Now this is just getting to be a little bit ridiculous. George W. Bush converted to a very socially conservative brand of Christianity which tends to believe that homosexuals are immoral, sinful and going to hell. He counted Falwell, Pat Robertson, Ted Haggard and other hypocrtical bigots as spiritual advisors. For goodness sake we all love Billy Graham, but Graham has said some very cruel things about gays and lesbians. When Bush was running for office did you say "its up to YOU Bush to have taken a stand and worked towards getting these people to be less anti-gay"

Here's an even better example. Any southern white elected official, lets say Al Gore or Bill Clinton HAS to have encountered old guard racist southern democrats on their climb to the top. No doubt, they had to form close relationships with them because that's the game of politics. Why didn't Bill Clinton have to "take a stand" against racist white people that we ALL knew he knew and probably interacted with.

The double standard here is huge and really unfair.

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Yesterday, John McCain actually said that if he’s president he’ll take on, and I quote, 'the old boys’ network in Washington.' I’m not making this up. This is somebody been in Congress for 26 years, who put seven of the most powerful Washington lobbyists in charge of his campaign. And now he tells us that he’s the one who’s gonna take on the old boys' network,” he said. “In the McCain campaign that’s called a staff meeting!- Obama, 9/17/2008