Archive for November 2nd, 2008
father geoffrey farrow disciplined for opposition to prop 8
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged California constitutional rights, California gay marriage, civil rights, Father Geoffrey Farrow, marriage equality, no on Prop 8, Prop 8 Catholic Church, Proposition 8, religious intolerance, same-sex marriage on November 2, 2008 | 1 Comment »
With sorrow for religious intolerance, and deep gratitude to those men and women of conscience who are speaking out despite the threat of reprisals from their churches (h/t Sullivan):
Farrow had his epiphany when he was asked by a Prop. 8 supporter in Fresno to speak up in favor of the measure. He knew he couldn’t [...]
video the vote
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 2008 Election, Florida vote 2000, Ohio vote 2004, protect the vote, Video the Vote, videothevote.org, voter fraud, voter suppression, voter turnout on November 2, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Problems voting on Nov 4? Call 1-866-OUR-VOTE. Another good video and further info here.
(h/t Mudflats)
moms against prop 8
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 2008 Election, California constitutional rights, California gay marriage, civil rights, marriage equality, moms against Prop 8, no on Prop 8, Proposition 8, same-sex marriage on November 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
bipartisan call for mccain campaign apology over troopergate actions
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged AK Muckraker, Alaska politics, Alaskans demand McCain apology, bipartisan investigation, Chancy Croft, Gail Phillips, McCain campaign interference with Troopergate, Mudflats, Palin abuse of power, Sarah Palin, troopergate, Walt Monegan on November 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Thanks to Mudflats not just for reposting this letter in full, but for providing the context of how outraged locals have been by outside interference with the Troopergate investigation. I highly recommend the full post. Excerpt of the letter sent by Gail Phillips, former Republican Speaker of the House of Representatives, and Chancy Croft, former [...]
nate silver: today’s polls 11.02.08–afternoon edition
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 2008 Election, 538, battleground state polls, fivethirtyeight.com, Nate Silver, national polls, state polls, swing state polls, today's polls 11.02 on November 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Gaaaaah! Okay, breathe…breathe… Nate lists caveats, including that later polls releasing tonight may contradict some of these results.
Overall, our model shows McCain closing Obama’s gap in the national popular vote to about 5.4 points. His win percentage has increased to 6.3 percent, from 3.8 percent last night.
However, several cautions about reading too much into these [...]
los angeles times debunks prop 8 lies, urges a NO vote
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged California constitutional rights, California gay marriage, Los Angeles Times No on Prop 8, marriage equality, no on Prop 8, same-sex marriage on November 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This insightful endorsement of No on 8 details every canard the Yes campaign is trying to deceive Californians with. Please read the whole piece here. Especially for those of us deep in NO territory, we may not have heard the whole raft of lies that has been foisted on our state (Mormons go home!).
The campaign promoting Proposition 8, which [...]
