Posted on 05/08/2012 8:48:04 PM PDT by Qbert
There’s a price to pay for not being fabulous.
Via WaPo:
Some leading gay and progressive donors are so angry over President Obama’s refusal to sign an executive order barring same sex discrimination by federal contractors that they are refusing to give any more money to the pro-Obama super PAC, a top gay fundraiser’s office tells me. In some cases, I’m told, big donations are being withheld.Jonathan Lewis, the gay philanthropist and leading Democratic fundraiser, is one of many gay advocates who has been working behind the scenes to pressure Obama to change his mind. When Obama decided against the executive order last month, arguing that he would pursue a legislative solution instead, advocates were furious — such a solution will never pass Congress, the executive order has been a priority for advocates for years, and the move smacked of a political cave to conservatives who will not support Obama no matter what he does.
Now these and other donors are beginning to withold money from Priorities USA, the main pro-Obama super PAC, out of dismay over the president’s decision. (Some of these donors have already maxed out to the Obama campaign, I’m told.) It’s the first indication that areas in which Obama is at odds with gay advocates — and in fairness, his record on gay rights has been very good — could dampen overall fundraising.
You can't name too many other groups that have got a larger percentage of what they wanted from this administration.
Gee, life is beginning to suck for obama ... good.
Don’t those queers understand? It’s just like the russians. Give him a little more space, he’ll screw over the voters AFTER the election, not before.
Personally, whatever your view is on this issue, Obama is showing himself to be a coward all around.
Now that “gay tolerance” is de rigueur, it sounds almost like a non issue. I said almost, because there are always those who want to flame big and loud and will manage to offend people who otherwise wouldn’t care what the gays did on their own time.
He leads on nothing. He uses others to push his agenda and always leaves an out for himself in the form of someone to blame when it fails.
"Personally, whatever your view is on this issue, Obama is showing himself to be a coward all around."
And he'll be even more of a coward now to his base after tonight in NC.
Not that I agree. W gay marriage, bit if Ghettobama actually took a postion and defended it at .east he would show balls.
thugbama is a phony.
“You have to wonder what %’age of the Dem Party is funded by wealthy gays?”
I work in Hollywood and that’s an understatement of a question. Did you see that video of Gingrich who answered the question of the fag about his views on homosexuality and Gingrich answered gracefully? That’s the mentality of these rich homos and I meet them almost everyday at our company.
If you knew how many of these clowns actually drive a Prius with an Obama 2012 and EQUAL sticker at the back, you really will be surprised..
Are gays the only democrat voting block that’s not largely on the government teet?
Just like what Rush said in 2009: “I hope Obama leaves office a broken man”.
He’ll just shake off all that riffraff and go on to be sexetary general of the un, or whatever his global ambition is.
He’ll just shake off all that riffraff and go on to be sexetary general of the un, or whatever his global ambition is.
I mean after all how do you break a worm?
He fears losing the black vote more then he fears losing the gay vote. He's walking a tight rope.
Yeah, u are right. The libs worship Clintoon and he’s still over the place until now. The difference is that he’s not raping as he used to. They’ll do the same to this clown.
If he surrenders now and says he has suddenly 'evolved' then Republicans can accuse him of being a slave to that group, much like his campaign strategy accuses Romney of being hostage to the Tea Party,
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