Prop 8 Down, But Far From Out
CNN shows No on 8 trailing by 8%. LA Times shows it trailing by 9. But openly gay city council member Bill Rosendahl encouraged the crowd at LA’s Music Box Theatre that once Los Angeles County and San Francisco are done reporting, "we will win."
Grey’s Anatomy Axes Brooke Smith and Lesbian Storyline
Grey’s Anatomy has axed actress Brooke Smith, successfully putting the nail in the coffin in what could have been a thoughtful, blossoming, lesbian relationship between her character Erica and Sara Ramirez’s Callie. Executive Producer Shonda Rhimes issued a statement regarding Smith’s sudden discharge.
McCain Pulls Ahead in Florida and North Carolina, According to Rasmussen
Despite trends giving Barack Obama a lead of somewhere in the range of seven to nine percentage points in most national polls, as with previous elections, the race for the White House appears destined to come down to a few key states and the latest Rasmussen survey gives Sen. John McCain a sliver of an edge in two that are key — North Carolina and Florida.
Sarah Palin Says Tina Fey Should Plan to Keep the ‘Sarah Outfit’
The odds may be stacked against McCain/Palin ticket on Election Day, but vice-presidential contender Sarah Palin still has her sights set on victory. Addressing a crowd of supporters at a campaign stop in Ohio on Sunday night, Gov. Palin made light of Tina Fey’s dead-on, ratings winning impression of her on Saturday Night Live and advised the 30 Rock actress and writer to keep her Sarah Palin costume ready because she and Sen. John McCain were headed to the White House.
Emma Donoghue: Like Snow White, She May Be Drifting
Emma Donoghue is back with another sexy scandal from the days when divorce was a little more shocking than it is now. It’s only the latest in what is likely to be a continuing string of historical fiction from the woman who has found a way to write about lesbians without being ‘just’ a lesbian writer.
The Persuasive Pundit: Vote Your Ass Off!
‘I’m not votin’. My vote don’t count!’ I threw my dogs chew toy at the television. Where in the hell did they find this toothless genius to tout his silliness on television for everyone to see asks comic and writer Gloria Bigelow.
McCain fries – Guardian Unlimited
As he plummeted in the polls in October, John McCain took to declaring that he had Barack Obama “right where he wanted him.” It was an amusingly deluded line, reminiscent of Rudy …
‘America, we have come so far’ – Channel 4 News
Watch Barack Obama’s presidential acceptance speech in full. “Hello, Chicago. “If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible …
Twisted Benjamin Britten – Times Online
“O dear, o dear, how I sometimes wish I were respectable & dead, & that people wouldn’t get so cross.” Benjamin Britten is now dead (he would have been ninety-five this month …
California gay marriage vote undecided; abortion bans defeated in … – MSN UK News
A proposed ban on same-sex marriage in California remains undecided early Wednesday. The proposed constitutional amendment would limit marriage to heterosexual couples, the first …