election 2008

A smile to my face & a tear to my eye

by Karen on January 20, 2009

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama made sure George Bush vacated the premises:

In other amusing (to me) news, Bush was greeted with boos as well as  goodbye chants when he came up to the dais this morning:

Those folks were, of course, the ones who decided to acknowledge his presence.  People sitting near the stage completely ignored him when he took his seat and he drew almost no applause that I saw.

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Rick Warren scrubs site of anti-gay rules

by Karen on December 23, 2008

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The above used to be on Rick Warren’s website for his church until Obama chose to give his bigoted ass a place of honour at his inauguration.

I guess we now know what he meant when he said he loved gay people – he meant only the ones that “repent of their homosexual lifestyle”, eh?

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A bridge too far

December 22, 2008

Much has been written about the insult that is Rick Warren giving the invocation at the inauguration of a Democratic president and de facto leader of a political party that is supposed to honour the civil and human rights of all, not just the civil and human rights of straight, preferably white, men. No one, [...]

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What will Warren say?

December 22, 2008

Someone has an idea or two on what Warren might say: O Lord, as we come together on this historic and solemn occasion to inaugurate a president and vice president. We pray, O Lord, for President-elect Barack Obama and Vice President-elect Joseph Biden, to whom You have entrusted leadership of this nation at this moment [...]

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Fierce advocate?!?

December 18, 2008

Obama’s not only defended his choice of Rick Warren, but is also claiming to be a fierce advocate of equality for the LGBT community. Obama told reporters in Chicago that America needs to “come together,” even when there’s disagreement on social issues. He also said it’s “no secret” that he’s a “fierce advocate for equality” [...]

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Obama chooses Warren to represent him

December 17, 2008

I take one measly nap and look what happens. Obama has chosen Rick Warren to give the invocation at his inauguration. President-elect Barack Obama’s inauguration ceremony will feature musical performances by Aretha Franklin, Yo-Yo Ma and Itzhak Perlman, according to the congressional committee orchestrating the inaugural program. Rick Warren, the evangelical pastor of Saddleback Church, [...]

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Madame Secretary of State Hillary Clinton

December 1, 2008

The wait is over. President elect Obama has finally announced that Hillary Clinton will serve as his secretary of state after weeks of speculation. From the transcript at Huffington Post: I have known Hillary Clinton as a friend, a colleague, a source of counsel, and as a campaign opponent. She possesses an extraordinary intelligence and [...]

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The best thing about Obama winning?

November 11, 2008

Watching the hate machine devour itself.  It’s fucking hilarious. Here’s another article over at Alternet about what’s been going on since McCain lost.  Fox “news” is trying to disown the lynch mob it created and the Freepers are planning to boycott Fox over the disowning. McCain’s inner circle is trying to blame everything on Sarah [...]

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Don’t blame us, blame Palin

November 6, 2008

The meltdown on the right continues and some of those on the right seem quite intent on drowning Palin in the runoff. They’ve quit pulling their punches since McCain conceded and there seems to be no end to the pile on. First we heard that the guy who recommended Palin refused to let her speak [...]

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So, about Sarah Palin…

November 5, 2008

Think we’ve seen the last of her with Obama & Biden’s resounding defeat of Team Hate? I’d like to say yes as the GOP got it’s ass handed to it last night.  It didn’t just fail to retain the White House last night.  It got the door’s slammed in it’s face.   I can’t see it [...]

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