Monday Night Video – White House Pressed on Gay Marriage
May 7, 2012 11 Comments
I think it’s crucial for progressives to push President Obama from the left, which is why I’m glad that he’s getting some flack for not supporting gay marriage. ThinkProgress compiled some moments from today’s White House presser, about half of which dealt with same-sex marriage. Jay Carney is somewhat caught by surprise by my favorite question:
Is marriage a civil liberty?
The answer is obvious, so Carney has to dodge.
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Very dodgy answer indeed. Granted, that’s a terrible pun, but it seems so apropos in the circumstance.
Terrible puns…you aren’t British, are you?
I’m not British, though I think that the Brits take the cake on most things humor-related (even bad puns). I lived abroad for a while and I picked up lots of British sayings during that time and they never left me.
My dad’s British, so I got my fair share of poor punning while growing up. He enjoyed the really bad (Benny Hill) as well as the really good (Monty Python).
Ugh, my father is not British but he certainly did love Benny Hill (whom I can’t stand) and felt nothing for Monty Python (whom I adore). Personally with the exception of Fringe, I think that British television is kicking American television’s ass write now. Spy, Misfits, and the new Sherlock are just amazing.
Somehow I can’t believe that Biden and Duncan weren’t part of a planned move. This administration is very good at planning. Obama has nothing really to lose by saying, for example, he supports individual states passing gay marriage bills and he is opposed to the Defense of Marriage Act. This can be the next stage in his evolution.
Biden has a tendency to shoot his mouth off but I agree, add Duncan to the mix and it seems like a pattern. Not as far of an evolution as I would like, but maybe they’re at least starting to walk somewhat upright.
We can at least hope there is more movement.
Wow, the press should really have given up. He so clearly was not going to budge from that statement. Talk about browbeating.
I can understand the belief that they should quit because Carney’s answers are predictable (although he is almost thrown by the civil liberty question) but I don’t mind so much if they press really hard when it’s a real issue, as opposed to one that’s been ginned up.
Indeed. If nothing else, this vid reminds me that being the Prez’s press secretary is one job I’ll never want