The random political thoughts thread (Part Deux)

Prudence · 10-03-2006, 10:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Alex Stroup

Foley apparently voted against the gay marriage ban and was generally considered one of the more pro-gay members of congress.

Most people don't attention to individual votes - he's associated with the DOMA party and guilty by association, so to speak.

Although I think that taking a noticeable stand on an issue opens one up further. Maybe it's because he's not "our" congressman, but up here the mayor of Spokane got way more vile than Foley's getting because the mayor had such a public anti-gay stance.

Alex · 10-03-2006, 10:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Prudence

Most people don't attention to individual votes - he's associated with the DOMA party and guilty by association, so to speak.

There is not "DOMA party." It was introduced with sponsorship from both Republicans and Democrats, passed with broad bipartisan support in both houses of congress (85-14 in the Senate and 342-64 in the House), and was then signed by a Democrat president.

Strangler Lewis · 10-04-2006, 06:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Alex Stroup

signed by a Democrat president.

Not one of his shining moments. I wrote Clinton as this was taking shape, and his letter back was cynical fence sitting; basically, I hate discrimination, but I will sign the bill. I had written him several years earlier to tell him to stop his cynical pandering (Christian benediction at the 1992 Democratic convention), but I guess the first letter didn't take.

When I wrote Dianne Feinstein about her support for the flag protection amendment, she wrote back forthrightly that we would have to agree to disagree. She's still obviously full of S***, but it was a better letter.