[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.]
- What About the NY Dems?
- [Talking Points Memo]
Where do the Democrats stand on the so-called Ground Zero Mosque that isn't a mosque and isn't at Ground Zero?
[Haha, I love the way Josh Marshall frames the question here. -L]
- Glenn Beck's final swan dive off the deep end: President Obama reminds him of Lucifer
- [Crooks and Liars]
No wonder so many conservatives are penning pieces about how embarrassing it is to be a conservative these days. [video]
- LGBT Community Asks Obama to Pick a Side
- [Firedoglake - David Dayen]
In the wake of the historic ruling in the Prop 8 case, the President has decided on a very strange locution to describe his views on the matter. He says, through aides, that he personally opposes gay marriage but supports “equality”. [...]
It’s true that the President opposed Prop 8 – but his tortured logic on the subject allowed supporters of Prop 8 to use his likeness and his words in their advertising. The idea of personal opposition but support of vagaries like “equality” is typical of how Democrats think they can thread the needle on these kinds of issues. It makes them look terribly weak.
And the LGBT community has had it. John Aravosis has posted an open letter calling on the President to support full marriage equality…
- Kennedy, Olson and the Right Side of History
- [FiveThirtyEight - Nate Silver - speculates on the likely outcome if/when Perry vs. Schwarzenegger gets to SCOTUS.]
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