Dems: Talking the Talk

We hope you were able to watch the LOGO TV Democratic Candidate forum. If you missed them, check it out here.

The format was so GAY!

It had the feel of a television talk show -- with a Merv Griffin-esque set -- very chic and stylish.

Each candidate entered the studio to a musical refrain with a dance-club kind of beat. One at a time, they walked passed the well-dressed, mostly white and mostly young audience and made their way to the stage where they were seated in an over-stuffed chair.

Obama, Edwards and Clinton -- AKA the "front runners" -- seemed the most comfortable seated there. Perhaps they are more relaxed in general, or maybe they are just good at acting -- which may be why they are the front runners in the first place!

The questions were surprisingly good with Melissa Etheridge asking the best, most heartfelt questions.

All in all, the forum was a success in bringing out the candidates stance on the issues, which boil down to this:

• Each of them supports State and Federal legal protections for same-sex couples

• They all want to repeal Don't Ask, Don't Tell

• Every one of them agree that we need more funding for AIDS education
  

• Only two -- Kucinich and Gravel -- support full marriage equality
  

The "worst" candidate was Richardson who believes "homosexuality" is a choice. He also would not sign a Marriage Equality bill even if it passed the house and senate.

Hillary lectured us on why her husband -- who let the LGBTQ Community down in so many ways -- was actually our champion because he prevented the Gingrich Republicans from inflicting even more harm to our families. In Hillary's view, DADT and DOMA were the solution to even harsher policies being pushed by right wing-nuts.

Maybe she's right. Thats how the game is played in Washington. LGBTQ people are/were used by both parties as political pawns to divide the country into mean-spirited factions who make a big stink over non-issues while the power brokers rape and pillage the economy and the military industrial complex wages an endless war and builds an unstoppable empire.

But hey, that just our opinion.

We are going to support Kucinich even though we are completely aware that he has a snowball's chance in hell of winning. But why should we support any other candidate when they do not fully support US? It seems like anything else would be a form of self-abuse.

Not that any of it matters anyway. We are skeptical about whether the election process and democracy even function any more.

The voting machines are hackable, the media is owned and controlled by big corporations, the Republicans, led by Rove, have reconfigured the justice department and have gerrymandered the voting district lines so that Republicans always have an edge.

But what gives us hope is the understanding that although the cards were stacked against the Democrats in November 2006, the people's will was stronger than the Republican machine.

Unfortunately, the stage is now set for Bush to suspend the elections in the event of a "national emergency" of his own making.

So, if there ARE elections and any one of the Democratic candidates are able to get elected, they ALL say they will fight for our rights to have a semblance of legal equality -- which is more than we can say for the Republicans.

The Dems -- they all talk the talk, but will they walk the walk?

We shall see...

Did You Miss the Gay Debates? Watch Them Here!

If you missed the LOGO/HRC - first ever - Presidential Forum, here is your chance to watch each candidate answer questions in a non-debate, informal setting.

Today you can watch. Tomorrow we will share with you our impressions of the format, the moderators, the questions, the candidates and their answers.

We hope you will also let us know what you think by commenting (use the link below) so that we can share your views as well.

Whatever else you may think, this is an amazing event.

Enjoy!

Barak Obama:


John Edwards:


Dennis Kucinich:


Mike Gravel:


Bill Richardson:


Hillary Clinton:

Mike Gravel Socks It To The Dems

The more we hear about Mike Gravel, the more we like him.

The pundits say he doesn't have a chance to get elected. And they are probably right. He's a real-live Mr. Smith Goes to Washington kind of guy.

Gravel was a US Senator from 1969 to 1981. He was the lone member of Congress with the cajones to enter 4,100 pages of the top-secret Pentagon Papers into the Congressional Record. In case you are too young to remember, the Pentagon Papers revealed the illegal and unethical shenanigans perpetrated on Vietnam by the US Government from 1945 to1971. Gravel also stood alone on the senate floor to filibuster the draft for more than 5 months, leading to its eventual demise. Every young man of draft eligibility age should grovel at the feet of Gravel and thank him for saving their ass.

This is a guy who totally supports equal marriage rights (as does Dennis Kucinich) ... not the unequal marriage-lite variety favored by the chicken shits pictured above.

Gravel is not afraid to tell the truth and do the right thing even when the right thing is the wrong thing for the people with money and power.

Which is why he will not get elected.

Instead, we will get another ambitious egotist who will say and do whatever it takes to get elected and stay in power.

In a debate held earlier this year, Gravel looked over at the other candidates and exclaimed:

"These people frighten me!"

Gravel, as always, tells it like it is.