Tag Archives: 2010 elections

New York: Lowest Midterm Voter Turnout

New York state had the worst turnout in the midterm elections, with a mere 32.1% of eligible voters bothering to go the polls. Utah and Texas tied for second-worst at 32.2%. New York’s low turnout was probably affected by the “non-competitive” races for governor and U.S. Senate.

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The Top Words Of 2010

The Global Language Monitor has issued its list of the top words used in English-language media worldwide in 2010. The selections are not necessarily new words, just words that suddenly gained heavy usage. 1. Spillcam2. Vuvuzela3. Narrative4. Refudiate5. Guido/guidette6. Deficit7. Snowmageddon/snowpocalypse8. 3-D9. Shellacking10. Simplexity Among the top phrases for 2010: teachable moment, ambush marketing, Lady Gaga, man up, Great Recession. …

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Oklahoma Saved From Islam! Praise!

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Cenk Uyguy To GOP-Voting Gays:
They Just Aren’t That Into You

MSNBC’s Cenk Uyguy devoted last night’s rant to gays that voted for the GOP. “That party is fighting against your rights every step of the way! What part of this don’t you understand? They’re just not that into you! They don’t like your lifestyle. They don’t like who you choose to sleep with, they don’t like who you choose to …

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Quote Of The Day – Rep. Barney Frank

“Next year there’s no chance of anything happening. There’s zero chance. We got five Republican votes out of 179 to repeal ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.’ The Republicans have become much more anti-gay in their voting patterns. There is zero chance of anything good happening with Republicans in control of the House.” – Rep. Barney Frank, telling the Washington Blade that …

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Rosie O’Donnell Vs. GOP Voting Gays

Clip description from Michelangelo Signorile: I asked listeners to respond to the prior day’s calls from gays who voted Republican (featured in the video I posted yesterday, consider this Part II). Todd from Phoenix, a gay man, called to tell me that he didn’t like my tone with the callers, that he too voted Republican and that gay issues (marriage …

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CALIFORNIA: Still No Result In AG Race

We still don’t know who California’s new attorney general will be and may not know for weeks. San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris, who would be the state’s first black AG, has promised that she would not attempt to defend Proposition 8 should she be elected. Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley, who has said that he will definitely …

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PODCAST: Same Sex Sunday

Same Sex Sunday is a weekly LGBT news and activism podcast hosted by Phil Reese and Joe Mirabella. This week’s guests: Christian Berle: Deputy Director, Log Cabin RepublicansChristopher Massicotte: Treasurer, Stonewall DemocratsShawn Werner: Director of Campaign Services, Victory FundMichael J Wilson: Director, Americans for Democratic Action Today’s topics: “After Tuesday’s election, the political landscape clearly changed for the gay, lesbian, …

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Tony Perkins Gloats

“Writes distraught liberal blogger, Will Neville: ‘Two years from now, we will look back on November 2, 2010, as the day that far-right Republicans ushered in the most anti-choice, anti-sex ed, anti-LGBT, anti-family planning Congress in our nation’s history.’ We certainly hope so! “Seventy-four judges were up for retention in Iowa–and only the three who imposed same-sex ‘marriage’ on the …

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Email Of The Day – Eugene Delguadio

Eugene Delguadio, the self-titled Public Advocate Of The U.S., has had a miraculous recovery after last week’s near-suicidal plea for money.

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ILLINOIS: Gay-Friendly Gov. Pat Quinn Triumphs Over LGBT Foe Bill Brady

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn was named the gubernatorial winner late this afternoon and state Sen. Bill Brady has conceded. Quinn, who took over after disgraced former Gov. Rod Blagojevitch got the boot, was strongly backed by Equality Illinois due to his broad support for LGBT rights. (However Quinn favors civil unions over full marriage equality.) Brady had proposed a constitutional …

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CONNECTICUT: Gubernatorial Race Still Undecided, Legal Challenges May Be Filed

Teabagger Tom Foley is refusing to concede Connecticut’s gubernatorial race and is threatening a legal challenge should gay-friendly Democrat Dan Malloy be declared the winner. In a press conference this morning, Foley left the door open to a possible legal challenge and urged Connecticut Secretary of State Susan Bysiewicz to postpone the official announcement of a victor, due to myriad …

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WASHINGTON: Dem Patty Murray Declared Senate Winner Over GOP’s Dino Rossi

Last last night Sen. Patty Murray was declared the winner against GOP challenger Dino Rossi. All the ballots still aren’t counted yet, but Murray’s 46,000 vote lead was judged to be insurmountable. Murray has a near 100% record on LGBT rights, but supports civil unions over full marriage equality. Rossi had been endorsed by the Tea Party, but steered clear …

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Rep. Alan Grayson: I Lost Because Young Democrats Just Didn’t Come Out To Vote

According to Grayson, only one House Democrat who won in 2008 with a less than ten point margin was reelected on Tuesday. Grayson and 22 others were not. Grayson closes the interview with “we’ll see” when asked if he’ll run for office again.

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NOM’s Brian Brown Gloats Over Iowa

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INTERNET DEATH WATCH: 100% Of Net Neutrality Supporters Their Elections

You can kiss your unlimited, uncensored, unthrottled and open internet service goodbye. All 95 candidates that supported the FCC’s Net Neutrality bill were defeated on Tuesday. Before Tuesday’s midterm elections, there were 95 House and Senate candidates who pledged support for Net neutrality, a bill that would force Internet providers to not charge users more for certain kinds of Web …

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GOProud Exults In GOP Wins

“According to CNN, 31% of self-identified gay voters supported Republican candidates for the U.S. House. This number is a dramatic increase from the 19% GOP House candidates won among gay voters in 2008. The gay left would have you believe that gay conservatives don’t exist. Now we see that almost a third of self-identified gay voters cast ballots for Republican …

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Freedom To Marry’s Evan Wolfson Has Some Good News And A Survey

Here’s the survey, please take part.

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Maddow’s Undecided Races Wrap-Up

Last night Rachel Maddow recapped the still many races not yet decided. Some of these we should know by the end of today.

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Rosanne Cash Tweets John Boehner

Johnny Cash’s daughter is pissed about this stump speech quote from Speaker-Elect John Boehner: “Remember when Ronald Reagan was president? We had Bob Hope. We had Johnny Cash. Think about where we are today. We have got President Obama. But we have no hope and we have no cash.” Ugh. Anyway, Rosanne Cash is still performing and putting out records, …

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