Reply #26: That isn't what I said [View All]

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nor is it what the author of that piece said, though he is closer to that than I was. What I am saying is that he did indeed support those amendments and that supporting those amendments did hurt him in the gay community. I also think it didn't particularly help him with any other set of voters, though I can't prove that assertion. The author is clearly more toward what you are saying though he is also pissed at the party as a whole not standing up to DOMA, passing hate crimes legislation, and DADT. I tend not to agree with the author on those complaints and pointed out him being factually wrong in a couple of cases.

the bottom line is you overstated your case and that is what I was discussing in this minithread. Barney Frank and John Kerry didn't have the same position on gay marriage in 2004, which you stated they did. Like it or not, Kerry was politically stupid for supporting the MA and especially the MO amendment. Did it singlehandedly do him in? Likely no. But whomever our nominee is in 2008 needs to learn from that mistake. Be on one firm side of an issue like that. Be for one of the extreme positions and be consistant in that position. Just like he did on abortion.