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“In my opinion, the presence in the armed forces of persons who demonstrate a propensity or intent to engage in homosexual acts would very likely create an unacceptable risk to those high standards. It will lead to alcohol use, adultery, fraternization, and body art. If we change this rule of ‘Don’t Ask, Dont Tell’ what are we going to do …

From a Daily Kos/Research 2000 poll of self-identified Republicans, here are the Yes/No/Unsure percentages of a few of the poll’s questions. Should Obama be impeached? – 39/32/20Was Obama born in America? – 42/36/22Is Obama a socialist? – 63/21/16Is Obama an anti-white racist? – 31/36/33Should your state secede? – 23/57/19Should gays be in the military? – 26/59/19Do you support gay marriage? …

William J. Kelly, a GOP candidate for Illinois comptroller, is suing the state because it allowed the Freedom From Religion Foundation to post a sign in the state Capitol Building over the holidays. According to Kelly, the sign’s message constitutes hate speech. Via WND: Kelly named Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White, who is responsible for enforcing state property regulations, …

The president met with House GOP members today for an extended question and answer session that we’re hearing got quite hot and heavy. I haven’t gotten a chance to watch much of it yet, but here’s the entire meeting. In a session that resembled the British custom where a prime minister responds to questions in Parliament, Mr. Obama took questions …

How in the world has Pennsylvania gotten along these hundreds of years without an Official State Firearm? Sen. Pat Browne, R-Lehigh County, is sponsoring a bill that would designate the Pennsylvania Long Rifle as the state’s official firearm. Pennsylvania would become the first state in the country to have a state gun, according to the National Rifle Association. To Browne …

Of course they gave the job to one of the newly elected GOP state governors. Cuz, you know, that was a message to America. Bonus points for the Scott Brown shout-out!

Could this be the first true thing she’s ever said?

“My grandmother was not a highly educated woman, but she told me as a small child to quit feeding stray animals. You know why? Because they breed. You’re facilitating the problem if you give an animal or a person ample food supply. They will reproduce, especially ones that don’t think too much further than that. And so what you’ve got …

GOP state Senators in Indiana are trying to push through a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage. A Republican-controlled Senate committee voted 6-4 to approve a proposal that could eventually lead to a constitutional ban on gay marriage and civil unions in Indiana. Even if the proposal clears the full GOP-led Senate, it will likely go nowhere in the Democrat-controlled House. …

Glenn Beck attacked Senator-elect Scott Brown today on his radio show, slamming Brown for joking about his daughters’ availability during his victory speech. Beck launched into a long rant about how Brown had just put his daughters up for grabs on a “meat market” and how shocked he was that anyone could say something like that on national television. Then …

Conservatives are rushing out videos supporting candidates they are now trumpeting as the “next Scott Brown.” First out of the gate is California U.S. Senate teabagger and birther candidate Chuck DeVore, who is running in the GOP primary against former HP CEO Carly Fiorina for Sen. Barbara Boxer’s seat.

The polls haven’t even closed in Massachusetts yet, but Scott Brown is telling the media that he is going to Washington tomorrow to demand that he be seated at once so that he can immediately begin tearing down our tyrannical Marxist overlords. The GOP has been screaming that Democrats are plotting to delay Brown’s official recognition until the coming healthcare …

Reporters asked GOP Senate candidate Scott Brown if he apologizes for saying that the president’s mother wasn’t married when she had him. Brown, who apparently does not have internet access or a very good memory, denied having said it. The special election to replace Ted Kennedy is today.

GOProud’s chairman of the board Christopher Barron is angry that liberals haven’t supported their sponsorship of the ultraconservative wingnut CPAC conference. Barron writes in a Metro Weekly editorial: In a case of truly strange bedfellows, the gay left has joined the most radical elements of the social conservative movement in attacking GOProud’s participation. You can understand the fear of extremists …

This time with the support of 39 GOP Congress members, Stand For Marriage DC has once again filed a petition to force putting marriage equality to a vote in Washington. Same-sex marriage supporters and opponents faced off in D.C. Superior Court for a hearing Wednesday on whether the city should be required to allow a ballot initiative that would define …

OK state Rep. Sally Kern must be among the wingnuts who don’t realize that the attempt to ban divorce in California is a hoax, because now she’s trying the same thing in Oklahoma. Scheduled for introduction in the 2010 legislative session by state Rep. Sally Kern, R-Oklahoma City, House Bill 2279 would restrict the “use of incompatibility as a ground …

“I love you and believe in you. If you want my ear/voice — e-mail.” – Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX) to billionaire Ponzi swindler Allen Stanford, hours after Stanford was arrested by the feds. After the arrest, Sessions denied that he knew Stanford at all, despite having been photographed with him many times and accepting $44,000 from Stanford for his re-election …

“I helped expose many of Barack Obama’s lies in 2008. Today, I am fighting for the facts about Mark Kirk. Illinois Republican leader Jack Roeser says there is a ‘solid rumor that Kirk is a homosexual.’ Roeser suggests that Kirk is part of a Republican Party homosexual club. Lake County Illinois Republican leader Ray True says Kirk has surrounded himself …