Comments on: Gay Rights http://healthblog.ncpa.org/gay-rights/ Health Care Policy and Reform Insights | NCPA Wed, 23 May 2012 14:31:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Kevin Morrill http://healthblog.ncpa.org/gay-rights/comment-page-1/#comment-68145 Kevin Morrill Wed, 30 Jun 2010 00:47:12 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=11497#comment-68145 And they shouldn't be happy with Obama. He could issue an executive order and overturn "don't ask don't tell", but decided to have a discussions about whether the military should continue to be irrational. He's also done quite a bit to undermine all of our finances and life savings. So sure they should be unhappy with him. And they shouldn’t be happy with Obama. He could issue an executive order and overturn “don’t ask don’t tell”, but decided to have a discussions about whether the military should continue to be irrational. He’s also done quite a bit to undermine all of our finances and life savings. So sure they should be unhappy with him.

]]> By: Virginia http://healthblog.ncpa.org/gay-rights/comment-page-1/#comment-68088 Virginia Tue, 29 Jun 2010 15:26:03 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=11497#comment-68088 It's kind of funny/ironic that the more radical you are, the most people expect out of you. And if you dare to compromise, you end up being punished by your party for defecting from the cause. It’s kind of funny/ironic that the more radical you are, the most people expect out of you. And if you dare to compromise, you end up being punished by your party for defecting from the cause.

]]> By: Rust W. http://healthblog.ncpa.org/gay-rights/comment-page-1/#comment-68086 Rust W. Tue, 29 Jun 2010 14:52:57 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=11497#comment-68086 I think we probably have to do these things. It is probably inevitable. Although I thinks gays will discover (as straights long ago discovered) that getting into a marriage is about a thousand times easier than getting out of it. I think we probably have to do these things. It is probably inevitable. Although I thinks gays will discover (as straights long ago discovered) that getting into a marriage is about a thousand times easier than getting out of it.

]]> By: Devon Herrick http://healthblog.ncpa.org/gay-rights/comment-page-1/#comment-68082 Devon Herrick Tue, 29 Jun 2010 14:10:40 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=11497#comment-68082 This is just one issue about which progressives and liberals are disappointed. I've heard numerous accounts of liberals lamenting the fact that President Obama has not aggressively pushed the liberal agenda on everything from gay marriage, to a Medicare for All, to pulling out of Iraq, to taxing carbon, to soaking the rich to subsidize the poor, etc. The answer: progressives are a rather small group that makes up the far left tail of the bell-shaped voter distribution. Most voters are within one standard deviation of the median voter (either left or right). Any president who allows his policies to venture very far from the center will be a one-term president. This is just one issue about which progressives and liberals are disappointed. I’ve heard numerous accounts of liberals lamenting the fact that President Obama has not aggressively pushed the liberal agenda on everything from gay marriage, to a Medicare for All, to pulling out of Iraq, to taxing carbon, to soaking the rich to subsidize the poor, etc.

The answer: progressives are a rather small group that makes up the far left tail of the bell-shaped voter distribution. Most voters are within one standard deviation of the median voter (either left or right). Any president who allows his policies to venture very far from the center will be a one-term president.

]]> By: rgomes http://healthblog.ncpa.org/gay-rights/comment-page-1/#comment-68081 rgomes Tue, 29 Jun 2010 14:08:32 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=11497#comment-68081 Moving away from the political realm and entering the policy world: do we agree with the policy or not? Moving away from the political realm and entering the policy world: do we agree with the policy or not?

]]> By: Vicki http://healthblog.ncpa.org/gay-rights/comment-page-1/#comment-68080 Vicki Tue, 29 Jun 2010 14:04:00 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=11497#comment-68080 Everything this White House does seems to be calculated for some political advantage. Nothing seems based on principle. This is the opposite of what we were promised during the last election. Everything this White House does seems to be calculated for some political advantage. Nothing seems based on principle. This is the opposite of what we were promised during the last election.

]]> By: Tom H. http://healthblog.ncpa.org/gay-rights/comment-page-1/#comment-68079 Tom H. Tue, 29 Jun 2010 13:59:40 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=11497#comment-68079 If the president thinks he is going to buy off his gay supporters with a few minor changes, he is going to be dissapointed. He's opened a hornet's nest and I doubt that he is going to benefit from it. If the president thinks he is going to buy off his gay supporters with a few minor changes, he is going to be dissapointed. He’s opened a hornet’s nest and I doubt that he is going to benefit from it.

]]> By: Bruce http://healthblog.ncpa.org/gay-rights/comment-page-1/#comment-68078 Bruce Tue, 29 Jun 2010 13:55:51 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=11497#comment-68078 Gad to see the president is focused somewhere. He's definitely not faocused on foreign or domestic policy. Gad to see the president is focused somewhere. He’s definitely not faocused on foreign or domestic policy.

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