Election Roundup for 08-07-2008
I thought I’d consider a single post to provide my observations on the election shenanigans for this first full week in August.
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Florida State Legislator-The Law Is Supposed To Discriminate
Well, it seems that African-American Florida House Representative Darryl Rouson has some pretty nasty things to say about Gay and Lesbian people.
Read moreThe Anthrax Questions
Glenn Greenwald has an excellent article up at Salon.com discussing the unresolved issues around the 2001 anthrax incident. As everyone knows Bruce Ivins committed suicide earlier this week as a Grand Jury prepared to indict him in connection with the anthrax incident. Ivins had been a top anthrax researcher at a U.S. Government research facility for 18 years. So seven years after the incident, and after having to pay a settlement to one falsely accused researcher, we’re to believe the government had an airtight case against Ivins witnessed by his apparent suicide.
Read moreCathy Castor Telephone Townhall
Yesterday I received an automated call announcing a telephone town hall meeting with Congresswoman Castor. I was told the call would come between 6:30 and 7:00 pm.
Read moreFox News Pundit Says McCain Has to Bash Gays to Win
From the “comes as no surprise” category, Fox News Pundit Fred Barnes said Sunday that McCain would have to run a center/right (not sure what that actually looks like myself) in order to win the election. This would mean appealing to the far right wingnuts of the party by using the “gays in the military” and “gay marriage” issues. Barnes explicity cites these issues. The left side of the blogosphere is all in an uproar over the comments. I don’t like that this happens to be a true statement, but it is true that McCain will win friends from the krazy kristian kooks by bashing gays. This has been a winning issue for Republicans for a while now.
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