Log Cabin Republicans On Obama: ‘Offensive And Callous’

[Capt. Obvious]

The Log Cabin Republicans issued the following statement on news of President Obama’s endorsement of same-sex marriage:

“That the president has chosen today, when LGBT Americans are mourning the passage of Amendment One, to finally speak up for marriage equality is offensive and callous,” said R. Clarke Cooper, Log Cabin Republicans Executive Director. “Log Cabin Republicans appreciate that President Obama has finally come in line with leaders like Vice President Dick Cheney on this issue, but LGBT Americans are right to be angry that this calculated announcement comes too late to be of any use to the people of North Carolina, or any of the other states that have addressed this issue on his watch. This administration has manipulated LGBT families for political gain as much as anybody, and after his campaign’s ridiculous contortions to deny support for marriage equality this week he does not deserve praise for an announcement that comes a day late and a dollar short.”

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entries/log-cabin-republicans-on-obama-offensive-callous

I spit out my coffee reading Dick Cheney's name.

I totally forgot that marriage equality being part of the 2004 RNC/9-11 platform.

[Capt. Obvious]

1. I'd like to see their response to Romney's coming denouncement of Obama

or will he take credit for it?

[LadyHawkAZ]

6. Both n/t

[Capt. Obvious]

8. And then flip flop

[NYC Liberal]

2. Yeah, "leader" Dick Cheney has been SO outspoken about gay rights.

What a bunch of crap.

[Ruby the Liberal]

4. Actually, as much as I despise the man, he is on the right side of history with this.

He heavily lobbied the Maryland state legislature (R)s on passing equal rights in the state.

His daughter is gay.

[NYC Liberal]

9. I know that but how much did he speak out when he was VP?

The statement talks about "too little too late" etc.

[Ruby the Liberal]

10. Not a peep out of the man

until he was finally out of office and living the life of the pulse-free Undead.

[NYC Liberal]

14. Exactly. They bash Obama for not speaking out "soon enough"

(ignoring everything else he's done on gay rights issues), yet he is speaking out in office, in the middle of a reelection campaign. I NEVER saw old Dick do that.

I'm glad Cheney is on the right side of this issue but this statement from the Log Cabin Repugs is crap.

[Ruby the Liberal]

20. They know that what lingering

low hanging fruit they may be able to pick just climbed up a branch or 2, out of reach.

(Jury - picking low hanging fruit is a sales phrase for making a quick sale, it isn't political, racial or orientation related)

[Enrique]

19. not true

he spoke about it during the 2004 election

8/25/2004

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5817720/ns/politics/t/cheney-odds-bush-gay-marriage/#.T6rGhcXeaUk

At a campaign rally in this Mississippi River town, Cheney spoke supportively about gay relationships, saying “freedom means freedom for everyone,” when asked about his stand on gay marriage.

“Lynne and I have a gay daughter, so it’s an issue our family is very familiar with,” Cheney told an audience that included his daughter. “With the respect to the question of relationships, my general view is freedom means freedom for everyone. ... People ought to be free to enter into any kind of relationship they want to.

“The question that comes up with the issue of marriage is what kind of official sanction or approval is going to be granted by government? Historically, that’s been a relationship that has been handled by the states. The states have made that fundamental decision of what constitutes a marriage,” he said.

[Ruby the Liberal]

21. That he wanted to see same sex marriage legal?

[Enrique]

25. same as what Obama just said

that he personally believes in marriage equality.

[Salviati]

16. I don't give him too much credit for this...

His daughter is gay.

And this is the (only) reason that Dick Cheney is on the right side of the issue.


The one common factor that unites all republicans is that they have zero empathy. They cannot understand a problem unless they themselves, or someone very close to them is undergoing that exact problem.

While I'm happy that Dick Cheney doesn't hate his daughter, I'm not going to give him too much credit for it.

[Capt. Obvious]

18. Dick Cheney: He's better than Alan Keyes

He didn't disown his daughter.

[Salviati]

27. :puke:

Like I said above, I really am glad that Dick Cheney accepts his daughter for who she is, Alan Keys on the other hand is a vile excuse for a human being.

[Ruby the Liberal]

22. Yep - why I noted it.

That is his reason. It has nothing to do with a desire to see equality. It is the "it affects my house" thing.

[The Magistrate]

3. These People, Captain, Are Craven Idiots

"Fuck 'em! Fuck 'em twice!"

[Capt. Obvious]

7. I look forward to their condemnation of their party's standard bearer..

and the RNC platform.

Waiting.

Waiting.

Waiting.

[redqueen]

12. That's far too good for them.

No fucks for them, that's what I say.

[cali]

5. omg. fuck the fuckwad log cabin repukes. same as all other asshole repukes.

[DisgustipatedinCA]

11. Defend Dick Cheney, and nothing else you say has any value. It's the law.

[Jennicut]

13. These people like to shoot themselves in the foot. How is Romney working as a candidate for them?

Idiots.

[Terra Alta]

15. Would Cheney be supportive of gay rights if he didn't have a lesbian daughter?

Somehow I doubt it.

[Capt. Obvious]

17. Or if he was still in/running-for office

No. He didn't.

[Mutiny In Heaven]

23. I ask of the Log Cabin Republicans: If you vote for the type of disgusting,

base, blanket discrimination perpetuated by the likes of Mitt Romney & the modern day GOP, what does that say about you?

If you actively seek out discrimination on a very hateful level, aren't you embracing it? Aren't you effectively saying that you want, deserve and enjoy it?

The Republican Party doesn't skirt around the issue, it doesn't advocate a humane and understanding method, a purely ideological disagreement. It fans the flames of fear and loathing. If that is what you reap, it is surely what you'll sow.

[annabanana]

24. ?

that's just weird

log cabin repubs are weird

chickens for Col Sanders

[appleannie1]

26. Funny but it is the Thugs that are pushing all the anti gay crap in the states.

[treestar]

28. What do they care about the timing, aren't they glad?

Who in NC would have changed their vote simply because of the POTUS' opinion? The same people who would vote against equality would probably not think much of the President's opinion.

This is the dumb, right here. And since when was Cheney the great champion of LGBT? What was it he said about his daughter's wedding? I think he didn't go? And his daughter's level of privilege is so high it may actually not matter.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

29. Complete and utter insanity: they blame Obama because Republicans voted like Republicans

Even if Obama had come out the day before the vote and had set himself on fire while endorsing gay marriage, does anyone think Republican loons of North Carolina would have stopped voting like Republican loons? Shouldn't Log Cabiners be blaming their fellow Republicans? If Obama is offensive and callous, what should that make North Carolina Republicans in their eyes? These righties get more psychotic every day.

[truebrit71]

30. I'm sorry but I pay no more attention to these empty-headed fools than I would a chicken...

...protesting in favor of Colonel Sanders...

What is it about "THEY FUCKING HATE YOU" those folks don't understand??

[Arkana]

31. Ah yes, the LCRs.

Struggling to make sure that they bootlick the people who think they're subhuman scum.

Guess it's proof that there are rich, entitled gay assholes out there.

[n2doc]

32. Shame that Dick Cheney was so powerless in the Bush administration

I mean, if he could have had some influence on W, perhaps we would have had equality long ago!

[Canuckistanian]

33. I don't believe in LCR's

Nobody's that fucking stupid, let alone a whole ORGANIZATION of them.

I think it's some kind of performance art. Like Michael Caine was.

[yellowcanine]

34. What? Seems like good timing to counteract the NC referendum.

Besides, Obama doesn't gain politically in NC, so why is it callous?