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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 …

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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!

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At The Saloon

The Saloon, Minneapolis, Thursday 11pm After thirty minutes in line for what turned out to be “18 and over” night, I finally handed my ID to the doorman. He looked at me and raised his eyebrows. JMG: I know, I’m the oldest one here. Hah.Doorman: Naw, there’s one older dude in there tonight.JMG: (Jokingly) Great! Is he hot?Doorman: How could …

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Tweet Of The Day – Melissa Clouthier

The rumbles between Netroots attendees and those here for the anti-gay Right Online conference have begun. According to Twitter, one Netroots attendee was just dragged screaming out of Andrew Breitbart’s book signing. The haters booked themselves right into the main Netroots host hotel.

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Quote Of The Day II – Albert Mohler

“We’ve (Southern Baptists) lied about the nature of homosexuality and have practiced what can only be described as homophobia. We’ve used the choice language when it is clear that sexual orientation is a deep inner struggle and not merely a matter of choice.” – Southern Baptists president Albert Mohler, speaking at this year’s convention. Mohler also said: “Only the gospel …

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