‘Follow the money’ rule suddenly applies when the issue is gay marriage

I rage at the media for failing to scrutinize the role of conservative Jewish contributions as a factor in Obama’s collapse on the occupation and threats to Iran, two questions that affect world peace. Because the media ignore that ancient command of American political corruption: Follow the money.  Well, here is Andrew Sullivan being interviewed by Audie Cornish on NPR’s All Things Considered yesterday, about President Obama’s declaration in support of gay marriage.

CORNISH: It’s also been noted that a lot of the big-money donors in the Democratic Party are gay and lesbian. And you’ve suggested that maybe this all just has to do with money. And do you still feel that way?

SULLIVAN: I told you how I feel. Analytically, I do think, look, we’re talking about politics here. And I do think that with Wall Street being less generous than they were in 2008, gay donors and gay support is actually critical to fundraising. And I think many leading gay activists just told the White House quite clearly that if you were not do to this, then their support would not be forthcoming, especially after he declined to enforce an executive order banning discrimination against homosexuals in federal contracting.

So – but I didn’t see that today. I mean, I’ll see the whole thing tonight. I didn’t see it today. I saw today the man I watched for five years now. And that is whom I heard in, as long ago as 2007, tell the mother of a gay son, I want your son to be equal and to have every right that a heterosexual has. I think getting past the M-word for him was a struggle. I don’t he’s alone in this. And I don’t think it’s crazy for people to feel this way. But I think he’s evolved as Americans have evolved, suddenly rather quickly. And I think this is how it happens, suddenly rather quickly. What seemed unthinkable becomes obviously right.