Monthly Archives: October 2008

Yes On 8 Gets Another Prime Opportunity

Oy. The “think about the children!” people are having another field day in California. A Bay Area elementary school got caught in the crossfire of a ballot initiative seeking to outlaw same-sex marriage in California on Tuesday after a kindergarten teacher asked her pupils to sign pledge cards promising not to use anti-gay slurs. ProtectMarriage.com, the coalition of social and …

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McCain In His Own Words

Love the shot of Palin at the end. Burn!

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My Ballot

Unlike those of you burdened with page after page of confusing referenda, New York only has one item about disabled veterans seeking civil service jobs. My Congressperson, Carolyn Mahoney, should coast to an easy win, as should my state Senator Liz Krueger and state Assemblyman Micah Kellner. I’d say it’s a straight Dem ticket for me this time, except that …

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Vote Flipping Caught On Tape

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Early Birds For Obama

From the Washington Post: More than twelve million voters have already cast ballots in the presidential contest, according to one estimate, and new data from the Washington Post-ABC News tracking poll shows these voters breaking Democratic by a wide margin. Among those who said they have already voted at an early voting location or sent in an absentee ballot, Barack …

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Do Not Want

(Via – JMG reader Chris)

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Don’t Let Up

The Obama campaign goes funny in their plea that we not get overconfident.

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Conn. Marriage Equality Begins Nov.10th

Same-sex marriage begins in Connecticut on November 10th. Same-sex couples will be able to pick up marriage licence applications in the US state of Connecticut from November 10th. The Supreme Court of Connecticut overturned a ban on gay marriage earlier this month, ruling that by stopping same sex partners from marrying was a violation of their constitutional rights. The court …

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Hollywood Says No On 8

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GOP Senate Candidate Scares Voters With Robocalls From Fake Gay Group

The GOP has reached a new low in South Carolina. Check this shit out: Sources say Republican Senate candidate and current state Rep. Mick Mulvaney is reportedly behind the most underhanded phone call in South Carolina since John McCain didn’t father a black child out of wedlock in 2000. The call purportedly comes from “The Alliance for the Advancement of …

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Milk Premieres In SF

Gus Van Zant’s Harvey Milk biopic premiered to a star-studded audience at San Francisco’s Castro Theater last night. For red carpets pics, visit Towleroad. Anybody see it yet?

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Synchronized Debating

Man, this is freaky. Check out how both candidates repeated the exact same lines with the same exact cadence at all three debates.

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Gavin Newsom Goes For It

San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom has laid low in the marriage equality fight ever since the Yes On 8 side scored big with their “Like It Or Not” ad. But yesterday he launched a new round of fundraisers and media appearances in a last minute bid to turn the polling around. In the last week of what could be one …

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Morning View – Lexington & East 70th

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Charlie Crist Blows Florida

Florida Gov. Charlie “Closet Case” Crist must be really pissed that he went through all the trouble of getting engaged to a Vajayjay-American, only to not get picked as McCain’s VP. Florida Governor Charlie Crist, to the shock and dismay of Florida Republicans, just moved to extend early voting hours, a move likely to widen the Democrats’ lead under a …

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Sen. Diane Feinstein Says No On 8

No On 8 notes: The ad’s placement on statewide television happens to coincide with the 30th anniversary of the murder of San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and City Supervisor Harvey Milk. Feinstein, who was President of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors 30 years ago, immediately became the city’s mayor at a time of great unrest and anguish. Re-elected twice, …

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NY Senate Minority Leader Malcolm Smith Won’t Talk About Marriage Equality

You may recall that in September I worried about NY Senate Minority Leader Malcolm Smith’s tepid enthusiasm for marriage equality. If the Democrats seize the majority next week, it will incumbent upon Smith as the new Majority Leader to finally put the issue before the Senate, potentially the final step for approval as the Democrat-dominated Assembly has already approved the …

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McCain & Palin Call For Stevens To Quit

Today John McCain and Sarah Palin issued separate calls for convicted Alaska Senator Ted Stevens to resign. Sarah Palin has told CNBC’s Maria Bartiromo that she believes Stevens “needs to step aside and allow our state to elect someone who will be supportive of those ideals of America.” On Tuesday morning, John McCain called for Sen. Ted Stevens to step …

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More Lies From Lying Liars At Fox

Obama spokesman Bill Burton tangles with Fox anchor Megyn Kelly over Fox’s “fair and balanced” coverage. Burton is made of the awesome. Check out Kelly lying about a recent Rasmussen poll when she claims that a majority of Americans feel that Fox is the least biased network. The poll actually said that a majority of Republicans felt that way. Uh, …

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Response From WFTV

WFTV-ABC in Orlando responded to my letter of complaint about Barbara West’s treatment of Joe Biden. Dear Viewer: Thank you for taking time to contact us regarding Barbara West’s recent interview with democratic Vice Presidential candidate Senator Joe Biden. The Obama campaign contacted us last week offering Senator Biden, via satellite, for a short interview. Barbara West, one of our …

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