 101flyboy
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
 11 Posts
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Wednesday, January 26, 2011 1:05:34 PM
It would be great if the just flat out said he supported it, and if he would flat out be the "fierce advocate" of gay rights he said he was, but the fact is, this country is 50-50 when it comes to gay acceptance. Literally. Look at the polls, the gay marriage ballots, studies on what people think when it comes to homosexuality being acceptable. It's basically split down the middle, with a SLIGHT edge to the pro-gay side. Until that edge become more than a small one, and until that edge is strong and not wavering support, he's not going to risk going all out for gay rights. We see that conservatives essentially are doing anything and everything to eliminate any gay accepting thing in the US, and Obama would be right on their radar. It's sad, but it's the country we live in. |
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101flyboy
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
11 Posts
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Wednesday, January 26, 2011 1:01:49 PM
Obama is for same-sex marriage and is essentially playing this game of non-commitment so as to appear as middle-of-the-road as possible. It's all politics people. |
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 Brassbull
Male, 30-39, Southern US
1608 Posts
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Wednesday, January 26, 2011 7:52:25 AM
"hey, great question dodging by the way. I wonder why this is the first it came up?"
his forehead has the power to deflect dangerous questions. today it met it's match. |
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 meepmaker
Male, 30-39, Southern US
6716 Posts
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Wednesday, January 26, 2011 7:31:09 AM
No Comment. |
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 Schr0dinger
Male, 50-59, Western US
361 Posts
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Wednesday, January 26, 2011 6:58:24 AM
Childrens Health Insurance Reauthorization Act.
With no way to pay for it. Fail.
Repeal restrictions on federal funding embryonic stem cell research.
True. An ethics question for the ages.
Christopher/Dana Reeve Paralysis Act.
With no way to pay for it. Fail.
Stimulus package $18 billion for nondefense scientific research.
Costing on average 400k each to create and produce nothing. Fail.
Weapons Systems Acquisition Reform Act.
This one actualy seems to be working. Win.
Executive order to close the prison at Guantanamo.
2yrs later its still open. Fail.
Ended CIA program of enhanced interrogation.
Thats a tuff one. Do we baby this guy and let 1000 people die or kick his ass and save them. I am against torture but this has to be a hard piece of ground to stand on. |
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 madest
Male, 40-49, Eastern US
6406 Posts
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Wednesday, January 26, 2011 6:29:14 AM
I'm afraid your going to get the magical underpants man.
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Haha. That's rich. America will never elect a guy who wears magic underpants. You know that. |
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 Fatninja01
Male, 18-29, Australia
23995 Posts
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Wednesday, January 26, 2011 5:39:10 AM
meh.... |
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 AaronianKen
Male, 18-29, Europe
99 Posts
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Wednesday, January 26, 2011 12:38:18 AM
http://whatthedrathasobamadonesofar.com/ but replace drat with the actual word that IAB is censoring |
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 phoneybone
Male, 18-29, Western US
1750 Posts
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Wednesday, January 26, 2011 12:19:22 AM
christ on a cracker will you people stop mis-categorizing these things. Why the F*ck is this in games!? Really? |
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Dead_mind
Male, 18-29, Europe
190 Posts
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Wednesday, January 26, 2011 12:00:39 AM
Signed the Children's Health Insurance Reauthorization Act, which provides health care to 11 million kids -- 4 million of whom were previously uninsured
Issued executive order to repeal Bush era restrictions on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research
Signed the Christopher and Dana Reeve Paralysis Act, the first piece of comprehensive legislation aimed at improving the lives of Americans living with paralysis
Developed stimulus package, which includes approx. $18 billion for nondefense scientific research and development
Signed the Weapons Systems Acquisition Reform Act to stop fraud and wasteful spending in the defense procurement and contracting system
Issued executive order to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay
Ended Bush administration's CIA program of 'enhanced interrogation methods' by requiring that the Army field manual be used as the guide for terrorism interrogations
this is a few of the things... |
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Dead_mind
Male, 18-29, Europe
190 Posts
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Tuesday, January 25, 2011 11:55:59 PM
Okey, IAB wont let me post the URL or link couze it just feels like censoring.
google "What has obama done"
2011 for the win. Google is a supreem tool of information.
also, drat spell check. |
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 Oldfrt
Male, 50-59, Midwest US
611 Posts
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Tuesday, January 25, 2011 11:11:38 PM
"If someone can honestly give me any evidence that Obama has actually done something I would be greatful."
He went on a lot of trips. I figure that the more time he spends away from Washington, the better off we are. |
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 insanmonster
Male, 18-29, Midwest US
257 Posts
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Tuesday, January 25, 2011 10:51:57 PM
I would like to ask everyone this....what has Barack Obama done in office?
The only thing I have seen him do that sets him apart from what any other president would do is Obamacare and personally I believe it is unconstitutional.
If someone can honestly give me any evidence that Obama has actually done something I would be greatful....And I would also like to ask if anyone still believes that Obama deserved the Nobel prize now seeing all that he has done. |
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 techgeek07
Male, 30-39, Eastern US
2559 Posts
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Tuesday, January 25, 2011 10:07:01 PM
I really think obama has been one of the most effective presidents we've had. Especially in the past year |
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 handys003
Male, 50-59, Western US
2402 Posts
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Tuesday, January 25, 2011 7:20:36 PM
@madest
I'm afraid your going to get the magical underpants man. |
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lolphotoshop
Male, 13-17, Southern US
410 Posts
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Tuesday, January 25, 2011 6:49:18 PM
People are just enraged that Obama didn't wave his magical cxck and make everything late 90s again.
But he did get us out of a recession, he is fixing things to the best of his abilities (which is getting harder what with the opposing congress) |
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champbronc3
Male, 40-49, Southern US
118 Posts
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Tuesday, January 25, 2011 6:37:28 PM
His views in 1996 are more relevant than the ones he has now. |
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 moefreak
Female, 18-29, Europe
1969 Posts
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Tuesday, January 25, 2011 6:30:45 PM
JUGGALETTEx0, if someone gets called a racist for simply not agreeing with a person, that is ridiculous. However, I don't doubt that for some people, race is a factor.
madest, I would obviously prefer that everyone voted for Obama. I'm just done with this whole "He didn't keep his promises" thing. It's just inaccurate to the point of being wilfully ignorant. |
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madest
Male, 40-49, Eastern US
6406 Posts
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Tuesday, January 25, 2011 6:24:09 PM
Oh come on. Don't vote for him? Who then Old man McCain and his retarded sidekick? No thanks, I'll stick with sanity even if it is half baked. |
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 JUGGALETTEx0
Female, 18-29, Eastern US
1357 Posts
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Tuesday, January 25, 2011 6:06:57 PM
@moefreak A lot of people that dislike obama's views and don't vote for him have been called racists. |
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moefreak
Female, 18-29, Europe
1969 Posts
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Tuesday, January 25, 2011 6:00:50 PM
Eh. If you dislike Obama's views, don't vote for him. |
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 ggolbez
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
1814 Posts
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Tuesday, January 25, 2011 5:57:56 PM
@madest Yea, you got me. I just saw James Brady on the screen. I don't follow/care about the speaker of the house enough to learn his name.
On the other point you made, you completely lost what I said. He has the right to his opinion, whether you and I agree with it is uncontroversial. He has the right to believe what he wants to believe. Will he lie about it? Sure. But, if I am understanding you right, you want him to lie about it to support your opinion. I personally would rather him just tell us how he truly feels, rather than what people want him to feel. |
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 Rick_S
Male, 40-49, Eastern US
2860 Posts
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Tuesday, January 25, 2011 5:42:29 PM
I'm not going to say Obama is right or wrong, or that he backtracked or that he didn't. It is, however, possible, that people's opinions/beliefs changes with time. I used to be a Sunday School Teacher, now I'm an Agnostic. People change, so do their beliefs. |
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 CoyoteKing
Male, 18-29, Southern US
2993 Posts
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Tuesday, January 25, 2011 5:26:53 PM
"A word of support for equality from the nations first black president would go a long way towards the inevitability that will be gay marriage."
This. |
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 fiizok
Male, 40-49, Western US
590 Posts
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Tuesday, January 25, 2011 4:39:16 PM
"Flamebaiting, much?"
Exactly. There's been more and more of that posted on IAB recently. |
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