Gay Marriage to Alfred: Your Thoughts

I wonder if Shep Smith's position at Fox is so secure that he can get away with twitting Fox's target demo, or if he's angling for a high-profile firing.
― improvised explosive advice (WmC), Wednesday, May 9, 2012 4:45 PM

the former...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuF03PTNpp8

If he's trying to buck up the youth vote maybe he could start to point out the long-time idiocy of marijuana prohibition and our policy of locking everybody up for a zillion years for realtively minor crimes. Good avenues to look at for easing our budget woes, imho.

If Shep were going to be fired, it would've been after the 2008 election when he essentially pulled the curtain away and told people that pundits on both sides punch a time clock and then go socialize every night like the things they're saying don't have VERY REAL impact on the people they're preaching to.

kudos and all that, prez. but i guess this really 'matters' insofar as how it plays in Florida, Virginia, Colorado, Ohio, etc. would like to see some data on that...

Shep's job is guaranteed because he's Fox's insurance that they're fair and balanced.

Funny, I was just thinking the same thing. How are his ratings?

I'm not sure his 3pm show does any kind of numbers at all, but he's still their 7pm news guy right? I imagine that show is what keeps him employed.

Vidal Sassoon is dead, so a 50/50 gay day.

Shep's job is guaranteed because he's Fox's insurance that they're fair and balanced.

I've heard this one before. Wither Alan Colmes?

Alan Colmes wasn't popular and he sucked.

whereas every one of my conservative relatives adores Shep

I misread that as "adopts."

Gay Adoption to Alfred.

no thanks

Mr. Romney, after a campaign speech in Oklahoma City on Wednesday, underplayed his differences on the issue with Mr. Obama, while also offering a reminder that he had been consistent.

“This is a very tender and sensitive topic,” Mr. Romney said, “as are many social issues. But I have the same view I’ve had since, well, since running for office.”

this guy is so doomed

poor Romneybot, his programming now dictating he must "pivot" to the center in a general election.

Dan Savage demurs.

tsk tsk, old man! have you killfiled me?

What, is Romney going to start calling the other guy a flipflopper?

https://mobile.twitter.com/BarackObama/status/200426078974640128

hi, i'm from australia and my prime minister is a pointless piece of shit

you just have to wait for her to evolve

It's awesome that Obama did this, but ... what did he do, exactly? States can (and will) continue to ban gay marriage, or more/worse. Once this gets to the Supreme Court, Obama has no sway, and likely anyone he would have appointed to the court would be at least somewhat sympathetic to the issue, anyway. Unless he actively campaigns on the issue, which I doubt he will, by supporting gay marriage Obama puts nothing at stake (anti-gay marriage peeps likely would have not voted for him anyway) and gets little in return (except some gay $$$, and maybe the renewed support of some hard-left people and libertarians somehow able to overlook all the other things about him they don't like). Right? And for those who think the decision will cost him any significant portion of the black vote ... please.

That's correct but here's where I might surprise you: I was impressed with the simplicity of the language used in that interview. In clear jargon-free sentences he explained how he as a father and husband approached the unveiling of a decision he had no doubt decided years ago. It does mean a lot that POTUS did it too.

as Dennis Perrin put it, "Liberals love voting for symbolism."

(even if it trails Dick Cheney)

true. not a lot more he can "do" (i don't think?) outside of directing the JD to stop enforcing DOMA

that said, i shamefully sent him $$ last night for first time ever. didn't even do that in '08. in my defense the grizzlies had just won and i was drinking heavily.

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I think he was simple just to get it over with so that he can stop talking about it. Like pulling a tooth.

true. not a lot more he can "do" (i don't think?) outside of directing the JD to stop enforcing DOMA

well, its not enforcement really, it's defending it in court. and not defending it in court means it will probably get overturned... however DOMA only applies to federal law. It's entirely possible that the SC, being composed as it is, will issue a narrow ruling that overturns DOMA but does not enshrine the rights of gays and lesbians to marry. Meaning state laws may have to be challenged separately. Legal scholars plz correct me if I'm missing something here.

Yeah, legal scholars, weigh in: I'm not sure what the Supreme Court can even do but bat down bad local laws, which are all discriminatory in different ways. Can the SC even give a close ruling that outright allows gay marriage, no question? Or would that take a constitutional amendment?

they'd have to rule that any law explicitly denying rights to gays and lesbians was unconstitutional.

I kinda don't see this current court doing that but I dunno.

Or would that take a constitutional amendment?

I'm pretty sure that the current court isn't going to find a right not enumerated in the amendments.

oops yeah, "defending", not "enforcing"

http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/terminal05/2012/5/11/8/enhanced-buzz-16079-1336740234-4.jpg

haha

http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=nMANMIe0ZZI

woah

I don't like Lady Gaga's new angle.

Can't watch youtube at work. What's the gist?

homiciders

deep conspiracy, unreason, newspaper clippings, the death of whitney houston

exhibit a) for why democracy doesn't work

anus licking causes sepsis

AIDS is a candida fungus disease

p-e-n-i-s goes into anus to rupture intestines

gays, bis, and orgiers

really wanted the incredulous dude behind her to hold up

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BlU5V5BaMjY/Sc0HHNeRDgI/AAAAAAAAEcI/Z_c9i9Ks1Lw/s400/Bugs_Bunny_Screwball.jpg

every corpse found without clothes has a partner that did away with them.

^prob the best line

also fyi:

Information No results found for "drag queen Candida Fungus".

"They cuss after coupling."

Love the moment when "one minute" from the mod nearly derails her. The "I have ... let's see" moment feels like a ray of sanity shining through, like she's just about to realize her brain supplied her with too much rope.