Some homosexuals are peeved President Barack Obama didn’t say more about their “rights” in a Human Rights Campaign speech delivered yesterday. I have yet to hear/read the speech, but apparently Obama pledged to end the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, but stopped short of retracting his opposition to “gay marriage.” Naturally, bloggers on the left are buzzing.
My opposition to homosexual “marriage” and belief in God’s prohibitions against the practice itself are well-known, and I’ve got the “Religious bigot!” creds to prove it. But I’m surprised the White House called homosexual bloggers pushing the prez on the “right” to marry “left fringe.” NBC’s Chief Washington Correspondent John Harwood said an Obama advisor told him “those bloggers need to take off the pajamas, get dressed and realize that governing a closely divided country is complicated and difficult.”
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The pajamas snark is so 2004. (Et tu, Sarah Palin?) I thought Obama’s advisors were youngish and “hip”? There are lawyers, doctors, teachers, students, etc., following the issues, researching the issues, doing independent reporting, blogging about what’s important to them, and offering unique perspectives and observations. But the White House knows that. The advisor was trying to be dismissively funny.
(I oppose what most leftist bloggers support, but I take it a bit personally when political types and mainstream media insult bloggers, because I am a blogger.)
Calling the country’s division on the issues “complicated and difficult” is an understatement, but it shows that Obama is trying to play as close to the middle as he can while maintaining his fan base core supporters. He’s between the proverbial rock and a hard place, and I hope his support among “left fringe” devotees wanes.
Wednesday, November 2: Howard Kurtz has a Kerry reaction round-up. 
