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You missed his/her point - I don't think Obama donated money to the people opposing gay marriage.

• Turing_Machine 11y ago
  I don't think I missed the point at all. Are you seriously arguing that a donation to a statewide ballot issue has more wide-reaching influence than a donation to the President of the entire country? Obama didn't have to "donate money". He's the one getting donations for making the policy, not the one giving money to influence it.
  • nickpsecurity 11y ago
    Obama is supposed to act as an agent of his constituents and a leader at the same time. His constituents are tens of to 100+ million Americans with a variety of demands. He has to vote or act their way a good amount of time to get or stay elected. It's very constrained and dirty due to inherently corrupt environment between cost of elections (excludes good folks, promotes lobbying) and tyranny of majority. System and demand side are problem because they exclude all honest, decent people from President. Name a counterexample in past two decades if you doubt that. So, Presidents and often (not always) Congress are a special situation compared to a group voluntarily creating organizatikns to push for harm and people supporting that over better organizations. Totally different in both what options are available to people starting nonprofits and which people can donate to vs what specific actions a President or Congress can pull off.