Dear Editor

Having read "Obama's Opposition" 07/02/2008 I agree, there is no NEWS there. Perhaps 'no news' is the real news. Despite Mr Obama's rhetoric to end DOMA, as a Senator, he's introduced NO legislation; as a Senator, he's introduced NO legislation or offered any amendment to any of the many military appropriations bills to overturn Don't Ask Don't Tell (DADT); as a Senator he's not signed on as a co-sponsor to the (UAFA) Uniting American Families Act (S 1328.)

Obamalites have to go back to his Illinois days to point to that state's ENDA legislation. In four years, where is the legislative record of leadership on queer civil rights? I'm disappointed that the only response the Obamalites can proffer is he is better that McCain. This 'race for the bottom' is discouraging and this mentality brought Feinstein to confirm Mukasey and Gonzales as Attorney General. Where are the bills, amendments, or at least hearings on the issues? If I did nothing in my job for four years, I'd get sacked, but this is the government, so I guess after eight years of GW Bush, the Washington expectation is that such inaction should result in a promotion.

A quick review at thomas.gov shows that Mr Obama has introduced at least a dozen veteran's related bills, but not one about DADT. Mr Obama's record on queer civil rights is essentially rhetorical. Bill Clinton talked a good talk, but he brought us DADT and DOMA. Mr Obama has given us no reason to believe his rhetoric is anything other than that of any other politician.

He'll get my vote, but I see no reason for any queer to get excited about his (not so much) transformative change.

Respectfully,

Mickey Lim, RPh
San Francisco

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