Comments on: DNC Plays Politics With Gay Press http://www.queerty.com/dnc-plays-politics-with-gay-press-20080110/ Free of an agenda. Except that gay one. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 09:35:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Chris Crain http://www.queerty.com/dnc-plays-politics-with-gay-press-20080110/#comment-105377 Chris Crain Sun, 14 Dec 2008 22:18:51 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/dnc-plays-politics-with-gay-press-20080110/#comment-105377 For those interested in whether the Washington Blade's coverage of Howard Dean, the DNC and Donald Hitchock's lawsuit has been fair and met "high principals of Journalism," as <a href="http://www.queerty.com/dnc-plays-politics-with-gay-press-20080110/#comment-35864" rel="nofollow">Mark Segal puts it</a>, there is a <a href="http://citizenchris.typepad.com/citizenchris/2008/03/the-blade-and-h.html" rel="nofollow">full review here</a>. For those interested in whether the Washington Blade’s coverage of Howard Dean, the DNC and Donald Hitchock’s lawsuit has been fair and met “high principals of Journalism,” as Mark Segal puts it, there is a full review here.

]]> By: Chris Crain http://www.queerty.com/dnc-plays-politics-with-gay-press-20080110/#comment-105376 Chris Crain Sun, 14 Dec 2008 21:46:56 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/dnc-plays-politics-with-gay-press-20080110/#comment-105376 Someone just forwarded me the comment train above that includes Comment #12, from Mark Segal, owner/publisher of Philadelphia Gay News. As the unnamed Blade editor so roundly condemned in his comment, I can't resist responding.... Mark is understandably thin-skinned about how the trained journalists who report and edit the news at the Blade have for years separated news from opinion and observed the separation of editorial and sales. As Mark will remind you within the first 5 seconds of practically every conversation, he is both PGN publisher and editorial czar, and as such he regularly runs roughshod over "high principals of Journalism" (otherwise known as "high principles of journalism"] by using the paper to pursue his own personal agenda, politically and financially. Regardless, since Mark is so "thankful" the Blade has a new editor, I'll note in response the glaring factual error and 14 grammatical/spelling errors in his own comment: <em>It is very conceivable that the democratic [sic] Party or any other person [sic] who appreciates fair and unbiased journalism would at that point not appreciate The D.C. Blade [sic]. The Blade at that point to my understanding was more like the National enquirer [sic] or the Globe then [sic] a publication that upheld the high principals [sic] of Journalism [sic and very ironic!!]. Gee, wasn't this the paper that put a male hooker on it's [sic] cover as a columnist [wrong!]? and [sic] that editor claimed he knows journalism. Thank the leaders of windows [sic] Media for replacing him, or was it a resignation? Anyway at that time, i'd [sic] line my birdcage with the blade [sic]….. I't [sic] is beneficial to the entire LGBT community that it is getting back on it's feet, and it's [sic] long nightmare of bad editors is hopefully behind it.</em> Remind me again who needs a better editor? Someone just forwarded me the comment train above that includes Comment #12, from Mark Segal, owner/publisher of Philadelphia Gay News. As the unnamed Blade editor so roundly condemned in his comment, I can’t resist responding….

Mark is understandably thin-skinned about how the trained journalists who report and edit the news at the Blade have for years separated news from opinion and observed the separation of editorial and sales.

As Mark will remind you within the first 5 seconds of practically every conversation, he is both PGN publisher and editorial czar, and as such he regularly runs roughshod over “high principals of Journalism” (otherwise known as “high principles of journalism”] by using the paper to pursue his own personal agenda, politically and financially.

Regardless, since Mark is so “thankful” the Blade has a new editor, I’ll note in response the glaring factual error and 14 grammatical/spelling errors in his own comment:

It is very conceivable that the democratic [sic] Party or any other person [sic] who appreciates fair and unbiased journalism would at that point not appreciate The D.C. Blade [sic]. The Blade at that point to my understanding was more like the National enquirer [sic] or the Globe then [sic] a publication that upheld the high principals [sic] of Journalism [sic and very ironic!!]. Gee, wasn’t this the paper that put a male hooker on it’s [sic] cover as a columnist [wrong!]? and [sic] that editor claimed he knows journalism. Thank the leaders of windows [sic] Media for replacing him, or was it a resignation? Anyway at that time, i’d [sic] line my birdcage with the blade [sic]….. I’t [sic] is beneficial to the entire LGBT community that it is getting back on it’s feet, and it’s [sic] long nightmare of bad editors is hopefully behind it.

Remind me again who needs a better editor?

]]> By: morad http://www.queerty.com/dnc-plays-politics-with-gay-press-20080110/#comment-67934 morad Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:46:21 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/dnc-plays-politics-with-gay-press-20080110/#comment-67934 gay gay

]]> By: Cat Lover... http://www.queerty.com/dnc-plays-politics-with-gay-press-20080110/#comment-36467 Cat Lover... Thu, 17 Jan 2008 22:24:11 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/dnc-plays-politics-with-gay-press-20080110/#comment-36467 All Hail Paul Yandura...PLEASE!! Spare us the sermon! Paul is a well-paid hack who uses Donald as his bitch. What is truly shameful is that D&P want DNC dollars for themselves - money raised to defeat Republicans in 2008. And if we lose - Paul and Donald will do what they have done best for years - point their fingers at the list of people they claim will have failed the Party. The first names on that list had best be their own! All Hail Paul Yandura…PLEASE!! Spare us the sermon! Paul is a well-paid hack who uses Donald as his bitch. What is truly shameful is that D&P want DNC dollars for themselves – money raised to defeat Republicans in 2008. And if we lose – Paul and Donald will do what they have done best for years – point their fingers at the list of people they claim will have failed the Party. The first names on that list had best be their own!

]]> By: Jay http://www.queerty.com/dnc-plays-politics-with-gay-press-20080110/#comment-36415 Jay Thu, 17 Jan 2008 17:12:31 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/dnc-plays-politics-with-gay-press-20080110/#comment-36415 So what if the DNC apparatchik is lgbt herself? The point of the lawsuit seems to be that the DNC went after a staffer because of what that staffer's companion was saying about the DNC's treatment of gay donors and voters. They targeted this Hitchcock fellow because of his partner's critiques. So when is the DNC going to disassociate itself, now and forever more, with James Carville? His spouse spews anti-Dem nonsense for a friggin' LIVING. What about a spousal loyalty oath up and down the DNC staff roster while we're at it? They went after the guy because of what his partner had said, and as always in Washington, the coverup is worse than the crime. Underlying this entire matter is the DNC's treatment of us, at the end of the day, as little more than walking ATMs. This debate is the same as the one going on in the progressive movement right now: BS v. grassroots. Clinton v. Obama. Bureaucratic Interest Group Orgs v. blogs. Much of the party and nonprofit establishment is a fossilized, spin-happy mess. The real action is out in parts of the country that the beltway forgot how to speak with YEARS ago. That was Paul Yandura's point, it's the truth, and these DNC hacks went after his partner for it. Shameful. So what if the DNC apparatchik is lgbt herself? The point of the lawsuit seems to be that the DNC went after a staffer because of what that staffer’s companion was saying about the DNC’s treatment of gay donors and voters.

They targeted this Hitchcock fellow because of his partner’s critiques. So when is the DNC going to disassociate itself, now and forever more, with James Carville? His spouse spews anti-Dem nonsense for a friggin’ LIVING. What about a spousal loyalty oath up and down the DNC staff roster while we’re at it?

They went after the guy because of what his partner had said, and as always in Washington, the coverup is worse than the crime.

Underlying this entire matter is the DNC’s treatment of us, at the end of the day, as little more than walking ATMs.

This debate is the same as the one going on in the progressive movement right now: BS v. grassroots. Clinton v. Obama. Bureaucratic Interest Group Orgs v. blogs. Much of the party and nonprofit establishment is a fossilized, spin-happy mess. The real action is out in parts of the country that the beltway forgot how to speak with YEARS ago. That was Paul Yandura’s point, it’s the truth, and these DNC hacks went after his partner for it. Shameful.

]]> By: K http://www.queerty.com/dnc-plays-politics-with-gay-press-20080110/#comment-36414 K Thu, 17 Jan 2008 16:43:27 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/dnc-plays-politics-with-gay-press-20080110/#comment-36414 I'm just wondering do half the people who comment realize Julie is part of the LGBT community? Why doesn't the blade do a story on Julie's long history of supporting and fighting for LGBT rights on her personal time and in her career. I’m just wondering do half the people who comment realize Julie is part of the LGBT community? Why doesn’t the blade do a story on Julie’s long history of supporting and fighting for LGBT rights on her personal time and in her career.

]]> By: Jay http://www.queerty.com/dnc-plays-politics-with-gay-press-20080110/#comment-36402 Jay Thu, 17 Jan 2008 15:14:51 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/dnc-plays-politics-with-gay-press-20080110/#comment-36402 Don't get me wrong: I think too many people at the DNC are stuck in the same mode the previous managers of the Blade were, and that is bullshit mode. In fact, we all know it's worse among these pol hacks than among self-aggrandizing business types. I hope these guys suing the DNC win, and the DNC has to fire the hacks. But since it's Washington, there's probably a line outside the door of fresh hack wannabes. Don’t get me wrong: I think too many people at the DNC are stuck in the same mode the previous managers of the Blade were, and that is bullshit mode. In fact, we all know it’s worse among these pol hacks than among self-aggrandizing business types. I hope these guys suing the DNC win, and the DNC has to fire the hacks. But since it’s Washington, there’s probably a line outside the door of fresh hack wannabes.

]]> By: Cat Lover... http://www.queerty.com/dnc-plays-politics-with-gay-press-20080110/#comment-36364 Cat Lover... Thu, 17 Jan 2008 00:24:28 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/dnc-plays-politics-with-gay-press-20080110/#comment-36364 Much Applause Jay...and to add to your comments - the Blade claims to be taking the "High Road" in this debate - FYI "Mr. Blade", the "high road" is defined by saying nothing at all. The Times and the Post will print the negative comments they receive - but they never respond to them - also known as the "High Road" - the fact that the Blade posted a response on a blog points to their sophomoric understanding of the principles of free press and unbiased journalism. We should all boycott the Blade until journalism professionals take control and the present staff begs for jobs at MetroWeekly (no offense Metroweekly...Love you!) Much Applause Jay…and to add to your comments – the Blade claims to be taking the “High Road” in this debate – FYI “Mr. Blade”, the “high road” is defined by saying nothing at all. The Times and the Post will print the negative comments they receive – but they never respond to them – also known as the “High Road” – the fact that the Blade posted a response on a blog points to their sophomoric understanding of the principles of free press and unbiased journalism. We should all boycott the Blade until journalism professionals take control and the present staff begs for jobs at MetroWeekly (no offense Metroweekly…Love you!)

]]> By: Jay http://www.queerty.com/dnc-plays-politics-with-gay-press-20080110/#comment-36271 Jay Wed, 16 Jan 2008 04:36:03 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/dnc-plays-politics-with-gay-press-20080110/#comment-36271 At the time these DNC memos were written, the Washington Blade was not lorded over by the questionable Windows Media team of Chris Crain, editor, and William Waybourn, president. They'd been moved out, but their damage had been done. Anyone who lived in DC in the 80s and 90s remembers a Washington Blade that was respected around town as a deliberative and thoughtful newspaper. By the time Windows' Crain and Waybourn were done saddling the paper with debt, it was a very light version of its former self. So, the DNC staffer's low opinion of the Blade comes as little surprise. Then again, given Crain & Waybourn's track record of stewardship, we're lucky the Blade survived...their papers in Houston and New Orleans did not, and one look at the New York Blade tells you death is never too far away. At the time these DNC memos were written, the Washington Blade was not lorded over by the questionable Windows Media team of Chris Crain, editor, and William Waybourn, president. They’d been moved out, but their damage had been done. Anyone who lived in DC in the 80s and 90s remembers a Washington Blade that was respected around town as a deliberative and thoughtful newspaper. By the time Windows’ Crain and Waybourn were done saddling the paper with debt, it was a very light version of its former self. So, the DNC staffer’s low opinion of the Blade comes as little surprise. Then again, given Crain & Waybourn’s track record of stewardship, we’re lucky the Blade survived…their papers in Houston and New Orleans did not, and one look at the New York Blade tells you death is never too far away.

]]> By: Tammye Nash http://www.queerty.com/dnc-plays-politics-with-gay-press-20080110/#comment-36090 Tammye Nash Mon, 14 Jan 2008 19:38:41 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/dnc-plays-politics-with-gay-press-20080110/#comment-36090 I am not commenting here on the DNC or on Washington Blade or Window Media. But I did want to point out that Window Media no longer owns any newspaper in Texas, certainly not "the big one." Dallas Voice is independently owned by Robert Moore, and always has been. Window Media used to have a paper called Houston Voice - in Houston, of course — but it was not as large as Dallas Voice and was closed down about two years ago (I think. I am not sure when it closed, exactly). Just to set the record straight. -Tammye Nash, senior editor, Dallas Voice. I am not commenting here on the DNC or on Washington Blade or Window Media.
But I did want to point out that Window Media no longer owns any newspaper in Texas, certainly not “the big one.”
Dallas Voice is independently owned by Robert Moore, and always has been.
Window Media used to have a paper called Houston Voice – in Houston, of course — but it was not as large as Dallas Voice and was closed down about two years ago (I think. I am not sure when it closed, exactly).
Just to set the record straight.
-Tammye Nash, senior editor, Dallas Voice.

]]> By: Justin Tyme http://www.queerty.com/dnc-plays-politics-with-gay-press-20080110/#comment-36056 Justin Tyme Mon, 14 Jan 2008 15:25:32 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/dnc-plays-politics-with-gay-press-20080110/#comment-36056 Just another example of the corporatist democrats taking the GLBTQ community for granted. Get a clue, brothers and sisters! They don't really care about us! All the platitudes, vote-whoring and money grabbing are aimed at one thing only: keeping a hold on power. With people like these in control do you really think there will be any substantive difference between a democratic administration and the current abomination we are living with? Just another example of the corporatist democrats taking the GLBTQ community for granted.

Get a clue, brothers and sisters! They don’t really care about us! All the platitudes, vote-whoring and money grabbing are aimed at one thing only: keeping a hold on power.

With people like these in control do you really think there will be any substantive difference between a democratic administration and the current abomination we are living with?

]]> By: Cat Lover... http://www.queerty.com/dnc-plays-politics-with-gay-press-20080110/#comment-36009 Cat Lover... Sun, 13 Jan 2008 04:57:56 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/dnc-plays-politics-with-gay-press-20080110/#comment-36009 That bird was probably Republican...and got what it deserved. Let's hope Donald and Paul are caught by the same cat! Oh, and lest we forget - we have an election to win...at all costs!! That bird was probably Republican…and got what it deserved. Let’s hope Donald and Paul are caught by the same cat! Oh, and lest we forget – we have an election to win…at all costs!!

]]> By: seitan-on-a-stick http://www.queerty.com/dnc-plays-politics-with-gay-press-20080110/#comment-35987 seitan-on-a-stick Sun, 13 Jan 2008 01:23:31 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/dnc-plays-politics-with-gay-press-20080110/#comment-35987 BirdGate? BladeGate? WindowsMediaGate? DNCGate? GayGate? TagenGate? RightwingGayGate? I want to know which Gate to close as the rising tides are seeping in to my 5th floor apartment and the New York Blade is not thick enough to form sandbags. Maybe because they have lost credibility in Mediatown: NYC. Have they fired Tagen yet? She let my cat out and he has a bird in his mouth. BirdGate? BladeGate? WindowsMediaGate? DNCGate? GayGate? TagenGate? RightwingGayGate? I want to know which Gate to close as the rising tides are seeping in to my 5th floor apartment and the New York Blade is not thick enough to form sandbags. Maybe because they have lost credibility in Mediatown: NYC. Have they fired Tagen yet? She let my cat out and he has a bird in his mouth.

]]> By: Bob http://www.queerty.com/dnc-plays-politics-with-gay-press-20080110/#comment-35940 Bob Sat, 12 Jan 2008 15:34:44 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/dnc-plays-politics-with-gay-press-20080110/#comment-35940 What a ridiculous joke this lawsuit is. What a ridiculous joke this lawsuit is.

]]> By: jmagi http://www.queerty.com/dnc-plays-politics-with-gay-press-20080110/#comment-35939 jmagi Sat, 12 Jan 2008 15:31:25 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/dnc-plays-politics-with-gay-press-20080110/#comment-35939 This really is ridiculous. Hitchcock, et. al. need to move on. In political organizations, political decisions get made. That's it. Perhaps it hurts people's feelings, but that's just what happens. I agree with the "grasping at straws" analogy. This really is ridiculous. Hitchcock, et. al. need to move on. In political organizations, political decisions get made. That’s it. Perhaps it hurts people’s feelings, but that’s just what happens.

I agree with the “grasping at straws” analogy.

]]> By: Mark Segal http://www.queerty.com/dnc-plays-politics-with-gay-press-20080110/#comment-35864 Mark Segal Fri, 11 Jan 2008 21:20:05 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/dnc-plays-politics-with-gay-press-20080110/#comment-35864 It is very conceivable that the democratic Party or any other person who appreciates fair and unbiased journalism would at that point not appreciate The D.C. Blade. The Blade at that point to my understanding was more like the National enquirer or the Globe then a publication that upheld the high principals of Journalism. Gee, wasn't this the paper that put a male hooker on it's cover as a columnist? and that editor claimed he knows journalism. Thank the leaders of windows Media for replacing him, or was it a resignation? Anyway at that time, i'd line my birdcage with the blade..... I't is beneficial to the entire LGBT community that it is getting back on it's feet, and it's long nightmare of bad editors is hopefully behind it. It is very conceivable that the democratic Party or any other person who appreciates fair and unbiased journalism would at that point not appreciate The D.C. Blade. The Blade at that point to my understanding was more like the National enquirer or the Globe then a publication that upheld the high principals of Journalism. Gee, wasn’t this the paper that put a male hooker on it’s cover as a columnist? and that editor claimed he knows journalism. Thank the leaders of windows Media for replacing him, or was it a resignation? Anyway at that time, i’d line my birdcage with the blade….. I’t is beneficial to the entire LGBT community that it is getting back on it’s feet, and it’s long nightmare of bad editors is hopefully behind it.

]]> By: L Levi http://www.queerty.com/dnc-plays-politics-with-gay-press-20080110/#comment-35769 L Levi Fri, 11 Jan 2008 14:26:19 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/dnc-plays-politics-with-gay-press-20080110/#comment-35769 What a gratuitous degrading comment Julie Tagen makes not only about The Blade but "other gay papers". She felt comfortable sending this email to 5 other high DCN staff. It says a lot about how our concern are shit to them. What a gratuitous degrading comment Julie Tagen makes not only about The Blade but “other gay papers”. She felt comfortable sending this email to 5 other high DCN staff. It says a lot about how our concern are shit to them.

]]> By: Wade Godot http://www.queerty.com/dnc-plays-politics-with-gay-press-20080110/#comment-35761 Wade Godot Fri, 11 Jan 2008 12:17:30 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/dnc-plays-politics-with-gay-press-20080110/#comment-35761 Ever since The Blade became a worthless conservative run gay rag, gays and straights alike do line their birdcages and litter boxes with it. What's the fuss with that email? Ever since The Blade became a worthless conservative run gay rag, gays and straights alike do line their birdcages and litter boxes with it. What’s the fuss with that email?

]]> By: libhomo http://www.queerty.com/dnc-plays-politics-with-gay-press-20080110/#comment-35759 libhomo Fri, 11 Jan 2008 11:40:27 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/dnc-plays-politics-with-gay-press-20080110/#comment-35759 Are all these people making excuses for the DNC Democratic Party staffers? The justifications really are rather silly. Are all these people making excuses for the DNC Democratic Party staffers? The justifications really are rather silly.

]]> By: Just Looking http://www.queerty.com/dnc-plays-politics-with-gay-press-20080110/#comment-35758 Just Looking Fri, 11 Jan 2008 10:56:04 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/dnc-plays-politics-with-gay-press-20080110/#comment-35758 Much ado...really, this is the way PR works. Anyone who looks at printed media, listens to the radio, reads collateral or watches television is exposed to a communication director's strategy of some sort. To believe otherwise is naive. Smart reporters know the difference between a placement and a cover up. Pity there aren't many of them. Much ado…really, this is the way PR works. Anyone who looks at printed media, listens to the radio, reads collateral or watches television is exposed to a communication director’s strategy of some sort. To believe otherwise is naive.

Smart reporters know the difference between a placement and a cover up. Pity there aren’t many of them.

]]> By: kcflood http://www.queerty.com/dnc-plays-politics-with-gay-press-20080110/#comment-35727 kcflood Fri, 11 Jan 2008 04:14:41 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/dnc-plays-politics-with-gay-press-20080110/#comment-35727 This is so lame and pathetic. Trying to make a fuss out of nothing, I see. This is so lame and pathetic. Trying to make a fuss out of nothing, I see.

]]> By: jamon http://www.queerty.com/dnc-plays-politics-with-gay-press-20080110/#comment-35724 jamon Fri, 11 Jan 2008 04:01:00 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/dnc-plays-politics-with-gay-press-20080110/#comment-35724 I have seen other documents, this is just a WARM UP to what will be released and leaked. Their is obviously a culture of deception and retaliation. TIME TO CLEAN THE DNC HOUSE. I have seen other documents, this is just a WARM UP to what will be released and leaked. Their is obviously a culture of deception and retaliation. TIME TO CLEAN THE DNC HOUSE.

]]> By: Momma http://www.queerty.com/dnc-plays-politics-with-gay-press-20080110/#comment-35718 Momma Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:43:15 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/dnc-plays-politics-with-gay-press-20080110/#comment-35718 Trent, Trent, Trent...how can anyone appreciate your keen political insights when they are presented as the hostile rantings of a homicidal killer. By chance your last name isn't Oswald is it? Trent, Trent, Trent…how can anyone appreciate your keen political insights when they are presented as the hostile rantings of a homicidal killer. By chance your last name isn’t Oswald is it?

]]> By: Andrew http://www.queerty.com/dnc-plays-politics-with-gay-press-20080110/#comment-35685 Andrew Thu, 10 Jan 2008 22:29:24 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/dnc-plays-politics-with-gay-press-20080110/#comment-35685 Isn't this about The Blade thinking a little too highly of itself? Granted, I read The Blade but ever since it was run by right wing Crain, I no longer give much credibility to it or the stories it runs. Isn’t this about The Blade thinking a little too highly of itself? Granted, I read The Blade but ever since it was run by right wing Crain, I no longer give much credibility to it or the stories it runs.

]]> By: Trent http://www.queerty.com/dnc-plays-politics-with-gay-press-20080110/#comment-35681 Trent Thu, 10 Jan 2008 22:14:23 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/dnc-plays-politics-with-gay-press-20080110/#comment-35681 Only in the mind of a self-loathing P.O.S. who puts a political party above his own humanity would this revelation be "grabbing at straws." Fucking pathetic! Only in the mind of a self-loathing P.O.S. who puts a political party above his own humanity would this revelation be “grabbing at straws.”

Fucking pathetic!

]]> By: H'mo http://www.queerty.com/dnc-plays-politics-with-gay-press-20080110/#comment-35646 H'mo Thu, 10 Jan 2008 17:45:52 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/dnc-plays-politics-with-gay-press-20080110/#comment-35646 This is Donald and Paul's "smoking gun"? Talk about grabbing at straws!! What's next, a lawsuit stemming from the DNC's refusal to provide Donald with his favorite "organic" coffee? So what if Ms. Tagen prefers the Post to the Blade to get her news? How does that entitle Donald and Paul to steal the money that will be used to beat the Republicans in 2008? This is Donald and Paul’s “smoking gun”? Talk about grabbing at straws!! What’s next, a lawsuit stemming from the DNC’s refusal to provide Donald with his favorite “organic” coffee?

So what if Ms. Tagen prefers the Post to the Blade to get her news? How does that entitle Donald and Paul to steal the money that will be used to beat the Republicans in 2008?

]]> By: Bird Lover http://www.queerty.com/dnc-plays-politics-with-gay-press-20080110/#comment-35637 Bird Lover Thu, 10 Jan 2008 17:08:45 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/dnc-plays-politics-with-gay-press-20080110/#comment-35637 “You probably have a better sense since I tend to use The Blade and other gay papers in the bottom of the birdcage.” don't u? “You probably have a better sense since I tend to use The Blade and other gay papers in the bottom of the birdcage.”

don’t u?

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