Posts Tagged as ‘McCain’

September 7, 2008

Palin’s Church hosting focus on the family seminar: Converting Gays

You just can’t make this stuff up…here’s the latest news on Sarah Palin’s church and what they’re up to. Dobson our favorite gay bashing “christian” is going to teach Alaska gay folks how to pray really hard not to be gay. I have news for them…my God(dess) doesn’t make mistakes…come on people I know [...]

September 7, 2008

Ellen brings up gay marriage with McCain

September 7, 2008

Susan Sarandon’s Views on a McCain Presidency

…Sarandon is about to start work on the romantic period drama The Colossus, but with the presidential election campaign being heatedly contested, she also has bigger things to consider.
“If McCain gets in, it’s going to be very, very dangerous,” she says.
“It’s a critical time, but I have faith in the American people. If they prove [...]

September 7, 2008

Barbara Streisand’s Statement on McCain’s VP pick

08.29.08
McCain Doesn’t Get It: Women are not that stupid.
Maybe he was sick of the lack of media attention…maybe he had enough of the late night talk show hosts poking fun at his age…maybe he realized that belonging to a party that has been associated with rich, white men was not going to connect with voters [...]

September 7, 2008

Statement of U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer on the McCain Acceptance Speech

For Immediate Release               
September 5, 2008       

Last night at the Republican National Convention, John McCain used the word “fight” more than 40 times in his speech. 

In the 16 years that we have served together in the Senate, I have seen John McCain fight. 

I have seen him fight against raising the federal minimum wage [...]

September 6, 2008

N.O.W. Statement on Palin

National Organization for Women
Not Every Woman Supports Women’s Rights
August 29, 2008
Statement of NOW PAC Chair Kim Gandy on the Selection of Sarah Palin as John McCain’s Vice Presidential Pick
Sen. John McCain’s choice of Alaska governor Sarah Palin as his running mate is a cynical effort to appeal to disappointed Hillary Clinton voters and get them [...]

September 5, 2008

Repubs don’t hold a candle to Denver

Well the party’s over…actually from what I hear it wasn’t such a party in St Paul/Minniapolis as it was in Denver. Denver was electric. There were Celebrities everywhere, progressive leaders in panel discussions all over downtown. free food and drink for the bloggers in the Big Tent
and that wasn’t even counting the “official” DNC events…and [...]

September 3, 2008

McCain blows his lid over CNN interview; stiffs Larry King

John McCain had a hissy fit over a segment where CNN host Campbell Brown took his spokesperson, Tucker Bounds, to task about his inability to cite examples of Sarah Palin’s “military command” experience. So enraged was McCain about media finally showing some backbone that he canceled an appearance on CNN’s Larry King.
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August 17, 2008

McCain & the GOP have Poor History of Respecting Copyrights

OK my Nashville Republican Songwriting friends ponder this…
Jackson Brown has filed a law suit against John McCain & the GOP for illegal use of his material in a campaign ad. Oh and You Tube…his people had to take down a video there because Mike Myer’s Waynes World clip was kinda “borrowed” for effect…oops…
BUT he learned [...]

July 18, 2008

McCain & The Issue of Gay Adoption

Here’s the statement released this week by HRC
And here’s a link to TEP’s new blog GRAND DIVISIONS and what they have to say about it.
What do I think about it? As a lesbian parent I look at our smiling, talented, beautiful, smart, funny, 21 year old daughter and say… Love is the answer.