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It'll still get pointed at by those desperate to follow this well-trounced rumor. there are always a few. Me, I'm still having a fine chuckle over Terry Moran's priceless flub. I wish there was footage of the look on his face when he either realized what he said, or someone pointed it out to him.

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Originally Posted by flippyshark (Post 237947)

I just got this in an email, and I thought I'd share it:

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Working people frequently ask retired people what they do to make their days interesting.
Well, for exmple,the other day I went downtown and into a shop. I was there for about 5 mins, and when I came out, there was a cop writing out a parking ticket.
I said to him,"Come on , man, how about giving a retired person a break? He ignored me and continued writing the ticket.
I called him a 'Nazi'
He glared at me and wrote another ticket for having worn tires.
So I called him a "doughnut eating gestapo"
He finished the the second ticket and put it on the windshield with the first.
The more I abused him the more tickets he wrote.Personally, I didn't care.
I came downtown on the bus, and the car he was putting the tickets on had a bumper sticker that said "McCain in '08.'
I try to have a little fun each day now that i'm retired It's important to my health.

Skip to 1:15 - the questioner rambles - but the answer is spot on.

Obama defends himself - and the Constitution - clearly.

Diggers - Digg it! :)

Ya know, the more I think about it, the more I find I can't support Mr. Obama. I don't think I'm even going to vote for him.

His stance on finding common ground on thorny social issues that divide this country has become more and more troubling to me. He desires to pull all sides to the middle, and to accommodate people who want to foist their religious beliefs on all Americans so as to curtail the liberties that this country is supposed to be dedicated to.

I have no desire to accommodate people who consider me a sinner who should burn in hell. There's no middle ground that could be occupied. I demand my full civil rights and I will settle for nothing less. I will not meet in the middle those on the complete wrong side of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

Furthermore, with Proposition 8 the most important element of this November's election as far as I'm concerned, I won't be supporting any candidate for any office who is opposed to gay marriage rights.

I'm not willing to move to the middle on women's reproductive freedoms either. So any talk of accommodating the Fundies on this one is a no-go for me as well.

Being as this is California, and a done deal for Obama, I have the luxury of voting my conscience. And mine will not allow a vote for either the Democratic or Republican candidates.

Does Queer Nation still exist? where are the Gay Terrorists?

ISM, I can totally relate. I've gone back and forth with voting for McCain or simply taking advantage that I live in AZ which he'll win by a significant margin. It's only very recently that I feel like I can vote for him without completely gagging as I punch the chad or mark the mark or whatever it is I'll do.

I, for one, will not be someone saying that since you didn't vote you can't complain. Not voting due to a conscious decision is far different than apathy.

iSm, click here.

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Barack Obama supported gay rights during his Illinois Senate tenure. He sponsored legislation in Illinois that would ban discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.
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Every two years the Human Rights Campaign, the largest national gay and lesbian organization, issues a scorecard for members of the Senate based on their sponsorship and voting on key issues of importance to gay and lesbian citizens. Barack Obama scored 89 out of 100% in the 2006 scorecard.
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Barack Obama did vote against a Federal Marriage Amendment and opposed the Defense of Marriage Act in 1996.

Yes, he is not a supporter of the gay marriage movement, which sucks. But he's everything but, and surely 89% is worthy of consideration. I'd say he is the strongest gay-rights presidential candidate, ever.

Just sayin'. :)

CP,
I agree. I would rather see Obama represent me than McCain. I'm thinking that with Obama, I'm going to hear less about how me marrying someone of the same sex is going to destroy the country.

Not to try to speak for ISM, but I think he's in agreement with that, but because he's in an easy Obama win state, he can feel free to vote his conscience rather than worrying about casting a vote for the lesser of two evils.

I say this only because I have been in the exact same boat on the oppostie side.