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| Report On Money Behind Nationwide Political Battle Over Marriage |
| Published: July 30, 2007, 2:01 pm |
| Tags: Homophobia, Gay Rights, Conservatives, Lgbt, Politics, Marriage |
| Sacramento's main political newspaper ran an in-depth article about the "state of play" for anti-gay ballot measures in California in it's Thursday July 26th edition. The article mentions that there are now four (!) anti-gay marriage ballot measures certified by the Attorney General for active circulation for citizen signatures. However, the ones |
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| Lorri Jean Has Online 'Dust Up' With Heterosexual Supremacist |
| Published: August 1, 2007, 1:06 am |
| Tags: Ballot Measures, 2008 Elections, Gay Rights, Conservatives, Blogging, Lgbt, Media, Politics, Marriage |
| Not to be outdone by Capitol Weekly's coverage of the looming anti-gay statewide ballot measure fight for 2008, the Los Angeles Times has added an opinion feature to it's website where the CEO of the L.A. Gay and Lesbian Center, Lorri Jean, another of my Gay Heroes, will be doing online verbal tussling with Ron Prentice of the California Family |
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| Heterosexual Supremacists Circulate Even Worse Anti-Gay Constitutional Amendment |
| Published: August 1, 2007, 4:29 pm |
| Tags: California, Ballot Measures, 2008 Elections, Domestic Partnership, Heterosexual Supremacists, Conservatives, Lgbt, Politics, Marriage |
| Thanks to user KatRose over at Pam's House Blend Mad Professah was alerted to this newly amended version of the previously announced Randy Thomasson-sponsored amendment to the California state constitution which was also recently approved by the attorney general for circulation for signatures:1253. (07-0020) Marriage. Elimination of Domestic |
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| Kids Today Dept.: Ah, To Be Young, Gifted, and Conservative |
| Published: August 6, 2007, 3:36 pm |
| Tags: Ann Coulter, Kids Today Dept, Young Conservatives, Young Republicans |
| We’ve been staring at this soul-scraping story on Fox about the Young America’s [sic] National Conservative Student Conference all day and trying to psych ourselves up to deal with it. ... |
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| Brzezinski: Democrat's Affair 'Not Pressing,' No Objection to Vitter Coverage |
| Published: August 6, 2007, 3:57 pm |
| Tags: Conservatives Amp Amp Republicans, Dc Madam, Double Standards, Liberals Amp Amp Democrats, Media Bias Debate, Political Scandals, Religion, Sexuality, Antonio Villaraigosa, David Vitter, Joe Scarborough, John Ridley, Mika Brzezinski, Mirthala Salinas, Morning Joe, Msnbc |
| Liberals can rest easier knowing that despite her outspoken views on newsworthiness and ethics, MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski can still be counted on to go to bat for the Democrats. The reporter and "Morning Joe" regular showed off her famous sense of journalistic integrity while filling in for host Joe Scarborough on Monday morning. In the |
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| ABC Touts Gaffes of GOP Children; Sawyer Recounts Battling With Republican Dad |
| Published: August 7, 2007, 12:57 pm |
| Tags: 2008 Presidential, Campaigns Amp Amp Elections, Conservatives Amp Amp Republicans, Political Groups, Al Gore, Barack Obama, Diane Sawyer, George Stephanopoulos, George W Bush, Gerald Ford, Patti Davis, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Rudy Giuliani, Good Morning America |
| On Tuesday's "Good Morning America," reporter Jake Tapper used the story that Rudy Giuliani's daughter had joined a pro-Barack Obama Facebook group as a segue to recount the travails of other presidential children. Somehow, his list of wayward youths included only the offspring of famous Republicans politicians, while ignoring Democratic |
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| Brzezinski Reverses on Villaraigosa Story: 'That Story's Important' |
| Published: August 7, 2007, 12:42 pm |
| Tags: Animal Rights, Conservatives Amp Amp Republicans, Dc Madam, Double Standards, Liberals Amp Amp Democrats, Media Bias Debate, Political Scandals, Sexuality, Antonio Villaraigosa, David Vitter, Joe Scarborough, John Ridley, Mika Brzezinski, Mirthala Salina, Morning Joe |
| Yesterday I wrote a piece about reporter Mika Brzezinski's handling of a story that reflected a political double standard on her part. While hosting MSNBC's "Morning Joe" for the vacationing Joe Scarborough, Brzezinski aired a video of a female reporter chasing after Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. Before she could catch up with |
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| Facebook Feature Plagued With Outdated Headlines; GOP Ones Skew Negative |
| Published: August 8, 2007, 10:54 am |
| Tags: 2008 Presidential, Campaigns Amp Amp Elections, Conservatives Amp Amp Republicans, Libertarians, Barack Obama, Online Media, Facebook, Newsvine |
| While looking at a friend's profile on Facebook today shortly after 10 a.m., I spotted her "Election '08" application which proudly lists her support for the Republican Party in 2008. Immediately below are three of the "latest politics headlines" on Newsvine.com, the Web site that created and manages the Facebook application. |
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| AP Brief Leaves Out Romney Questioner's Anti-war Activism |
| Published: August 8, 2007, 5:27 pm |
| Tags: 2008 Presidential, Campaigns Amp Amp Elections, Conservatives Amp Amp Republicans, Mitt Romney, Wire Services, Associated Press, Blogs, Iowa, Politico Com, Usa Today |
| Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney (R) recently told an Illinois woman that while his grown sons have never served in the military, they are displaying their patriotism by campaigning heavily for their father's nomination for the presidency. The Politico and USA Today have picked up on the item. USA Today's "On Politics" blog |
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| CNN Highlights Retired Republican Congressman's Pork in Anti-Earmark Segment |
| Published: August 8, 2007, 6:58 pm |
| Tags: Budget, Congress, Conservatives Amp Amp Republicans, Liberals Amp Amp Democrats, John Roberts, American Morning, Cnn |
| In the recent past, CNN, to its credit, has highlighted the Democrat-controlled Congress's reluctance to reform the congressional earmark process. Co-host John Roberts on Tuesday's "American Morning" brought up the issue of earmarks again during a sympathetic interview to Steve Ellis of Taxpayers for Common Sense. But instead of |
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| The Economist: Republicans in Big, Big Trouble |
| Published: August 9, 2007, 8:28 pm |
| Tags: The Economist, Republicans, Democrats, 2008 Elections, Conservatives, Recommended, Front Paged, Schadenfreude |
| bigger problem. Nor can conservatives claim that Mr Bush is a country-club Republican like his father. He has devoted his energies to giving “the movement” what it wants: the invasion of Iraq for the neoconservatives (who had championed it long before September 11th); tax cuts for business and the small-government conservatives; |
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| Couric Conducts Decent Interview With Conservative Think Tank Official |
| Published: August 10, 2007, 11:14 am |
| Tags: 2008 Presidential, Campaigns Amp Amp Elections, Conservatives Amp Amp Republicans, Health Care, Political Groups, Katie Couric, Robert Moffitt, Online Media, Blogs, Couric Amp Amp Co |
| A recurring feature on her "Couric & Co." blog is the "10 Questions" interview, usually posed to a think tank official or politician on a major political issue. In the past, I've blogged about how the interviews have generally skewed leftward, but I was pleasantly surprised with the CBS anchor's mostly neutral agenda of |
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| Gail Collins of the Times Finds Iowans Ineffably Droll |
| Published: August 11, 2007, 5:20 pm |
| Tags: 2008 Presidential, Campaigns Amp Amp Elections, Conservatives Amp Amp Republicans, Culture Society, Gail Collins, Mitt Romney, Elitism, Iowa Straw Poll, Martha Amp 039 S Vineyard, Nantucket, New York Times, The Hamptons, Upper West Side |
| Actual op-ed column, or parody of Upper West Side liberal mockery of Middle America? You be the judge of today's p.p.v. opus by Gail Collins, New York Times columnist turned Editorial Page Editor now returned to her column-writing roots. We'll begin with the title, Republicans in the Straw, and proceed to these excerpts: Today 40,000 |
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| PLEASE attempt to adjust your radio... |
| Published: June 21, 2007, 7:52 pm |
| Tags: Democracy Now, Houston, Conservatives, Media |
| This is pretty frightening, but not absolutely 100% true here in Houston...We DO have a great station here in town, KPFT at 90.1 FM in town and 89.5 FM down on the island of Galveston. They are listener supported, and worth every penny that they raise. From Amy and Juan every morning on Democracy Now! to great music programming on the weekends |
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| Ames Straw Poll |
| Published: August 11, 2007, 4:12 pm |
| Tags: 2008 Elections, Conservatives, Republicans, Ron Paul |
| for the votes of social conservatives, and this is a crucial test to see who has more appeal in that voting bloc.” The only problem: “while Huckabee’s poll numbers are certainly moving up in Iowa, it’s not clear that he has the sort of organization that can turn those supporters out today in Ames.” The last one |
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