Frank Franca

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  Frank signed the petition | about 2 years ago

  Don’t Let the Senate Undercut Real Health Care Reform
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  Frank signed the petition | over 2 years ago

  Give us health care freedom!
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  Frank commented on the article | about 3 years ago

  Obama's Inauguration Olive Branch to LGBT Communities?

  Rick Warren is a bigot... His video response to this controversy is a masterpiece of double speak and contradiction... I will never forget this betrayal of my support for Mr. Obama. It is clear that Mr. Obama's advisers know that we have nobody else to turn to, so betraying us is easy, but it is an act of cowardice, and it is a betrayal none the less, and he will lose more than he gains from this. It is a bitter pill that I cannot swallow. I can no longer be excited about this presidency... what other easy targets does he have up his sleeve to suddenly betray? We are a fragile coalition, is that not clear to these people? Shame on Melissa Etheridge but cheers to Harvey Fierstein for speaking up and saying what needs to be said....

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  Frank commented on the article | about 3 years ago

  My Name is Prerna and I am Undocumented

   I am deeply offended by the choice of Rick Warren for the inauguration invocation. I was planning on going to DC to join in the celebrations but have now canceled my trip. How could I be present at an event partly presided by someone so divisive and dimissive of me as a human being.  I worked so hard to get Mr. Obama elected, and now I feel like he has taken my support for granted. If he wanted to be inclusive, he should have chosen to include those of us who have been excluded for the past 8 years, not someone who represents religious thinking under the Bush Administration. This type of political pandering, and politics as usual "payback" is not what I imagined I would be facing before Mr Obama even takes office. It also makes me reevaluate Mr Obama's sincerity about all of the other issues on which he campaigned. I imagined Mr Obama ro be someone I could be friends with, who probably had friends like my friends. With the choice of Rev. Warren he has demonstrated to me that the characterization of "the other" used to smear him by his political enemies during the campaign might actually be accurate. He certainly does not feel like "one=2 0of us" to me any longer... I can't imagine that now that Mr Obama has been elected my sincere comment here will make any difference to him or to those working with him, but on the off chance that anyone even bothers to read these things anynore, I want to convey in the strongets way the tremendous feeling of being used, and deceived that I and my friends and family are feeling by this act of betrayal to his core base, in an effort to pander politically to group of people who did not supprt him, and did not vote for him. I would like to recieve a personal response to this note...
  Regretfully
  Frank Franca
  
  

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  Frank commented on the article | about 3 years ago

  As Economy Slides, Coalitions Look Locally for Relief

   I am deeply offended by the choice of Rick Warren for the inauguration invocation. I was planning on going to DC to join in the celebrations but have now canceled my trip. How could I be present at an event partly presided by someone so divisive and dimissive of me as a human being.  I worked so hard to get Mr. Obama elected, and now I feel like he has taken my support for granted. If he wanted to be inclusive, he should have chosen to include those of us who have been excluded for the past 8 years, not someone who represents religious thinking under the Bush Administration. This type of political pandering, and politics as usual "payback" is not what I imagined I would be facing before Mr Obama even takes office. It also makes me reevaluate Mr Obama's sincerity about all of the other issues on which he campaigned. I imagined Mr Obama ro be someone I could be friends with, who probably had friends like my friends. With the choice of Rev. Warren he has demonstrated to me that the characterization of "the other" used to smear him by his political enemies during the campaign might actually be accurate. He certainly does not feel like "one=2 0of us" to me any longer... I can't imagine that now that Mr Obama has been elected my sincere comment here will make any difference to him or to those working with him, but on the off chance that anyone even bothers to read these things anynore, I want to convey in the strongets way the tremendous feeling of being used, and deceived that I and my friends and family are feeling by this act of betrayal to his core base, in an effort to pander politically to group of people who did not supprt him, and did not vote for him. I would like to recieve a personal response to this note...
  Regretfully
  Frank Franca
  
  

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  Frank commented on the article | about 3 years ago

  Midnight Enviro Rules Expose the Real Bush Agenda: Preventing Change

   I am deeply offended by the choice of Rick Warren for the inauguration invocation. I was planning on going to DC to join in the celebrations but have now canceled my trip. How could I be present at an event partly presided by someone so divisive and dimissive of me as a human being.  I worked so hard to get Mr. Obama elected, and now I feel like he has taken my support for granted. If he wanted to be inclusive, he should have chosen to include those of us who have been excluded for the past 8 years, not someone who represents religious thinking under the Bush Administration. This type of political pandering, and politics as usual "payback" is not what I imagined I would be facing before Mr Obama even takes office. It also makes me reevaluate Mr Obama's sincerity about all of the other issues on which he campaigned. I imagined Mr Obama ro be someone I could be friends with, who probably had friends like my friends. With the choice of Rev. Warren he has demonstrated to me that the characterization of "the other" used to smear him by his political enemies during the campaign might actually be accurate. He certainly does not feel like "one=2 0of us" to me any longer... I can't imagine that now that Mr Obama has been elected my sincere comment here will make any difference to him or to those working with him, but on the off chance that anyone even bothers to read these things anynore, I want to convey in the strongets way the tremendous feeling of being used, and deceived that I and my friends and family are feeling by this act of betrayal to his core base, in an effort to pander politically to group of people who did not supprt him, and did not vote for him. I would like to recieve a personal response to this note...
  Regretfully
  Frank Franca
  
  

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  Frank commented on the article | about 3 years ago

  The Roller Coaster of Obama and Gay Rights

  I am deeply offended by the choice of Rick Warren for the inauguration invocation. I was planning on going to DC to join in the celebrations but have now canceled my trip. How could I be present at an event partly officiated by someone so divisive and dismissive of me as a human being.  I worked so hard to get Mr. Obama elected, and now I feel like he has taken my support for granted. If he wanted to be inclusive, he should have chosen to include those of us who have been excluded for the past 8 years, not someone who represents religious thinking under the Bush Administration. A philosophy, I might add, that was used as a campaign tool in 2000 and 2004 to demonize me and my friends and family, in an effort to win elections. This type of political pandering, and politics as usual "payback" is not what I imagined I would be facing before Mr Obama even takes office. It also makes me reevaluate Mr Obama's sincerity about all of the other issues on which he campaigned. I imagined Mr Obama to be someone I could be friends with, who probably had friends like my friends. With the choice of Rev. Warren for an honor so prestigious, on such a special day with such high visibility, Mr. Obama has demonstrated to me that the characterization of "the other" used to smear him by his political enemies during the campaign might actually be accurate. He certainly does not feel like "one of us" to me any longer... I can't imagine that now that Mr Obama has been elected my sincere comment here will make any difference to him or to those working with him, but on the off chance that anyone even bothers to read these things anymore, I want to convey in the strongest way the tremendous feeling of being used, and deceived that I and my friends and family are feeling by this act of betrayal to his core base, in an effort to pander politically to group of people who did not support him, and did not vote for him.