Andrew Sullivan says all that needs to be said. Now let’s make sure we never give her another ounce of attention.
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As I’ve noted before, I’m a huge fan of Kojo Nnamdi. He hosts a daily show on American University’s 88.5 (WAMU(FM)), and is one of the best interviewers I’ve ever come across. Every Friday, his show turns into the DC Politics Hour with Kojo and Jonetta,(as in Jonetta Rose-Barras, perhaps the only non-loon who ever had a column at the Washington Times) and I rarely miss it. Even if I can’t tune in during the lunch hour, I can pick it up as a podcast. If you’ve not heard it before, check it out.
A couple of Thursdays a month, he brings us the Virginia Politics Hour, which those of you outside of NoVA can listen to live online. Today, for example, he has on Gov. Kaine to talk about the transportation bill, Sen. Russ Potts to talk about his career, and Rep. David Albo (probably just to hear himself talk).  Unfortunately, this show isn’t available as a podcast. But if enough people drop them an email . . .
Sgt. Eric Alva finished his career with the Marines (and a life with two legs) when he stepped on a land mine on March 21, 2003, the first day of “Operation Iraqi Freedom.” As the Washington Post notes, he was widely honored as the first American casualty of the war, with personal visits from Rumsfeld and Bush. I wonder if they’ll be seen with him now that he’s come out:
[I] can almost hear it now — “Oh, yeah, he’s that gay Marine.” I’m okay with that. The truth is, something’s wrong with this ban. I have to say something. I mean, you’re asking men and women to lie about their orientation, to keep their personal lives private, so they can defend the rights and freedoms of others in this country, and be told, “Well, oh, yeah, if you ever decide to really meet someone of the same sex and you want the same rights, sorry, buddy, you don’t have the right.”
Fighting over here, so we can fight over there. Or something like that.  Thank you, Sgt. Alva.
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Today, Rep. Marty Meehan (D-Mass.) introduced – with 109 cosponsors – a bill to finally get rid of the abomination that is the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy. It’s not a matter over which reasonable people can disagree – it’s long past time to end it.
Well, it looks like the Washington Post was actually useful for once: repair/renovation work has started on some of the buildings mentioned in the story.
So, rather than admit a mistake, Sen. Clinton tells us we can shove it:
“If the most important thing to any of you is choosing someone who did not cast that vote or has said his vote was a mistake, then there are others to choose from,†Mrs. Clinton told an audience in Dover, N.H., in a veiled reference to two rivals for the nomination, Senator Barack Obama of Illinois and former Senator John Edwards of North Carolina.
Great. Didn’t think much of you as a presidential candidate in the first place, but I’d said I’d be willing to listen over the next year, and see if perhaps I was wrong about you. But this? This nails the door shut. Thanks for wasting our time and money over the next year.
You know, Fox’s supremely awful attempt to copy the Daily Show has had some people saying that conservatives just aren’t funny. I beg to differ. As Virgil Goode showed us this afternoon, they can be downright hilarious.
That’s all they’ve got, and no one is buying it anymore. We’re tired of the bullshit.
Proving that you need not have ever read the Constitution to get elected in Virginia:
It boggles me, how the state the produced George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison has degenerated into Virgil Goode, George Allen, and Eric Cantor.
Via RK.
A bit of fun from Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY):
” . . that’s why the Democratic Party is in charge, not the Republic Party . . .”
Via Atrios, who also has a nice little bit on religion, today.
While I’m loathe to give any oxygen to the ’08 race at this point, I think Edwards’ handling of this issue is going to have a pretty big impact on his future in the race.
Update: Kagro X, over at dKos, makes an excellent point that all Democrats should pay attention to:
If you want Edwards to stand up, realize that you’re going to have to demand that all the campaigns stand up. Literally. They’re going to have to say that they stand by Edwards. Because these attacks only really hurt campaigns among primary voters. That’s us. The people who launched this thing aren’t ever going to vote for Edwards, or any other Democrat. They’re pulling your strings. They’re influencing your primary vote. But the minute this vendetta loses its ability to influence the primary, it loses its power. It becomes just another bunch of right wing foamers ignoring the craven embarrassments they harbor in their own dark corners.