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Jenoch

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27. He could have put on a

Reply to Ken Burch (Reply #24)

Fri Mar 8, 2013, 10:00 PM

Mar 2013

a helmet and ridden around sticking out of a tank and still won in '96.

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Pic of the Moment: Bill Clinton: DOMA should be overturned. [View all] Skinner Mar 2013 OP

now if he'd just turn against his NAFTA and welfare "reform", too nt HomerRamone Mar 2013 #1

Nice turd drop on the LGBTQ community. DURHAM D Mar 2013 #2

Because I brought up other bad things Clinton's done, I'm insulting those hurt by this one? nt HomerRamone Mar 2013 #3

Typical. Spitfire of ATJ Mar 2013 #6

"Keep The Whales Out Of The Forest!" Ken Burch Mar 2013 #22

No turd drop at all. Ken Burch Mar 2013 #20

Clinton signed DOMA into law Jenoch Mar 2013 #4

Politics is what took him so long. lark Mar 2013 #5

I suspect that if polls still showed solid public opposition to gay marriage totodeinhere Mar 2013 #9

Clinton and Obama both changed their tunes lark Mar 2013 #11

The difference, of course, is that Obama changed his in an election season... Drunken Irishman Mar 2013 #35

One difference... awoke_in_2003 Mar 2013 #13

That, in fact, was the single most courageous moment of Obama's presidency. Ken Burch Mar 2013 #26

I think I must agree. nt awoke_in_2003 Mar 2013 #29

Politics, but also culture Ash_F Mar 2013 #32

There was a very real fear markpkessinger Mar 2013 #15

True. Clinton ran on lifting the Armed Forces ban. MADem Mar 2013 #31

I think that reaction is extreme... Drunken Irishman Mar 2013 #33

The Federal Marriage Amendment got virtually no Democratic votes in 2006 Hippo_Tron Mar 2013 #38

He didn't GET the Southern vote, either: Ken Burch Mar 2013 #21

I never wrote that he got the southern vote. Jenoch Mar 2013 #23

Didn't say you did...just pointing out that his "tactic" there was a total failure. Ken Burch Mar 2013 #24

He could have put on a Jenoch Mar 2013 #27

Probably so. Ken Burch Mar 2013 #28

He was also well on his way to reelection before signing it. Drunken Irishman Mar 2013 #34

That's true. Ken Burch Mar 2013 #36

I think you guys are being too harsh. aaaaaa5a Mar 2013 #7

There was no courage in signing DOMA...it was impossible to sign that Ken Burch Mar 2013 #25

Worse, he ran gay-baiting ads touting signing DOMA in 1996. AtomicKitten Mar 2013 #41

Only 17 years too late. rivegauche Mar 2013 #8

So you are changing your registration then? FreeState Mar 2013 #10

Yes I sure will! nt rivegauche Mar 2013 #12

Better late than never, I guess Scootaloo Mar 2013 #14

Should mean about as much 1983law Mar 2013 #16

Well. I guess you do what you can do in the age in which you're doing it. NYC_SKP Mar 2013 #17

He gained nothing politically by signing DOMA. Ken Burch Mar 2013 #19

So...he was for it then so he COULD be against it now? Ken Burch Mar 2013 #18

Message auto-removed shellieh98 Mar 2013 #30

Did he ever apoligize for DADT? lunasun Mar 2013 #37

It's shit like this that let's me know that Bill wasn't a good president. craigmatic Mar 2013 #39

"At what age did you choose not to be gay?" LaPera Mar 2013 #40