Obama throws a bone to his gay & lesbian cheerleader squad
Using a formulaic system to select the recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, i.e., one from column “A”, a couple from column “Gay”, selections from column “Melanin Enhanced”, someone from the “Jock Community”, at least one “Geek”, “Secular Saint” and “Celebrity Spice”, "Savior Scientist", etc., this smorgasbord of official “overachievers” will try to straddle the cultural divides like a spread-eagled embrace.
So, on August 12th, for those who are so loyal to the Obama administration that they wouldn’t think to wonder when the policy of “don’t ask, don’t tell, don’t expect too much” will venture very far from the Bush/Cheney era, prepare to get dewey-eyed with the revelation that President Barack thinks that making Billy Jean King and Harvey Milk official role models now, will have to suffice for a while.
. . . Or do you think it’s an accident that out of the sixteen recipients, two were chosen whose obituary does, or will, include the word “gay” or “lesbian” within the first twenty words?
Of course, the concept of such a medal is ridiculous, as if all the names on this list are unambiguously worthy of such a rarified honor, to the exclusion of the myriad possible alternatives throughout the recent annals of human history. This rigged “Goblet of Fire” is nothing more than an opportunity for the current administration to blow a kiss at a few cronies, and to stroke and wink at the need for various interest groups to feel noticed.
From the Log Cabin suits, to the Act Up rowdies, Obama hopes you will accept this friendly fist bump in the way it was intended; “I don’t mind you guys, but just back off until some day when I can more conveniently triangulate your civil rights.”