Category Archives: Politics

Gay Marriage Allowed in CA- for Now

By Jennyjinx | Published: May 15, 2008
Hurray! Today, California’s State Supreme Court ruled that the state’s anti-marriage laws were discriminatory. And, believe it or not, the Governator has agreed to respect the Court’s decision and said that he would oppose a Constitutional Amendment banning Gay Marriage. Today’s ruling by the Republican-dominated court affects more than 100,000 same-sex couples in the state, [...]
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Clinton’s Connection to Voter Suppression?

By Jennyjinx | Published: May 2, 2008
There’s an article at TPMMuckraker (Talking Points Memo) about a non-profit in North Carolina trying to “get out the vote” by telling people to register (or re-register as the case may be) for the primaries- after the deadline for registering to vote has pasted. Apparently, this same non-profit, Women’s Voices Women Vote, has done this [...]
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Real Context to Rev. Wright’s Sermon

By Jennyjinx | Published: March 27, 2008
Important! Updated below: I asked a question in the EC forums the a few days ago and didn’t get an answer (and if it’s there now I don’t know about it because I’m not hunting down the thread). I asked if anyone had read or heard the full text of Rev. Wright’s speech. All these [...]
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“I Remember…”

By Jennyjinx | Published: March 25, 2008
[...]landing under sniper fire. There was supposed to be some kind of a greeting ceremony at the airport, but instead we just ran with our heads down to get into the vehicles to get to our base.” -Hillary Clinton Really, Senator? Clinton campaign responds to the video evidence. “Well, shucks, she just meant that, um, [...]
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Help Out with A Short Survey

By Jennyjinx | Published: March 19, 2008
I’ve just received an email from Lilliana, who is a graduate student in Political Science at Stony Brook University. She’s asked me to post a link to a survey she’s conducting for research purposes. She is researching “the political significance of blogs and online political discourse during political campaigns”. She’ll be presenting the results of [...]
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