once Biden opened his mouth Obama would have looked weak if he tried to spin it. And the Defense of Marriage crew weren't going to be on his side for the most part anyway, with the exception of the fundamentalist black community. They are the question mark. Don't think they'll vote against Obama but they might not vote for him.
On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 2:24 PM, Larry C. Lyons <larrycly...@gmail.com>wrote: > > I think that he was simply being honest about what he thought about > it. I guess he would have preferred to wait but after Biden decided to > speak out, he thought he had no real reason not to. > > Essentially it may be an empty issue, and best to get it out of the > way now rather than at a more critical point in the election. Which is > probably good because it shifts the conversation to more important > things, like the record of Mitt Romney viciously assaulting other kids > with scissors. during high school > > On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 5:13 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:350616 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
