I happened to be passing Sam Seder’s radio booth when Franken arrived for his interview. Introduced myself, shook hands, got a pleasant (if distracted) “Heyhowareya!” Totally bloggable, though.
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Morning View – Wingnut Witch
I was photographing the above Right Online banner at the Netroots host hotel when the woman on the right said, “Hey, he’s NETROOTS! He’s not supposed to be here.” Other wingnuts told her I was allowed to be there.
Read More »Tired Old Queen At The Movies #77
1947’s Dark Passage with Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall.
Read More »Tracy Morgan & The Ali Forney Center
Clip description: “Continuing to make amends for anti-gay comments he made, comedian Tracy Morgan met with LGBT teens in New York. Randi Kaye talks with Jayden Love (homeless teen), Carl Siciliano (The Ali Forney Center) & Elke Kennedy (Sean’s Last Wish).”
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White House Rejects Pfeiffer Claim
Here’s how the White House is responding to Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer’s claim that the president didn’t fill out the 1996 survey in which he appeared to support marriage equality. Via Washington Blade: The White House is backing off of the comments Pfeiffer made on Friday on Obama’s 1996 statement in support of same-sex marriage. Shin Inouye, a White House …
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NETROOTS: White House Rep Denies Obama “Filled Out” 1996 Marriage Pledge
This may be the biggest news to come out of Netroots. In an interview conducted in front of an audience at the Netroots Nation blogger conference early Friday in Minneapolis, White House Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer claimed a 1996 questionnaire favoring gay marriage, which bears Barack Obama’s signature, was “actually filled out by someone else.” “If you actually go back …
Read More »JMG Reader Meet-Up Tonight At 10PM
After last night’s visit to the Saloon, the consensus is to have tonight’s JMG reader meet-up at the Eagle/Bolt, which is at 515 Washington Ave South. I’ll should be able to get there by 10pm, based on what tonight’s Netroots schedule looks like. Hope to meet some of you there!
Read More »MINNEAPOLIS: Scumbag Wingnut Liar Andrew Breitbart Tries To Crash Netroots
King of the scumbags (and GOProud backer) Andrew Breitbart, who famously crashed the press conference of Anthony Weiner, was up to his old tricks this afternoon at Netroots Nation. There will be no Weiner-style gatecrashing from Andrew Breitbart at the Netroots Nation conference here. That is, unless Breitbart wants to pony up $355 for a ticket. With the annual conservative …
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