How Low Will You Go?

In Massachusetts, we have had a few great success stories around marriage equality in our state. Not just the beautiful weddings, pictures, celebrations but real, serious, political gain.

We booted out of office people who said they were anti-marriage and elected fresh new faces like Carl Sciortino.

In 2004, Carl went to his State Rep's office and asked his position on marriage. One man, one woman, get out was the answer. Carl decided it was time for a change of Representation and ran for office.

In November of 2004, he won. Unknown, no name recognition, he won. He is one of the few openly gay members of our state legsilature.

I could go on and on about the things Rep. Sciortino has accomplished in office- but I'll let his resume speak for itself.

This year, as he prepared to run for office, he collected the signatures needed to be on the ballot. Nothing new, just the basics of running a campaign, right?

Sciortino left his certified signatures in his office at the State House overnight- signatures that were to be handed in the next day.

When he returned in the morning? They were gone. Stolen. Nothing can be proven but... the signatures were gone.

After several hearings, affidavits saying there were in fact signatures, a judge threw it out and said, Too bad.

Rep. Sciortino is running a sticker/write in campaign. Anyone familiar with campaigns know that this is expensive and difficult to win.

It begs the question... how low will you go to win?

I'm not accusing anyone. At all. Not enough proof.

If anyone wants to help Rep. Sciortino keep his seat, please click here or contact me directly.

Clinton and LGBT Friendly and Non-Friendly Audiences

I lied. I can't help myself. Obama sat down to a second interview with the Advocate and his LGBT supporters and preening about how he has responded to our community's cry for face time with the candidate.

Here is a list of Clinton's appearances and discussion of LGBT issues in front of non-LGBT friendly audiences, as Obama so often is praised for doing.


· In March 2007, Hillary was the only presidential candidate to accept the invitation and to address the Human Rights Campaign's Board Meeting and Equality Convention. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSPxGmePSiA

· In the June 3rd CNN debate of the Democratic candidates for president; Hillary Clinton spoke out forcefully against the military’s “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” policy.

· In late June 2007, Hillary announced the formation of “LGBT Americans for Hillary”, her national LGBT Steering Committee.

· In August 2007, Hillary participated in the LOGO/HRC Presidential Forum http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SQSXv8i4Mw&feature=related and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxdzvE05ceE&feature=related.

· In a first for a presidential candidate, Hillary utilized her web site to organize LGBT Watch Parties and, in fact, attended the largest watch party in West Hollywood.

· In October 2007, Hillary gave an in-depth interview to The Advocate.

· In November 2007, Hillary released a comprehensive plan to battle HIV/AIDS.

· Also in November2007, Hillary spoke to evangelical leaders at Saddleback about the AIDS epidemic, including the rise of HIV infection rates among gay men, and challenged the churches to address the spiritual side of the crisis including “the gay teenager seeking safety and guidance”.

· In January, Hillary was the only Presidential candidate to come out squarely against the Florida marriage amendment.

· In January 2008, Hillary addressed gay teen suicide in a web video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jp_mn1_z9UY (Beginning at 3:21).

· On February 4th, Hillary gave an interview to Logo TV.

· In February 2008, Hillary authored a blog posting on “Equality for LGBT Americans.”

· As part of her nationally-broadcast “Voices Across America, National Town Hall” on February 4th, Hillary affirmed that she would fight for the equality of benefits for LGBT Americans, for passage of a Hate Crimes law, ENDA and for an end “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”. http://townhall.hillaryclinton.com/ (See 2nd question asked)

· On February 11th, Hillary gave an interview to the Washington Blade.

· In late February, Hillary gave interviews to the LGBT press in Ohio and Texas.

· In March in Wyoming, Senator Clinton spoke about Matthew Shepard and the need for a Federal Hate Crimes law.

A second interview is a wonderful start. But only a start.

Our Esteemed President

Soon, we won't have him to kick around anymore.



Except in the history books.

Ellen Goes Political

Sally Kern, a Rep. from Oklahoma, spouted off a bunch of hate the other day.

Ellen responds. I think Lawrence King's murder had a profound effect on her.

Thank you, Ellen.

Florida Results?

McCain wins by 200 votes early in the morning. Recount will be called for. Why? BECAUSE IT'S FLORIDA.

How can Canada have national elections and hand count ballots all within 24 hours?

Giuliani buys a condo in Boca Raton and becomes president of a gated senior community. I mean, why leave? he never did.

So Clinton SPANKS Obama and it's "pointless?" I never think a spanking is pointless. I understand Florida Democrats have been punished but I do believe they count.

Denver is going to be very interesting.

And Lastly...

Anyone struck by the image of John Kerry clapping for Bush?

That is the only lesson to take from tonight.

Next year? Let's be the ones giving the address instead of clapping.

We must.

State of the Union, part three

Of course our military has our gratitude.

How about money for proper body armor?

Troops coming home?

All they need to protect our nation?

Maybe my young blogger friend Finn is right- maybe Bush will sell oil from the strategic reserve. Then maybe we can afford to do that.

State of the Union, part two

No cloning. That's good George. We can all get down with that.

Faith, faith, faith... and then he says we have to read the constitution for how it reads? Didn't our founding fathers have a stick up their butt about religious doctrine coming out of the President's mouth?

Spreading hope, freedom and a lot of weapons.

Adding Marines to Afghanistan? We have not one single battle ready troop in American, but we are sending MORE out?

I can't take much more.

How many more days till he's gone?

State of the Union

This is disgusting.

No child left behind sure did leave a mark on all children. Like a bruise that requires DSS to investigate.

Clean energy technology? Is that the coal industry Cheney keeps pushing? Like inviting ExxonMobil to the table to craft greenhouse gas policy?

Pelosi looks like she's going to vomit.

Or cry.

Wait, that would be manipulative.

NOW, Bush wants to do something about greenhouse gasses? After inviting the researchers from ExxonMobil to craft our policy around that?

I'm waiting for lighting to strike him dead.

And From the Man Who Was Elected President...

But do to a Supreme Court single vote ruling, was denied an actual ballot count...

Ever wonder how dfferent our country would be if he had served the term he was elected to serve?

The Sixty-Four-Thousand Dollar Question

I have a few questions to ask, other than where the heck was John Edwards and what kind of deal has he struck with the Clinton campaign?

Why is it Obama can diss Bill Clinton? Can you imagine what would happen if Senator Clinton said a peep about Michelle Obama?

Doesn't matter though because the best line of the night was Clinton's "I've been taking it for 16 years..." She has. She's been investigated, maligned, scoffed at, humiliated... the list goes on and on.

And she's still standing. In fact, she's about to become the Democratic nominee.

I love the term "green collar jobs" but how many, realistically, can there be in a country where lobby money has kept green technology out of cars, out of houses, and out of industry for years and years? When are we going to address the oil industry's influence in Washington, DC?

We need a tax break, and we need it now. We are in a recession. Enough with the bullshit about inflation rates that don't include gas and food prices. How long can anyone live without heating oil? Or food? Give the middle class gets 600 dollars? They will spend it. It will go back into the economy. Give it to corporations or the wealthy? It does no good. Can we have a tax break that actually makes sense for once?

Why isn't anyone talking about George Bush's plan to make the tax breaks- that only help the wealthy and the corporations- permanent? Maybe Edwards can talk about that since he's clearly done running.

Who is keeping an eye on what those damn Republicans are up to?

And why did Obama play the political card- Ronald The Saint Reagan- and not expect to be hammered for it?

Slum Lords or Marian Wright Edelman? To all prospective political wanna be's graduating from law school? That corporate gig might look tempting now but when you can say you went to the Children's Defense Fund instead of defending the rights of scum living off the poor? It might not buy Armani but it will go a long way at the polls.

How many people are sick of the pandering to the audience? It's like a cheap wedding singer trick. “I am so glad to be here in (enter name).” “Thank you to the good people of (enter name.)” Quote Fredrick Douglass. Ask whom Martin Luther King would vote for. Enough already. Just get to the debate.

But now I'm going to jump ahead, assume that Clinton wins the nomination and Obama comes in second because clearly, Edwards is done.

The sixty-four-thousand dollar question?

Should Clinton have Obama be her running mate?

Debate Tonight

This Obama is going to get a little pushing back on his Ronald Reagan fan club membership?

Will anyone ask Edwards why he's in the race, seeing that his advisers say they don't expect him to win a single primary?

Heck no, they're all going to comment on what Clinton is wearing!

Will be posting after the debate.

My guess? Clinton and Edwards take Obama to task over recent Republican party comments with their own "ideas." Obama will start to get nasty.

Everything is going to start getting nasty.

The one thing we can all look forward to? The countdown to Bush's last day.

364 days.
18 hours.
4 minutes.

Is America Ready for This Nutcracker?

That’s it. I have decided who to support, who I want to be President.

In the 1970’s, I remember the rhetoric against the Equal Rights Amendment. Men in women’s bathrooms. Shared showers in schools. Horror of all horrors, men would become women and women would become men.

Here we are in 2008 and there is a product out on the market, a nutcracker, in the image of Senator Clinton. You put the nut between her “legs” and she crushes it.

Right. Okay. So why don’t we have an Obama doll in black face? Perhaps because that would be so racist the outcry would be deafening.

I haven’t heard any outrage about the nutcracker. Couple giggles. Isn’t that funny.

No, it isn’t. And it isn’t 1970 anymore. Nor is it 1870.

As a feminist who cut her teeth on abortion clinic lines, as a young woman who watched my mother fight for the ERA only to be told she was a man-hater (she was, after all divorced, too), I find myself in the position with only one candidate to support.

I am voting for Senator Clinton.

I’m not going to argue her record, because she and Obama have made 90% of the same votes in the Senate. I’m not going to argue positions, because for the most part, all three top candidates running for the Democratic nomination are basically the same.

If I were voting for my values, my positions, I’d be voting for Kucinich. The reality of the media’s influence today is once labeled “unelectable,” you are, in fact, unelectable. Which brings me to why I am voting for Clinton.

The media’s portrayal of Clinton’s “breakdown” “crying” “emotional moment” over and over and over again made me so angry I could no longer sit on the sidelines and pick on the Republicans. I mean, Huckabee alone makes it too easy by having friends who attack Cabbage Patch dolls- Bill Gothard called for immediate removal of all dolls because children, by “adopting a doll, … might not want to raise up their own godly children.”


I bet those American Girl dolls are the next incarnation of the devil. But like I said, it’s too easy to pull back the curtain and see all the freaks in Huckabee’s closet.

Clinton had a moment of real emotion, not unlike when she was cracking up being interviewed by Fox News. After all the years- and I mean years- of being framed in the most unflattering way by Fox, when Chris Wallace wishes her well, how could you do anything but laugh?

Ah, but the “tears” … maybe, some questioned, she was being manipulative and manufactured her emotion to get the vote in New Hampshire. Obama can sing and clap along with Donnie McClurkin, a homophobic, “ex-gay” nightmare and no one accuses him of manufactured love to get the vote. Edwards pushes the line of corporate greed versus the poor so hard you half expect him to come out with the Merry Men and Elizabeth dressed as Maid Marian.

I don’t know who those pundits thought lived in New Hampshire, but I can say one thing about my neighboring state- they don’t fall for bullshit. Thus Huckabee’s miserable returns.

I’m done with the nutcrackers, the “iron my shirt” comments, and the cleavage questions. I’m done with the glass ceiling, to be sure, but I’m more done with the symbolic annihilation of Senator Clinton in the media. She has, hands down, the most experience having spent 8 years in the White House already. She is the smartest candidate, without question and her analysis, is thorough and incredibly informed.

Even when I don’t agree, I respect her position.

People have said the “emotional” moment shifted the race for Clinton. It did for me. Not because it made her “real” or more “reachable” or made me feel like she was a pal who I could sit and chat with, because it didn’t. I get the impression she is driven, focused and would actually scare the shit out of me if we ever sat down to talk.

I don’t want someone to talk to. I want someone to fix the mess that George Bush created in this country. I want someone smart, someone who can work DC, and someone who passionately believes in the job.

No matter how threatening it is to anyone’s masculinity.

I am supporting Hillary Clinton for President.

Release Guantanamo Prisoners NOW

Today, in solidarity with people across the world, I am asking for the closure of the prison at Guantanamo. Going on seven years without being charged with a crime, seven years with no legal representation, seven years of torture, is a national disgrace.

We should all be ashamed. Horrified. There is no justification. None. It makes us less safe and grows anti-American sentiment.

The following video is an interview with a British citizen held over a year without being charged. If he were not a British citizen, he would still be there.



Please go to the ACLU site and sign the petition.

Mitt Romney Vs. Gay Rats

I was asked the other day if I just go after Democrats or if I take swipes at the Republicans, too.

Such easy fodder, but the answer is, yes. Without question.

Especially Mitt Romney. Not because of his religion, but because of what a terrible governor he was.

You have to see this- thanks Bil at bilerico.com. This made my morning.



I'm going to go hunt one of those rats down now...

Hate, A Christmas Carol

Ah, you have to love the image of people using Jesus's birthday to celebrate their intolerance and hate.