To Say That Obama Agrees with McClurkin is Asinine

[Bullet1987]

Everyone here knows Obama's views on gay rights issues. When he went to the Logo debate, he made them perfectly clear as did Hillary Clinton and John Edwards. Funny thing is, out of the Top 3...none of them have a very big difference in opinion on gay issues. Now, as far as this concert everyone here has to ask themselves "who is the audience?" It's a Gospel Tour first of all, and most people that listen to Gospel music love Donnie McClurkin. It's not a political meeting or forum, it's not Obama endorsing Donnie.

Now, I like a lot of McClurkin's songs...but I don't agree with his views. Though, if I had a chance to go see him at one of these venues I would. If I had a chance to see him speak at a conference on social issues...then hell no I wouldn't go see him. This is all about context...and Obama was not wrong for putting someone on a ticket that the VAST MAJORITY of the audience is going to dance and clap to. He was appealing to THEM. A lot of people say, "well what if David Duke came?" DD is universally hated by all Black people...so it would be stupid to schedule him. This is not a gay right's concert...so scheduling McClurkin is fine in the eyes of the said audience.

As far as the liberal blogosphere falling out of love with Obama...well fuck'em. I couldn't care less. The liberal blogs don't dictate whether or not a campaign succeeds or fails anyway...ask Howard Dean and Dennis Kucinich.

Lastly, I haven't been able to watch the news lately since I'm on campus most of the day. Has the MSM or the pundits been talking about this? I'm telling you, if they ignore it...this will not hurt Obama nearly as much as I think a lot of people want it to. It'll definently hurt him on the blogs and sites like DU...but like I already stated, they don't dictate a campaign's success anyway.