Posted on 11/10/2012 1:16:32 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Various supporters of President Obama — the ones who pulled out their wallets and turned out their constituencies for his reelection — will soon be coming to call at the White House.
Knock, knock...
Hey, it’s the Human Rights Campaign, which wants to see a second Obama administration make gay rights an even bigger priority than it did in the last four years.
HRC president Chad Griffin told our colleague Ned Martel the day after the election that his organization would love to see an openly gay Cabinet secretary and an openly gay ambassador to a G-20 nation. Both would be firsts (David Huebner, who’s gay, is ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa, but the HRC wants one of the big-deal countries). Griffin says there are plenty of qualified candidates out there — enough to fill up a binder or two. “Our government, particularly in this administration, looks like America,” he says. “And it’s important to have a cabinet that looks like America.”
In not-unrelated news, gay money was a key to Obama’s fundraising success. A dozen members of his national finance team are gay, and we’re hearing that they collectively outraised other “affinity groups” — categories like “Latinos” or “trial lawyers” — represented on the team.
Money aside, gays even can make the argument that they handed Obama the election: according to exit polling, 5 percent of voters identified themselves as gay, and 76 percent of those voters supported the Democratic ticket. Of voters who didn’t identify as gay, only 49 percent voted for Obama.
There’s a grand tradition of presidents rewarding their biggest donors with choice ambassadorships. And Obama would have plenty of gay donors (like power couple Michael Smith, the famed decorator, and HBO exec James Costos, who were among his biggest bundlers) to choose from...
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
Sec State, Supreme Court, and Homeland Sec weren’t enough?
Well, does the President count as a high level gay pick?
Isn’t it obvious ?
Secretary of HHS. Because ObamaCare makes us ALL take it up the butt. . . .
(diving for cover, grinning like hell. . . )
Or Hillary, Big Sis, the two new justices, etc...
“A dozen members of his national finance team are gay, and we’re hearing that they collectively outraised other “affinity groups” — categories like “Latinos” or “trial lawyers” — represented on the team.”
Implying, of course, that they raised all that money from gay donors. Which would be quite a feat, as only about 2% of the population is gay (might be a little less, but you know what I mean).
What’s next for that group..
The weed has really messed men up..put it down..
Why do I get this feeling that this is yet another signal to terrorists telling them, “Okay. They’re distracted. Hit us again now while they’re not looking!”
Need another LGBT Ambassador in that Mooslim country!
Jeez Louise, Janet Napolitano isn’t openly gay enough?
and Hillary doesnt set off the gay-dar? Her own husband outed her to multiple mistresses
I keep thinking of the old saying Give them an inch and they will take a mile.
Well, hell, why not. The majority of people voted for this, so I say to Obama, “let it all hang out”.
Go for it. Let’s have a gay orgy at the White House for Christmas.The Government can pay for the Viagra and Ecstasy.
“Our government, particularly in this administration, looks like America,” he says. “And it’s important to have a cabinet that looks like America.”
Well no argument there, America looks gayer every day...
“Our government, particularly in this administration, looks like America,” he says. “And it’s important to have a cabinet that looks like America.”
Well no argument there, America looks gayer every day...
Think about how corrupt DC must really be today.....that someone who is a campaign donor would want a Federal job there.
At one point in time NOBODY wanted to live in DC.
LGBT Appointments in the Obama-Biden Administration
(as of May - 2010)
http://www.glli.org/presidential
We need an LGBT ambassador to every country.
They wanted Obama!
It pay good but its a real pain in the &$$.
Washington, DC-—composed of offended vaginas, carpet munchers, misplaced arrogant dicks and all elected by a majority nation of asholes. No wonder why they call it—’inside the beltway’.... is that what they mean by moving to the center?
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