Tag Archives: FAIL

When NOM published the itinerary of their latest Bus Fail Tour, many noted that tomorrow’s first stop is the Jelly Belly factory in Fairfield, California. JMG reader Carrie fired off an email to Jelly Belly to see if the famed candymaker was down with NOM’s bigotry. Their response: We were unaware of the “National Organization for Marriage” coming to visit …

The Courage Campaign’s Prop 8 Trial Tracker reports that yesterday’s launch of NOM’s latest bus tour is another laughable failure. Only one stop into The Latino Partnership for Conservative Principles’ “Vota Tus Valores” bus tour (vote your values, for those who don’t speak Spanish), sponsored by the National Organization for Marriage, and we’re already questioning whether to take these folks …

Talking Points Memo reporter Megan Carpentier, whose live tweets from Homocon 2010 I followed last night, has posted her story. According to Carpentier, headliner Ann Coulter’s offensive remarks went far beyond telling the crowd that they didn’t deserve civil rights. First, she ran down the stereotypical stand-up comedian’s list of reasons, including that lacking the legal right to marriage allows …

JMG reader Rob sends us a great photo gallery of yesterday’s NOM Fail™ in Raleigh, where ace blogger Pam Spaulding took on some of her local wingnuts. Read Pam’s hilarious account of her run-in with the mentally ill woman below.

And she did it today before an all-time low Hate Tour crowd of FIFTEEN, versus over 250 of the good guys. The Courage Campaign quotes Alveda King: “I don’t know about you but I’m not ready to be extinct,” King said to the crowd after pointing out that “it is statistically proven” that marriage between one man and one woman …

Hundreds of happy and proud LGBT folks jammed NOM’s Hate Tour stop in Madison, Wisconsin today. On the bigots side, a meager 54, according to a head count by the Courage Campaign’s NOM Tour Tracker. Lots more photos at the link, with more to come.

Yet another in an unbroken string of NOM fails. More on this latest embarrassment at the Courage Campaign’s NOM Tour Tracker.

This was supposed to be an official Sharron Angle press conference. But when the speaker at the podium opened up the floor to questions, Angle turned on her heel and fled the venue, pursued by the press that her own campaign had invited.

Not only the worst attendance so far, Brian Brown had the cops throw out the camera crew from Courage Campaign.

The Hate Bus lurched into Albany today where the NOMbies were again far outnumbered by protesters, who ringed the podium holding rainbow-colored umbrellas. (With their backs turned for added emphasis.) More photos of this latest NOM Fail over at the Courage Campaign.

Actually that looks like less than 20, so maybe “tens” isn’t really accurate. Two days into the Hate Tour and pro-gay counter-protesters have outnumbered the Nombies by 5-1 or more. Congrats, NOM! Them there’s WESTBORO numbers y’all are pulling down.

The Washington DC Court of Appeals ruled 5-4 this morning to reject a bid to put marriage equality to a public vote. The Human Rights Campaign reports via press release: “The court’s ruling today is a significant victory for justice, the rule of law and the protection of all D.C. residents against discrimination,” said Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmonese. …

When you invite a bunch of journalists to witness your new automatic collision prevention braking system, you should probably have the bugs worked out first.

Masked in a story about the move to delete an archaic California law requiring the state to seek a cure for homosexuality, CNN unbelievably handed the issue off to the wildly insane “ex-gay therapist” Richard Cohen, who infamously recommends beating your gay away with a tennis racket and a pillow. In 2002 Cohen was ejected from the American Counseling Association, …

Media Matters notes: “Almost three months to the day since Fox News instituted its “zero tolerance for on-screen errors” policy, the [above] on-screen graphic was displayed during the February 22 edition of America’s Newsroom.”

Remember how Matt Barber, Focus On The Family, and the Liberty Counsel stomped their feet and said they would boycott CPAC if those dirty GOProud queers were allowed to attend? So much for THAT. CPAC ignored the threat, essentially calling the evangelicals’ bluff. This gave the social conservatives a choice. They could pull out of CPAC, which holds an informal …

When the FBI passed around their “computer-aged” photo of Osama Bin Laden a few days ago, a Spanish politician recognized Osama’s hairstyle. Gaspar Llamazares said he would no longer feel safe travelling to the US after his hair and parts of his face appeared on a most-wanted poster. He said the use of a real person for the mocked-up image …

(Via – Towleroad)

Fox’s graphic about a Rasmussen poll on global warming adds up to 120%. Rasmussen is surely unamused. That didn’t make the list, but go to Ranker for their Top Ten Fox News Fails Of 2009.

How did two cast members from the Real Housewives Of Washington DC get past security at last night’s White House state dinner?