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...There is some consensus as to who is behind the blog, but, fortunately for us, it’s been way off base,” they said...
Conventional wisdom tells us that the absence of Will & Grace—or Will & Will—from this presidential election is a good sign for gays and lesbians. During the 2000 and 2004 campaigns, the Republican Party used gay and lesbian issues to stir up their base. They used the breakdown of the traditional family as a rallying point around which millions of voters were mobilized. Timothy P. McCarthy ’93, a lecturer on History and Literature and Public Policy and a member of Barack Obama’s National LGBT Leadership Task Force, put it best...
...wife Rachael is the issue confronting so many African countries today: the tyranny of an egotistical ruler. The Ruler’s tendency to sleep with women, sometimes no more than girls, in order to punish their politically insubordinate husbands and fathers epitomizes his deviously manipulative and base regime: for him, they’ve become mere objects to be used. When Rachael confronts him about sleeping with schoolgirls, the Ruler locks her away in a house. Futilely attempting to control every aspect of her environment and believing himself powerful enough to even stop time itself, the Ruler freezes every...
...Republican can play in California. President George W. Bush failed miserably there in 2000 and 2004; so did Bob Dole in 1996 and Bush's father in 1992. But they were mostly dealing from the old Republican deck, fashioned most recently by Bush strategist Karl Rove--jazz up the base, hammer the opposition...
...more peaceable times, McCain calls reporters "my base." He is chummy even with New York Times stars like Maureen Dowd, and uses Adam Nagourney as a frequent punchline. But the campaign is, at least for now, at war, sending its supporters out to the television networks to spin the story back on the Times. "We need your help to counteract the liberal establishment and fight back against the New York Times by making an immediate contribution today," wrote campaign manager Rick Davis sent in an email fundraising solicitation. The Republican Party followed suit. "The New York Times has proven once...