tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26871122.post2547011380831376594..comments2024-03-28T07:25:19.546-07:00Comments on Dorothy Surrenders: My Presidential CrushDorothy Snarkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10143059192565751994noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26871122.post-33694536957968789902008-11-03T18:36:00.000-08:002008-11-03T18:36:00.000-08:00Our rights: narrow and selfish? Oh Anon, take your...Our rights: narrow and selfish? <BR/><BR/>Oh Anon, take your guilt trip elsewhere...and keep hoping for Obama to change on gay rights. You'll inevitably be disappointed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26871122.post-23143714191132785522008-11-03T11:41:00.000-08:002008-11-03T11:41:00.000-08:00" in no part of my brain do I think that he is goi..." in no part of my brain do I think that he is going to stand in the way of the rights of gay people once the tidal wave of inevitable change swells to the white house. I can't say the same about John McCain."<BR/><BR/>i agree with that completely.<BR/><BR/>yes, it is a vote for the back of the bus vs. under the bus.<BR/><BR/>can you imagine what would happen to our fight for rights should Palin take over? <BR/><BR/>no difference, really?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26871122.post-53582829815589480302008-11-03T11:18:00.000-08:002008-11-03T11:18:00.000-08:00It would be great if people who clearly have intel...It would be great if people who clearly have intelligence and compassion could vote from a place that wasn't so narrow and selfish. If there is no difference between Obama and McCain on gay marriage, then think about where each candidate stands on the other great issues of our age. Who would be better for workers? For single parents? For the elderly? For the uninsured? For the environment? For the Iraqi citizens? For the whole entire freaking planet? Clearly Barack Obama is about the future and the betterment of all people. <BR/>Also, in no part of my brain do I think that he is going to stand in the way of the rights of gay people once the tidal wave of inevitable change swells to the white house. I can't say the same about John McCain.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26871122.post-28302299563382857432008-11-02T11:06:00.000-08:002008-11-02T11:06:00.000-08:00It breaks my heart that gay Americans still have n...It breaks my heart that gay Americans still have no champion in a presidential election, and once again, they can choose between two candidates and parties that don't believe gays deserve real equality under the law.<BR/><BR/>True: "back of the bus" certainly beats "under the bus."<BR/><BR/>But why do we have to settle for that? The gay vote is sufficient to make or break the Democrats, if we'd just demand better.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26871122.post-47058139129251747112008-11-02T08:28:00.000-08:002008-11-02T08:28:00.000-08:00And thanks for not flaming me!And thanks for not flaming me!TechFem50https://www.blogger.com/profile/07358605262627439974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26871122.post-70187644786454229892008-11-02T08:17:00.000-08:002008-11-02T08:17:00.000-08:00Thanks Anonymous,Yes, it's fine I pay the same tax...Thanks Anonymous,<BR/><BR/>Yes, it's fine I pay the same taxes but I am still a second class American without equal rights.<BR/><BR/>I'm not crazy about McSame yet he is getting my vote. Obama is an amazing speaking who he could not explain away his 20 years with Rev Wright. Oprah left. Why didn't he? <BR/><BR/>He said about Pennsylvanaia, "it's not surprising then they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations". Now being a lesbian, how much more different can I get? Damn, guess I'll just have to get happy cleaning the gun I don't have or find religion. <BR/><BR/>All this is from someone who campaigned for McGovern, Carter, Clinton, Gore and Kerry.TechFem50https://www.blogger.com/profile/07358605262627439974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26871122.post-68857727528240137342008-11-02T07:20:00.000-08:002008-11-02T07:20:00.000-08:00Thank you for beautifully encapsulating, Ms. Snark...Thank you for beautifully encapsulating, Ms. Snarker, what it means to be an American. Hope, faith in the greater good, optimism, and meritocracy. While the last eight years have been hard and hard enough to see what it means to be an American diminished in the eyes of the rest of the world, it's nice to know that come Tuesday we have a shot of becoming a great nation in the eyes of our global neighbors again.nycrougehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13265006330870061553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26871122.post-32489431426866752322008-11-02T05:17:00.000-08:002008-11-02T05:17:00.000-08:00Re: comments about it being hard to picture DS as ...Re: comments about it being hard to picture DS as Asian American - we'd likely see DS as being straight, too, if her blog wasn't so wonderfully gay. It reminded me to question my assumptions - thanks DS!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26871122.post-53001341496199077622008-11-01T22:11:00.000-07:002008-11-01T22:11:00.000-07:00I am an Asian-American too. I have been reading yo...I am an Asian-American too. I have been reading your blog for a while and as someone said that I too couldn't imagine you as an asian....I am sorry, but well said. <BR/>I think all of us should go out and vote for Barack Obama on 11/4/08, let put this to a change for once.Lileahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17789583162063141807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26871122.post-10235383520890606842008-11-01T17:12:00.000-07:002008-11-01T17:12:00.000-07:00Well said! I supported Hillary, but I will be cast...Well said! <BR/><BR/>I supported Hillary, but I will be casting my ballot in NC for Obama - yes we can!<BR/><BR/>We've come too far to revert to yet ANOTHER catastrophic GOP presidency. <BR/><BR/>I was debating McCain vs. Obama with my mom last night - she too, was a Hillary supporter - and is still somewhat torn about who to vote for. She's an independent and feels like Hillary was treated poorly by the democratic party as a whole. Anyway, we were talking for awhile when I said, "mom, it comes down to two words: Supreme Court." <BR/><BR/>She is now 100% sure she will vote for Obama-Biden!<BR/><BR/>The stakes are too high for more-of-the-same-John-McCain.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26871122.post-55732423713792970782008-11-01T10:40:00.000-07:002008-11-01T10:40:00.000-07:00Not my crush. He's better than most, but still the...Not my crush. <BR/><BR/>He's better than most, but still the guy thinks gays shouldn't be allowed to marry. That sucks. So, he thinks we should have the same rights? well, maybe I should be more excited that someone wants to make me a second class citizen in a relationship not called a marriage like his own. I would have hoped he would have known better. <BR/><BR/>Despite the pretty talk, it's still discrimination. <BR/><BR/>While I'll certainly be voting, the talking point that both parties seem to agree on, is that gays just shouldn't be married like everyone else.<BR/><BR/>no crush here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26871122.post-36239432087927552962008-11-01T10:06:00.000-07:002008-11-01T10:06:00.000-07:00My weekend crush... Dorothy Snarker.My weekend crush... Dorothy Snarker.Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13006310727590527032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26871122.post-9404807108714104572008-11-01T07:24:00.000-07:002008-11-01T07:24:00.000-07:00Beautiful Post! Definitely a history making electi...Beautiful Post! Definitely a history making election and if elected what a history making moment. Thanks DS, I was touched. Yes We Can! Obama/Biden 08!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26871122.post-76442235109892266892008-11-01T02:35:00.000-07:002008-11-01T02:35:00.000-07:00“Barack is an intellectual guy, and I know he has ...“Barack is an intellectual guy, and I know he has been thinking through his position on gay marriage, and what is fair for all people,” said Michael Bauer, an openly gay fund-raiser for Mr. Obama and an adviser to his campaign on gay issues. “But he is just not there with us on this issue.”<BR/><BR/>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/01/us/politics/01marriage.html?hp<BR/><BR/>Q: What's the difference btw. McCain and Obama on gay marriage?<BR/>A: None.<BR/><BR/>They want our votes but they could care less if we can marry. Am I the only lesbian who hasn't been swept away by Obama fever?<BR/><BR/>Thank ___ there's a 3rd party.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26871122.post-33383289076639377792008-11-01T02:02:00.000-07:002008-11-01T02:02:00.000-07:00I, too, was a loud and proud Hillary supporter. An...I, too, was a loud and proud Hillary supporter. And yes, for me, too, it was an honor, and I would seize the opportunity to vote for her again should it come up. That said, like you, I knew Obama had my vote after the primaries. But I recently got on the hope train. I just starting believing this guy could mean something new, something different. I'm starting to buy into it, the blank, unholy faith of it.<BR/><BR/>I'm starting to get on board. I'm starting to see it. And my vote is already cast.Norma Desmondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04064997154001326287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26871122.post-65682641702853160092008-10-31T21:11:00.000-07:002008-10-31T21:11:00.000-07:00Dorothy, You are an amazing writer who clearly exp...Dorothy, <BR/><BR/>You are an amazing writer who clearly express herself and invite us in with warmth and joy. I respect you and your position.<BR/><BR/>Hopefully we can agree to disagree on Obama. I voted for Hillary and would still vote for her on November 4th. While he is likely the winner on Tuesday, he won't be getting my vote. I find Obama insincere. The treatment Hillary received from Obama and his staff should be an indication of his lack of character.<BR/><BR/>Obama's position on gay rights is to let the states decide. Such a joke. Would civil rights be where they are today if JFK took the same position? What happens if you get married in California, your partner gets a promotion requiring a transfer to a state with no gay rights? All I want is the same rights. Nothing more and nothing less.<BR/><BR/>With the interest this election is generating, I'm hoping we'll have an historic turnout regardless of the winner. Too bad, we can't be electing our first female president.TechFem50https://www.blogger.com/profile/07358605262627439974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26871122.post-66879324538506867422008-10-31T20:14:00.000-07:002008-10-31T20:14:00.000-07:00Dorothy,Thank you for your beautiful words.Dorothy,<BR/>Thank you for your beautiful words.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26871122.post-76436752797641005622008-10-31T17:08:00.000-07:002008-10-31T17:08:00.000-07:00will you marry me?will you marry me?Red Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10558821390160957002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26871122.post-4153815190394823302008-10-31T16:43:00.000-07:002008-10-31T16:43:00.000-07:00sometimes i wonder...what're you..sometimes i wonder...what're you..cocorohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06909363547438147654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26871122.post-29687094790698346422008-10-31T15:13:00.000-07:002008-10-31T15:13:00.000-07:00Beautiful post. from the duality of my own identit...Beautiful post. from the duality of my own identity, first as an italian, and secondly as an american, i understand the concept of voting and speaking for the rest of the world, who will be affected by these elections whether it wants to be or not. I am proud to say that I voted already, with my absentee ballot, and that i darkened the little oval close to the names of Obama and Biden. I felt proud, not to be an american, as it still doesn't feel like "me", but to be able to help this country find the best part of itself, for its own good and for everyone else's. <BR/><BR/>Dear Ms. Snarker, please don't consider me too forward if i say that i felt for you reading your post, and that i just wanted to envelope you in a great, big hug. Reading this post, and realizing i don't know you at all made me feel...weird. We don't know each other, and yet you feel like a celebrity to me in my little internet world. I respect your opinions and your intelligence and your wit, and while i usually admire from afar, this post showed a vulnerable side that i'd never seen, and that made you feel closer to me. and since i'm sounding stalkerish i'll explain better...i felt a connection. a simple human connection that in the real world you can just obtain by touching someone's hand or by seeing them smile, and suddenly you understand them better and you feel...a kinship. the kinship of being human, and just sharing that humanity with each other. although i have never seen you, i feel now that kinship with you, and i want to thank you for sharing that with me. I'll treasure it.Valehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14438068527968349879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26871122.post-47958003066656845162008-10-31T14:36:00.000-07:002008-10-31T14:36:00.000-07:00BEAUTIFULLY said! I'd like to think that that's h...BEAUTIFULLY said! I'd like to think that that's how I would put it if I were a bit more erudite :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26871122.post-38019797304336938402008-10-31T11:59:00.000-07:002008-10-31T11:59:00.000-07:00I'm speechless. You made me cry. I am not from the...I'm speechless. You made me cry. I am not from the US. I live in Canada. And we often had a hard time <BR/>relating to your country.<BR/><BR/>But you, Ms. Snarker, represents the best of what the US has to offer. Like Obama. <BR/><BR/>I salute you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26871122.post-71998250872111256982008-10-31T11:19:00.000-07:002008-10-31T11:19:00.000-07:00Your post struck a chord in me and so perfectly sy...Your post struck a chord in me and so perfectly synthesized what I too was thinking. Similarly, I voted for Clinton and was disappointed when she lost, but I have since become an Obama supporter. As an Asian-American, I hope that he will break down barriers and show generations to come what could be. <BR/><BR/>"while we breathe, we will hope"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26871122.post-10878568030019180862008-10-31T10:21:00.000-07:002008-10-31T10:21:00.000-07:00Thanks that was great piece! Personally I was for ...Thanks that was great piece! Personally I was for Obama since that speech at the DNC. I already knew I'd never vote for McCain but I wasn't really cemented on anyone yet. I'm always glad to see when intelligent and good people agree with me :DAmandaMLyonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12416497472705278963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26871122.post-58390539795081994242008-10-31T10:12:00.000-07:002008-10-31T10:12:00.000-07:00As a European this isn't my election. But I sure w...As a European this isn't my election. But I sure would vote for Obama if I could.<BR/>Brilliant post, Mrs Snarker!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com