Comments on: Op-Ed: Romney Needs to be Battle-Focused in November http://outservemag.org/2012/02/romney-needs-to-be-battle-focused-in-november/ a publication of OutServe, the association of actively serving LGBT military personnel Sat, 18 Feb 2012 16:44:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: David http://outservemag.org/2012/02/romney-needs-to-be-battle-focused-in-november/#comment-6702 David Sat, 18 Feb 2012 16:44:38 +0000 http://outservemag.org/?p=1639#comment-6702 I just reread this post again after seeing the comment criticizing it for being partisan politics. If anybody bothers to read the entire article, they would realize it could have been written by a democrat even. It's not partisan to type the words Republican and Romney. Nowhere in this post does Clarke criticize the democratic party. I applaud OutServe for providing a balanced conversation on their blog. I just reread this post again after seeing the comment criticizing it for being partisan politics. If anybody bothers to read the entire article, they would realize it could have been written by a democrat even. It’s not partisan to type the words Republican and Romney. Nowhere in this post does Clarke criticize the democratic party. I applaud OutServe for providing a balanced conversation on their blog.

]]> By: Jay Standring http://outservemag.org/2012/02/romney-needs-to-be-battle-focused-in-november/#comment-6700 Jay Standring Sat, 18 Feb 2012 13:37:47 +0000 http://outservemag.org/?p=1639#comment-6700 OUTServe needs to remain out of the partisan political fray. This post (or similar ones, no matter what party afiliation) is not helpful to us as an organization. Not everyone understands the requirements of the Hatch Act, and how it differs for Reservists and Active Duty. There are well enough other blogs and websites that allow you to advocate politically, your freedom of thought or speech are not impaired if the OS blog and magazine (and OS as an organization) remain silent on these issues. We should avoid even the appearance of impropriety. Let's do better in the future. OUTServe needs to remain out of the partisan political fray. This post (or similar ones, no matter what party afiliation) is not helpful to us as an organization. Not everyone understands the requirements of the Hatch Act, and how it differs for Reservists and Active Duty. There are well enough other blogs and websites that allow you to advocate politically, your freedom of thought or speech are not impaired if the OS blog and magazine (and OS as an organization) remain silent on these issues. We should avoid even the appearance of impropriety. Let’s do better in the future.

]]> By: TItania Jones http://outservemag.org/2012/02/romney-needs-to-be-battle-focused-in-november/#comment-6683 TItania Jones Thu, 16 Feb 2012 21:35:57 +0000 http://outservemag.org/?p=1639#comment-6683 ‎@ R. Clarke Cooper. Really good article. I agree with you completely that Romney should not try to please social conservatives or we risk losing the gains we have made. I have noticed that many socially conservative Democrats who are pro life and traditional marriage, and got real quiet come election time and still voted for Obama. Our social conservatives need to make some sacrifices to get what they want in the elections and their unwillingness is going to make it hard for us to succeed! I'm glad however that gay people are going to win either way, as they have built a very diverse and strong platform! Republicans have a strong platform on healthcare and they need to focus on this. There are 27 states taking Obamacare to the Supreme Court for a decision in November. I live in California, which was the first state to accept Obamacare, and out of all the states California is the furthest along with implementation. (which isn't saying much). There is hardly any media reporting on the progress of our state run health exchange! As a former states governor Mitt Romney has more experience and ideas on how to work with states all at various stages of working through healthcare and insurance issues Both the subsidized and unsubsidized healthcare exchanges in his state were negotiated and underwritten by private insurers. Titania Jones ‎@ R. Clarke Cooper.

Really good article. I agree with you completely that Romney should not try to please social conservatives or we risk losing the gains we have made. I have noticed that many socially conservative Democrats who are pro life and traditional marriage, and got real quiet come election time and still voted for Obama.

Our social conservatives need to make some sacrifices to get what they want in the elections and their unwillingness is going to make it hard for us to succeed! I’m glad however that gay people are going to win either way, as they have built a very diverse and strong platform!

Republicans have a strong platform on healthcare and they need to focus on this.

There are 27 states taking Obamacare to the Supreme Court for a decision in November. I live in California, which was the first state to accept Obamacare, and out of all the states California is the furthest along with implementation. (which isn’t saying much). There is hardly any media reporting on the progress of our state run health exchange! As a former states governor Mitt Romney has more experience and ideas on how to work with states all at various stages of working through healthcare and insurance issues Both the subsidized and unsubsidized healthcare exchanges in his state were negotiated and underwritten by private insurers.

Titania Jones

]]> By: Chief Joedy Yglesias, USN http://outservemag.org/2012/02/romney-needs-to-be-battle-focused-in-november/#comment-6682 Chief Joedy Yglesias, USN Thu, 16 Feb 2012 20:18:42 +0000 http://outservemag.org/?p=1639#comment-6682 Whether Romney wins the nomination of the Republican party or not, the vast majority of the LBGT community will still vote for our current Commander in Chief, President Obama, and rightly so. There is no reason to risk losing all the gains we have made during this administration to candidate Romney's overwhelming desire to say and pledge to do whatever it takes to please the Republican base... even if it includes reinstating DADT, as candidate Santorum has pledged to do. Romney has demonstrated that he has no real convictions at all, just a desire to occupy the White House and will say whatever he thinks the Republican base wants to hear to get himself there. I wholeheartedly believe that if (and when) President Obama wins reelection he will have a much easier time pushing forward for our equality, especially since he will not have to worry about a reelection campaign again. Whether Romney wins the nomination of the Republican party or not, the vast majority of the LBGT community will still vote for our current Commander in Chief, President Obama, and rightly so. There is no reason to risk losing all the gains we have made during this administration to candidate Romney’s overwhelming desire to say and pledge to do whatever it takes to please the Republican base… even if it includes reinstating DADT, as candidate Santorum has pledged to do. Romney has demonstrated that he has no real convictions at all, just a desire to occupy the White House and will say whatever he thinks the Republican base wants to hear to get himself there.
I wholeheartedly believe that if (and when) President Obama wins reelection he will have a much easier time pushing forward for our equality, especially since he will not have to worry about a reelection campaign again.

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