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» Backlash.
"Veteran Republican Congressman Ray LaHood criticized his party's vice presidential nominee Friday, saying that Sarah Palin's vitriolic campaign rallies 'don't befit the office she's running for.'" [HuffPo] |
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The Buckeye State's Republican party recently sent out this flier declaring that Democratic candidate Ray Pryor, a Democratic candidate for the Ohio House, supports gay adoption. Such a stance, of course, is baaaad. |
» Pulling Back…
"John McCain is pulling out of Michigan, according to two Republicans, a stunning move a month away from Election Day that indicates the difficulty Republicans are having in finding blue states to put in play. McCain will go off TV in Michigan, stop dropping mail there and send most of his staff to more competitive states, including Wisconsin, Ohio and Florida." [Politico] |
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Let's stand on high like Romans watching the gladiators, shall we? |
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Oh gawd! It's like all the news anymore is a hurricane made of lies and garbage and bullshi. And it's ceaseless! Are you mad we yell about the GOP on here? Listen, we'll stop taking the GOP to task when it stops pulling stunts like this… |
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Fosella, a Republican Assemblyman represented New York's Staten Island, said last May that he would not seek reelection after being arrested for drunk driving and admitting to having a child with his mistress. GOP officials here, however, have been pushing for a political resurrection: [Leaders] have been increasing pressure on former Assemblyman Robert A. Straniere, who won the Republican primary this month, to withdraw from the race for the Congressional seat so that they can substitute Mr. Fossella’s name for his. Apparently Straniere faces "certain defeat" this November, and Fossella's seen as the most capable replacement. It's worth mentioning, we think that baby-fathering Fossella thrice voted to preserve "the sanctity of marriage." |
» (Perceptive) Words…
"I think the Republican Party is too smart to call Barack Obama 'black' in a sense that it would be a negative. But you can take something about his life, which I noticed they did at the Republican Convention – a 'community organizer.' They kept saying it, they kept laughing. I think where there are overtones is when there are uses of language that are designed to inhibit other people's progress with a subtle reference to their race." - New York Governor David Paterson on the GOP's Barack Obama attacks. [WCBS via SH] |
» Big Draw.
"More than 37 million U.S. TV viewers tuned in to watch Sarah Palin accept the Republican nomination for vice president on Wednesday, just shy of the record set last week by Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama, Nielsen Media Research reported. Nielsen has said the 38.4 million viewers averaged by Obama's address last Thursday is believed to be the biggest television audience ever for a U.S. political convention speech, and Palin's tally of 37.2 million came close to that." [Reuters] |
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That seemed to be a turning point for the States' social political landscape. We even predicted that Craig's arrest would help bring the long-raging Culture Wars to a close. John McCain's selection of Sarah Palin as his running mate, however, may prove us wrong. |
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Minnesota based non-profit The UnConvention recently began circulating a series of ads urging gay residents to be "unconventional" while welcoming Republicans, who are currently celebrating their national convention in St. Paul. Above you'll see a commercial depicting a gay and lesbian couple who switch it up as two suits walk their direction. The tagline reads: "The Republicans are coming. Make an effort." While surely this is a light-hearted jab at the GOP's exclusionary politics, the "closet yourself" subtext rubs us the wrong way. |
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» Editing.
"The Virginia delegation canceled an order of a publication it planned to hand out to visitors at the upcoming Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota, because it included a six-page section for gays and lesbians…" [POQ] |
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Together, they say, their administration will clean up dirty politics and set America in a new direction. Looking at the Republican party's platform, however, it becomes increasingly clear the Grand Old Party's gay politics are the same stagnant, archaic politics. |
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Log Cabin Rolls Over, Declines Vaseline
Though the Grand Oldies are trying to trim down their agenda, it seems they're still committed to coming out against the queers. You know, it wouldn't be a Republican party without a bit of divisive action. And - surprise! - gay party members seem ready to roll over and take it, because no one enjoys getting fucked more than a gay Republican. |
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…The McCain campaign can ill-afford to do is further antagonize our own supporters. We need to quiet grumbling among our own contributors and volunteers about how much our hardworking fundraising consultants are getting paid. People like New York Finance Chair Tamara Hallisey, who’ve earned at least $148,000 since the start of the year. Likewise, I hear that the latest attack we should expect from the Obama-holier-than-thou crowd is that the McCain campaign is using unlimited “victory committees” to pay fundraising staff for the work they do for the official “restricted” campaign fund while John takes the high road on public financing. Eh, we've been called worse. |
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[Gay Republican Cards via The Gist] |
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