politics

wanda sykes on ellen

In film & television, politics, pop culture, queer on 13 March 2008 with no comments

At little later on Ellen’s show, Wanda Sykes takes on Sally Kern (and throws in some Barack/Hillary banter just for kicks.)

sally kern needs to join PFLAG

In politics, queer on 13 March 2008 with no comments

My brother tipped me off this morning to a post on QUEERTY that there’s evidence that Sally Kern, of the infamous gays are worst than Islam rant, has a gay son. Awesome. Way to channel your irrational disappointment of your son into public vitriol.
Meanwhile, while those of at work weren’t looking, Ellen’s gotten gayer and [...]

how one (not) OK politician feels about us gays

In politics, queer on 11 March 2008 with 1 comment

Tipped off by an email from a co-worker this morning, here’s a pretty damning audio clip of Oklahoma State Rep. Sally Kern pitching her anti-gay rhetoric that has been transformed into a viral ad for the Victory Fund.

the road to denver: the local caucus

In politics on 7 March 2008 with no comments

I just received an update from the California Democratic Party about the upcoming caucuses to pick delegates for Denver. Here are the take home points:
- preliminary delegate/gender allocation to be posted next week
- location of local caucus TBD
- caucus day is Sunday April 13th - Save the Date!
Registration opens at 2pm and [...]

gonzalez joins the nader campaign…

In politics, san francisco on 28 February 2008 with no comments

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and thousands of baffled San Francisco progressives shake their head in disbelief.
You won’t run to be our mayor against Newsom, but you’ll run for [...]

confirming suspicions.

In politics on 19 February 2008 with no comments

short political note… This morning I had a whole conversation with my brother about the state of the Dem race. Even though I’m a pledged Hillary supporter (and potential delegate) a small part of me fears that the dialog has gotten so divisive that if she does get the nomination a whole lot of Barack [...]