Tag Archives: 2008 elections

HomoQuotable – Andrew Sullivan

“When you see her in such a context, you realize that she truly represents the heart and soul of contemporary conservative activism, especially among the young. The standing ovation for Romney was nothing like the eruption of enthusiasm that greeted her. . . . She is the new Republicanism. The sooner people recognize this, the better. – Andrew Sullivan, speaking …

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Coulter Fallout

The major Republican candidates are distancing themselves from Ann Coulter’s attack on John Edwards. A spokesman for Mitt Romney, who claims that although Romney introduced Coulter, he was not in the room when she spoke, says, “It was an offensive remark. Governor Romney believes all people should be treated with dignity and respect.” Rudy Giuliani said, “The comments were completely …

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Coulter Calls John Edwards A “Faggot”

“I was going to have a few comments on the other Democratic presidential candidate, John Edwards, but it turns out you have to go into rehab if you use the word “faggot”. -Scumbag Ann Coulter, speaking at a conference televised on C-SPAN for the Conservative Political Action Conference. The crowd roared its approval. (Video clip.) In the audience: Dick Cheney, …

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Draft Gore Movement Grows Louder

Al Gore had scarcely stepped away from the microphone at Sunday night’s Oscar ceremony, where An Inconvenient Truth won 2 statuettes, before the cries of “Run, Al, run!” began to echo even louder through the blogosphere. Check out DraftGore.com for more information. Richard Cohen has a great column on Gore’s potential candidacy in today’s Washington Post. How do you feel …

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55% Would Vote Gay. Maybe.

A slim majority of Americans would vote for a gay or lesbian presidential candidate if he or she were “generally qualified”, according to a Gallup poll released today. Other results: 98% would vote for a Catholic (Giuliani), 95% for an African-American (Obama), 88% for a woman (Clinton), 72% for a Mormon (Romney). I’d like to see what the numbers are …

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HomoQuotable – David Geffen

“It’s not a very big thing to say, ‘I made a mistake’ on the war, and typical of Hillary Clinton that she can’t.” –David Geffen, one of the most wealthy homosexuals in the world and a former major Clinton fundraiser, speaking about his passionate support for Sen. Barack Obama. Geffen spoke to the New York Times’ Maureen Dowd, an interview …

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2008 Candidates List

The website Politics 1 has a comprehensive list of declared and potential 2008 Presidential candidates from the major parties. There are numerous other candidates from outside the Dems and Repubs. REPUBLICAN PARTY: US Senator Sam Brownback (R-Kansas)Former Governor Jim Gilmore (R-Virginia)Former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani (R-New York)Former Governor Mike Huckabee (R-Arkansas)Congressman Duncan Hunter (R-California)US Senator John McCain (R-Arizona)Congressman …

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Obama Not Black Enough?

Pointing to his “non-slave” roots and his mixed parentage, some American blacks feel that Barack Obama isn’t an “authentic” black American. Today Pam Spaulding delivers an incisive and comprehensive entry on the issue. If you aren’t reading Spaulding every day, you should be.

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Preferences?

Obama-Clinton? Or Clinton-Obama?.

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ObamaNation.com

Christian rightwingers have set up ObamaNation.com to attack Sen. Barack Obama’s views on gay rights and abortion. The director of the group, Pastor Clenard H. Childress, Jr, says, “60 percent of all new AIDS cases in America will be the result of the violation of Leviticus 18:22 and Romans 1:27 (men having sex with men). If he were to become …

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Giuliani Tosses His Asbestos-Laden Hat

Thanks to the hard work and dedication of Osama bin Ladin, former NYC mayor Rudy Giuliani has officially become a 2008 presidential candidate. Giuliani, one of the most reviled public servants in New York City history (no mean feat), became an almost mythic national figure in the aftermath of 9/11 as he skillfully posed on steel rubble and mastered the …

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