Thursday Morning Open Thread

Good morning.

So, here we are. I have to admit, late last year, I was really looking forward to 2009. I figured after the past eight years, we'd finally make some progress and have some fun. I was wrong. This isn't fun. I guess Rick Warren should have given us a heads up, but I really never expected Team Obama to treat gay Americans like we're a toxic political issue. They sure didn't act that way during the campaign and I imagine many who talked to Obama about LGBT issues are shocked, just shocked. Also, "everyone" thinks the Obama people are the smartest people in the world (starting with those Obama people.) So, we have to make sure their circa-1993 conventional wisdom doesn't become pervasive. Obama is 47. He's a different generation. He was supposed to be a different politician. Not so much. Yeah, this isn't fun.

Let's roll...