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And watch his wife Mary Matalin roll her eyes when he says it.

Same-sex marriage becomes legal in New Hampshire on January 1st and the usual fuckweasels are planning a ballot measure to repeal it. “Republican Rep. Dan Itse is affiliated with Citizens Leadership of New Hampshire, which was created a few years ago to highlight threats to constitutional freedoms,” reports the Boston Globe. “He said Wednesday he will sponsor two constitutional amendments …

Fearing that New Jersey’s lame-duck legislature will approve same-sex marriage after the November election, GOP and Christian activists are renewing their push for the issue to be put on the 2010 ballot. Sen. Gerald Cardinale (R-Bergen) yesterday said Gov. Jon Corzine made a deal with another prominent lawmaker to vote on it during a lame-duck session that follows Election Day. …

After Rep. Alan Grayson called Republicans “knuckle-dragging Neanderthals,” he mentioned that a man calling himself the longest-surviving AIDS patient had called him to thank him for fighting for health care reform. (Who is that?) I really like Grayson.

Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) lays out the GOP plan for health care for you.

Moments ago: Members of the Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday rejected an amendment to a sweeping health-care overhaul bill that would have created a government-run insurance plan option. Authored by Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., the amendment failed by a vote of 15 to 8. Rockefeller said a so-called “public option” would have offered a competitor to private insurance companies. Congratulations …

GOP pollster Frank Luntz says that Americans are “mad as hell and not going to take it anymore.” How original. Personally, I’m mad as hell at Luntz’ terrible wig. And I’m not gonna take it anymore!

Andrew Sullivan points us to this piece by the Kreskin of politics, Nate Silver, who says that the GOP stands a decent shot at retaking the majority in the U.S. House in 2010. The current state of the generic polls gives the Democrats .412/(.412+.377) = 52% of the two-party vote. Going to the graph, we see, first, that 52% for …

GOP senators are lining up to oppose net neutrality, legislation from the FCC that would prevent internet service providers from favoring their own web applications over those of their competitors, including wireless providers. In other words, all customers should be able to access all available content at the same speed. Major telecom companies, who often operate both broadband and wireless …

The House of Representatives voted 240-179 (pretty much right along party lines) to formally rebuke Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) for his outburst during President Obama’s speech on health care reform. Whereas on September 9, 2009, during the joint session of Congress convened pursuant to House Concurrent Resolution 179, the President of the United States, speaking at the invitation of the …

Top Democrats are calling for an official censure of Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) after his unprecedented heckling of President Obama during a nationally televised speech to the joint chambers of Congress. Joe Wilson’s flat refusal to apologize to the entire House for heckling President Barack Obama rekindled a push by some top Democrats to introduce a censure resolution — despite …

Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA) who famously texted throughout Obama’s health care speech, knowing the camera was on him, came to the defense of Rep. Joe Wilson as teabaggers screamed their new battle-cry, “Obama lies!” In this clip, “head of the teabaggers” Mark Wilson claims Obama “knows that any ban on federal health benefits for illegal immigrants would never stand up …

The man who vowed to preserve the sanctity of opposite marriage, GOP California Assemblyman Michael Duvall has resigned in disgrace less than 24 hours after he was recorded bragging about two adulterous relationships with young female lobbyists, one of whom works for an electric company under contract to the state public utilities committee which Duvall co-chaired. Assemblyman Mike Duvall of …

Married California GOP state Assemblyman Michael Duvall, who campaigned in favor of Proposition 8, didn’t know his microphone was live when he bragged to a fellow legislator about his affairs with married female lobbyists. Oh, and he’s apparently into spanking! Capitol Blackberries are buzzing after KCAL-TV Los Angeles late Tuesday night aired a videotape of what its reporter said was …

Speaking before a meeting of the AFL-CIO, President Obama asked the Republicans where their health care reform plan was.

Keith Olbermann reports that the White House is asking progressives to “be good soldiers” and play along as the public option back-off continues.

Noted outer of hypocrites Mike Rogers today named South Carolina’s anti-gay Lt. Governor Andre Bauer as a closeted homosexual. Mike Rogers: I’m a reporter. I meet with people and I talk to them. Then based on a review of all of the facts, I report closet cases that hurt the gay community. You may not like my style, but I …

The openly lesbian spawn of Dick, Mary Cheney has contributed $1000 to the campaign of former U.S. Rep. Rob Portman (R-OH), who is running to replace the retiring Sen. George Voinovich. As a Congressman, Portman voted against same-sex marriage and against allowing gay adoption in DC. Critics consider this donation to be curious as Cheney has spoken out in favor …

SC Gov. Mark “Sanctity Of Marriage” Sanford’s trip down the Appalachian Trail of an Argentine hottie is probably going to cost him his job. His own lieutenant governor is joining the call for his removal. South Carolina Republican lawmakers are on the verge of calling a special legislative session that could impeach and remove embattled GOP Gov. Mark Sanford by …

RNC chairman Michael Steele doesn’t want a government-run health care program. He wants to protect Medicare. Which is a….anyone?