American Values Alliance | Practical voice for progressive valuesAmerican Values Alliance | Practical voice for progressive valuesChris Matthews performed a public service on his show, taking on one of the all-too-common rightwing bloviators that populate the airwaves. His guest--a particularly obnoxious representative of the genre--was screaming about how right Bush was to call Obama an appeaser. Matthews did what too few reporters and television hosts are willing to do, and the results were delicious.
Here's the conclusion of the majority decision affirming the right of California gay couples to marry:
George W. Bush made a speech comparing Barack Obama's willingness to engage in diplomacy to those who appeased the Nazis before WWII.
The timing of this charge is interesting.
At 10:00 a.m. (Pacific time) Thursday, the California Supreme Court will render its decision in the Golden State's same-sex marriage litigation.
John McCain's age has been a recurrent theme of the campaign so far, but if you really want to get an idea just how old he is, this site's compilation may surprise you. It surprised me, and hey--I'm older than dirt!
The other day, I posted a story from the New York Times (UPDATE: link to previous story added) about a friend of mine, Dan Pinello, and his long-time partner, who had challenged New York State's refusal to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples by appearing at
sent me a link to this NYTimes story about him and his partner.
And you thought college professors were dull!
but OFFENSIVELY wrong. If a recent press release from (ugh)Jim Bopp's law firm is to be believed, BOTH the Democratic and Republican parties will be represented by the offensive Mr. Bopp in an upcoming case. Per the release:
Via Jake Tapper:
Sen. Barack Obama moved into the lead today in the last category that Sen. Hillary Clinton had claimed to have an edge -- support among the Democratic Party's superdelegates.
The Illinois Democrat grabbed the superdelegate lead thanks to a switch by New Jersey Rep. Donald Payne and an endorsement from previously uncommitted Rep. Peter DeFazio of Oregon.
but that said, I find this bit of logic from Chris Bowers at Open Left pretty compelling.
The overwhelming media narrative this morning is that Obama is the presumptive nominee, BUT--here the commentator gets grave and concerned--it is by no means clear that the women who supported Clinton will vote for him in November.
Tell me again how the Voter ID law--now blessed by our pro-authoritarian Supreme Court--will only hurt people intent on committing voter fraud?
According to the AP:
About 12 Indiana nuns were turned away Tuesday from a polling place by a fellow bride of Christ because they didn't have state or federal identification bearing a photograph.
Tyrion--a blogger who clearly has more time than I do--has done Indiana voters a favor by digging in to investigate the accuracy of Dr. Woody Meyer's version of his testimony. Details are here.
We sometimes forget that ordinary good people can change the world. Mildred Loving did.
And it may be instructive to remember that Loving v. Virginia was decided a mere forty years ago.
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