Openly gay Latino mayor endorses Barack Obama. Thoughts?

[Quixote1818]

Again, I am no expert. Is this guy OK in the liberal gay community or does he have problems like the blog I just posted?

This article was what I initially was looking for when I found the gay blog that endorsed Obama.

http://blabbeando.blogspot.com/2008/01/openly-gay-latino-mayor-to-endorse.html

[FrenchieCat]

1. Interesting.....

[angie_love]

2. don't worry

Don't worry, i'm sure some hater will find something wrong with him, just give it time.

[VarnettaTuckpocket]

3. Damn, you people can't win for losing...another ex-Republican it seems

Originally a member of Log Cabin Republicans, he is now a Democrat<2>

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Duran

[davidinalameda]

12. and Hillary was a Goldwater girl

what's your point that he is an EX repug?

there are plenty of EX repugs on this board

[VarnettaTuckpocket]

21. My point OBVIOUSLY, is it's a legitimate sign his liberal creditials are in question

Maybe he's changed, maybe he hasn't changed so much. And that goes for everyone here that gleefully voted for racists and homophobes in their Republican days too.

And I'm sure he was still a Republican decades after Hillary's youthful Goldwater days.

[davidinalameda]

31. this is one of the reasons I really don't like this site

people, not you so please don't think I'm referring to you, are quick to smack anyone who is not ideologically pure as them

if you're a gun rights supporter, you're not a good Democrat

if you're a person of faith, you're not a good Democrat

if don't believe that abortions should be legal until the last day of the last trimester, you're not a good Democrat

and if you're a moderate or even goodness forbid a conservative, you can't be a good Democrat

these are the people who led the party straight into the toilet for years

[JackBeck]

4. I'll make my decision once Rosie, Ellen, and Elton tell me what to do. n.t

[Cha]

10. I don't get the impression that

people who endorse are telling others what to do..it's what they believe and if it resonates with someone then so be it.

Especially not this guy, John Duran.

[JackBeck]

20. But if a gay supporter disagrees with other LGBTQ DUers...

doesn't that mean us queer DUers must follow suit?

[Cha]

35. Hey, you can do what ya

want..I don't think endorsements mean anything more than this is the way that person feels and how their statement reads might make someone stop and think who's not quite sure.

Wesley Clark's endorsement of hillary didn't make all his supporters follow suit.

[Cha]

5. Well, I like it..

a lot. But, of course, since John Duran is endorsing Obama..I'm sure someone will find something wrong with him.

[fenriswolf]

6. i'm not sure i'm willing to give credance to politicians anymore

due to the fact that most politicians either seem to be dumb or corrupt as hell (have you seen the candidates running for president?)

[dailykoff]

7. Maybe he figured out there's a little more at stake than entertainers

if that was ever really an issue at all, which I very strongly doubt.

[Sapphocrat]

8. Thoughts?

He's badly uninformed. Or self-loathing. Or both.

[Cha]

13. How pathetic when you

don't even know him.

[Sapphocrat]

22. And you do?

Tell me about your close, personal friendship with him.

[Cha]

34. I didn't slur John Duran with

the "self loathing"..I accept people until they've proven themselves to be assholes.

[JackBeck]

14. But I thought all us homos thought alike?

Don't we vote as we are told?

[Barack_America]

17. Or he really understands how Christians are being manipulated...

...regarding this issue. How does the saying go, "don't hate the player, hate the game"? Don't hate the people who fill the pews, hate the person who spews the lies (and yes, McClurkin is one of these people).

[ruggerson]

19. it's about time you got here

:hi:

[Sapphocrat]

25. It's either post what I believe and get banned...

...or choke on the wave of vomit I keep trying to stifle.

Hiya back, darlin'. :hi:

[HughMoran]

9. Hey, you played the rope-a-dope with me yesterday

You are a hardcore Obama supporter :D

I'm not gay so I don't think I should comment on this one...

[Quixote1818]

18. Still in Edwards camp but moving to Obama as things look bleak for Edwards

nt

[HughMoran]

24. Yeah, you're moving hard to the right

best I can see ;)

[MadBadger]

11. I thought both of those group of voters hate Obama?

[More Than A Feeling]

15. He repeats the same anti-Hillary talking points, which as previously stated

have nothing to do with non-Hillary supporters.

[The_Casual_Observer]

16. An openly gay latino would generally have tough going I would suspect.

[ursi]

23. it's all good

[Maven]

26. What difference does this make?

What are you trying to prove?

[JackBeck]

32. Divide and conquer.

Like all us queers are supposed to fall in line and support the same candidate.

:sarcasm:

[Unsane]

33. That Obama perhaps isn't quite the homophobe you make him out to be.

[here_is_to_hope]

27. As long as the Mayor

...isnt that Rico Suave dude, I'm ok with it.:silly:

[XemaSab]

28. Thoughts?

That's a bad picture of the guy.... :P

[Divine Discontent]

29. the man was a log-cabin-republican

that alone makes me scoff at him, being a republican, previously, does not - the GOP is very harsh towards gay rights, very - and for anyone to affiliate with them as a gay person really makes me feel there's some lack of comprehension going on up there. I guarantee, yes, guarantee, he has never watched the McClurkin "Obama Gospel Tour" video that was on the news and is now on youtube, and just is going on the celebrity-ness of Obama's sweeping popularity and STAR appearance. Plus, as a minority, we tend to gravitate to those we most associate with as people, unless we choose to go on issues - so if it's just his similarities with Obama being a minority male, and having similar views on Reagan like Obama does from his book, then this guy would really like Barack. The 3 Dems are good candidates, I just feel one has the interests of the poor and union labor, workers, those struggling basically - in mind the most when he thinks about why he's running for president. I cringe at the thought of a President McCain, but he's looking more valuable in that stock game people do, well, I would think he is.

[dailykoff]

30. Maybe the thought of Hilly at the helm made him nauseous.

It happens. :shrug:

[cloudythescribbler]

36. I suppose it wouldn't be strategic for the swarms of Obama bashers to come after Duran too .... nt