I am so pissed

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Wednesday February 04, 2009 · 11:15 PM PST

2009/02/04 · 23:15

I don't know about you, but I worked my butt off to elect Democrats in 2008, from the President on down to Congress on down to the State and local level. I've lived and breathed politics for years, and this was the year of change. My allegiance swung from John Edwards to Barack Obama days before Edwards ultimately withdrew, in large part because I saw Obama as inspiring a whole new generation (my generation) of people to be engaged in the Democratic process.

This has all happened at one of the most critical moments in our nation's history. I'm referring to the utter failure of pure Republican theory foisted upon our nation for 8 years and our country's rejection of that theory by an overwhelming, 9 million+ vote margin, on November 4th, 2008.

And today I am pissed.

sfluke

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Wednesday November 05, 2008 · 11:43 PM PST

2008/11/05 · 23:43

November 4th, 2008, wasn't an entirely horrible day for those of us out canvassing for No on California's Proposition 8. While I was called "faggot" multiple times and even felt physically threatened at one point as I worked the polling place I was assigned to in West Oakland, there were a few special moments that happened that I will cherish for the rest of my life.

This is story is about one of those moments.

sfluke

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Wednesday November 05, 2008 · 10:10 AM PST

2008/11/05 · 10:10

Have you ever felt like you didn't have a place to take your shoes off and put your feet up? Like the place you came to at night was filled with people who couldn't hear you and weren't interested? Like you were always in motion, unable to get the much-deserved rest you needed just to get through your day?

That's how I feel this morning.

Today, November 5, 2008, I do not feel welcome in my own home.

More to that in a moment, but first, a story...

sfluke

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Monday October 13, 2008 · 10:52 PM PDT

2008/10/13 · 22:52

This is a very personal diary, and I'm a little scared to write it, even at a place as supportive as DailyKos can be. I've been coming to this site for my national news, general catharsis, and rallying cries for over four years now, so sharing a part of me this personal is a little scary.

I am gay. Yes, I know, National Coming Out Day was last Saturday, so I'm a little behind the ball. That's kinda the story of my life, actually, arriving at the bus stop one minute after the bus just came through, moving to the gay mecca of San Francisco years after it was the "in" thing to do, discovering the music of the 80s twenty years later...

I live in California, and I am scared because I don't want us to be behind the ball for the rest of my life.

You may know why I'm writing this diary, but it's important enough to me to share with you and I hope important enough to you to hear me out.

sfluke

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Monday October 06, 2008 · 1:58 PM PDT

2008/10/06 · 13:58

This story is a real profile in courage:

Father Geoffrey Farrow of the Saint Paul Newman Center in northeast Fresno shocked parishioners Sunday morning when he came out against Proposition 8, an initiative that would eliminate the right for same sex couples to marry in California.

After 23 years as an ordained Catholic Priest, Father Geoffrey Farrow has likely given his final mass. Sunday morning he invited us to hear his message, a message that shocked many parishioners.

As a long-recovering Catholic (to the point of recognizing the song at the start of the video story, which is about what a "good people" Catholics are and how we are a "light to the world"), I will vouch for the courage that Fr. Geoff Farrow showed yesterday by being true to his core beliefs.

sfluke

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Friday September 26, 2008 · 1:19 PM PDT

2008/09/26 · 13:19

~~No video yet~~ Video after the fold... this just happened on the Situation Room on CNN. Jack Cafferty, the voice of reason that I have come to adore for his flat-out frankness and ability to cut through the crap, just went off on Sarah Palin.

If you didn't see it, Jack played the video of Palin's answer to Katie Couric about the bailout, which you can view here.

This is worth every second...

sfluke

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Wednesday September 24, 2008 · 2:42 PM PDT

2008/09/24 · 14:42

John McCain made waves today by "suspending" his campaign... after tomorrow... long enough to skip the first debate... and hopefully postpone other debates... so that he can single-handedly fix the economy from his Senate seat after missing every Senate vote for the past five months. John "The Gambler" McCain is back to his old habits again.

Does this all sound like a ploy to you? According to this "snap" poll you aren't alone in that idea. (Hint: only 10% of people think the debate should be postponed, and the rest say carry on as usual or give it an economic focus).

There is, however, a reason that could explain the compulsive actions taken by the Gambler-in-Chief. You know how the polls appear to be moving in the direction of Obama nationally? Well... it isn't just the national polls anymore.

Follow me below the fold to see how much the ground is shifting in all the battleground states...

sfluke

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Wednesday September 10, 2008 · 11:59 PM PDT

2008/09/10 · 23:59

I just read this article and was frightened by the Mayor of Galveston's cavalier approach:

"We do not intend to evacuate Galveston Island," she said. "It's the last thing we want to do. Our job is to protect lives and property, [and] right now we feel that sheltering in place is the best action for our citizens to take."

This is absolutely the wrong decision and could result in hundreds of deaths if people don't take their own initiative and evacuate. Why? Follow me below the fold. And if you live in the Texas Gulf Coast area, please stop reading, pack up your things, and drive inland. Now.

sfluke

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Wednesday September 10, 2008 · 8:35 AM PDT

2008/09/10 · 08:35

I don't have fancy-pants technology and couldn't make this ad myself, but I'd love to see someone else who has the technology (even the Obama campaign!) take a whack at it.

McCain's been all over the place with this latest ad attacking Obama for ostensibly wanting to teach kindergartners about sex, when in fact Obama was supportive of a law that would have taught "age appropriate" information. For instance, for kindergartners this would have included a discussion on how to avoid predators.

McCain just served up a softball. And Obama needs to hit this one out of the park - here's how:

sfluke

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Wednesday September 03, 2008 · 11:47 PM PDT

2008/09/03 · 23:47

Serious. This was the big roll-out. This was the BIG speech that she spent the past four days preparing for. This was her moment.

Did she say a single thing about how to improve our economy?

Did she offer a single cogent point on foreign policy? (besides the whole "victory" line McCain and Bush have offered for years...)

Did she say anything insightful or thought-provoking about Barack Obama?

Join me below for the answer to these questions.

sfluke

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Sunday August 31, 2008 · 11:49 AM PDT

2008/08/31 · 11:49

I'm not going to link to any articles - you all know what I'm writing about. I'm not going to blockquote anyone - this isn't something where some other article or individual I've spotted has done this any justice. This is just a meta-diary of me recording my absolute pure emotional response to the state of things right now.

I'm furious that John Sydney McCain is in Mississippi right now, prancing around with his new bff Sarah "Former Mayor of Town Smaller than 'Nowhere' (i.e. Ketchikan)" Palin, and talking to the news media like he's the man in charge of the hurricane preparation and relief operations.

He's not.

John McCain is the Senior Senator from the State of Arizona. The. State. Of. Arizona.

sfluke

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Saturday August 30, 2008 · 7:40 AM PDT

2008/08/30 · 07:40

Turns out the new GOP VP pick wasn't always opposed to that "Bridge to Nowhere," but you wouldn't know it from the press coverage, like this article in which my governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, held her up as a maverick, and in which the article proudly proclaims:

But Palin got the backing of California Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who praised her for standing up to Alaska's congressional delegation by refusing an earmark for the infamous "Bridge to Nowhere" project, a bridge between Anchorage and an island with 50 residents. He described her as tough, smart and a reformer willing to "push back" on key issues.

Got that? She refused the earmark that Congress (i.e. Don Young and Ted Stevens) bequeathed upon her for that infamous Bridge to Nowhere! (Coincidentally, John McCain said this in introducing Palin and CNN and MSNBC were parroting it endlessly.)

So guess what?

That makes her... a MAVERICK!

Only, well, I hate to say it, but not so much.

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