Thursday, May 10, 2012

Obama Reverses Stance on Same-Sex Marriage

Well.  President Obama has reversed his former stance on same-sex marriage.  If you remember, in 2008 he said that he thought marriage should be between one man and one woman.  NOW, he’s endorsed same-sex marriage. 

To the press, this isn’t a flip-flop.  Although the WH has admitted that it was gaffe-tastic Joe Biden who basically made them admit this now.  They’d hoped to do it after the election. 

But let’s pretend that this had been a Republican President.  Here’s how (I think) the press would have handled it.

Q:  Mr President, you used to believe that marriage should be between one man and one woman.
R:  That’s correct.  But after talking with people in the gay and lesbian community, my position has changed.  It’s evolved.
Q:  But don’t you think others will see this as yet another flip-flop? I mean, after all, it was only four years ago that you stated otherwise.
R:  Well, as I said, my stance has evolved over the years.
Q:  But don’t you see this as a flip-flop?  Isn’t this really just to get the gay and lesbian community aboard your campaign for re-election?  After all, you’ve changed your stance on a number of important issues so far.  It seems …
A:  As I said, my stance has evolved over the years.  It’s not a flip-flop.
Q:  But it was only four years ago, and I have the transcript here, that you stated that a marriage was between one man and one woman.
A:

And it would go from there.  The press would pound our hypothetical Republican President for a flip-flop.  For the Obamessiah, yet another pass.

Nothing new here.

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