When will we learn? Stick with the Dems, just like the wingnuts stick with the GOP.

.. they are now entrenched…

I think we should stop being naive about it and call it like it is. They stopped being an advocacy group a long time ago and they are not entrenched in the establishment and their main purpose is as a stepping stone for the precious few “gay appointments” each administration gives away as tokens.

It’s pathetic that gays and lesbians have allowed themselves to become the poodles of the Democratic party. Prancing around the ring and striking poses whenever the Party needs a late Friday afternoon photo-op.

But Washington knows just how to perfume the air with enough of a whiff of scintillating power to keep uncritical and self-absorbed queer social climbers within their grasp.

And Jim, your stand is still a half-measure that doesn’t really get to the heart of the matter; rather than give ANY self-interested money to self-interested politicians, why not give money to food banks, shelters, or health programs.

Sadly, until homosexuals and their “leaders” are willing to be beaten-up or arrested repeatedly, like Ghandi or King, nothing will change. All laws will remain the same. Equal rights must be taken, because they are never freely given.

Would abandoning the “Leadership Conference/Cocktail Fundraiser as Panacea” mentality of queer culture make a dent in the politicians?

It damn sure would. The last thing the Democratic establishment expects gays and lesbians to do is the one thing it is hardest for any derided minority to do, and that is NOT to vote at all.

Maybe its time for us to do what we’re most afraid to do. Let Chaos reign until the political class realizes that our precious lives are not their political playthings.

Imagine if we got the handful of big things done – ENDA passed, DADT and DOMA repealed, and marriage equality. There’ll be calls to undo the legislative gains for the next few years, but after that, wouldn’t the GayTM be essentially shut down? Or at the very least, be significantly reduced?

The way I see it, the only financially sensible thing for the democratic party to do is to string us along for as long as they can to maximize their financial gains.

There are a lot of state senators and state representatives who have taken courageous stands and voted for gay marriage in VT, NH, ME, NY, and NJ. Kirsten Gillibrand has actually earned gay support, too, although I think she’s already sitting on a pile of money.

If you are going to give money, far better to give to specific candidates directly than to give to HRC or to the Democratic Party as a whole.

It’s been a real grief to see that not only does this president not ‘pander’ to his base, he goes out of his way to show how little we mean to him. It began with Rick Warren and has gone steadily downhill.