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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...
...community allegiance.” According to Kennedy, this conduct would include revealing the secrets of a black organization you work for merely out of purposes of self-promotion or supporting a policy that is seriously harmful to African Americans—not merely casting a vote for a Republican in the next election. Although Kennedy establishes that there are probably very few true race traitors in America—Kennedy himself admits that none come to mind—he fails to engage readers in the conversation of what his analysis really means for the black community. Throughout...
Take yesterday’s exposé on John McCain’s political-careerful of indiscretions small and large. The probable Republican nominee for president and historically, McCain apparently didn’t let his self-styled reputation as the Senate’s most adamant ethics watchdog slow him down when Rupert Murdoch and Michael Bloomberg offered him a plane ride. The Arizona senator—who is becoming more and more like his constituency with each passing year—was celebrated when he helped birth the Reform Institute, a nonprofit organization dedicated to keeping corporate money...
...civilian leaders and buy twice as many F-22 jets as now planned, while hyping the threats to justify the buy. China and India are, in the Air Force's eyes, the 21st century equivalent of the Soviet Union, requiring billions in new aircraft that even a hawkish Republican President doesn't think are needed. More critically, every dollar spent on supersonic aircraft is a dollar that isn't spent on the kind of troops and materiel needed to wage the two irregular wars the nation is now fighting, and which many experts predict will be the kinds of wars...
...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 again that the liberal mainstream media will do whatever it takes to put Senator Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama in the White House," wrote the party chairman, Mike Duncan...