Tag Archives: Republican convention

FRC: We Placed Anti-Gay Hate Into The
GOP Party Platform! NOW PAY US!!!

Just in via press release: Dear Joe, The Defense of Marriage Act is under attack. There’s no question about it. In September, the Democrats will become the first major party to codify same-sex “marriage” into their platform. This is why Tony Perkins, along with me and other key members of the FRCA team are in Tampa, Florida a week before …

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Stonewall Denounces Log Cabin

“Gay Republicans are touting new language in the GOP platform as being a step forward for LGBT equality and as evidence the Republican Party is moderating on LGBT issues. The specific text reads, ‘We embrace the principle that all Americans have the right to be treated with dignity and respect.’ The idea that this generic bit of meaningless rhetoric is …

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GOP Platform Includes Anti-Gay Marriage Plank Written By FRC Head Tony Perkins

Family Research Council president Tony Perkins is crowing that he personally authored the portion of the Republican national party platform which opposes same-sex marriage. Perkins sits on the draft committee for the platform, which will doubtlessly be adopted by general acclaim during the convention. Perkins told BuzzFeed: “You should read the entire plank on marriage, which I wrote. I feel …

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Billboards Of The Day

The above two billboards will be positioned near each of the convention sites in Tampa and Charlotte. World Net Daily’s commenters are ever so pissed, but they have exactly zero to say about the thousands and thousands of Christian billboards that promise eternal damnation in an unending lake of fire.

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GOProud To Host Vicious Homophobe Dana Loesch At Their “Homocon 2012” Party

Not satisfied with paying Ann Coulter to tell them that they don’t deserve equal rights because they “aren’t black,” GOProud will be hosting vicious homophobe and Breitbart editor Dana Loesch at their Homocon 2012 party during the Republican Convention. Here’s how they are spinning the event: “Homocon 2012 will be the must have ticket for the RNC,” said Jimmy LaSalvia, …

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Dump ROMinee

Having read the same polls as the rest of us, the Not-Romneys have published a massive manifesto calling for a delegate revolution at the Republican Convention in two weeks. From the nine-page memo announcing the campaign: “DUMP ROMNEY” contends that no delegates are actually “bound” by law or GOP rules to vote for Romney and that, to win the White …

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Log Cabin Republicans To Participate In GOP Platform Drafting Process

The Log Cabin Republicans have been credentialed to participate in the GOP party platform planning session at the Tampa convention. Chris Johnson reports at Washington Blade: “Just looking at the 2008 document, Log Cabin has gone through and we’ve noted language in there that’s either directly unhelpful, or seen as anti-gay, and have marked it for deletion,” [LCR head R. …

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GOP Announces Convention Speakers

The Los Angeles Times reports: Still no Sarah Palin, but the Republican National Committee announced a roster of mostly conservative headliners for the GOP convention this month in Tampa, Fla. The Republican 2008 presidential nominee, Sen. John McCain of Arizona, will be among the top speakers at the four-day gathering of party faithful. One of the party’s rising stars, South …

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FLORIDA: Tampa’s Titty Bars Are Gearing Up For The Republican Convention

Tampa’s many strip clubs saying they are gearing up for next month’s Republican Convention, adding more dancers and making improvements to their venues. One place has even hired a Sarah Palin impersonator. Tampa is home to 40 strip clubs — which is a little less than three clubs per square mile — and the bay area earned an infamous reputation …

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TAMPA: Tropical Storm Debby Threatens Site Of Republican Convention

CNN is reporting that the storm surge from Tropical Storm Debby is battering the coastline near the Tampa Convention Center, sending waves crashing onto Bayshore Boulevard, one of the entrance routes into the building. The Tampa Tribune reports that organizers are not worried. “Ingress and egress into downtown is still available,” Buckhorn said Monday. “Bayshore (Boulevard) is really the only …

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Ron Paul Delegates Plan “Chaos”

Stock up on popcorn. An obscure rule change made four years ago by the Republican Party has opened the door for Paul forces to cause a major headache for Mitt Romney when he tries to nominate his choice for vice president at the party convention in August. The Republican National Committee could change Rule 40 in the week leading up …

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GOP Celebrates Tampa

The GOP has posted a series of videos in which local celebrities, athletes, politicians, and delegates celebrate Tampa, site of this year’s Republican convention. Sort of interesting for its rah-rah-ness.

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GOP Delegates Sue To Ditch Romney

Not surprisingly, Ron Paul is behind this. In a revolt against Romney, at least 40 more national convention delegates asked to join 123 previous plaintiffs in a lawsuit against the Republican National Committee, and their attorney said hundreds more may soon follow suit. The first 123 delegates, all from the 9th Circuit, sued the RNC, its Chairman Rince Priebus, and …

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DNC On Romney’s Clinch

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It’s Official

Details.

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Ron Paul Can Still Win This Thing!

So sez hardcare Paul follower Adam Kokesh, who is telling Ron Paul delegates to disrupt the Republican Convention.RELATED: Five years ago many of us panted for Kokesh during his anti-war protests at the U.S. Capitol. Kokesh was eventually separated from the military over his activism and he then ran for Congress unsuccessfully in 2010. Then came the cray-cray.

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2012 GOP Convention Preview

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GOP Delegate Tally

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The Final Four

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Delegate Count

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