"Obama turning backs on gays, beginning to smell like Clinton" (March on Washington is On)

[Bluebear]

Speaking with me by phone this afternoon, activist Cleve Jones confirmed that despite earlier reports that the National Mall was previously booked and unavailable, he does have a permit from the Parks Department for a Columbus Day weekend March On Washington. "We put in a request for the West Lawn of the Capitol, where the Obama inauguration took place, and we got it. Nobody else had applied for it," said Jones.

Jones added, "We've been getting nothing but complete cooperation from all the authorities - the DC police, the mayor, the Parks Service. They told us, 'Go ahead, you've got it. Put the word out.' They are happy to work with us and are expecting a lot of people."...

As to the cost of putting on the weekend, Jones stresses that the MOW will be a stripped down, no frills, purely activism-focused event. "This will not be a three day mulit-media spectacular" he said. "Most of the hundreds of protests I've organized cost nothing. We will have a minimal stage, a sound system, and enough port-a-potties for the crowd. That's it. We won't be flying in celebrities and putting them up in fancy hotels. This will be a two hour march, then a two hour rally, and then sending everybody home to their congressional districts to organize for 2010." Jones said that in addition to a Sunday rally on the West Lawn, he is hoping to put together a Saturday night candlelight HIV/AIDS vigil at the Lincoln Memorial, but won't have confirmation of that item for a few days....

Referring to today's DOJ-DOMA news, Jones closed with this: "It's so clear that Obama and the Democratic leadership are turning their backs on us. If we don't go for it now, we'll get nothing. It's beginning to smell a lot like Clinton."

http://www.joemygod.blogspot.com/

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1. It smells like Clinton, only after rotting for 15 years. /nt

[Bluebear]

2. beginning to smell like Reagan isn't far off. nt

[Mari333]

3. yep! nt

[readmoreoften]

4. The DOJ already smells like Reagan. No help from the new appointments.

In fact, a lot of stuff smells like Reagan. Not just LGBT issues.

[Bluebear]

10. .

[villager]

5. coupled with the environmental betrayals... yup....

n/t

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6. Oops forgot to add those to the list. /nt

[cagesoulman]

7. I'll probably get hell for saying this, but there are lots of old Clinton people back in the WH now

That would explain a lot.

[Toasterlad]

8. Worse Than Clinton. Clinton Was Only a Coward.

I'm starting to think that Obama really is just a plain old homophobic prick.

[Bluebear]

9. McClurkin was the tip of the iceberg.