John Aravosis notes that Obama is a great mediator, a role he has claimed for himself. A problem -- mediators are supposed to bring two opposing sides together. It isn't possible for a mediator to also competently represent one of those sides.
Joe Sudbay expands on that. If Obama is the mediator, we have no idea what Obama, and by extension the Democrats, actually stands for. Yeah, Obama has, from time to time, made some pretty strong declarations of belief in guiding principles. However, he tends to then bargain that strong principle away. So the next time he expounds on a strong principle, will we believe him?
Alvin McEwen of Pam's House Blend notes that in June an anti-gay spokesman misused a scientific paper to demonize us (this is the case where Senator Al Franken pounced on the error). The anti-gay crowd did the same during the Don't Ask, Don't Tell repeal hearings. They have been doing it for at least a dozen years. Their phony arguments haven't changed at all in that time. And we still can't counter them and these people still get asked to provide testimony for Congressional hearings. McEwen offers a petition to ask Congress to give all these anti-gay spokesbots heightened scrutiny because their testimony is likely fraudulent. Perjury before Congress is criminal.
This little Dilbert strip appeared the Sunday the debt ceiling mess was resolved. With the way the GOP is pushing things it may be appropriate sooner than we'd like.
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