shrug, maybe they heard enough from people like me saying dude, quit trying to find common ground with people determined to undermine you or who are pushing their own agenda to the exclusion of yours. Do something that needs to be done. Period.
Or maybe as you say, they see something I don't. On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 2:13 PM, GMoney <gm0n3...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I agree....this does not seem to help him politically...at least in the > short term. I thought that was refreshing. > > BUT....politicians rarely do things that don't seem to help them > politically....so maybe the Obama folks see a different angle on this that > I don't. > > On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 2:38 PM, Larry C. Lyons <larrycly...@gmail.com > >wrote: > > > > > He really gains nothing from it. If anything it hurts him. > > > > The teahadis who are mostly against same sex marriage are not going to > > vote for him anyhow. Those on the left will probably vote for him > > regardless, what other choice do they have. It will cost him with a > > lot of conservative black voters though. They are not going to vote > > for Mittens, but they most likely will just stay home in November. > > > > On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 3:31 PM, LRS Scout <lrssc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > Political move to secure his left wing in an upcoming election year > > cycle. > > > No more no less. > > > > > > On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 3:02 PM, Eric Roberts < > > > ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: > > > > > >> > > >> yeah...that was awesome. it is never too late to do the right thing. > > >> Biden did sorta give him a kick in the backside on this. Go Joe! > > >> > > >> On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 12:17 PM, Dana <dana.tier...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > >> > > >> > > > >> > I usually am not that engaged on this issue, but I did want to note > in > > >> > passing that I applaud Obama for saying something about this when > the > > >> > conventional wisdom was that it was not in his own best interests to > > do > > >> so. > > >> > Even if he was pushed :) He still did the right thing and I think a > > >> little > > >> > less cynically of him now because he did. > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:350615 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
