Obama, others to court supporters at PrideFest
This weekend’s PrideFest is more than a celebration of the city’s growing LGBT community — it’s a chance to court an important voting bloc. 
Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama — who has made a special effort to reach out to gay and transgendered supporters — will be headlining the crop of candidates who are expected to have a float in the parade near Tower Grove Park.
State Sen. Jeff Smith, Attorney General hopeful Jeff Harris, Alderman Kacie Starr Triplett have also passed along that they plan to be there. Fellow alderman Jennifer Florida and Stephen Conway, who represent the area, are expected to attend, as well. Mayor Francis Slay, who has siblings who are gay, is a staple at the annual event.
The parade has always had a political subtext, but expect it to be even thicker this year, with California’s decision on gay marriage and the race for the White House.
Dont forget about the TraditionalFamilyFest going on every night in my own, heavily armed home…
Every night is Traditional Family Night at Bob Onder’s house with his 15 kids and ONE wife, who stays quiet under threat of being fed to human clones.
GR - Obviously, you don’t know the Onders. Mrs. Onder is under no threat, and speaks freely. That’s more than we can say for Mr. Obama, who speaks in circles. And this will be a great example of that. On the one hand, I’m sure Mr. Obama supports gay marriage. On the other hand, he surely won’t support the overturning of DOMA and enactment of federal legislation requiring other states to recognize - or even offer - gay marriage. That he will appear at PrideFest, and be cheered by those attending, is utter hypocrisy on his part.
hey Nick,
only someone who actually believes that GR was serious about Bob Onders wife being eaten by human clones would think Obama speaks in circles…
Chud - that was a trowling expedition by the AP and they dropped it when no one took the bate. Funny thing is, if I had said something similar like that about Nixon, my post would have immediately been taken down. You are lower than pond scum.
Mike McMillian needs to have a float in the parade
All I can say is “are y’all curious—rainbow?”
I just deleted a salacious post with unfounded allegations. Because I wasn’t the original author of this thread, I didn’t see the post until now, or I would have deleted it earlier. (A technical matter, but the authors get automatic alerts when a comment is posted.) Jake has been extremely busy, and left early for family reasons. I should have checked earlier. I apologize to all.