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Originally Posted by miraja2
Limbaugh is a moron for a whole host of reasons that have nothing to do with gay marriage. I probably listen to the guy about twice a week (it is a long drive out to DeKalb) because I actually enjoy listening to someone I disagree with more than I enjoy listening to liberal talk radio. The fact that he is an absolute sexist and embraces jingoistic foreign policy stances are just two of the things that make him a moron in my book.
The thing that infuriates me about Obama on this issue (along with many other "liberal" Democrats) is that I think they are probably just being dishonest. Where Limbaugh and Miss Cali actually do favor laws that embrace blatant discrimination, Obama probably doesn't. He (again, along with many others) goes along with it because he feels it would be too risky politically not to do that. That sucks. I volunteered for the guy's campaign. I donated money to his campaign. But on this issue I absolutely think he takes the cowardly way out.
The same holds true for DADT. The administration is trying to find a way for the military to tell them it doesn't work, so that they can get political cover for changing the policy. Here's an idea, why don't they say: "We think this is wrong. We are changing it." Have some guts.
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well we disagree on Limbaugh, he is no moron.
but at least you stand up and call the other stuff for what it is, GUTLESS.
its the same way I feel about most republicans on a host of issues, they're gutless. pay a little lip service and then go right along with whichever way the crowd is moving in Washington. I've said this before, but it's why I can respect a guy like Kucinich, who is a borderline lunatic, but at least he stakes out a position and then defends it strenuously without weasel words. I can deal with that, its the shifty chameleons that I can't take.