Posted on 09/23/2011 12:19:04 AM PDT by lbryce
The last three GOP presidential primary debates have been nearly as notable for the actions of audience-members as for the candidates who appeared before them.
In California at the MSNBC-Politico debate at the Reagan library, the audience applauded mention of the high number of executions in Texas and Rick Perry's defense of the death penalty. "If you come into our state and you kill one of our children, you kill a police officer, you're involved with another crime and you kill one of our citizens, you will face the ultimate justice in the state of Texas, and that is that you will be executed," the Texas governor said to hoots, whistles, and applause.
In Tampa, Fla., at the CNN-Tea Party Express debate, the audience cheered the idea of letting an uninsured 30-year-old man die (video) without care, greeting the idea with applause and shouts of "Yeah!"
And last night, at the Fox News-Google debate in Orlando, Fla., some audience-members booed a recently-out gay soldier stationed in Iraq who submitted a question through Google's YouTube video-sharing site. His offense? Asking the candidates if they would circumvent the progress made for gays and lesbians in the military.
Watch the interaction with Stephen Hill:
"Any type of sexual activity has no place in the military," former senator Rick Santorum told Hill, saying that the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" ban on out service constituted "special privileges" and "social experimentation."
The audience response led former White House spokesman Ari Fleischer to tweet, "Booing a soldier serving our nation is uncalled for. If I were on stage, I would make that point."
But he wasn't on the stage, and none standing there spoke up on Hill's behalf.
(Excerpt) Read more at theatlantic.com ...
I think Dark wolf plays for the other team.
So your point is exactly the same as the point made by the left-wing over and over again....
As long as it is ‘two consenting adults’ then what is wrong with it?
BS. First off you completetly ignore the fact that the term ‘two consenting adults’ needs to be defined and that your entire homosexual rights movement attacks allowing the people to have representation in order to define such things.
Secondly, if you think that ‘two consenting adults’ is such a sacred criteria for respecting any type of perverted sex act the why not ‘three consenting adults’ or how about four or five?
And sorry if I do not want to make special allowances for the perversion of homosexuality the way you want to. I do not care to see much of a difference between those who promote homosexuality or those who promote pedophelia or any other type of perversion. THEY ARE ATTACKING OUR SCHOOLS WITH THIS PERVERSION AGENDA.
I must have missed all the oppression of Christian belief in this country of 80%+ Christians.
Where did all this victim stuff come from? Talk about lefty infiltration.
I have said over and over I do NOT want that, but I've now learned my lesson--you are another of those so scared of true conservative ideas that you can't engage on actual points made, so you just make stuff up.
You can't handle honest discussion, so you smear--just like the left.
I've repeatedly said the homosexuals MUST be stopped if they try to push their stuff in the schools, and MUST be prevented from gaining special rights.
But you can't handle that someone isn't afraid of them as you are, but who simply thinks "What you do isn't my business, but when you try to foist it on the rest of us--THEN it's a problem."
All as a diversion from the real issue--that this clip is solid gold for the left.
Obama thanks you and your scared kind, who can't see the REAL threat from the homosexual lobby.
Calling someone gay is a smear? au contraire it is perfectly acceptable now right? They should be boo'ed because it is "normal" now right?
Tell us are you gay or not? A simple yes or no will do.
Point missed! There is (or should be) only one kind of soldier...a soldier plain and simple. Anyone who identifies themselves as a ____-Soldier isnt much of a soldier and should be shown the door/released from service. It is a dangerous and destructive distraction from the work at hand (killing our enemy and breaking their stuff). I am living this hell. I have been in service with the Marines for 24 years and am demoralized by the actions of this administration. It should be a non-issue, but because of soldiers like this and other activists on the “inside” it isnt.
I must have missed all the oppression of Christian belief in this country of 80%+ Christians.
Where did all this victim stuff come from? Talk about lefty infiltration
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Whoa—I didn’t claim victim. I asked a valid question.
Clearly, “The Atlantic” cares more about political correctness than America’s security.
I have the message from the top and they deleted all the references to homosexual conduct from all the manuals. They also deleted stuff about bisexuality etc from all the manuals. I can’t post it here but any one in uniform can verify.
Last try: What does that have to do with anything? I said they "won" a victory by having this video to show over and over, and you know Maddow and that bunch WILL.
FACT-the gay issue is only potent in the media. The rest of the country is sick of it and wants it to go away.
Good God, we agree on something, even if you don't know it.
People seem to forget how gay marriage was a stealth issue in the 2004 campaign. It won't be this time around because it's not on the front burner. But that's why THIS sort of thing is just what the gay lobby wants.
We can’t say homosexual anymore. That would land you in the EO office. The correct term is gay.
Tell us are you gay or not? A simple yes or no will do.
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Darkwolf isn’t gay [s]he has stated [s]he doesn’t approve of it, but wishes for a more live and let live.
If Palin’s running, as her drones assert, it is *convenient* she doesn’t (yet) have to participate in these debates and actually answer questions. Her response to this would be priceless. I’ll bet we won’t see any tweets or Facebook posts from her in regard to this. Better safe than sorry, eh Sarah?
Are you gay?
Are you gay?
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No, are you? hahaha! :p
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