I'm sure that Darth Cheney is on the short list of people John McCain doesn't want to attend the convention for his coronation. (Raw Story): It would be highly unusual for a sitting vice president to skip his party's nominating convention. For the last 32 years the vice president has been either renominated for that job or nominated for president.
Cheney has low approval ratings and is widely regarded as a secretive, behind-the-scenes power broker. But his approach plays well to conservatives. The White House has to calculate whether Cheney would help or hurt Sen. John McCain's campaign for the presidency. Full story...
MORMONS TO DELIVER LETTERS, PETITION OPPOSING PROPOSITION 8
Not all Mormons agree with their church's decision to forcefully support Proposition 8, the constitutional amendment that would eliminate the right to same-sex marriage in California.
Tomorrow I will attend the regular meeting of the Gay-Straight-Alliance at Chapel Hill High School here in NC.
It really bothers me that when an LGB or LGBT organization honors someone who speaks against the interest of the broader LGBT community's T's.
This sign was seen south of Mustion Creek on the west side of U.S. 63 (south central Missouri in the Ozark region).
ConvergeSouth is only a few days away, and your blogmistress is looking forward to participating in the event; it's getting press.
Timtimes gave a link to a story from the St. Petersburg Times that is incredible. Read on
On Friday morning, Joseph Prudente put on a pair of shorts and his "Grandpa Gone Wild" T-shirt.
First a disclaimer - I am a watch junkie. It is an affliction which my wife tolerates with ill disguised disdain.
You have to Frank Rich's op-eed column in the NYT today, "The Terrorist Barack Hussein Obama." It's a great wrap on the bigotry and fearmongering promoted by the Republican ticket that has resulted in the social piranhas of The Base surfacing, teeth bared, dripping with bloody chum.
Has a fundie bat been taken to Ronald McDonald's kneecaps? That's what Donald Wildmon and the American Family Association indicates, as it declares victory in pressing the burger giant to step away from its association with the National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce.
Via Crooks & Liars, yet another example of the bigots drawn to McCain/Palin. In Johnstown, PA, a man decided it was a great idea to hold up a stuffed monkey doll with an Obama sticker plastered on it.
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