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I need to stop reading the news.

posted by [personal profile] selkie at 11:11am on 18/10/2006
http://www1.whdh.com/news/articles/local/BO31410/ This is just awful. I know my wife tells me we live in a bubble, but this is somehow made worse by the fact that they were legally married.

Also, I know this makes me a horrible person, and I know social workers are by and large wonderful people fighting the good fight for long hours and horrid pay, but man, there's a bunch of them I'd like to bludgeon. In my limited yet highly qualified personal experience, they don't do anything but ruin lives and make poor judgement calls. You could line up the NY/MA DCFS and I'd go at them with my wiffle bat damn sure.
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My cynicism

posted by [identity profile] komos.livejournal.com at 03:53pm on 18/10/2006
I'm just waiting for Republicans to blame Clinton since the federal DOMA passed on his watch. 'Course, they'll fail to note that it passed in 1996 after the vaunted "Republican Revolution" which saw freshman congressionals (many of whom are still in office) pushed one conservative reform after another through the mill on the threat of hamstringing the administration.
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posted by [identity profile] shirei-shibolim.livejournal.com at 04:13pm on 18/10/2006
From their standpoint, would they be blaming Clinton or giving him credit? Remember, a good chunk of the Republican party thinks this is a good idea.
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Re: My cynicism

posted by [identity profile] komos.livejournal.com at 04:39pm on 18/10/2006
Of late, the Right seems to lean towards washing hands of responsibility any time controversy arises, unless there is clear political gain to be had by stepping up. I'm guessing it will depend on whether there is resulting backlash. If liberals/Dems (or the increasingly quiet states'-righters) cry foul, the Republicans likely to point at Bubba and claim it was his doing. On the other hand, if the fundie-backed social conservatives start cheering, they'll stand tall and take credit for preserving the sanctity of marriage or some such nonsense.
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Re: My cynicism

posted by (anonymous) at 08:17pm on 18/10/2006
If liberals/Dems (or the increasingly quiet states'-righters) cry foul, the Republicans likely to point at Bubba and claim it was his doing.

I doubt it. DOMA was a bill backed almost entirely by Republicans and publicly condemned by the former president. I know the Reps don't have a high estimate of the average American's intelligence (and with good reason, I think), but this would be audacious even for them. "This is clearly President Clinton's fault, since he was the one who failed to stop us from striking this blow against gay rights. He should be censured for letting us have our way."
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Re: My cynicism

posted by [identity profile] komos.livejournal.com at 08:51pm on 18/10/2006
These are the same Republicans who've repeatedly blamed Clinton for his failure to capture bin Laden despite previously accusing him of using the threat of international terrorism as a Wag-the-Dog scenario.

Really, though? Check the thread title. It's all my own cynicism speaking.
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Re: My cynicism

posted by [identity profile] shirei-shibolim.livejournal.com at 08:18pm on 18/10/2006
Sorry, that reply was me.
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posted by [identity profile] muchabstracted.livejournal.com at 01:23am on 19/10/2006
Yes, I would actually be moderatly excited if the Republicans attempted to distance themselves from gay rights violations.
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posted by [identity profile] komos.livejournal.com at 07:45pm on 19/10/2006
I think it would more likely take the form of "Hey, your own people signed onto this," rather than "We'd never, NEVER, do that."
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posted by [personal profile] batyatoon at 04:20pm on 18/10/2006
... AND MY CHAINSAW.

*growls*
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posted by [identity profile] strange-selkie.livejournal.com at 05:53pm on 18/10/2006
It's nice yet a little scary to have such good friends who are protective sorts. *pets*
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posted by [identity profile] lonespark.livejournal.com at 10:32pm on 18/10/2006
My brain isn't working; I couldn't figure out what Gerry's widower had to do with social workers.

I have a friend who is one. But I could pretty much bludgeon every one in the state of Arizona, so...
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posted by [identity profile] muchabstracted.livejournal.com at 01:25am on 19/10/2006
Well, this probably makes me an awful person, but the fact that there are probably large numbers of social workers who deserve bludgeoning sort of makes me feel better about my lack of experience. (I know lack of experience is remedied with time. It's still frustrating.)
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posted by [identity profile] muchabstracted.livejournal.com at 01:43am on 19/10/2006
(I expect I wouldn't feel that way if the problem was at all within my control.)
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