Leave it to these Republicans. They preach and preach how evil gay marriage is, but as soon as one of their own children comes out to them as being gay, they quickly change positions. The latest is Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH). Here is an interview he gave CNN to discus it: In the interview, Portman […]
Something that really deserves more attention is the lack of any powerhouses within the GOP. We saw this in 2008, when Republicans had to suck it up and vote for John McCain. We are seeing it again now with the right trying to figure out which Republican candidate is the lesser of two evils. Are […]
Sounds like someone is refusing to do their job and should be terminated: New York’s gay weddings victory lap has not extended to all parts of the Empire State, with a rural town clerk determined to not sign any same-sex marriage licenses. Barbara MacEwen, the town clerk in upstate Volney who is responsible for signing […]
Mark Sanford is back in the news: Gov. Mark Sanford said Wednesday he spent last weekend in Florida with his Argentine lover, seeing if their relationship could be “restarted.” Sanford discussed the trip – first reported Sunday by an anonymous e-mailer to the Gawker Web site – because he said he thought the public should […]
Now Mexico is becoming more progressive than the United States.
A cornerstone of the right has been to remove social programs from the government and have the private sector handle them – most notably the churches. Having churches run programs that should be a part of any government is a very serious threat to our form of government. It would be hard to have a […]
I believe this news is a perfect example of my “sliding scale” of political parties I discussed in my previous post. A lot will try and claim that Scozzafava made this decision out of malice against people like Palin, but I believe it isn’t that simple. Scozzafava was more to the right on fiscal issues, […]
This video exemplifies everything that is wrong with the right today. At the “value voters summit” attendees decide to be rude and disruptive to reporters from MSNBC and even FOX: And this is an event that the presidential hopefuls and leading Republicans attend. Putting myself in their shoes (and wow is it scary there), I […]
Steve Schmidt, a former top advisor for the McCain Campaign, is going to urge the GOP to get behind gay marriage: “I’m confident American public opinion will continue to move on the question toward majority support, and sooner or later the Republican Party will catch up to it,” Schmidt plans to say according to excerpts […]