Are you ready for the Values Voter Summit?

Hot PR release in my inbox -- Sean Hannity will be there with the luminaries of the political right, and the flat earth, homo-obsessed bible-beating crowd, including special guest Stephen Baldwin! Today, FRC Action announced that Sean Hannity, co-host of Fox News "Hannity & Colmes" and host of "Hannity's America," will address the third annual Values Voter Summit on Saturday, September 13th.

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Convention Wrap-Up -- Obama Comes Out on Top

Kennedy, Clinton, Clinton, Biden, Obama, Gustav, Giuliani, Palin, and McCain: the American people have now been introduced to the latest cast of characters who will populate this year's most watched reality program, the 2008 Presidential Election.

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The phantom VP candidate - when will the Repubs allow interviews?

[Update from Julien: Looks like you're going to get your glimpses of Palin only with scripted talking points.

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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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