I got to tell a DNC caller "The GAYTM is Out of Order" today.

[donco6]

Got a call on my cell today from the DNC, asking for donations. Told them "no, sorry . . . and you've probably heard this from other people you've called . . . but the GAYTM is Out of Order." She said, yes, she'd heard it from a lot of people, and she asked who could they talk to who spoke for the gay community. I said, "Well, it used to be the HRC, but they've totally sold out these days and I have no use for them, either. Maybe Evan Wolfson comes closest to my perspective." Anyway, we talked amiably for a few seconds and I signed off.

Interesting.

[MadMaddie]

1. Good for you!

I don't know why the hell they are so afraid of the Repugs. They could change these laws if they wanted to.

[Fearless]

2. A politician in power wants to remain in power... fear is a powerful sedative.

[Jester Messiah]

3. They're not afraid of the 'pugs

They're afraid of the swing straights. They know they'll never get the hard-core 28%, but they're very afraid of losing the fly-over state straights.

[joeybee12]

4. Yeah, let's appoint one person to speak for all of us...

...NOT. That's the problem, just because HRC and other sell-outs want to keep raking in money and keep their administration jobs doesn't mean they speak for us.

[greeneyedboy]

5. "who speaks for the gay community?" - ?!? if they have to ask... n/t

[noamnety]

7. Yeah, that's pretty offensive

as if the problem is that we just aren't hearing the right spin from the right PR person.

[donco6]

11. Yeah, I thought of that when she said it.

But I think she was just reading from a cue, and wouldn't have the foggiest idea about why I'd be offended by that question.

[mitchtv]

6. I was able to tell them last week

they were nice and said 'no problem' and hung up quickly

[Morning Dew]

8. I saw your thread title a little while ago.

Just a few minutes ago, I got a call from HRC - wanting money, of course. Thanks for posting cuz remembering the title gave me the push I needed to say no to them.

She was new there and didn't readily understand my explanation of how the "T" community was tossed under the bus last time around.

[donco6]

9. YOUR grievance is even worse, IMO.

That episode was particularly ugly. I even scraped my HRC "equality" sticker off my scooter the other day. I replaced it with a generic gay flag.

[TokenQueer]

10. Who speaks for the gay community? Color me reactionary...

...but I thought that was supposed to be the "Democrats" we helped elect.