Posts tagged “us elections”

I subscribe to AFA newsletters for the laughs, but today's message from Donald Wildmon is genuinely alarming. He's claiming this election will permanently destroy America's Christian foundation, eliminate religious freedoms, and pass the entire "homosexual agenda." The panic is palpable. Register to vote. Defeat Prop 8.

Despite ongoing global disasters, this week had bright spots: gay marriage became legal in California, Edwards endorsed Obama, Republicans lost another special election, and best of all, I helped register a man who hadn't voted in 15 years because someone lied to him about his rights after prison.

Obama's taken the delegate lead, my eyes are killing me from screen strain, and work was awful. But karaoke at Jason's birthday party helped on all fronts: great people, great laughs, and six feet of screen distance giving my poor eyes a break.

As an Edwards supporter, you backed a candidate who made poverty and healthcare real issues. Now I'm asking you to support Obama. He's not perfect, and he's not Edwards, but he genuinely wants to change this country for the better. That's not a slogan. He's the real deal.

Saw Syriana, good but no Munich. Also: 959 days until 2008, and the Democratic field is already depressingly weak. Gore and Kerry again? While Republicans have Giuliani and McCain? At least a Clinton-Rice race means a female president, even if she'll be stupid and corrupt or smart and evil.

Stumbled across Internet Veterans For Truth, a scrappy group of bloggers hosting clips everyone should see: Kerry on Vietnam, Bush dodging the 9-11 commission, Rice's damning testimony about that August 2001 PDB, and more. Worth your time.

Welcoming a new Warwick blogger and dumping a pile of links I've been hoarding: blog catfights, Bush's tasteless 9/11 ads, The Economist endorsing gay marriage, loaded survey questions, Al Sharpton's greatest hits, and DeviantART being gorgeous. The usual chaos.