LGBTQ news and entertainment
Conservatives are aghast that, after Republican Speaker of the House John Boehner invited Pope Francis to speak to a joint session of Congress, the lessons from Francis are:
• that we should be more giving to those less fortunate
• we should take care of the planet rather than ravage it
• we should have more grace in our hearts for immigrants
The right wing fringe of the political spectrum, of course, takes the next “logical” step.
See the above.
ROTFL…
White House wanna-be Donald Trump took to Twitter to complain about what he felt was unfair treatment on that liberal bastion of political news, The O’Reilly Factor.
Bill O’Reilly, appearing on The Today Show this morning told Matt Lauer, “I’ve known Trump a long time. He wants people to like him. When people criticize him, he takes it personally.”
“That’s like the worst thing you can give Donald Trump is this tweeting thing,” he said. “I just think this is an extension of his reality show, The Apprentice. This is just theater right now.”
.@oreillyfactor, why don’t you have some knowledgeable talking heads on your show for a change instead of the same old Trump haters. Boring!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 22, 2015
I am having a really hard time watching @FoxNews.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 22, 2015
.@RichLowry is truly one of the dumbest of the talking heads – he doesn’t have a clue!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 22, 2015
According to the New York Times, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker plans to end his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination today. A press conference has been scheduled for 6PM today from Madison, Wisconsin.
The reason? His dramatic drop in the polls – he was at the top of most pundits list at the beginning of the year – where he now sees his stock plummet to less than one percent.
A supporter who was informed of the decision told the NY Times: “The short answer is money. He’s made a decision not to limp into Iowa.”
In addition to the disappointing poll results, his lackluster performance in the two GOP debates thus far have apparently made donors nervous and have begun to flee the sinking ship.
One of his donors had this to say: “Donors have totally dried up for Walker, and getting people to come on Thursday was unbelievably hard. Everyone I know was just totally stunned by how difficult the fund-raising became, but the candidate and the campaign just couldn’t inspire confidence.”
Bye, Scott. It’s like we barely knew your union-busting self.
Clip description: When the GOP candidates met on stage at the the CNN Republican presidential debate, they brought their best ideas on how to attack women’s health – but no plans to make raise incomes, make college affordable, or help families succeed.
And when it comes to real solutions to make our country better, we heard a whole lot of silence.
I posted earlier today about Mike Huckabee’s rant last night at the GOP debate about Kentucky County Clerk Kim Davis and his cries of discrimination against Christians.
Smart guy Matt Baume goes into a bit more depth in this video about how and why the anti-gay folks got it wrong on the subject of same-sex marriage last night.
Even when scripted, the zingers at a political debate – when they land – are a nice respite from the constant harping on the same policies over and over.
At last night’s second GOP debate one of the lighter moments came when the moderators asked each candidate to offer an idea for what their Secret Service code name might be.
Jeb Bush was clearly prepared when they got to him: “Eveready.” (Bush later told reporters Everready was his codename during his governorship of Florida).
Bush then turned to Donald Trump standing to his right and added, “It’s very high-energy, Donald.”
As political followers know, The Donald has chided Bush for being “very low energy.”
The two opponents then shared a low-five and the crowd smiled.
For your entertainment, head over to the Washington Post where they have come up with a little gadget that computes your Secret Service codename. Apparently, my codename would be “Ringbolt.”
I like that.
Last night during the second GOP debate, anti-everything author Ann Coulter got even more batshit crazy by going anti-Semetic on her Twitter:
Of course, response from the Twitterverse was swift and to the point. Folks from all over the spectrum weighed in on her hideous comments.
Here’s just one response, this one from actor Seth Rogen:
In case you missed it, there was one question that touched on LGBT issues last night at the second GOP presidential debate.
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee squared off against former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush on the issue of rogue Kentucky County Clerk Kim Davis and her refusal to follow the law and issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
As part of his argument for “accommodations” for Kim Davis, Huckster pointed out that the Fort Hood shooter was allowed to grow a beard.
“We made accommodations to the Fort Hood shooter, to let him grow a beard. We made accommodations to the detainees at Gitmo. I’ve been to Gitmo and I’ve seen the accommodations that we made to the Muslim detainees who killed Americans. You’re telling me that you cannot make an accommodation for an elected Democrat county clerk from Rowan County, Kentucky? What else is it other than the criminalization of her faith and the exaltation of everyone else who might be a Fort Hood shooter or a detainee at Gitmo?”
So, he compares growing a beard – which has NO effect on anyone else’s life – with a county clerk who won’t allow two people who love each other to marry?
SRSLY?
Via CBS News: Carly Fiorina was given the opportunity to respond to comments Trump had made insulting her appearance.
He later said he was talking about her persona.
“Mr. Trump said to me that he heard Mr. Bush very clearly and what Mr. Bush said. I think women all over this country heard very clearly what Mr. Trump said,” she said, getting applause from the crowd.
“I think she’s got a beautiful face and I think she’s a beautiful woman,” Trump responded.
CNN discussed this afternoon that the Kentucky County Clerk, Kim Davis, has divided the current crop of GOP White House hopefuls on whether or not she is correct in denying loving couples a marriage license.
As JoeMyGod notes, there’s not way this won’t come up at the 2nd Republican debates this Wednesday.