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Log Cabin Republicans On Anti-LGBT Republican Platform: “Losers! Morons! Sad!”

As hard as they try, the gay men and women of Log Cabin Republicans remind me of the Peanuts cartoons where “Lucy” fools “Charlie Brown” over and over again by yanking the football away before he can kick the ball.

Year after year LCR hope to get to be part of the Republican party. To be respected. And every year, the GOP shows disdain for the LGBT community.

The self-loathing is painful to watch.

This year, in the wake of the most anti-LGBT platform ever,  LCR has run a full page ad in the Cleveland edition of USA Today denouncing the virulently anti-LGBT positions taken this election year.

Via press release:

Log Cabin Republicans has placed a full-page ad in USA Today calling out the GOP Platform Committee for drafting the most anti-LGBT platform in the Republican Party’s 162-year history. The ad runs today in the Cleveland edition of the largest newspaper in the United States and will be available in most every hotel speakers, Delegates, and credentialed guests will be staying at during the Republican National Convention.

“Response from allies to our reaction in the wake of the drafting of this vitriolic anti-LGBT platform has been nothing short of staggering,” Log Cabin Republicans President Gregory T. Angelo stated. “The email sent to our members last week propelled Log Cabin Republicans to the top trend on Facebook for more than two days, and now holds the record as the highest-grossing single fundraising appeal this organization has ever sent. But this was fundraising with a purpose—I’m pleased to share that every last cent donated to Log Cabin Republicans via last week’s email has been spent on this project. This unprecedented support is representative of the GOP I know, and this is the GOP our members want to see.”

The provocative advertisement reads, “LOSERS! MORONS! SAD! No, these aren’t tweets from Donald Trump. This is what common-sense conservatives are saying about the most anti-LGBT platform the Republican Party has ever had. GOP Platform Committee: Out of touch, out of line, and out of step with 61% of young Republicans who favor same-sex marriage.”

“It’s my hope this advertisement will be a wake-up call to the intransigent and ancient voices on the GOP Platform Committee that marriage equality is the law of the land, gay families are a part of the fabric of America, and LGBT Republicans have an important role to play in growing the Party,” Angelo concluded.

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Reality TV Star Scott Baio Has No Problem Calling Hillary Clinton C-Word

https://twitter.com/ScottBaio/status/752324486276403200

During an interview with CNN’s Dana Bash last night at the Republican National Convention, 70s/80s actor Scott Baio showed no contrition about tweeting the above meme last week.

Said Baio, “It’s just a picture somebody sent and we sent it out. You make of it what you want. I didn’t have to put anything behind it. I just sent it out there, you know. You look at it any way you want.”

This is the Trump/Pence campaign.

Whatever happened to class?

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Antonio Sabato Jr. On President Obama: “I Don’t Believe That The Guy Is A Christian”

Antonio Sabato Jr. speaks at RNC 2016

I find this appallingly despicable rhetoric. It’s well documented that President Obama is a Christian and has attended church regularly.

The idea of questioning another person’s faith is reprehensible. Shame on Antonio Sabato Jr.

Politico reports:

Actor Antonio Sabàto Jr. “absolutely” believes President Barack Obama is a Muslim, he said Monday after addressing the Republican National Convention, accusing Obama of being “on the other side.”

“First of all, I don’t believe that the guy is a Christian,” Sabàto said. “I don’t believe he follows the God that I love and the Jesus that I love.”

“If you follow his story, if you read his book, if you understand about Obama — I mean, that’s not a Christian name, is it?” he continued.

Sabàto maintained that Obama doesn’t go to church and accused him of having never talked about Jesus Christ. “I’ve met a lot of Christians. I know Christians,” he said. “I am one, and I don’t believe he is.”

“I believe that he’s on the other side — the Middle East. He’s with the bad guys,” Sabàto said. “He’s with them. He’s not with us. He’s not with this country.” Asked if America could ever have a Muslim or Jewish president, Sabàto insisted the country has already had the former “for seven and a half years.”

When asked why he opposes Obama today, Sabàto notes that “the Bible is completely out of the schools.” It’s important to note that keeping organized religion out of public schools happened a long time before Obama became president.

The heated attacks against Obama are now allowed to be whatever comes out of anyone’s mouth. It’s ugly.

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Did Melania Trump Plagiarize Michelle Obama’s 2008 Speech?

Did Melania Trump, Donald Trump’s 3rd wife, plagiarize chunks of Michelle Obama’s 2008 DNC speech?

They say imitation is the highest form of flattery.

Check out the side by side comparison below.

Just before giving the speech, Melania Trump told Matt Lauer that she wrote the speech herself with “as little help as possible.”

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Paul Ryan’s GOP Capitol Hill Interns Selfie Goes Viral Over Total Lack Of Diversity

Via Speaker of the House Paul Ryan’s Instagram account: “I think this sets a record for the most number of #CapitolHill interns in a single selfie. #SpeakerSelfie.”

Now, what do you notice about this group of people?

Or rather, what do you notice missing?

#Diversity

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Highlights (Lowlights?) From First Donald Trump/Mike Pence Interview

2016 presidential ticket Donald Trump (L) and Mike Pence (R)

A few highlights from the very first interview of Donald Trump with his newly-minted running mate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence from last night’s 60 Minutes on CBS.

It comes as no surprise that Trump dominated the discussion throughout, leaving Pence only the occasional smile and nod.

One of the more curious moments is when CBS News” Lesley Stahl points out that Pence voted for the Iraq war, something that Trump has repeatedly criticized Democrat Hillary Clinton for.

Trump seems to ignore the contradiction.

Trump: “He’s entitled to make a mistake every now and then.”

Stahl: “But she’s not???”

You can watch the full interview here.

Watch highlights below.

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Donald Trump: Obama’s Body Language Looks “Anti-Police”

It seems not matter how many times President Obama steps up to a podium to denounce violence on police officers, Donald Trump can’t seem to hear that message.

Repeating the phrase “there’s something going on” over and over, Donald Trump inferred that President Obama’s body language suggests that he is anti-police.

Via Politico:

In an interview Monday morning on Fox News’ “Fox and Friends,” Trump seemed to imply that the president had sided with those attacking police officers, despite Obama’s words to the contrary.

“I mean, you know, I watched the president and sometimes the words are okay,” Trump said. “But you just look at the body language. There’s something going on. Look, there’s something going on and the words are not often okay, by the way.”

“What does that mean, there’s something going on?” host Steve Doocy replied.

“There’s just a bad feeling, a lot of bad feeling about him,” Trump said. “I see it too. There’s a lot of bad feeling about him. We have a country that has not been like this since I can remember it.”

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GOP Co-Chair Mary Fallin: Our Platform Can’t Be Anti-LGBT – A Gay Person Was On The Committee

Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin tried to make the hilarious assertion that this year’s Republican platform couldn’t possibly be anti-LGBT because there “were gay people on the platform committee.”

Fallin refers to the one, lone gay person included in the platform committee – Rachel Hoff – who was unable to sway her fellow Republicans to soften the platform view in terms of same-sex marriage.

So that would be less than 1% of the committee was gay.

Fallin goes on to say that the GOP is “an inclusive party, a big tent.”

Yep. As long as you’re not gay.

(h/t JMG)

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Chaos In Cleveland As #NeverTrump Movement Gets Shut Down

The first day of the 2016 Republican National Convention devolved into chaos as #NeverTrump folks lost in their effort force a roll call vote in hopes of derailing the nomination of Donald Trump.

From USA Today:

Pro-Trump delegates tried to shout down the insurgents, led by Sen. Mike Lee of Utah and former Virginia attorney general Ken Cuccinelli, whose move for a vote could have delayed the proceedings by hours on the convention’s opening nights.

At one point, the podium of the convention was empty, leading Lee to say the convention had fallen into disarray on its first day, which was scheduled to emphasize law and order.

“I’ve never seen the chair vacated like that,” Lee said, calling the situation “surreal.”

Never Trump delegates chanted “roll call vote!” and “point of order!” from the floor, seeking to force the issue. A similar effort failed last week before the convention rules committee.

Despite the flurry of activity by Trump’s opponents, their attempt was quickly stymied. Some GOP activists, such as conservative analyst Bill Kristol, said it resembled the strong-arm tactics of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Cuccinelli, a leading supporter of a roll call vote, threw his credentials to the floor and walked off, claiming party leaders rammed through the voice vote in spite of petitions calling for a separate ballot.

“They just blatantly violated the rules,” he told reporters.