Wow. It sucks when you're forced to look at things you posted days earlier...

[cherokeeprogressive]

and you keep having to re-read things you wrote that didn't really match what you were thinking at the moment. Damned fingers. I'm not sure who controls them sometimes. Do I... or does the wine?

I posted something the other night that included the phrase "ANY and EVERY group". It's still up there on the first page and I'd like to apologize to my DU Friends for swinging and missing. I swung for the fence, and missed so badly that I screwed myself into the ground like a corkscrew. I'd NEVER support a group like some that were suggested in the replies to my OP. If there isn't a socially redeeming value connected with the existence of said group, then FUCK NO, I'm not in their corner. I was speaking in the context of someone who has a Gay Child, and should have been more specific. Again, I apologize.

I said that I'd either abstain or vote for someone else in the Primary. You can safely assume that I will vote for him in the General. I definitely support him as my President. When I wrote what I did, it was in the context of the California Primary Election and not only is there a ZERO chance of his losing it, but even if he did, he'd still win the nomination HANDILY.

But, I'm angry. The last substantive "fierce advocacy" I've seen him display in regard to equal rights for my LGBT family was something like 39 words in a State of the Union speech. Damn, that makes me mad in ways I can't describe. The other night I tried to tell you how it makes me feel and I failed miserably.

Nowhere in that post though did I state that I'd vote against him in the General Election. I didn't say it, and lots of my friends here missed it.

So let's get this straight... No one but Barack Obama will get my vote for President of the United States in the next General Election. I'm just feeling neglected, and was venting. I totally failed to get my point across, and my DU Friends are still debating the point I was trying to make.

I got people talkin' though... Maybe it'll leave a mark.

I fucking love this place...

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. My dear cherokeeprogressive...

I'm sure we've all posted things that didn't come out the way we intended...

Whether it's the alcohol, or the fatigue talking, doesn't matter in the end.

You got people talking.....and That is a very good thing.

:hug:

[cherokeeprogressive]

3. You make me smile even when there's no one else here in the room to see it.

I think we should all try to post things here that get people talking... after all, isn't that the point?

This time though, I didn't get the point across and because of that some of the discussion isn't going the way I'd have hoped it would.

So, I think I'll go back to fridge, get another glass of white zin, and try harder next time...!

[Nostrademus]

2. And it came to pass

skies erupted and clouds split wide;
near the Starbucks they waited
some had voted but most had not
one got hit by an asteroid

[cherokeeprogressive]

4. Must have been a small asteroid. I bet it changed that person's mind though.

I hope it didn't hurt any of the other Starbucks customers.

I also hope it made the non-voters lose their apathy.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

5. Welcome to DU, Nostrademus!

Stick around!

:hi:

[Nostrademus]

7. I thought you might say that

but seriously, I've got to get back to writing quatrains. The Dem-i-gods really bear down this time of year. They will not be pleased that I had to hijack a thread to get my first one published.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

8. How did you know I'd welcome you?

Hmmm?

Have you been lurking?

Come to the Lounge and post your poetry...

[sandnsea]

6. A most honorable post

Although I would argue that this President has been a fiercer advocate than any to date. Most recently, he guaranteed gay couples would have a right to visit each other in any hospital that accepts federal money. These are steps and every step forward counts in my book.

[cherokeeprogressive]

9. Thank you for that.

I don't want to see "steps" though. This is 2010. I want to see wind-sprints. Granted, I'm impatient because I have skin in the game, and now that I do, I want to see progress. Some asshole teacher gave my daughter bad marks because she was "sullen". He's lucky I don't hold grudges.

I know Obama's the best bet in the context of making equal rights happen, and that's what I failed to convey.

Visits aren't enough; I want to see shared benefits for partners as well as "married couples". There shouldn't be any shared benefits until it's guaranteed that Gay Couples are given EXACTLY the same rights as straight ones.

[Skittles]

10. you want I should kick your swinging and missing ass, cherokeeprogressive?

I promise you *I* will not miss; no INDEED

[leftofcool]

11. Cool post, mark left and noted.