Why is it that when looking back at an election in which very little went right for Democrats, so many folks are seeing nothing but dread and doom for the G.O.P. Apparently, everyone agrees that for the party in power, unity behind a popular president is something of a security blanket. Everyone, that is, except George Soros and his minions: “MoveOn.org is sending out emails today seeking more contributions for its campaign to defeat any Democratic senator who does not fully support Obamacare,” reported The Washington Examiner’s Byron York on Tuesday.Well, let's see here. Dems won both House special races, but lost in Virginia (as the last 6 governors can tell you, they are the opposite party of the President) and Jon Corzine's personal negatives cost him.
So, Jon Corzine is the Democratic Party. Got it.
Gets worse though for Tobin.
The problem is Pam there doesn't take stuff like that lying down.“Let’s just say that a little leaked email proves LGBTs are seen as the easy gAyTM to the DNC that can be manipulated, ignored, and pickpocketed as mob rule strips us of civil rights without a finger being lifted to help at the eleventh hour,” adds the influential gay blogger Pam Spaulding of Pam’s House Blend. “It’s worse — stripping resources at the time of need.”
She offers a call to arms along the lines of MoveOn’s:
Pam, you may not like to hear it, but that last line could just as easily have come from Glenn Beck. Just goes to show: it may be entertaining to watch your enemies rip themselves apart, but you might just want to keep an eye on the guy to your left.I don’t know about you, but at the very least, it’s a peek at the kind the two-timing that goes on in national politics with constituencies they find “troublesome” or a perceived “liability” (save the $$$, of course). The difference is that the peek inside makes you realize how easily you’ve been had …
Shut the gAyTM down; only give directly to candidates and organizations you believe are truly working in your best interest. Not a penny to the DNC; it’s the only leverage you have as an average citizen. The big donors in our community have to take a stand on this kind of nonsense, otherwise, they are enabling this kind of treatment of our community. It’s party-building at our expense each and every time …
WTF? It’s time to lay down the crack pipe, Tobin. Let’s see, how do you equate a call for spending one’s donation dollars wisely and directly to a candidate that supports your issues to, say, riling up teabaggers to show up in DC waving racist/Nazi signs with the President’s image, calling for a revolution, stoking the fears and anxieties of the working class who are losing their jobs and homes because of the massive f*ckups of the last eight years by the man who took off in the helicopter this January as the crowds cheered ”Na na na na...hey hey hey...goodbye.” Please.But the real problem is that the Village is equating the calls for Obama to repeal DOMA and DADT with the same level of disdain and scorn with the calls for Obama to step down because he can't prove he's a U.S. citizen.
Something's wrong with that equation.
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The Republican Party was reviled by grassroots conservatives for not adhering to conservative ideals. A few examples include Senator Graham whining about conservative opposition to "comprehensive immigration reform," McCain slamming conservatives at every turn to continue being a darling to the "Head Pat Media," and former President Bush never vetoing a spending bill in his first term, and Harriet Miers.
What Tobin was arguing is that members of the GLB"t" community should give to those candidates who support their issues, and are not beholden to maintaining power. Pam missed the point Tobin was making, which isn't too surprising.
Both sides see that they're being taken advantage of by the two national parties. I can't say that I disagree with Mr. Tobin. Blacks have been taken advantage of by the Democratic Party for YEARS, and despite that, Blacks still overwhelmingly support them...
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