Archive for the ‘Democratic Party’ Category
Sunday, August 3rd, 2008
What would America be without political satire? Some of the greatest laughs have been made from making fun of politicians. Saturday Night Live is famous for it. Jib-Jab is downright funny.
However, there is a difference between political satire and vulgar trash. Most, if not all, respectable political satires on U.S. ...
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Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom is officially considering a run for California governor. He's launched an exploratory committee. His chances? I'm not quite sure... read more at The Sacramento Bee.
According to an AP story posted at PageOneQ.com, Obama says he'll continue, scratch that, expand Bush's faith-based initiatives. Read more.
The N.C. ...
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Thursday, May 22nd, 2008
Marriage equality matters to many readers of InterstateQ I imagine. "Democrats are for LGBT rights, Republicans are against them" seems to be the generally accepted view of American politics, but after listening to the views of the presidential front runners, I can't help but notice they sound rather similar ...
Posted in Anti-Gay Politicians Watch, Democratic Party, LGBT Families, Marriage Equality, Politics, Republican Party | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, May 13th, 2008
Let the cracks on rural, Southern, mountain white folk begin.
If it weren't for Chris Crain's Southern origin over in Little Rock, I'd be able to blame it all on those Northern political and media elites. Oh well.
But seriously...
From Chris (who at least admits his roots):
I'm not a snob. Really. ...
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Friday, May 9th, 2008
About a month ago I remarked, "Will this race end already?!?!" John McCain had secured the GOP nomination and I saw the continued Democratic primary as self-destructive and distracting. The Republicans have been gearing up for the General Election while the Democrats "drag this out." I was ...
Posted in Democratic Party, Politics | 4 Comments »
Wednesday, May 7th, 2008
Wonderful evening. Exciting and engaging. You could practically feel the energy among North Carolinians yesterday. For the first time in a really long time (like the first time in my life, although that doesn't mean much, lol), North Carolina's primary actually meant something.
In case you missed the results (victor in ...
Posted in Democratic Party, North Carolina, Politics, United States | 3 Comments »
Thursday, May 1st, 2008
Here's the list of North Carolina elected officials, announced by the Clinton campaign yesterday. The list includes openly gay officials Mike Nelson and Sen. Julia Boseman (see her Q-Notes "Carolina leaders speak" profile today)
Vic Euliss, Councilmember, Graham (Alamance County)
Jerry Tolley, Mayor, Elon (Alamance County)
Gary Barber, Vice-Chair, Ashe County Commissioner (Ashe ...
Posted in Democratic Party, Politics, Q-vote 2008 | 3 Comments »
Thursday, May 1st, 2008
Q-Notes has been running the Easley/"pansy" controversy as the subject of our QPoll since Tuesday afternoon. Only 59 people have voted (as of 10:00 a.m., May 1).
Here's the question: "Was N.C. Gov. Mike Easley's use of the word 'pansy' inappropriate and/or homophobic?"
Of the responses, here's the general run-down:
It was inappropriate ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, Democratic Party, LGBT, Media, North Carolina, Politics, United States | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
After hearing Gov. Mike Easley's unfortunate use of the anti-gay slur, "pansy," I immediately sensed the high probability that my governor's words could have a huge impact on the way people outside of my state perceive our political leaders and its people.
As a North Carolinian (a very proud one at ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, Democratic Party, LGBT, Media, North Carolina, Politics, United States | 7 Comments »
Thursday, April 24th, 2008
In the next few days and next two weeks, I get the lovely opportunity to be the voice of the LGBT community and its needs and concerns during the N.C. Primary on May 6th.
Attending the Clinton rally in Uptown Charlotte Monday... talking to campaign staffers and volunteers... tracking the polling... ...
Posted in Charlotte, Democratic Party, LGBT, Media, North Carolina, Politics, United States | No Comments »
