Again, he’s the master.

As far as advancing the same rights he enjoys to the gay community, President Obama is a miserable failure. All he has to do is piss off a couple more groups…like, say…Hispanics and the younger voter and he will wind up a one-term President. The Republican Party won’t have it together yet to pose a threat.

I know the chances of someone electable in the Democratic Party running against an Incumbent are slim at first glance. But, there are many things he may not deliver on, fall well short of, or he could outright fail such as the economy, health care, getting out of Iraq, higher education etc. The honeymoon with the gay community may well be over. I know it is an absurd thought, but what if you were African American and could only serve in the military under the same don’t-ask-don’t-tell policy as gays under President Obama? How would that go over? The comment is not meant to be inflammatory, but to show how perversely ridiculous the policy is to begin with.

In fact, as far as the Defense of Marriage Act. Define marriage as a union between one white man and one white woman. Then give African Americans what he is willing to give to gays in the Federal Government. I’ll bet then and only then will President Obama understand what he is doing. He sure talked a lot about Civil Rights during his campaign and courted the gay community. What does that make him? A hypocrite as he enjoys his basic Civil Rights? Or, just a damn liar?

I don’t think the gay community is looking for an apology. They are looking for action from a President that follows through with his promises. I think if he doesn’t make good on a few things to the gay community, he will lose their support.

I voted for him and I like him, but as far as being President, it’s starting to stink. I like the neuroscience you have injected into this. I find it fascinating and a good warning for the gay community to watch out for. Good reasons to accept an apology from him, false consensus bias and cognitive dissonance…OH MY! (Cognitive dissonance being my favorite.)

Sandy

As Obama himself said, a long time ago, he is basically a blank screen upon which other people project their desires. He is a master of the soft edges, of seeming to say something when he has committed himself to nothing. But, now that he is actually in power, and actually doing things, we can compare his words to his actions. Actions, unlike words, are not ambiguous. What is becoming more and more clear is that Obama is quite far to the left on some issues, and not so much on other issues. He is obviously willing to support a larger increase in the size of the federal government than any President since Lyndon Johnson. If your definition of Left is Big Government, then Obama is Left. But, on gay rights, it is more and more obvious than Obama just does not give a damm. It is clear that Obama has zero personal commitment to the issue. He does what is politically useful to him. And, as you say, lets face it, 98.5% of gays support him. Why should he give anything to a group, whose votes he already has? Anything significant he does for gays will risk offending other people, whose votes Obama is not sure that he has. So, that is an easy calculation for Obama. Talk nice to gays, in glittering generalities, but give them as close to nothing as he can get away with.