Dispatches From Exile
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My bread cats
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caught in the act
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Dusky Grouse (Non-breeding) (by m_Summers)
What do you do when the Romney campaign opens itself up to justifiable pointing and laughing?
Will The Real Mitt Romney Please Stand Up (feat. Eminem) (by hmatkin)
This is amazing.
Not running. “I believe that at this time I can be more effective in a decisive role to help elect other true public servants to office,” Sarah Palin said in a statement announcing she won’t seek the GOP nomination.
I’m not sure that’s true either, but good riddance either way.
President Barack Obama criticized Republican presidential candidates Saturday for not defending a gay American soldier who was booed by the crowd at a Republican debate last week.
“You want to be commander in chief? You can start by standing up for the men and women who wear the uniform of the United States, even when it’s not politically convenient,” Obama said during remarks at the annual dinner of the Human Rights Council, the nation’s largest gay rights organization.
Referencing the boos at the Sept. 22 Republican debate, he said: “We don’t believe in standing silent when that happens.”
In his remarks before a supportive crowd of 3,200, Obama hailed the repeal of the U.S. military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, and urged the U.S. Congress to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act, a 1996 law that defines marriage as between a man and a woman.
But, as he has done in the past, Obama stopped short of endorsing same-sex marriages. He says his views on the subject are still evolving.
Evolve them faster, Mr. President. Also, although I love your words, please take them to Congress and the American people instead of preaching to the most enthusiastic choir you could hope to find.
