Topic: Gay marriage
Quote: Who said anything about blind support? You're arguing against a position that no one has raised here. The point is simply that gays know that they'll be able to work with Obama and Biden if they get into office, and they won't be able to work with McCain or Palin. If you're going to take Biden and Obama to task, do it in a way which won't hurt their chances of defeating McCain. Sure, people could jump up and down and scream about how they want more, but that wouldn't help. It would, in point of fact, do harm. If you have someone who is mostly a friend you correct them when you disagree with them, but not publically during an election.
Response: I guess we just have different approaches then. To me a candidate should be held to questioning and challenged about any public policy issue, even publicly, rather than put a 'team mentality' first and not challenge them on a stance because of already wanting them in office--I tend to decide whether I want someone in office AFTER doing those things rather than before, and let such challenges play a part in whether or not I put my support behind them. An election is the time one SHOULD challenge them, not after they're in office and there's nothing that can so easily be done about it.
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