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Authors, sign in!Senator Obama is *finally* getting serious about winning. He's tapping into the last solid voter bloc Senator Clinton has: gay and lesbian voters.
Obama’s rally in Beaumont today was the highest-energy of this Texas swing, with a crowd that was about three-quarters black cheering at almost every turn.An interesting moment came when he was asked a question about LGBT rights and delivered an answer that seemed to suit the questioner, listing the various attributes—race, gender, etc.—that shouldn’t trigger discrimination, to successive cheers. When he came to saying that gays and lesbians deserve equality, though, the crowd fell silent.
So he took a different tack:
“Now I’m a Christian, and I praise Jesus every Sunday,” he said, to a sudden wave of noisy applause and cheers. “I hear people saying things that I don’t think are very Christian with respect to people who are gay and lesbian,” he said, and the crowd seemed to come along with him this time.
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Comments (3)
Very interesting post, Henry! I'm glad you're keeping up with the interesting pieces of news and sharing them with us - otherwise we'd have missed this interesting moment.
(An aside, I went "into" your post and added "blockquoting" - the block of color - just to show you a new trick - if you like it and want to see how I did it - just log in and stare at your post, you'll see what I did. It's easy...)
Obama is the master of framing statements for crowds, that's for sure. I'm not sure that that final framing (the "I don't think it's very Christian") is the one I'd want to hear him say, though. I think I'd rather hear him say something about the constitution, but, then maybe that wouldn't have resulted in waves of noise...!
Posted by Pam Pohly
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February 29, 2008 5:04 PM
Posted on February 29, 2008 17:04
That Politicos post is worth reading. Thanks for the tidbits and the link. And, welcome to Everyday Citizen, Henry.
Lola Wheeler
Posted by Lola Wheeler
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February 29, 2008 6:30 PM
Posted on February 29, 2008 18:30
Hello fellow E Citizen. I'm really liking the new authors that have joined us lately and including you Henry. Nice to meet you and glad you're with us. Lucy B.
Posted by Lucy Belnora
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February 29, 2008 6:34 PM
Posted on February 29, 2008 18:34