Obama Listens to Gays


	Obama Listens to Gays

zasel

8-9-2007 8:51 PM

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gay, elections, campaigns, presidential elections, lobbyists

zasel says:

I clipped this article to applaud Senator Obama for listening to and caring about the gay community. However, after reading several of the reader comments at the end of the piece, I find it interesting that rather than commenting on that aspect of this story, readers are blaming ABC news for being hypocritical and unfairly negative towards Obama for pointing out that he is against accepting money for federal lobbyists. Politics as with beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

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