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The Christian Civic League of Maine's Mike Hein calls Pam's House Blend:
"a leading source of radical homosexual propaganda, anti-Christian bigotry, and radical transgender advocacy."
He is "praying that Pam Spaulding will "turn away from her wicked and sinful promotion of homosexual behavior."
(CCLM's web site, 10/15/07)
Ex-gay "Christian" activist James Hartline on Pam:
"I have been mocked over and over again by ungodly and unprincipled anti-christian lesbians."
(from "Six Years In Sodom: From The Journal Of James Hartline," 9/4/2006, written from the "homosexual stronghold" of Hillcrest in San Diego)."Pam is a 'twisted lesbian sister' and an 'embittered lesbian' of the 'self-imposed gutteral experiences of the gay ghetto.'" -- 9/5/2008
Peter LaBarbera of Americans for Truth Against Homosexuality heartily endorses the Blend, calling Pam:
A "vicious anti-Christian lesbian activist."
(Concerned Women for America's radio show [9:15], 1/25/07)
"A nutty lesbian blogger."
(MassResistance radio show [16:25], 2/3/07)
Pam's House Blend always seems to find these sick f*cks. The area of the country she is in? The home state of her wife? I know, they are everywhere. Pam just does such a great job of bringing them out into the light.
--Impeach Bush
who monitors yours Bevis ?? Just thought I would drop you a line,so the rest of your life is not wasted.
--"Joe"
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| UPDATE: A Blender sent in the latest plea from the DCCC for your dollars. See it below the fold.
UPDATE 2: Blender Clarknt67 has created an easy-fax form to send to the DCCC. See it below the fold.
You see, this is why the Obama administration and the DNC are apoplectic about the meltdown of the upcoming LGBT fundraiser this week. Numbers rolling in for the month of May show the following: Short version: the DNC beat the RNC last month, thanks to a Presidential fundraiser; but the NRSC actually raised more money last month than the DSCC; and the DCCC raised only about 200K more than the NRCC. While the cash-on-hand edge for the GOP is less than it was last month’s, it’s because the Democrats are still not retiring their debt, which is 4x the GOP’s.
Group Raised CoH Debt
RNC 5.82 21.55 0.00
DNC 8.37 12.14 5.60
NRSC 3.50 3.70 0.00
DSCC 3.45 4.00 4.17
NRCC 3.24 3.73 4.00
DCCC 3.44 5.01 6.67
GOP 12.56 28.98 4.00
Democrats 15.26 21.15 16.44
Compare to last month's:
Raised CoH Debts
RNC 5.76 24.38 0.00
DNC 4.52 9.09 5.42
NRSC 2.93 2.65 0.00
DSCC 3.13 2.63 4.58
NRCC 2.23 3.69 5.00
DCCC 3.05 4.03 7.33
Raised CoH Debts
GOP 10.92 30.72 5
Dem 10.70 15.75 17.33 The President himself is able to bring in cash, but given the tidal wave of the last election, the Congressional and Senatorial committees should be doing much better at this point and time. In an email discussion about the these figures, activist Lane Hudson noted to me that it's...good for Party officials and elected officials to consider when not taking the steps necessary to win the trust and confidence of the LGBT community by delivering on promises made.
I agree that much is at stake in re-electing a Democratic Majority to Congress and ultimately re-electing the President. But I'm not willing to blindly do it and it seems there is a growing sentiment that this is the case. There must be a pathway forward that is publicly shared with the community so that we can help work to move along that path and judge the progress that is being made. Many of us are asking Democratic leadership for that pathway and I hope they will speak publicly about it very soon. Peter Daou, on HuffPost, notes that this administration has a near-obsession with pandering to the middle for political safety's sake, and that includes LGBT rights issues. Yes, pragmatism is admirable, but give me some idealism too, give me some deep-seated moral conviction and the powerful, ground-shaking words to express it.
...On gay rights, they are choosing the mushy middle, on women's rights (speaking to a global audience) the mushy middle, on the Wall Street bailout, the mushy middle, on health care, the mushy middle. On civil liberties and secrecy, they are not even bothering with the mushy middle, but emulating Bush's extremism.
...The incessant drive to the 'pragmatic center', wherever that is, the desire to please an elusive and ephemeral audience, that worship of moderation, results in the squandering of a unique moment: with Republicans on their electoral heels and Democrats in control, this is the time for bold progressive stances and the unabashed embrace of core Democratic principles. This is not the time for wishy washy policies that seem politically smart but will in fact lead to the impression of an administration and a party devoid of convictions. Thank you. The GOP is in crappy shape with the American public. Is this President going to wait until it starts clearly outraising the Democratic party and reforming itself to actually pay attention to the constituencies that helped Obama win the White House and build a Congressional majority? Apparently crapping on various loyal constituencies and either 1) telling them to wait, or 2) accept watered down policy as a "win" is the M.O. at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
I guess they are also willing to see the gAyTMs permanently out of order .Many of names and orgs cited in the infamous Tobias 10,400-sq.-foot spa" e-blast" have dropped out of that fundraiser and panic has to be in the air. Let's look at the running list from the email below the fold. |
| Pam Spaulding :: May Dem fundraising dollars shaky - why the gAyTM matters even more |
 If you can't make the date, take a rain check and help anyway? SUZE ORMAN just signed on that way. ELIZABETH BIRCH signed on that way. Lots of others.
If you CAN make the date, you'll be joining the Vice President of the United States . . .
. . . along with Virginia Governor / DNC Chair Tim Kaine . . . immediate past DNC Chair Howard Dean . . . Chairman Barney Frank . . . Representatives Tammy Baldwin and Jared Polis . . . Vermont Senate President Pete Shumlin . . . District of Columbia Mayor Adrian Fenty . . . David Mixner . . . Richard Socarides . . . The Task Force's Rea Carey . . . HRC's Marty Rouse . . . ESPA's Alan Van Capelle . . . GLAD's Mary Bonauto . . . NBJC's Alexander Robinson . . . GMHC's Marjorie Hill . . . The Victory Fund's Chuck Wolfe . . . Towle Road's Andy Towle . . . Iraq Marine vet Brian Fricke (whom you may have seen on 60 Minutes) . . . Billy Bean . . . Joan Garry . . . Keith Boykin . . . Ray Buckley . . . Brian Johnson . . . Corey Johnson . . . Dixon Osburn . . . Paul Smith . . . Bruce Bastian . . . Mitchell Gold . . . Krystal Ball . . . and so many others, like YOU, who have been pushing the ball down the field for so long. (Well, Krystal is fairly new to this, but what a kick to have a pro-marriage CPA triathlete young mom running to unseat a conservative Republican in Virginia.)
It would mean a great deal to have you with us:
www.democrats.org/LGBTdinner
Did I mention that the Mandarin Oriental has a 10,400-square-foot spa?
The National Stonewall Dems pulled support from the event; the former Co-Chair of the Obama LGBT Leadership Council during the 2008 campaign, Stampp Corbin has dropped out; the National Black Justice Coalition said no board members are attending.
UPDATE: Hat tip to Blender Orion45, who sent us the latest plea for money from the DCCC ("For any of you who do NOT want to contribute to Democrats until more action on Gay Rights. Here is snail mail form from latest letter: You can fill out ZERO, or whatever and return it.")
Here's the pitch from the DCCC:
You won't even believe this.
The Republicans called on none other than Newt Gingrich and Sarah Palin to headline their big fat-cat fundraising dinner and claimed to raise over $14 million dollars in one night!
That's right -- $14 MILLION.
You know what I say? Thanks, but no thanks - how about you get back on that bridge to nowhere, Sarah. We don't need you or any of your fat cat friends who are rooting for President Obama to fail.
We've got to beat them by winning the FEC fundraising battle on June 30th. It's the first reporting deadline after the GOP's big dinner and they will be all over the news clamoring that their big cash totals prove that their fat cat friends are beating our grassroots movement. But, not if we can help it - contribute $50, $75 or more to show everybody that America stands behind President Obama.
Better yet, if you do, Speaker Pelosi and the other House Democrats will match every one of your dollars with $2 of theirs.
Contribute $50, $75 or more to the DCCC's Million Dollar Match* campaign. If you give today, they'll match your gift 2-to-1.
UPDATE 2: Blender Clarknt67 has created an easy-fax version of the DCCC form for you all ("I made my own version of the DNC's contribution page to send. I thought others might appreciate it too. It gets the point across quite succinctly, I think. They know what they have to do to get the cash flowing, move some legislation and don't just toss us bones and photo ops.")
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