Not Giving Up on Cynicism Yet

Stones I thought we agreed NOT to turn over.

Politics as usual? I think so. I've never liked Mrs. Clinton, but here it is: politics to the highest bidder. Noted: this is the appropriate way of doing it. Mr Blogojevich, please observe.

A betrayal we ignored was in the making.

He said he was against gay marriage. That didn't stop people from believing it was just for show. Turns out, Obama's distaste may be a bit stronger--or, he's pandering. Bring the left and right together. Heal the country on the backs of gays.

edit: I've cooled down a little bit since I first wrote this, but check out some of the silly justification Warren is using:

Toward the end of his speech on Saturday, Warren also talked about singer Melissa Etheridge, who performed earlier in the evening. Warren said the two had a "wonderful conversation" and that he is a huge fan who has all her albums.

The ole switcharoo: I like music made by gays, but not gay rights . This is also kind of insidious because it assumes Etheridge's presence at the speech is an endorsement because she's gay--when it's just as likely she could be there to pick up a check, I dunno, because she's a fucking musician! That she is forwarding gay rights instead of her career or income is a stupid assumption. She very well could be endorsing him, but that fact is not an a priori defense to his opinion that gay marriage leads to polygamy and pedophilia.

"I have many gay friends. I've eaten dinner in gay homes. No church has probably done more for people with AIDS than Saddleback Church," he said.

Umm..."I have lots of black friends, so I'm not a racist?" Uniquely qualified I guess to talk about gay marriage--he's consulted. And that second sentence will probably go over most people's heads, but there was a time when they thought AIDS was the "gay's disease." Apparently the link is still very clear in his mind. Fuck this guy.

Baxter out.