, he is given four years latitude to correct himself and make the correct decision. But only because he's a left-wing demagogue that can still probably walk on water if he really wanted to.
But why now? Why didn't Obama stake this claim long ago? Why didn't he address this "historic" decision at his first State of the Union? Surely such a socially important and historic opinion deserved a grand platform and a nation-wide audience. But alas, it was left to the Vice-President to divulge the Commander-in-Chief's seemingly secret and not-so-important opinion on a daytime talk-show with minimal ratings. As I mentioned, the president's initial opinion was he was "more or less" against gay marriage. And this was before he totally misrepresented DOMA (The Defense of Marriage Act)-or as Obama put it, the Defense Against Marriage. Once again demonstrating that he either a) does not read anything put out in front of him and is not nearly as intelligent as his followers want him to be, or b) he didn't really care for traditional marriage to begin with. The timing of his now "fully evolved" opinion on the matter beginning to take shape.
Could it be the real reason Obama is now coming out of his shell to embrace gay marriage (like he always has?) and anyone who doesn't is just a plain old fool, regardless of why they don't, other than political expedience? Could it be a simple matter of cultural relevance and media complacency? It's not surprising that Obama's little revelation comes at a time when seemingly every member of the mainstream media is slobberingly in favor two people of the same sex tying the knot and are only too happy to let you know about it-you know, the people that, professionally speaking, are not supposed to have an opinion? Add to that Hollywood's embracing of the former taboo subject. Gay characters and story lines (mostly supportive ones) are now a regular thing with of a lot of writers of both the big and small screen. There are major gay characters and gay-themed shows Will & Grace and Glee (or at least in Glee's case, it seems like a pro-gay message) and before them there was the deplorable Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, with the cast presenting (the first and only as far as I know) Best Gay Hero Award at the MTV Awards (yes there was a Best gay Hero Award)
There was also the critically-acclaimed and dipped-so-much-in-Oscar-sauce-it-made-you-sick, Brokeback Mountain
It now permeates as a social construct, or at least a social barometer. If you write about it favorably, you're a decent human being and you may continue on with your life unabated and unabashed. If not, and especially if you publicly decry gay marriage, you are now a pariah, unfit to breathe the same air as the rest of the righteous heroes of a now more enlightened society. Either that or the Prez always supported gay marriage and had to seem torn about it for the real political expediency.
Come to think of it, that's what he was in fact doing. He wasn't flip-flopping, he was lying! Again! And his acolytes bought it and defended it from day one. Do you think they have any idea how much Obama used them and made complete fools of them? Do you think they will care and still defend him?
But having said all this, does the President of the United States' opinion on this matter, or any social matter really mean anything? Does it really have that much sway with Suzy Homemaker or Larry Lunchpail? Most polls-or if you're like me and don't really trust or have the need for polls-documented history shows that no it doesn't. Look for instance at the aforementioned Proposition 8. The California Democrats spent millions in trying to convince people that the proposed bill was inhumane. That it was unconstitutional. It didn't matter what all the Ivy-League politicians or brain-dead celebrities said, traditional marriage was defended by a large majority in one of the most liberal states in the Union.
In any event, it's still a state-to-state decision and I can't see traditional marriage being in such a great deal of trouble to the point of it's eradication. At least not without a huge fight and decisions going back and forth in the courts, if it even gets to that point.
Some people like Red State's Erick Erickson and even (yikes!) Slate editor David Plotz have seemingly seen through Barry's charade.
FOX News liberal contributor Kirsten Powers called it best. Obama's "historic" flip is "less evolution and more intelligent design." But anyways, yeah, President Obama has no balls. Whatever it takes...Chicago style.
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