I don’t know how many of my readers surf around the general progressive blogosphere regularly, but you can get a taste of the blowback the LGBT community is receiving for deigning to ask why the Obama administration has been silent regarding his self-proclaimed “fierce advocate” role.
Check out this diary by Clarknt67 at the big progressive orange, Daily Kos, “Rachel Maddow examines Candidate Obama vs. President Obama on GBLT.” Clark features the video from Rachel’s show the other day (I blogged it here), where she took on the disingenous behavior by the White House regarding DADT and had on Rep. Rush Holt (D) to discuss how the country is ready for repeal and that there would be little political capital expended to stop the discrimination.
Clark issues this simple statement:
With seventy plus public approval on repealing don’t ask, don’t tell, I kinda don’t get why Obama doesn’t just rip that bandage off swiftly and make these complaints go away.
Oh sure, we’d still want ENDA, we’d still want DOMA gone, we’d still want Uniting American Families Act, we’d still want Matthew Shepard Act. But I think the perception that something, anything was moving forward for the GBLT community during this supposed great period change, would be a huge PR win with most people.
Well, you should see the litany of criticism in the comments, many lodged against Rachel Maddow and the LGBT community for calling President Obama on the DADT, and the alternate silence and evasion on the executive order issue.
My outline of the predictable reaction is below the fold.