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Words are cheap.



When Obama's words don't match his actions, stories like this one shouldn't get dismissed out of hand:



In an interview three days ago with Washington Post's Jonathan Capeheart, Valerie Jarrett, senior aide to Obama, said about Minnesota g@y teen Justin Aarberg, who committed su!cide in July after being bull!ed, that he made a "lifestyle choice."



It's at around 4:15 on the video -



http://mpetrelis.blogspot.com/2010/10/whs-jarrett-dead-gay-bully-victim-made.html



"Being gay", according to one of Obama's closest top aides (reportedly his closest aide) is a "lifestyle choice".



Jarrett said today that she "misspoke".



Try saying "homosexuality a lifestyle choice" and explain how you "misspoke".



Accuracy & precision in language about one of your core base constituencies is basic, fundamental in politics. It's 99% of politics, and how politicians finesse others.



It's an outrage for Jarrett to even try to dismiss her comment in that way, as "misspeaking". She's one of the top representatives for Obama; she speaks for him. Every word out of her mouth is the policy of the president; she broadcasts to the world the real policies of the administration she works for.



Can you imagine her not being fired had she said something equally as offensively ig.no.rant about women or J#ws or blacks? How can she be effective in advancement for gays when she holds the same beliefs about gays as do fundamentalist rightwingers?



Jarrett needs to resign or be fired.
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