The GOP: ripping off the elderly to fill its coffers

What does it say about the Republican Party when it takes great care to prey on the elderly to fill its coffers with bloodsucking sham organizations like the Black Republican PAC (see my exclusive post on how these orgs funnel money to wingnut welfare businesses).

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High School Student to McCain: You're no leader

William Sleaster, a student at Concord High School rose to ask McCain a question about gay rights and, ultimately dissatisfied by the answer he received from McCain, told the Republican presidential contender that he'd come looking to see a leader and didn't.

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Hasselhoff: America's Got Transsexuals!

I was watching "America's Got Talent" last night.  Guilty pleasure, I know, but what struck me as notable is that they have had three non-traditionally-gendered people in the competition (I hestitate with "transgender" because I don't know for certain) -- a Britney Spears impersonator (hot!), a Tina Turner impersonator (eh.

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CALL TO ACTION - Calling All Blenders

Your mission, should you choose to accept it:

A conservative wrote this to me tonight. Blenders, please respond to any or all of the points he writes below.

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GOP Convention open thread

UPDATE: McCain's remarks are below the fold.

OK. Go at it. McCain's vanity video is on now.

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McCain's chief adviser addresses LCRs -- but offers no support on LGBT issues

It's pretty significant that a McCain emissary dared to be seen hobnobbing with the Log Cabin Republicans, considering the strong anti-gay public position of the McCain/Palin ticket (and the watchful eye of Daddy D and the professional "Christian" set).

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Gender Expression As A Discrimination Issue

When can you discriminate against a transgender person? If one perceives an individual to be a crossdresser or a transsexual, but is "post-surgical" [has had genital reconstruction surgery (GRS)], is it discriminating against one because one perceives the individual as transgender, or discriminating against an individual because of perceived gender?

The difference between transgender discrimination and gender discrimination is no small thing.

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I told you that community organizers remark was going to bite Palin in the ass

crossposted on Holy Bullies and Headless MonstersFrom ThinkProgress.org:Last night during her speech to the Republican National Convention, Gov.

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Georgia Republican Rep. Lynn Westmoreland calls Obama 'uppity'

The GOP's white sheet is showing (again). There's a reason the RNC has hit a record low in black attendees at its convention.

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Community Organizing & thoughts on Gov. Miss Lipstick Pitbull Congeniality

AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth Only at the RNC can people who one night before asked the country to do service for their country then now boo when Giuliani mentions community organizing.

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