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DADT Repeal Update: Can John McCain Talk to the Dead?  »  Gay Rights - Do You Care2?
As promised last month, Senator Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) this week introduced legislation into the US Senate that aims to repeal the military's anti-gay policy 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' (DADT) that bans lesbian and gay personnel from serving while being ... ...
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Posted:  3/5 10:00pm
The damage done by Don't Ask Don't Tell  »  Citizen Crain
My friend Mike Almy did a fantastic job on Rachel Maddow's show tonight, putting the lie to claims by John McCain and Joe ("You Lie!") Wilson that Don't Ask Don't Tell is working. Mike was discharged as a major in... ...
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Posted:  3/4 11:40am
Item: Lieberman to sponsor DADT repeal bill  »  lgbtQnews
    ::: US Sen. Joe Lieberman, the independent from Connecticut who caucuses with Democrats, will announce this week that he will become the prime senate sponsor of a bill to repeal the military’s ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ policy, columnist James Kirchik reports in New York Daily News. Lieberman said he will work on repeal “as hard as I have on anything that's been important to me as a senator.” He is quoted by Kirchik saying that repeal of the law would fulfill the bedrock American promise of providing citizens with “an equal opportunity to do whatever job their ...
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Posted:  2/23 3:31am
OMG, Please Explain: The NOH8 Campaign  »  !! omg blog !!
Okay, so I'm probably going to get in a lot of trouble for this, and it's certainly possible that I'm a complete idiot, but I do not understand this NOH8 campaign at all. You've seen these ads, in which luminaries running the gamut from Cindy McCain to Madison Hildebrand are photographed bearing the NOH8 stamp on their cheeks and duct tape over their mouths. The point is to show the range of people-- gay, straight, and related to John McCain-- who oppose California's Proposition 8 and support same-sex marriage. Okay so that's good! What I don't understand at all is ...
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Posted:  2/20 3:20am
What does an economic recovery look like?  »  Where's the Outrage?
I have been arguing for months that economic stimulus is doing exactly what it was supposed to do. It stopped a Depression. Yet, for reasons that are unclear, nobody seems to be interested. It is like this recovery was a foregone conclusion. I can tell you that if John McCain were president the unemployment rate would be sitting around 15% as he would have cut taxes and done little or nothing to stimulate the economy. This is a great article for NYT: Imagine if, one year ago, Congress had passed a stimulus bill that really worked. Let’s say this bill ...
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Posted:  2/18 10:10am
Poll: Americans still resisting John McCain's ideas  »  Good As You
Since the far-right just loves, loves, loves public opinion when it comes to marriage, then perhaps it's time they start acknowledging how out-of-touch they are with the public when it comes to Don't Ask Don't Tell repeal: Homosexuals should be able to openly serve in the U.S. military, American voters say 57 - 36 percent. Voters also say 66 - 31 percent the current policy of not allowing openly gay men and women to serve is discrimination, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today. But by a 54 - 38 percent margin, American voters say gays in the military should face ...
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Posted:  2/10 9:08pm
Tell John McCain to Stop Flip-Flopping on DADT  »  Queers United
Senator John McCain has reversed his position on the anti-gay Don't Ask Don't Tell policy. Just four years ago he said he would vote to repeal the policy if military commanders said it was the right thing to do. Now fast track to 2010 and top military leaders are calling for a repeal but McCain is saying he is against it.Tell Senator McCain to follow the lead of military commanders in repealing DADT by using this HRC form. ...
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Posted:  2/9 11:20pm
Jon Stewart on McCain: Time for 'Old People' Ban in the Senate?  »  Towleroad, a premium blog for modern gay men
Jon Stewart rips John McCain for his flip-flop on 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' and Daily Show correspondent John Oliver suggests that perhaps old people should stop serving in the senate.Says Oliver: "It affects Senate cohesion. It is not fair to the other senators trying to work on legislation never knowing when one of the 'olds' is going to come up behind them and offer them a hard candy. It happens. These people can't control themselves." Watch, AFTER THE JUMP... The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10cA Few Gay Men & Women ...
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Posted:  2/4 8:21pm
Obama Promises Action on 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell,' John McCain Says Gay Ban is 'Successful'  »  Gay Rights - Do You Care2?
video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1z3_TlYfbQUnder 25 seconds there, but 25 seconds that are important, nonetheless. Obama's progress, or lack-thereof, on LGBT rights issues has been a talking point for quite some time now. Our "fierce advocate" pl... ...
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Posted:  1/28 8:00pm
Al Qaeda's anti-gay tool John McCain  »  Citizen Crain
At the same time that craven and immoral statement by Log Cabin Republicans slammed President Obama for the mortal sin of committing in his State of the Union address to the repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell this year, we... ...
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Posted:  1/28 10:01pm
SOTU 2010: It could have gone another way  »  Good As You
1/27/2010 Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator John McCain (R-Ariz.) issued the following statement in response to President Barack Obama's remarks regarding "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" in his State of the Union address: "In his State of the Union address, President Obama asked Congress to repeal the 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' policy. I am immensely proud of, and thankful for, every American who wears the uniform of our country, especially at a time of war, and I believe it would be a mistake to repeal the policy. "This successful policy has been in effect for over fifteen years, and it is well understood and ...
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Posted:  1/28 10:06am
My man (and daddy) the H8-monger  »  Citizen Crain
What other message can we take from the participation of Cindy and Meghan McCain in the NOH8 campaign to overturn the Proposition 8 ban on gay marriage in California? Even before John McCain ran to the right for the Republican... ...
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Posted:  1/27 4:26am
the mccain girls say no to hate!  »  popbytes
this is truly amazing ... cindy mccain (wife of former republican presidential nominee john mccain) and her daughter meghan mccain are standing up - saying no to hate by posing for the now infamous NOH8 campaign - started by photographer adam bouska and his partner jeff parshley - which aims to fight against marriage inequality imposed on gays & lesbians with unfair and discriminatory legislation such as california's proposition 8 - which i hope & pray the supreme court decides to overturn - it's simply not fair! kudos to both cindy ...
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Posted:  1/22 4:18am
Redefining Republican  »  WOW Report
In a move that's sure to elicit howls of protest from both sides, Cindy McCain, wife of former presidential candidate John McCain, has joined the NOH8 campaign. ...
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Posted:  1/21 2:41am
Scrooge McCain's stocking stuffer  »  Citizen Crain
This little ditty from John McCain's flight home after voting on Christmas eve against expanding access to health care for the uninsured: After voting against the Senate's health-care bill Thursday morning, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) caught a commercial flight bound... ...
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Posted:  12/27 4:54am
Yes She Did! Meghan McCain on Gay Rights.  »  wiqaable.com
Here in Canada we won the right for same-sex marriage a few years ago, and queers are not prohibited by law from serving in Canada’s army. I wouldn’t say we have won the battle, however. Prime Minister Harper wants to re-open the same-sex marriage debate, and has launched campaigns targeted specifically at immigrants about restoring “family values.” The right to marry does not at all mean that we have arrived. It just means that we can show up!I have been closely watching these debates south of the border, as the fight to the right to marry and Don’t Ask Don’t ...
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Posted:  10/14 7:50pm
OMG, Maybe This Time He'll Actually Get Naked: Levi Johnston  »  !! omg blog !!
UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE!! Are you sick of Levi Johnston yet? I know, you're like, "Who? Remind me again?" Reminder: Levi Johnston is the shameless Alaskan stud who gave Bristol Palin that bad case of the pregs back in whenever. (Bristol Palin is the teen mommy daughter of Sarah Palin, remember? Running-mate of John McCain? That mean old man who ran for president that one time? Oh, right! Him! Now you remember!) Back to Mr. Johnston: he should teach a Learning Annex course in how to be a successful F-list pseudocelebrity because he will not get off my Google reader! Yes, he ...
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Posted:  10/9 1:31am
Top 10 reasons Letterman came clean  »  Tabloid Prodigy
By now you’ve already heard that David Letterman revealed yesterday that a CBS producer tried to extort $2 million dollars out of the Late Show host by threatening to reveal that he had affairs with several female staffers. In true Late Show form, the NY Post came out with its own Top 10 reasons Letterman came clean: 1.) He didn’t want the scandal to end up on Page Six. 2.) Why should Paul Shaffer get all the action? 3.) To steal the thunder from Sarah Palin’s new book. 4.) Ratings, ratings, ratings. 5.) With Leno out of the way, figures his only competition is ...
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Posted:  10/3 9:37am