Absolut Redraws USA - Mexico Border
Absolut Vodka has got some 'splainin' to do: Laura Martínez found the ad in the print edition of Quién magazine in Mexico City and it's going viral. Jim Hoft has picked it up, calling it an "Absolut-ly Outrageous Ad," Pierre Legrand profanely calls for a boycott, and Brian Ledbetter goes with "Absolut-ly Insulting." Michelle Malkin cranks it up a ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on April 3, 2008 11:16
Wright, Hagee, and the KKK?
It will come of little surprise that Christopher Hitchens uses the Obama-Wright controversy to take another whack at organized religion. Look at the accepted choice of words for the ravings of Jeremiah Wright: controversial, incendiary, inflammatory. These are adjectives that might have been—and were—applied to many eloquent speakers of the early civil rights movement. . . . But is ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on March 25, 2008 08:47
John McCain ‘Honored’ To Receive Endorsement From Bigot
Yesterday, John McCain announced that he was "honored" to receive the endorsement of Pastor John Hagee, a Texas-based preacher who can probably be most charitably described as "pro-Apocalypse". McCain lavished praise on him for being "pro-Israel", but as Sarah Posner (via Matthew Yglesias) points out, what he actually stands for is the destruction of Israel in order to facilitate ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on February 29, 2008 12:14
Bill Buckley and The Gays
Andrew Sullivan appreciated the late William F. Buckley, Jr.'s civil tone on matters of homosexuality, especially as contrasted with other conservatives of his era, but laments that "Buckley never challenged what he believed was a necessary moral and social injunction against gay love, marriage and sex." GayPatriot's B. Daniel Blatt is more charitable, noting that, "When I was friendly with ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on February 28, 2008 14:44
Washington Times Ends Gay ‘Marriage’ Scare Quotes
Erik Wemple reports that new Washington Times editor John Sullivan has ended the use of scare quotes for everyday words. He sent out this All Staff email: Here are some recent updates to TWT style. 1) Clinton will be the headline word for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton. 2) Gay is approved for copy and preferred over homosexual, except in clinical references ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on February 26, 2008 07:12
Libertarians for Obama?
Megan McArdle explains why she prefers Barack Obama to John McCain despite the former's protectionism and "his insanely bad economic 'patriot act.'" I might not vote for Obama; I will not vote for McCain. There are some things more important than the economy, and free speech is among them. Yes, I don't like Obama's stance on the Second Amendment, but ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on February 23, 2008 08:14
Usury Laws, the Christian Right, and Bad Statistics
A study (or, rather, a report on said study) by two law professors on the relationship between the availability of high-interest payday loans and representation by Christian conservative legislators is generating some blogospheric commentary. The study's abstract: The culture war has become a national moniker describing a variety of policy debates between social conservatives and secular liberal Americans. Hotly ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on February 17, 2008 07:45
The Conservative Minority
I feel like I'm beating a dead horse on the issue, but the continued high pitched battle between conservative Republicans who have rallied around conservative-come-lately Mitt Romney in hopes of defeating Teddy Kennedy's Good Friend John McCain remains the most interesting story this election cycle. Conservatives Love Romney The most recent Rasmussen poll shows that "Romney leads by sixteen percentage points ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on February 3, 2008 09:28
NY Judge Recognizes Gay Marriages From Canada
While New York does not allow gay marriage, it must recognize marriages performed elsewhere -- even other countries -- a appeals court judge has ruled. A New York appellate court ruled Friday that valid out-of-state marriages of same-sex couples must be legally recognized in New York, just as the law recognizes those of heterosexual couples solemnized elsewhere. Lawyers for both sides ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on February 3, 2008 07:53
McCain’s Gay Bashing Robo Calls
Floridians are being treated to some robo-calls attacking Mitt Romney that HuffPo's Sam Stein and some homosexual activist leaders call "gay bashing." Here's the ad in question: Mitt Romney thinks he can fool us. He supported abortion on demand, even allowed a law mandating taxpayer-funding for abortion. He says he changed his mind, but he still hasn't changed the ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on January 29, 2008 14:22
