September 2, 2008
Doing the Right Thing?
Filed by Eric Marcus | September 02, 2008 7:00 PM |I don't understand all the praise I'm hearing from Republicans and Christian conservatives about Bristol Palin (the 17-year-old daughter of VP pick Sarah Palin) doing the right thing by having her baby and marrying the baby's father. Is it a...Read More
Best of DNCC week in pictures
Filed by Bil Browning | September 02, 2008 6:00 PM |Since I have more pictures than I could ever use in posts, I thought I'd put some of the best from the week (political, blog related and sightseeing) in one post. Captions underneath and you can click any of them...Read More
Log Cabin Republicans endorse McCain/Palin
Filed by Alex Blaze | September 02, 2008 5:00 PM |Well, they did it. Log Cabin Republicans today announced its endorsement of Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) for President of the United States . Log Cabin's national board of directors voted 12-2 to endorse the Republican nominees for President and Vice...Read More
We Must End Attacks on the Right to Peaceful Protest
Filed by Patricia Nell Warren | September 02, 2008 4:00 PM |As national convention time rumbles onward, an old issue rears its ugly head. It's the ugliest, most terrifying monster head that Americans can see during a Presidential election. It wears the contorted face of a denial of rights guaranteed in...Read More
Jerame and Bil: A Blessing In Disguise
Filed by Guest Blogger | September 02, 2008 3:00 PM |Editors' Note: Guest blogger Jessica is a long-time Projector. She was communications director for Colorado Stonewall Democrats until the end of July, has an infrequent podcast/blog and is a hilariously funny travel guide. One of my favorite things about living...Read More
RNC: Policing Dissent
Filed by Jessica Hoffmann | September 02, 2008 2:00 PM |A big thank you to Anjali for circulating the link: You watching what's going on outside the RNC? The Coldsnap Legal Collective is on Twitter with frequent updates about policing of protests surrounding the RNC....Read More
Speaking of Sex
Filed by Dr. David Fawcett | September 02, 2008 2:00 PM |Good sex involves more than technical skills. Despite a lot of experience, many people don't feel very competent with one important component of sex: speaking up about it. Sexual competence must include the ability to be comfortable with sexuality, discussions...Read More
Better Hacks Needed
Filed by Tyrion Lannister | September 02, 2008 1:00 PM |This is just embarrassing: iPhone users: Click to watch...Read More
Religious Right responds to Bristol Palin's pregnancy
Filed by Alex Blaze | September 02, 2008 1:00 PM |The American Family Association, Focus on the Family, the Traditional Values Coalition, the Concerned Women for America, and the Family Research Council have this to say about Sarah Palin's unwed, teenage, pregnant daughter and what they think of Palin's parenting...Read More
McCain - An Achievement You Can Believe In
Filed by Storm Bear | September 02, 2008 12:30 PM |click to enlarge The last 4 days have left many of us bewildered and sleep deprived. "It is 3am and I can't go to bed now, there may be ANOTHER Palin story that breaks!" But somehow we managed to...Read More
Bilerico Visits Focus on the Family
Filed by Bil Browning | September 02, 2008 12:00 PM |Two fags and a trannie go to Focus on the Family headquarters... It sounds like the start of a really bad joke, eh? Last Friday though, it became a true story - although we did put the Bilerico style on...Read More
Requiem for Gay Political Power
Filed by Karen Ocamb | September 02, 2008 11:00 AM |The historic Democratic National Convention is over but one question remains: what the hell happened to the gays? Like so many others around the world, LGBT people watched through excited tears as Barack Obama accepted the presidential nomination at Mile...Read More
Amy Goodman Arrested at RNC
Filed by Sara Whitman | September 02, 2008 10:00 AM |Amy Goodman, a long time, well respected journalist was arrested yesterday at the RNC. From Democracy Now: "Goodman was arrested while attempting to free two Democracy Now! producers who were being unlawfully detained. They are Sharif Abdel Kouddous and Nicole...Read More
On being a gay Republican blogger
Filed by Bil Browning | September 02, 2008 10:00 AM |Life must be hell right now for gay Republican bloggers. After all, you're stuck defending a presidential candidate who doesn't thinks gays and lesbians should be able to adopt and a vice presidential pick who thinks even state employee domestic...Read More
Palin and the GOP: Making the accidental case for sex ed
Filed by Ricci Levy | September 02, 2008 9:00 AM |I am following all of the rumors about Palin's daughter being the real birth mother of Trig, followed by the release of information that her 17 year old unmarried daughter, Bristol, is pregnant. McCain's own staff said they released this...Read More
Sarah Palin Goes Ape for AIP!
Filed by Tyrion Lannister | September 02, 2008 8:30 AM |I really wasn't planning on blogging anything on Sarah Palin for a little while, because I thought, incorrectly, that she wasn't that bad of a pick given the options. Meanwhile, a very select number of leftist bloggers have been focusing...Read More
Congressman Bill Shuster Caught with Hookers and Blow
Filed by Bil Browning | September 02, 2008 8:00 AM |Thank you, Republicans, for just handing the Democrats the election. A connection between GOP House Deputy Whip Bill Shuster and "Hookers and Blow"? iPhone users: Click to watch Yeah. Sometimes it's just too easy; the jokes write themselves....Read More
It's all relative
Filed by Ed Team | September 02, 2008 7:30 AM |"Keep in mind Sarah Palin is Governor of Alaska - a state that is 22 years younger than John McCain." -- Quip from someone on a mailing list I subscribe to...Read More
The View from Invesco Field
Filed by Jeremy Bishop | September 02, 2008 7:00 AM |iPhone users: Click to watch Many of you have asked what it was like to be at Invesco Field. I was there in the nosebleed section. Here you can see the energy right before Obama was about to go on...Read More
