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In reply to the discussion: So is every complaint about Obama wrong? Or some people just don't like to hear them? [View all]DWilliamsamh
(1,445 posts)No one is perfect and Obama is far from what I thought he was but that faux pas, as charged and angry making as it was, is meaningless when compared with the actual policy advances in my opinion. I mean really... how can the mistake of having someone speak - and not against your community during that speech - who has said some pretty awful things against you in the past compare to actually getting discriminatory laws and regulations off the books?
I was angry as hell at the time as well - and I STILL think it was a horrible mistake right out of the gate but put it in context. Holding an "optics" issue against someone who has made clear changes to policy in your favor even at the expense of helping (even unintentionally) put someone in office that will actively work against you is just silly.