Posted on 05/09/2012 3:31:10 PM PDT by dynachrome
For President Barack Obama and his team, the decision to back gay marriage came down to a choice between two unpalatable alternatives: support it and brave the backlash in battleground states where the issue could be a liability — or keep silent and be accused by allies of gutlessness and putting politics over principle.
Administration officials said the president planned to announce his support before the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte this September. But they admit that Vice President Joe Biden did, indeed, force their hand.
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It was a hand job.
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Threatened to out him?
Biden’s going to the wood shed.
They believed the false polling that is out there and will soon find out what a stupid idea that was.
Reggie Love is happy!
On another thread is the youtube clip and I swear ... zero is talking with a feminine almost lisp.
So how did Obama explain to his girls about the birds and the birds and the bees and the bees and why if everyone did this, life on earth would vanish.
It was interesting to see this immediately follow the John Travolta stories yesterday.
Some big heads in Big Media have allegedly been starting to sympathize with, worry about or downright turn on the messiah lately.
He gets a huge “gay bounce” from the media for a couple or few weeks, PLUS....
I’ll bet Unexpected Thursday’s job numbers aren’t going to look good.
And I’ll bet the Plagiarizer set up Hussein today with his previous comments.
At any rate, the leftist freaks are deliriously joyful today, AND it’s PARTY WEDNESDAY at the White Hut!
Biden pressured Obama, forced his hand? LOL!
Obama wanted to “pivot.” Not sure how it’d be received, he sent Biden out first, to absorb any arrows that resulted.
I don’t believe it....I think it’s a plot to triangulate Mitt and completely sever any evangelical support. Biden’s a goof, but his “slip” was deliberate.
Did Barry form his decision to support gay marriage based on his relationships with Frank Marshal Davis, Larry Sinclair, Bill Frist, and Donald Young?
Dumbo biden just got snowed by mac daddy. If anything goes wrong with mac daddies decision guess who will get all the blame.
Dumb as a box of straw.
“Stand up, Joe”.
One suspects that Mister Biden was carefully instructed and coached as to what, and how to endorse gay "marriage". Biden can serve as a useful fool because I predict that he might be making a convenient exit from the political stage.
As I've said hereabouts numerous times, I predict that Hillary will replace Biden on the ticket; and, that this has been in the works for a couple of years. (My reading of the tea leaves, and my hunch, and it's just a hunch, gets stronger every day.)
Oh, and since Dems can never, ever, ever be honest about anything, expect two things...(my hunch-based predictions, and welcome to them)
1. Biden will FAKE an illness, and make the "painful" decision not to run, for the good of America; and...
2. Mrs. Clinton will pretend to not want the job. And thousands of coached and organized Dem groupies will plead with Hillary to accept, creating a false drama that will have Chris Matthews, and other obedient Dems pretending to swoon.
Again, just my hunches.
One problem with your scenario: would Maobama really want Hitlery for his Veep? His agreeing to it would make him a sitting duck.
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