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I CANNOT SUPPORT HIM IN NOVEMBER (Andrew Sullivan comes out of the closet)
Andrew Sullivan ^ | 9-2-04

Posted on 09/02/2004 10:58:34 PM PDT by ambrose

I CANNOT SUPPORT HIM IN NOVEMBER: I will add one thing more. And that is the personal sadness I feel that this president who praises freedom wishes to take it away from a whole group of Americans who might otherwise support many parts of his agenda. To see the second family tableau with one family member missing because of her sexual orientation pains me to the core. And the president made it clear that discriminating against gay people, keeping them from full civic dignity and equality, is now a core value for him and his party. The opposite is a core value for me. Some things you can trade away. Some things you can compromise on. Some things you can give any politician a pass on. But there are other values - of basic human dignity and equality - that cannot be sacrificed without losing your integrity itself. That's why, despite my deep admiration for some of what this president has done to defeat terror, and my affection for him as a human being, I cannot support his candidacy. Not only would I be abandoning the small government conservatism I hold dear, and the hope of freedom at home as well as abroad, I would be betraying the people I love. And that I won't do.


TOPICS: Politics/Elections
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1 posted on 09/02/2004 10:58:35 PM PDT by ambrose
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To: Andy

C'mon, endorse Kerry already! You made up your mind back in February!


2 posted on 09/02/2004 10:59:21 PM PDT by ambrose (http://www.swiftvets.com/)
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To: ambrose

YAWN..


3 posted on 09/02/2004 11:00:05 PM PDT by MEG33 (John Kerry has been AWOL for two decades on issues of National Security)
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To: ambrose

Wotta drama queen.


4 posted on 09/02/2004 11:00:05 PM PDT by martin_fierro (A v v n c v l v s M a x i m v s)
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To: ambrose

Um, dude, you said this already. Why do you keep telling us?


5 posted on 09/02/2004 11:00:07 PM PDT by mcg1969
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To: ambrose
Oh andy but a gerbil in it.

You are and undramatic drama queen.

6 posted on 09/02/2004 11:00:44 PM PDT by dts32041 (bortaS bIr jablu'DI' reH QaQqu' nay)
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To: ambrose

so andy is a mate on the "good ship lollipop".

Big deal. we knew he was a twinkie.


7 posted on 09/02/2004 11:00:57 PM PDT by kingattax
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To: ambrose

How will we ever recover from this devastating blow?


8 posted on 09/02/2004 11:01:02 PM PDT by Rastus (Forget it, Moby! I'm voting for Bush!)
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To: ambrose

Oh shut the hell up Andy!! Your self-centered whining about your own personal anguish over a single issue, with reckless disregard for the security of the nation, is getting real old. Go to the Taliban and see how they deal with homos like you. And one more thing, if you don't like our country, then get the hell out of here.


9 posted on 09/02/2004 11:01:38 PM PDT by medscribe
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To: ambrose
He can't endorse the President because Cheney's daughter wasn't at the convention???
10 posted on 09/02/2004 11:01:42 PM PDT by Mo1 (FR NEWS ALERT .... John Kerry over dosed on Botox and thinks he's Bob KerrEy)
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To: ambrose

Fine.

But shut up about it.


11 posted on 09/02/2004 11:01:49 PM PDT by Howlin (I'm mad as Zell)
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To: ambrose

Too bad, another one issue voter bites the dust!


12 posted on 09/02/2004 11:01:51 PM PDT by ladyinred (John Kerry reporting for "SPITBALL" duty!)
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To: ambrose

Does Sully believe the Taliban will treat him any better???


14 posted on 09/02/2004 11:02:20 PM PDT by starvingstudent (ask your favorite leftist: "If there is another civil war, who do you think will win?")
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To: ladyinred

I honestly thought he declared this 2 months ago. He sounds like a Kerry supporter.


15 posted on 09/02/2004 11:03:21 PM PDT by Merry
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To: Mo1
He can't endorse the President because Cheney's daughter wasn't at the convention???

Hmmmm... she was there LAST night, though.

16 posted on 09/02/2004 11:03:34 PM PDT by DietCoke (Got Spitballs?)
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To: ladyinred
Too bad, another one issue voter bites the dust!

Just like some here on FR.

17 posted on 09/02/2004 11:03:54 PM PDT by Howlin (I'm mad as Zell)
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To: ambrose
This is the most honest column (the least convoluted) I've seen by Sullivan regading his lack of support for W. He basically admits he deeply respects W but cannot support him because of the gay marrage issue.

Fair enough.

On the other hand Sullivan makes sense when he says Bush has abandoned fiscal conservatism.

After listening to W's litany of government programs, one can only assume rhe Republican Party is now close to resembling the old Democratic Party of Truman and Kennedy.

18 posted on 09/02/2004 11:04:02 PM PDT by zarf
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To: ambrose

He sounds like a 'girly man' to me!


19 posted on 09/02/2004 11:04:08 PM PDT by fortheDeclaration
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To: ambrose

He can vote for Bush, and be a homo, or he can vote for John Kerry and be a dead homo. The choice is his.


20 posted on 09/02/2004 11:04:22 PM PDT by Defiant (The Democrat ticket has Johnarea, an STD (SocialisticallyTransmitted Disease).)
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