his courage. W. Bush & GOP took 8 years to create this great recession since the great depression. Thus, Mr. Obama needs 4 years to clean up all the messes. 1930 depression took FDR 13 years or 3.5 terms to fully recover. "No President - not me or any of my predecessors could have repaired all the damage in just four years. But conditions are improving and if you'll renew the President's contract you will feel it. I believe that with all my heart." -- Bill Clinton --  If everyone was black or left-handed the population would not die out. I don't believe that resorting to arguments based on science and what is natural/normal is usually a productive strategy for non-heterosexuals to adopt when advocating for equality. The issue shouldn't be about 'why it is' but rather 'who we are'. Thus, the emphasis is on shared humanity and citizenship, based on 'rights' and 'freedom' and 'love', as opposed to defending one's right to exist by attempting to justifying why one is different. I am deeply bothered by the way in which Osama Bin Laden's death is being touted as proof of Obama's excellent record as president. It was an assassination after all, not 'justice.' Justice would have seen Bin Laden brought to the Hague, not shot and dumped in an undisclosed location. This coupled with the sentimentality of each speaker - flirting publicly with their spouses, the constant references to personal traumas that somehow qualify them to make laws -