There is a diary on the Rec List now called "Obama Mocks Gay Rights Protestors at CA Fundraiser," and I hate to say it, but all those who recommended the diary got hoodwinked.
Here is the "mocking" that President Obama is accused of spouting at the California gay and lesbian community. Prepare to be outraged!!!!
For those who can't see the video, here is a transcript of the mocking:
There were some protesters out here. I could hear them-vaguely. I don't know what they were protesting. I think there was a group of them. But one of them started to chant "Obama, keep your promise" and I thought, that's fair. I don't know which promise that he was talking about. But I thought to myself, you know, I like that.
President Obama is not mocking anyone, he is basically saying that he is happy that people are holding his feet to the fire when it comes to him upholding his campaign promises.
And before anyone says "but, but, but, it was a gay rights protest that he's mocking," it was also a Code Pink and ANSWER protest as well:
...activists from CODEPINK and ANSWER LA will protest troops in Afghanistan and war funding outside the Beverly HIlton, where President Obama is attending a Democratic National Committee fundraiser.
So there it is, clear as day. Obama was responding to the myriad of different groups protesting for different causes. And he's happy to know people are pushing him to keep his promises.
We try to be reality-based here, so let's save our outrage for worthwhile causes instead of bullshit tomfoolery.
h/t to gatorbot for the video, h/t to seesmithrun for the transcript, h/t to taylormattd for the Code Pink/ANSWER protest link.
UPDATE! From some of the comments below, specifically from abwaan and aggregatescience, it looks like the "keep your promise" Obama was responding to might have come from those protesting that Obama should keep a campaign promise of recognizing the Armenian genocide.
