WAPO: The GOP "Loud Majority"

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Tuesday August 21, 2012 · 8:55 AM PDT

2012/08/21 · 08:55

After a flirtatious tease only yesterday, it looks like the Log Cabin Republicans continue to be misguided and abused by their friends in the GOP.

Apparently "dignity and respect" were just too much to ask for, and the drafters of this year's Republican Platform are having none of it.

From the WAPO:

GOP votes down civil unions
TAMPA The Republican party platform will continue to call for a constitutional amendment prohibiting same-sex unions, after a drafting committee rejected an attempt to allow for civil unions for gays and lesbians.

A loud majority of the committee opposed the amendment in a voice vote.

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Tuesday October 28, 2008 · 1:15 PM PDT

2008/10/28 · 13:15

Greetings all!

This diary is a follow-up to yesterday's Obamapalooza Construction Diary about the rally in Grant Park on Election Day to celebrate the candidacy of Barack Obama.

Win or lose, it's gonna be a doozy.

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Monday October 27, 2008 · 5:23 PM PDT

2008/10/27 · 17:23

The votes haven't all been cast and the ones that have surely haven't been counted.

Having said that, whatever the results of the election a week from tomorrow, the city of Chicago looks to be having one heck of a celebration on our front lawn.

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Sunday October 26, 2008 · 12:25 PM PDT

2008/10/26 · 12:25

This is a short diary because I am having trouble locating a video of the rally. In Iowa today, McCain held a rally with a curious young woman in the prime position behind him over his left shoulder.

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Friday October 10, 2008 · 7:44 AM PDT

2008/10/10 · 07:44

This morning, the Connecticuit Supreme Court will rule on a landmark case involving the rights of gay people to marry.

The lawsuit originally was filed because the plantiffs believed that the marriage law in that state was unconstitutional, as it discriminated against same sex-couples.

I have it on good authority that the announcement will come down at 11:30 AM EST.

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Friday August 29, 2008 · 6:06 PM PDT

2008/08/29 · 18:06

On Thursday, August 24, the Federal Government will write a check to John McCain for 84.1 million dollars. He can spend this money as he wishes but the goal of becoming the next President of the United States affords him with no additional allowance.

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Tuesday April 22, 2008 · 5:25 PM PDT

2008/04/22 · 17:25

I am watching Andrea Mitchell in Philadelphia with the Clinton Campaign in a small theatre on MSNBC. The stage is barren except for one lonely sign hovering overhead.

hillaryclinton.com

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Thursday September 13, 2007 · 11:25 AM PDT

2007/09/13 · 11:25

I have some interesting news to post. I'm not able to give you the source on this, but anyone with the ability to do the work should be able to confirm it. It's public information, but it's very recent, which is why I am posting it.

Joe Lieberman and his family all just registered as Democrats in Stamford, CT.

UPDATE:

I have now had time to contact Stamford's election headquarters myself, and while Joe DID register as a Democrat in Stamford, his wife and daughter actually registered to vote, but are recorded as UNAFFILIATED. Their registration from the previous address was "Democrat" but the two are now without party. Odd, odd, odd.

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Thursday August 09, 2007 · 5:58 PM PDT

2007/08/09 · 17:58

Am I allowed to make these? This thread is to discuss the Visible Forum debate. The Dems take on Gay issues for the first time in a televised debate.

The debate begins at 9 PM EST and will be streamed here.

www.logoonline.com

It can also be viewed on Logo television where available.

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Monday August 06, 2007 · 1:07 PM PDT

2007/08/06 · 13:07

My mother just called me to tell me that she was watching CNN and she was very perplexed. Hamid Karzai, the Afghan President, has just put on a western style suit jacket over his traditional clothing.

I'm not sure if this fits rule #2 for "substantive diary" but I felt compelled. I think it's substantive in that it's another odd decicison by someone somewhere in the Bush administration.

You can see the outfit on the front page of cnn.com. He was speaking at a press conference with Bush. It's a full body shot, so you can see just how bizarre the outfit is. Was it truly his decision?

If not, was this some attempt to make him look "less terroristy?" Is it an attempt to make him appear more serious in the eyes of the MSM? I mean the absurdity of that thought would be immediately dismissed, were it not for the political theatre we are subjected to on a daily basis and the target audience for that theatre.

Karzai, incedentally, is one handsome dresser. Usually.

My first thought was of the rent-a-jacket scenes from all of those screwball 80s comedies when the slouchy slob winds up in a fancy restaurant and has to throw a Hugo Boss dinner jacket over his Chicago Bulls jersey, etc.

This is a WTF diary, nothing more.

Safia Taleb al-Souhail revisited

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Thursday August 25, 2005 · 8:03 AM PDT

2005/08/25 · 08:03

In February I started a thread about Safila Taleb al-Souhail titled Who was The Iraqi Woman In The Balcony, about Bush's State Of The Union address and the curious woman sitting in the seat I like to call the "Chalabi" seat of the House of Representatives.

What started as a curiosity developed into a pretty crazy story. So much so that the diary was moved to the front page.
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Kerry: Mass. Dems Gay Support a Mistake.

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Friday May 06, 2005 · 7:48 AM PDT

2005/05/06 · 07:48

Well, he's obviously running for President again, and he's obviously going to the right. I have no earthly idea what the man is doing by making a statement like this, but I'm officially embarrased that I worked on his campaign fourteen hours a day for two months.

BATON ROUGE, La. -- U.S. Sen. John Kerry, visiting Louisiana for a forum on children's health care, criticized the Massachusetts Democratic Party for its expected approval of a statement in the party platform in support of same-sex marriage.

"I think it's a mistake," Kerry said. "I think it's the wrong thing, and I'm not sure it reflects the broad view of the Democratic Party in our state."

Kerry made the comments to The Boston Globe after hosting the event on his proposed KidsFirst Act, which would bring health care to uninsured children.

http://www.boston.com/news/politics/president/kerry/articles/2005/05/06/kerry_criticizes_mass_democr ats_for_gay_marriage_support/

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