Blue Herald

I know this is old news, but it can’t be stressed enough that, even though the good people of Connecticut are for the most part progressive and “with it”, they can make some seriously fucked-up, colossal mistakes at the voting booths too!
Case in point:
Joseph Lieberman To Headline Upcoming Pastor Hagee Summit
Senator Joseph Lieberman is scheduled [...]

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Down through the history of our country many a person/group has claimed voter-disenfranchisement for one reason or another. I can not wait for the day when the ignorant, the unintelligent, the FLAT OUT STUPID crowd gets the boot from the voting booth. Can you imagine the joy? The glee?
(HT: From The Left commenter, Sasha in [...]

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Turns out John McCain went looking for Rev. bigot John Hagee’s endorsement.
Also, turns out Hagee is a much nicer man than we first thought:
Interviewed by Deborah Solomon, Hagee refused to discuss his statement that Hurricane Katrina was God’s punishment for a gay rights parade in New Orleans, calling it “so far off-base.” He claims, “Our [...]

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As you’re all probably aware by now, during the GOP debate Wednesday night, openly gay Retired Brig. Gen. Keith Kerr asked the candidates why they “think that American men and women in uniform are not professional enough to serve with gays and lesbians.”
Pat Buchanan’s response:
[...] And who obviously did not have the courage, frankly, when [...]

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cross posted from Crooks and Liars
On Sunday’s edition of “Fox News Sunday”, William (PNAC) Kristol takes the ball and delights in telling Fox;s fellow Kool-Aid drinkers that “Hillary…..bad!!!”.
Follow the link to the full story and video of another right-wing, neo-con, fearmongering nutball.
Crooks and Liars

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The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) Tuesday denounced comedian Jerry Lewis’ use of the word “fag” on Lewis’ annual Labor Day Telethon for Muscular Dystrophy and called on him to apologize.
“Jerry Lewis’ on-air use of this kind of anti-gay slur is simply unacceptable,” GLAAD President Neil G. Giuliano said in a statement posted [...]

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Book Review from THE NEW YORKER
The felling of the World Trade Center in New York, on September 11, 2001, brought its share of religion. Two populist preachers, Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell, called it divine punishment (though both quickly withdrew their remarks), and not only the bereaved prayed for help. But September 11th and its [...]

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I vote ‘hate’.
CNN.com:
Falwell’s legacy: faith, hate or Teletubbies?
(CNN) – “When I have children one day,” Samantha Krieger of Dallas, Texas, wrote to CNN.com, “they will know of the legacy that Dr. Jerry Falwell left.”
But what will that legacy be?
To Krieger, who had personal connections to Falwell — she attended the college he founded; he officiated [...]

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There’s a very scary person working at the Ft. Lauderdale Airport….and I suggest they find out who it is.
From the Sun Sentinel:
DANIA BEACH, Florida — A gay couple is asking for an investigation after they claim they heard threatening comments announced over the intercom system at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. The couple of [...]

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To whom it may concern:
As a semi-retired broadcaster of over 20 years, I am appalled at the recent Rush Limbaugh Show song “Barack The Magic Negro”.
Although I am a white Democrat, this email of protest is not politically motivated.
I fully support and encourage diversity in communities and am strongly against ANY form of racism. It [...]

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