While Obama can't uninvite Warren, I'll cross my fingers he'll choose to minimize his role

[gristy]

Perhaps adjustments could be made. Sadly, though, he'll still be up there, and folks will still have to suffer the stench the whole time.

[davidinalameda]

1. I saw this story

perfect ending to a really shitty day

[marylanddem]

2. He could uninvite him if he wanted to. Might be a good idea.

[crappyjazz]

3. He could uninvite Warren ... but he won't

The stench I will smell all the way up here, and I won't be watching a minute of it.

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

4. Why would he want to minimize his role?

You don't invite someone to minimize them.

[gristy]

5. What I mean is that in retrospect he might - if he was too afraid to uninvite him.

[BlooInBloo]

6. Remind me again exactly why he *can't*?

[gristy]

8. Well, he can. But there certainly would be repercussions.

Grave repercussions from across the political spectrum. Weak... Flip-flopper... Caving to the left... It would get very ugly.

[BlooInBloo]

10. Ohnoes! GRAVE repercussions?

"Are there any other kind?"

:rofl:

[yardwork]

11. I'm not surprised that you are finding amusement, yet again, from the pain of gay people.

It delights you, doesn't it? So many opportunities to laugh at people while taking away their rights? Do you contribute to anti-gay causes or is it enough to simply laugh at us here on DU, day after day?

[BlooInBloo]

12. Whoa. Hardcore.

[yardwork]

13. Yeah.

[ecstatic]

9. This is why:

Warren faced a firestorm by the religious right when he invited Obama to speak about AIDS back in 2006. Pro lifers and evangelicals were furious, yet Warren never uninvited Obama--despite all the pressure.

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1565076,00.html

At first I thought that an email campaign could get Warren uninvited, but not after reading that story on Time.com.

[IndianaGreen]

7. Perhaps we can have Act Up threaten to throw condoms at Warren

The threat alone might make Warren cancel his appearance.

[davidinalameda]

14. just found a link on the president elect's website

where you can leave remarks

http://change.gov/page/content/contact/

I left one