Gays Take Out Frustration on ... Ronald Reagan# WaterWorld - 未名水世界
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Via Drudge, by way of The Weekly Standard, we learn that gay activists
invited to the White House recently by Obama crossed the line of decorum and
then decided to publicize their classlessness:
Last Friday, an attaché of important gay people from Philadelphia made
a trip to Washington D.C. as invited guests of President Barack Obama for
the White House’s first-ever gay pride reception. There, they danced to the
sounds of a Marine Corps band; they dined on crab cakes and canapés; they
hand-delivered letters from concerned citizens like this 18-year old who has
had four people close to him gunned down, and noted rhyming raconteur CA
Conrad; and some of them took advantage of photo opportunities to give the
late President Ronald Reagan the middle finger.
“It’s not a gesture that I would use in the White House when
representing our city and our community,” opines Philadelphia Gay News
publisher Mark Segal (center), who opted for a sarcastic thumbs-up pose in
front of the portrait of George W. Bush over the more vulgar one
demonstrated by his Reagan-loathing peers, Matthew “Matty” Hart (left),
the national director of public engagement at Solutions for Progress, and
self-taught photographer turned toast-of-the-town Zoe Strauss (right).
“I have friends who work in that building,” Segal explains. “I’m not
going to do something that could embarrass them or that could somehow
damage a campaign that is so important. ‘Be on your best behavior,’ my
staff told me.’ I think they know me too well.”
This wasn’t Segal’s first trip to the White House, having twice
visited during Bill Clinton’s gay-friendly tenure. “One of the things on
my bucket list was to dance with my boyfriend at the White House,” remarks
Segal.”And this is the second time I got to do it. We come up to the main
foyer, and what do they play? Barbra Streisand. ‘The Way We Were.’ And I
thought, Are they going to play nothing but Barbra, Bette and Lady Gaga? I
was waiting for ‘Over the Rainbow.’ I mean, this is the Marine band!”
Clearly, Segal, a dedicated activist but also an astute political hobnobber,
wants to be invited back.
But his counterparts couldn’t seem to care less. Hart posted his photo
on Facebook with the caption, “Fuck Reagan.” Strauss simply posted hers
without commentary. After all, the murderous facial expression and double-
barreled bird-flipping seem to speak for themselves. Comments ranged from “
you forgot to add with a chainsaw” on Hart’s “Fuck Reagan” note, to my
personal favorite, “star wars … up yours,” on Strauss’s. ...
“Yeah, fuck Reagan,” reiterates Hart one week after the reception. “
Ronald Reagan has blood on his hands. The man was in the WhiteHouse as AIDS
exploded, and he was happy to see plenty of gay men and queer people die. He
was a murderous fool, and I have no problem saying so. Don’t invite me
back. I don’t care.”
It's good to know who it is that Obama pals around with isn't it?
invited to the White House recently by Obama crossed the line of decorum and
then decided to publicize their classlessness:
Last Friday, an attaché of important gay people from Philadelphia made
a trip to Washington D.C. as invited guests of President Barack Obama for
the White House’s first-ever gay pride reception. There, they danced to the
sounds of a Marine Corps band; they dined on crab cakes and canapés; they
hand-delivered letters from concerned citizens like this 18-year old who has
had four people close to him gunned down, and noted rhyming raconteur CA
Conrad; and some of them took advantage of photo opportunities to give the
late President Ronald Reagan the middle finger.
“It’s not a gesture that I would use in the White House when
representing our city and our community,” opines Philadelphia Gay News
publisher Mark Segal (center), who opted for a sarcastic thumbs-up pose in
front of the portrait of George W. Bush over the more vulgar one
demonstrated by his Reagan-loathing peers, Matthew “Matty” Hart (left),
the national director of public engagement at Solutions for Progress, and
self-taught photographer turned toast-of-the-town Zoe Strauss (right).
“I have friends who work in that building,” Segal explains. “I’m not
going to do something that could embarrass them or that could somehow
damage a campaign that is so important. ‘Be on your best behavior,’ my
staff told me.’ I think they know me too well.”
This wasn’t Segal’s first trip to the White House, having twice
visited during Bill Clinton’s gay-friendly tenure. “One of the things on
my bucket list was to dance with my boyfriend at the White House,” remarks
Segal.”And this is the second time I got to do it. We come up to the main
foyer, and what do they play? Barbra Streisand. ‘The Way We Were.’ And I
thought, Are they going to play nothing but Barbra, Bette and Lady Gaga? I
was waiting for ‘Over the Rainbow.’ I mean, this is the Marine band!”
Clearly, Segal, a dedicated activist but also an astute political hobnobber,
wants to be invited back.
But his counterparts couldn’t seem to care less. Hart posted his photo
on Facebook with the caption, “Fuck Reagan.” Strauss simply posted hers
without commentary. After all, the murderous facial expression and double-
barreled bird-flipping seem to speak for themselves. Comments ranged from “
you forgot to add with a chainsaw” on Hart’s “Fuck Reagan” note, to my
personal favorite, “star wars … up yours,” on Strauss’s. ...
“Yeah, fuck Reagan,” reiterates Hart one week after the reception. “
Ronald Reagan has blood on his hands. The man was in the WhiteHouse as AIDS
exploded, and he was happy to see plenty of gay men and queer people die. He
was a murderous fool, and I have no problem saying so. Don’t invite me
back. I don’t care.”
It's good to know who it is that Obama pals around with isn't it?