Biden Apologizes to Obama for Sunday’s Gay Marriage Remarks
Posted by Jim Hoft on Thursday, May 10, 2012, 6:38 PM
Vice President Joe Biden apologized to Barack Obama today for his gay marriage remarks on Sunday. Biden made the remarks yesterday before Barack Obama came out in favor of gay marriage.
Bloomberg reported:
Vice President Joe Biden apologized to President Barack Obama for making remarks that prompted the president to disclose his support for same-sex marriage before he planned to, according to an administration official.
Biden delivered the apology to the president yesterday morning, before Obama gave an interview to ABC News in which he said he’s had a change of heart and now supports legal gay marriage, the official said.
Biden’s remarks in a May 6 broadcast of NBC’s “Meet the Press” that he is “absolutely comfortable” with same-sex marriage forced the president to speed up his timetable for revealing his position, administration officials said.
“The president has been the leader on this issue from Day One and the vice president never intended to distract from that,” Kendra Barkoff, Biden’s press secretary, said in an e- mail. The New York Times reported the apology earlier.
In the ABC News interview in which he revealed his change in stance, Obama said Biden “probably got out a little bit over his skis” in making his remarks “out of a generosity of spirit.”
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Redwine commented:
Can’t wait for Joltin’ Joe to blurt out that Barry’s gay.
bg commented:
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THEY ARE SOOOO FULL OF SH*T, GAH!!
hey Obama, how’s the economy doing??
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Militant Conservative commented:
Exactly BG, they (WH) is just trying to detract from the elephant in the room.
Fuel may be going down but Obama had nothing to do with that.
Unless you count killing the economy.
powder is dry, and Obama is a pole smoker.
Susie commented:
Another level of ‘signalling’ support of his intentions to the gay lobby
Did Obama share his marriage equality message with GMA’s Robin Roberts because she’s gay?
http://www.queerty.com/did-obama-share-his-marriage-equality-message-with-gmas-robin-roberts-because-shes-gay-20120510/
bg commented:
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mine, and too numerous to count others first thought i’m sure..
May 10, 2012
Obama’s New Strategy: Court Gay Donors, Liberal Base
["Would I have preferred to have done this in my own way, in my own
terms, without I think, there being a lot of notice to everybody? Sure,"
Obama said. "But all's well that ends well."
Obama, who was ready Thursday to dive into the embrace of
Hollywood's wealthy elite at a gala fund-raising event, said he
had planned to announce his support for gay marriage before
his party's convention in early September. But he told ABC News
that his hand was forced by Biden, though he said his vice
president spoke out in support of same-sex marriage out of a
"generosity of spirit."
The president made his historical endorsement on the eve of a sold
-out fundraiser Thursday evening at the Los Angeles home of movie
star George Clooney.]
gee, i’m so good at reading Obama, perhaps i should write a book
and title it “Nightmares From My President”.. hey, ya never know,
maybe the Hollywoodpeckerphiles will make a movie about it..
/star struck sarc/
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west1890 commented:
Anybody really believe Biden’s remarks weren’t scripted way beforehand? Just another shiny, attention distracting bunch of BS. So Barry the commie now endorses gay marriage…in plain English he endorses sodomy, which is illegal in most, if not all states, and he’s made another monumental attack on the Catholic church and all the other Christian churches. At this point I don’t think I can be convinced that he is not the antichrist. By the time Barry the commie is done with us the U.S. will make Sodom and Gomorrah look like kindergarten. What’s he going to endorse next- pedophphelia, bestiality, post birth abortion?
bg commented:
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fl$p-flOp-fl$p-a-flOp
[The "Obama the brave" narrative will continue for weeks despite the fact that the "political cost" of affirming what everyone knew in the first place is minimal to non-existent. People who oppose gay marriage weren't supporting him anyway, and those in favor of gay marriage may have been discouraged but weren't going to vote for Mitt Romney. The downside to his flip flop is small, but is being touted as evidence of political courage despite all evidence to the contrary.]
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pink tie Republican commented:
Why is Slow Joe apologizing if it is all good?
Frankly, I think Barry can’t stand Slow Joe and is pissed he made him come out of the closet too soon.
Although it is possible this was all rigged in advance with the press so that Barry could suck up more cash from the gay dudes that run Hollywood.
Patty commented:
Obama is against it, then he is considering it, then against, then for it as of Yesterday.
Biden says he is all for it!!! But then Obama comes out and for it, finally.
irishcurmudgeon commented:
Romney campaign should demand that Joe Biden be on Sunday morning shows weekly to tell us what “flexibility” is the Obama distraction of the coming week.
PS. What a coincidence that WaPo had the hit piece cued up.
PS2. Would Obama’s position change be the equivalent of a snowboard 360, 540, 720 or were there be more turns than the press told us about.
Hugh commented:
This feels totally phony–staged, like everything else this president does.
Patty commented:
This entire administration is playing America for fools.
How President Obama Played the Press Perfectly on Gay Marriage Announcement
Little happens by accident in the Obama White House, or the Obama reelection campaign for that matter — if there even is a difference between the two. And the dramatic decision by the president to come out Wednesday in support of same-sex marriage is no exception. Contrary to what many in the news media would have us believe, the decision was carefully planned and timed.
One thing it was not: It was not the forced result of public pressure coming from others in his administration, starting with Vice President Biden.
Biden, who said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that he was “absolutely comfortable” with same-sex marriage, was merely playing the role of John the Baptist, preparing the way for Obama’s coming.
We, and by “we” I mean those of us in the news media who by training and experience are armed to cut through political fog, blindly groped and assumed that it was just Biden once again putting his foot in his mouth.
Or as Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank wrote on Tuesday, another case of the gaffe-prone Biden making a mess that White House Press Secretary Jay Carney had to clean up.
“Carney should be offered a membership in the janitor’s union,” Milbank chortled. {..}
http://foxnewsinsider.com/2012/05/10/opinion-how-president-obama-played-the-press-perfectly-on-gay-marriage-announcement/
This administration is play us. They are looking more stupid. I still can believe that Biden was a VP pick. But I can’t believe Obama is in the White House.
Ron? commented:
So now that he’s lost the center, Toonces is going to court the fringe votes. This jerkoff is gone in ’12 and he knows it. Got news for you Toonces: There are a lot of unemployed gay people out there too. They may have different lifestyles then a lot of people, but they’ve got to eat and feed their families too. They, like the rest of us are going to be voting with their wallets and 401k’s too. Is there any group that this used tampon won’t pander to. Try the NAMBLA crowd Bam-bam, maybe you can talk about your time with the other boys in that Indonesian Madrassa. You know on those lonely nights when you missed home and mama. Bet you’ll get the sympathy vote there.
bg commented:
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west1890 #7 May 10, 2012 at 7:13 pm
re: [post birth abortion?]
unless you were being sarcastic,
he’s already done that 4 times..
there’s also an ObamaCare Brave New World agenda well underway..
yep, 4 more years!!
yeah, that’s the depopulation ticket!!
/truth sarc/
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lethargic commented:
“prompted the president to disclose his support for same-sex marriage before he planned to, according to an administration official”
There is absolutely nothing “unplanned” about this man’s reign … merely the continually “unexpected” bad economic conditions …
Ron? commented:
#2 redwine: He doesn’t need to blurt out that Obammie is gay, everyone knows that already; I mean if anyone thinks that Michelle is a woman then they’re bilnd as a bat.
Patty commented:
Obama supports gay marriage. Like we didn’t already know this.
{..}
Roberts asked the president if First Lady Michelle Obama was involved in this decision. Obama said she was, and he talked specifically about his own faith in responding.
“This is something that, you know, we’ve talked about over the years and she, you know, she feels the same way, she feels the same way that I do. And that is that, in the end the values that I care most deeply about and she cares most deeply about is how we treat other people and, you know, I, you know, we are both practicing Christians and obviously this position may be considered to put us at odds with the views of others but, you know, when we think about our faith, the thing at root that we think about is, not only Christ sacrificing himself on our behalf, but it’s also the Golden Rule, you know, treat others the way you would want to be treated. And I think that’s what we try to impart to our kids and that’s what motivates me as president and I figure the most consistent I can be in being true to those precepts, the better I’ll be as a as a dad and a husband and hopefully the better I’ll be as president.”
Previously, Obama has moved in the direction of supporting same-sex marriage but has consistently stopped short of outright backing it. Instead, he’s voiced support for civil unions for gay and lesbian couples that provide the rights and benefits enjoyed by married couples, though not defined as “marriage.” At the same time, the president has opposed efforts to ban gay marriage at the state level, saying that he did not favor attempts to strip rights away from gay and lesbian couples.
The president’s position became a flashpoint this week, when Vice President Joe Biden pronounced himself “absolutely comfortable” with allowing same-sex couples to wed.
Obama aides insisted there was no daylight between the positions held by the president and his vice president when it comes to legal rights, but as other prominent Democrats also weighed in in favor of gay marriage, the disconnect became difficult for the White House to explain away.
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=702_1336604855
Obama couldn’t wait if after elections and he has a second term. He needs gay votes. Any votes for that matter.
Patty commented:
Faith, what faith. He can’t be Christian.
Patty commented:
Distracting the public from his failures and inefficiencies. He is a complete failure and since the first of this year he has been diverting the issues to more Social ones.
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