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kpete (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 11:34 AM Original message |
(Jimmy Carter) America Is Ready for a Gay President |
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33Greeper (69 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
1. Rachel Maddow |
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me b zola (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 01:33 PM Response to Reply #1 |
16. I really think that should would, too |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 02:48 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Rachel is too damn nice. |
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Still a Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 10:40 AM Response to Reply #20 |
65. She might surprise you |
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bushisanidiot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
2. The country, meaning the electorate, isn't. |
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AlbertCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 02:49 PM Response to Reply #2 |
21. We won't have a gay president for at least another 50 years. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 09:57 AM Response to Reply #21 |
48. Too pessimistic, IMO. An out gay may not get your mom's vote, or even your sister's, but |
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WillParkinson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
3. Oh please... |
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CurtEastPoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 11:42 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. ...or serve openly in the military (fingers crossed!) n/t |
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CLANG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 01:42 PM Response to Reply #3 |
17. And all the ruckus over BHO tells me we really weren't ready |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 06:50 PM Response to Reply #17 |
27. ready or not, he's here |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 09:42 AM Response to Reply #27 |
43. I did. In fact, I believed it in 2004, after his speech at the Convention. |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 10:28 AM Response to Reply #27 |
60. By 2007, a very large percent of the people on DU |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 10:11 AM Response to Reply #17 |
56. Some of the ruckus is about race. The rest is about his policies and behaviors. |
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24601 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 08:38 PM Response to Reply #3 |
30. Is he that naive or was he just being provocative? n/t |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 10:00 AM Response to Reply #30 |
51. Neither. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 09:59 AM Response to Reply #3 |
49. IMO, you and Jimmeh are both correct. Please see Reply 46. |
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Botany (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
5. We already had a gay or bi President |
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shawn703 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 12:48 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. I heard about Buchanan likely being gay |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 06:48 PM Response to Reply #10 |
26. we've had several gay presidents as far as i know |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 10:02 AM Response to Reply #10 |
52. While you're at it, look up Log Cabin Republicans. |
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PfcHammer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
6. Prolly had several that were on the DL |
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DonCoquixote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
7. The GOP knows this |
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Harry Monroe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
8. Oh please, this country wasn't really ready for a black president!! |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 10:21 AM Response to Reply #8 |
59. Please see Replies 46 and 56. |
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NobodyHere (31 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 10:42 AM Response to Reply #8 |
67. Right |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
9. Deleted message |
area51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 03:01 PM Response to Reply #9 |
23. Yeah, that was my thought, |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
11. lol. an american president not allowed to marry his husband or serve in the army |
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obxhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
12. There is not an issue with gays to deal with. |
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Playinghardball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
13. Bernie Sanders for President!!! |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 01:27 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. PLEASE tell me you're not insinuating anything about Sen. Sanders' sexual preference. |
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Playinghardball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 02:03 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Not at all... |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 10:30 AM Response to Reply #18 |
61. What in your mind was the connection between Sanders and this thread? |
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xxqqqzme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 02:23 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. Did you mean Congressman Barney Frank? |
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Playinghardball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 02:53 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. No! |
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Behind the Aegis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 08:50 PM Response to Reply #14 |
32. Because being "gay" would be an insult? |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 09:24 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Of course not. |
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Behind the Aegis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 12:35 AM Response to Reply #34 |
37. Awesome. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 10:07 AM Response to Reply #32 |
55. How about because being gay would be irrelevant to who should be Presdent? |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
15. I'm just wondering when the hell we're going to elect a PROGRESSIVE president. |
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Matilda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 07:25 PM Response to Reply #15 |
28. John F. Kennedy was a progressive, |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 09:51 AM Response to Reply #28 |
47. 11-22-63 = Message Sent from the Oligarchs to the "People", IMO. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 10:33 AM Response to Reply #28 |
62. No, he was a liberal. So were Bobby and Teddy. |
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Matilda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 09:33 PM Response to Reply #62 |
73. I did add the disclaimer that it was by the standards of his time. |
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qb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
24. Does he mean in 2012? |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 10:35 AM Response to Reply #24 |
63. The answer to your question is in the OP. |
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goddess40 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
25. I believe we've been there done that |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 10:41 AM Response to Reply #25 |
66. Don't you think Maddow and Jimmeh meant "openly gay?" |
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Alamuti Lotus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 08:03 PM Response to Original message |
29. I would settle for a halfway decent president, don't really care who they fuck on the side |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 10:00 AM Response to Reply #29 |
50. Um, this is not about a 'fuck on the side' this is about relationships |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
31. My money is still on James Buchanan as the first. |
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Behind the Aegis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
33. Yeah, right. |
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AlphaCentauri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
35. of course |
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Divine Discontent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 10:20 PM Response to Original message |
36. God bless President Carter! It's important for people of his stature to say things such as this.n/t |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 10:49 AM Response to Reply #36 |
68. Kudos to the first poster on this thread to get it. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 04:05 AM Response to Original message |
38. I'm sure that the PTB can find one that's a corporate whore |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 10:51 AM Response to Reply #38 |
69. Liz Cheney for one. |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 04:29 AM Response to Original message |
39. But not an atheist one.. |
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FLPanhandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 09:44 AM Response to Reply #39 |
44. Nope. We couldn't be elected to city dogcatcher. |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 10:03 AM Response to Reply #44 |
53. Pete Stark is House Member from CA 13th since 1973 |
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FLPanhandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 10:39 AM Response to Reply #53 |
64. Cool. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 10:57 AM Response to Reply #39 |
70. Maybe the two are related. Being anti-gay is very much tied to the Bible, supposedly, anyway. |
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democracy1st (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 05:21 AM Response to Original message |
40. He needs to go rest,we can't even get a liberal elected! |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 10:20 AM Response to Reply #40 |
58. Please see Reply 46. Hell, Im even optimistic the pendulum will swing in favor of liberals. |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 06:02 AM Response to Original message |
41. OK, so long as she is not a republican....nt |
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Norrin Radd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 06:34 AM Response to Original message |
42. When will we have the first android President? |
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Stevenmarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 09:48 AM Response to Original message |
45. You mean Lincoln doesn't count |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 09:49 AM Response to Original message |
46. A President's putting it out there is very important. Saying "no" would have been awful. |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
54. Jimmy is a smart man |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
57. Smart man |
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dbt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
71. The entire South will have to be sedated |
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RugbyGod (3 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
72. I don't think so |
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