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Conservative Notion of Gay Rights Essentially Nonpolitical
2008-05-11 22:45:00 In his essay “The Hubris of Politics,” (which I discovered to my delight in his new book The Politics of Freedom : Taking on the Left, the Right, and Threats to Our Liberties), my friend David Boaz talks about the problem of a Sunday paper asking students to write to a Cabinet member to address a ...
Disgruntled, Divided Democrats
2008-05-11 21:42:00 When I called the PatriotMomWest this morning to wish her a Happy Mother’s Day, our conversation ranged from family matters to matters educational, intellectual and political. A Democrat, my Mom expressed frustration with the two Senators running for her party’s presidential nomination: “When Democrats have such a chance to recapture the White ...
It Is Not Okay To Hate,Be A Voice Against Violence
2008-05-11 18:04:00 I’m happy to support this effort by the LOGO Network to promote awareness of violence against the LGBT community. This public service announcement was in response to the shocking murder of Lawrence King, a 15-year-old Oxnard, California boy who was shot at point blank range in February 2008. King was allegedly shot by 14-year-old fellow ...
GayPatriot Readership Hits Notable Mark
2008-05-11 00:46:00 Hey, I just noticed this and thought I should make mention of it. As of today we have reached 1.776 million visitors (and change). Ya know — 1776!!! A GayPatriotic milestone if there ever was one! As always, thanks to our great readers for another notable milestone! -Bruce (GayPatriot) More About: America , Blogging , Patriotism
Of Marriage & Sexual Difference
2008-05-10 23:14:00 Some objected to my suggestion that London’s new Tory Mayor Boris Johnson might be a hero to gay conservatives because he saw accepting gay marriage akin to consecrating unions “between three men, as well as two men; or indeed three men and a dog.” I grant the Mayor’s analogy is a little over the top, but ... More About: Gay Marriage
Where did Hillary?s Money Go?
2008-05-10 22:26:00 Reading earlier this week that Hillary Clinton made another multi-million dollar loan to her campaign, $6.4 million earlier this month (on top of $5 million earlier this year), I wondered where has all her money gone. The media has focused on the vast sums her rival, Democratic frontrunner Barack Obama, has raised. But, thanks in ...
Why Hillary Lost
2008-05-10 02:08:00 As Hillary’s quest for the Democratic nomination which once seemed inevitable now seems impossible, a number of people are speculating why she lost. I have long believed her personality would make it difficult for Mrs. Clinton to win. In this campaign, as Karl Rove put it she “came across as calculating, contrived, stiff and self-concerned.” ... More About: Media Bias
May polls & Presidential Elections
2008-05-09 23:39:00 In Yesterday’s Wall Street Journal, Karl Rove, former adviser to President Bush wrote that presumptive Republican nominee John McCain is realistic enough to know he will fall behind Mr. Obama once the Democratic nomination is settled. He’s steeled himself and his team for that moment. And he’s comforted by a belief that there will be plenty ... More About: America , American History
Will Bill be in Denver? Will W be in St. Paul?
2008-05-09 22:37:00 With both parties’ nominees all but selected, I was wondering something about this summer’s political conventions. Will the most recent Democratic president losing favor with a broad swath of his party’s rank and file, will he be speaking at their August confab in Denver? And given the incumbent Republican president’s low approval ratings, will the GOP want ... More About: Bill
Of Julie Andrews? Home, her Mentors & her Friends
2008-05-09 02:10:00 Well into my early adulthood, I used to imagine I would one day meet Julie Andrews ; it would be like a reunion with my childhood nanny, called away to pursue a theatrical career after spending only a short time with our family. But, that short time left a profound and tender impression on me. ... More About: Movies , Pop Culture , Divas , Mentors
A Bet on McCain?s Share of the Gay Vote
2008-05-09 00:18:00 Right after posting my piece, John McCain & the Gay Vote, I e-mailed Washington Blade Editor Kevin Naff encouraging him to link it on the Blade’s Blogwatch. Readily assenting, he alerted me to a post he had just posted on the presidential election. After reading it, I wrote back, taking issue issue with some of ...
London?s New Mayor: Hero to Gay Conservatives?
2008-05-08 22:30:00 Welcome Andrew Sullivan Readers! One of the reasons I am such a fan of Rudy Giuliani is that he was a true conservative on the issues which mattered most to me, cutting spending and protecting citizens as Mayor and advocating a tough stand against terrorism as a presidential candidate. While conservative on this issues, he ...
Could Rezko Save Hillary?
2008-05-08 21:57:00 Shortly after posting my piece where I put forward my belief that the race for the Democratic presidential nomination is over, I perused the blogs to read what others were saying about the state of the campaign. Hugh wrote he didn’t expect Hillary “to bail, at least not until the final primaries are held and the ...
The Real Meaning of Gay Marriage
2008-05-08 08:04:00 When I drove cross country last fall, I often turned off my CD player so as to better let my thoughts wander. A number of ideas came to me, some of which I have addressed on this blog. One of the first notions which which popped into my head, somewhere in ... More About: Gay Marriage , Synchronicity
John McCain & the Gay Vote
2008-05-07 20:43:00 Now that Barack Obama has all but cinched the Democratic nomination, I am going to offer a prediction which will likely upset some of the Illinois Senator’s most enthusiastic gay supporters in the netroots. Obama will receive the lowest share of the gay vote of any Democratic presidential nominee since pollsters identified gays as ...
On Blogging & Breaking (what we think is) a Big Story
2008-05-07 20:37:00 Every now and again as a blogger, you think you’re onto something. You make an observation or unearth a fact which will generate interest in the blogosphere, maybe even getting notice in the MSM. So, you write your post, double-check your facts, review your text, then e-mail a number of bloggers alerting others ... More About: American History , Blogging , Breaking
Clinton?s Luck Runs Out
2008-05-07 18:27:00 What a difference a day makes. Yesterday, I thought Hillary might emerge from yesterday’s primaries in the driver’s seat for the Democratic nomination. She had had a good two weeks, raising $10 million online in the twenty-four hours after her Pennsylvania victory, getting good reviews from her interview with Bill O’Reilly (and an audience of ... More About: Luck , Runs
Barack?s Big Night
2008-05-07 08:40:00 Perhaps had I known Mrs. Clinton would do as poorly as she did last night, I would not have written as many critical posts as I had in the past few days. I had expected her to do well, to lose to Obama in North Carolina by a margin similar to that of her ...
Why did Hillary Skip Pat Nixon?s Funeral?
2008-05-07 01:14:00 When Bess Truman, the wife of Harry S Truman, the 33rd president of the United States and a Democrat, died in 1982, Nancy Reagan, wife to the then-incumbent Republican president of the United States, traveled to Missouri to attend her funeral. Eleven years later, when funeral services for Pat Nixon , wife of a former Republican president, ... More About: American History , Hillary
Ms. Hillary: Shameless with a Purpose
2008-05-07 00:39:00 When I sketched out this post last night, I had intended to call it, “Hillary Clinton: Phony” and make some reference to Holden Caulfield, but then as I did my morning blog-read, I chanced (if chance it was) upon Glenn’s link to David Brooks’s insightful New York Times Op-Ed, “Combat and Composure” where ... More About: America , Purpose
Our necessary conversation about marriage
2008-05-06 19:41:00 I just finished reading David Blankenhorn’s interesting and excellent* The Future of Marriage . I’m not sure yet how I intend to blog about this, either as a more formal review-type post or a series of posts on the issues he raises, but I do want to draw your attention to something he says in the Acknowledgments at the end of the book as it echoes what I’ve been saying about gay marriage at least as long as I’ve been blogging about the topic: Today’s gay marriage debate is an invaluable opportunity for Americans to have a serious national discussion about marriage’s meaning and future. The greatest criticism I make of gay marriage advocates is that most are unwilling to have that conversation. They’ve reduced the discussion to a debate over rights and equality without considering the history of marriage and the very ideas the social institution embodies. Blankenhorn addresses these issues. It one reason I recommend his book. To be sure, t... More About: Conversation
Chocolat, Juliette Binoche and Aging Gracefully
2008-05-06 08:40:00 A couple weeks ago, seeing the DVD for the 2000 flick Chocolat on sale at a bookstore checkout display, I grabbed a copy, recalling how much I had enjoyed it when I saw it on the big screen. When I watched it last night (and tonight), the flick still held my interest, despite its typical (for ... More About: Movies , Pop Culture , Aging , Juliette Binoche
Ms. Hillary: Tenacious? Yes, but Strong? Doubtful
2008-05-06 03:28:00 In the current issue of the Weekly Standard, Noemie Emery observes the *strange new respect” many on the right currently accord Mrs. Clinton, largely because of her tenacity on the campaign trail. No fan of the former First Lady, I admire how scrappy she’s become, her back up to the wall, “hanging in there ... More About: Hillary , Strong
Barack Obama?s Intellectual Openness
2008-05-06 02:53:00 In yesterday’s Powerline, Paul Mirengoff, grateful that he doesn’t have to participate in the selection of the Democratic presidential nominee argues why, he believes, Obama would make a better president than Ms. Hillary: It?s hard to see Clinton being a good president, at least from my perspective. However, there probably are limits as to how bad ... More About: Barack Obama , Barack , Intellectual , Ronald Reagan
Of CNN, the MSM, the ?B? word & the ?C? word
2008-05-06 02:15:00 Remember how CNN got all worked up when John McCain failed to denounce a supporter who had asked him how he was going to beat the b****, using the word for “female dog” to describe Mrs. Clinton. Well, someone recently asked him a question using a derogatory term for a part of the female ... More About: Word , Media Bias
GayPatriot Endorsement:Patti Patton-Baden for America?s Favorite Mom
2008-05-05 19:00:00 Because neither the PatriotMomWest nor the PatriotMom qualifies for the military mom’s category, we have to choose an another mother to be “America ’s Favorite Mom.” Therefore, we join other bloggers in supporting Patti Patton -Baden, founder of Soldier’s Angels, for American’s Favorite Mom in NBC’s contest. Click here to vote for Patti Patton-Baden. As you may know, ... More About: Endorsement
GayPatriot Endorsements:McCrory, Hillary & ?NOTA? in North Carolina Primary
2008-05-05 17:15:00 The time has come as I finally get my official “say” in the 2008 election. Tomorrow is the North Carolina Primary! And we have a lot going on in the Tar Heel state besides that one primary race you are hearing a lot about. So for all of you from North Carolina who read GayPatriot or have ... More About: America , War On Terror , World War I , Illegal Immigration
Best Celebrity Endorsement Ever.
2008-05-05 16:44:00 Although I completely disagree with Tom Hanks’ endorsement of Barack Obama, I do applaud his maturity, humor and historical context for doing so. If only more Hollywood types would thoughtfully do the same, then perhaps they would be relevant again in our world. Bravo, Tom Hanks! -Bruce (GayPatriot) More About: America , Celebrity , Endorsement
Arianna?s Prominence: a Sad Sign for Political Discourse
2008-05-05 00:18:00 On Friday while working away on the step-master at my gym, I glanced up to see Arianna Huffington puffing away on CNN (or was it MSNBC?), calling into question John McCain’s national security credentials. This former McCain supporter claimed her one-time candidate has made repeated public statements showing he doesn’t understand the difference between ... More About: Political , Media Bias , Sign
Obama?s Woes & that ol? Clinton luck
More articles from this author:2008-05-04 21:57:00 During the 1992 campaign, a number of people noted Bill Clinton ’s extraordinary luck. Paul Tsongas, the only man to offer him a serious challenge for the Democratic nomination, didn’t demonstrate much of an appeal outside the Northeast. Then-Nebraska Senator Bob Kerrey, the man who promised to be his most formidable opponent, foundered in ... More About: American History , Obama , Luck 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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