Comments on: Good luck holding Dems accountable

By: Brian Miller

Brian Miller — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 22:36:52 +0000

It’s amusing to watch the partisan Democrats’ utter fury. The replies that prominent Democrats have issued to GetEqual and furious gay voters have largely been “shut up and get in the back of the bus NOW, faggots! We own you!”

It’s clear that 20 years of absolute fealty to the Democratic Party got us nothing but DOMA and DADT (both Democratic Party initiatives). Further support of that party, given the complete lack of significant returns on our efforts, is a stupid idea.

Perhaps two, four or six years as a struggling minority party in Washington will give the Democrats a taste of what happens when they don’t deliver. It’s not like things for us can get any worse (absurd rhetoric about “GOP death camps” to the contrary).

By: AndrewW

AndrewW — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 16:22:10 +0000

We don’t have to play “nice,” we have to play “smart.” GetEQUAL isn’t smart. I think we should treat GetEQUAL the same way they want to treat democrats – we’ll give you money when you have some results. In their first year all they’ve done is wasted $1 million.

By: Bill

Bill — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 01:43:51 +0000

And it’s okay for you that over 3,000 people are on ADAP state lists? Guess if it was your ass on one of these you’d feel different.

By: Bill

Bill — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 01:42:47 +0000

Well – your reply is just bizarre. Where in my reply did you see anything like I don’t like African Americans? I can’t challenge Obama and that becomes race? And what is this about Virginia?

By: Tom Dempsey

Tom Dempsey — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 02:47:14 +0000

Great editorial!!!

By: Bif

Bif — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 18:35:20 +0000

Kevin, you should know it requires 60 votes to pass something in the Senate — and very little passes. You can blame that on the Democrats who vote almost unanimously for us, or you can fantasize that the President as some magic way of stamping his foot REALLY hard and getting McCain/McConnell to submit, but he doesn’t. Yet we’ve gotten hate crimes, hospital visitation, and WILL get DA/DT repealed . . . even though Idaho and Mississippi (did you know this?) have as many senators as New York and California (blame the Democrats for that, too?). How can the solution be to give more power to our explicit opponents?

By: Ben

Ben — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 06:03:48 +0000

Then don’t Bill…you already a bitter indivdual who doesn’t like African Americans and you’re living in VA. So you should feel at home with the good Ol’ GOP/Tea Bagging crew.

VOTE RED in Nov..It’s going to be hilarious!

By: Bill

Bill — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 02:03:22 +0000

AndrewW – Nothing else seems to be working. We have donated, supported OB’s campaign/administration, played nice with the dems. And got nothing. We even have 3,000 people on ADAP lists. Why play nice any more?

By: AndrewW

AndrewW — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 14:37:24 +0000

The rest of the LGBT media has the sense to ignore the childish shenanigans of GetEQUAL, what’s your problem?

It is becoming very clear that the in-your-face and immature publicity stunts of GetEQUAL have alienated us with other Democrats. At the recent “Progressive March” in Washington D.C. LGBT-issues and groups attending were shunned and even ignored. That is the result of GetEQUAL’s idiotic strategy of “embarrassing Democrats.

The attention they seek now is simply to help them raise money. Giving them any attention hurts the LGBT community. Please consider that when publishing their silly “campaigns.” GetEQUAL is and has been counterproductive and the evidence is mounting that they have hurt the LGBT community.