Jerry Slater writes:
According to the NYT, Obama has asked V. Gene Robinson,
a gay Episcopal bishop, to deliver the invocation at one of the
inaugural events. Some see this as Obama's way of "compensating" for
having named Rev. Rick Warren, an opponent of same-sex marriage, to
deliver the main inaugural invocation.
I hope this isn't an indication of Obama's idea of balance, or of "casting a wide net," as Robinson himself put it. If so, it brings to mind what was once said--unkindly, no doubt--about President Dwight Eisenhower's appointments to the U.S. Civil Rights Commission, created by Congress in 1957: three of the commissioners favored civil rights, three were opposed.
I hope this isn't an indication of Obama's idea of balance, or of "casting a wide net," as Robinson himself put it. If so, it brings to mind what was once said--unkindly, no doubt--about President Dwight Eisenhower's appointments to the U.S. Civil Rights Commission, created by Congress in 1957: three of the commissioners favored civil rights, three were opposed.
They are all just paid performing artists, I keep telling you. Pay more attention to the men and women behind the curtain.
Having said that, I do follow Sarah Posner's 'FundamentaList' column in the American Prospect.