“Since Rahm Emanuel’s election in the spring of 2011, Chicago’s teachers have been asked to eat shit by a mayor obsessed with displaying to the universe his “toughness” — toughness with the working-class people that make the city tick; toughness with the protesters standing up to say “no”; but never, ever toughness with the vested interests, including anti-union charter school advocates, who poured $12 million into his coffers to elect him mayor (his closet competitor raised $2.5 million).”
Chicago protesters take their signs to another level…
“I can assure you that gay people getting married will have zero effect on your life. They won’t come into your house and steal your children. They won’t magically turn you into a lustful cockmonster. They won’t even overthrow the government in an orgy of hedonistic debauchery because all of a sudden they have the same legal rights as the other 90 percent of our population—rights like Social Security benefits, child care tax credits, Family and Medical Leave to take care of loved ones, and COBRA healthcare for spouses and children. You know what having these rights will make gays? Full-fledged American citizens just like everyone else, with the freedom to pursue happiness and all that entails.”
-Chris Kluwe, “Minnesota Vikings punter takes down homophobic politician”
“Many, many religious people, including many dissenting Catholics, believe their faith supports marriage equality, supports access to reproductive healthcare, supports equal roles for women and LGBT people within the faith. But by letting Cardinal Dolan trounce on the convention’s full-throated celebration of equality for women and LGBT people, the Democrats bared their real religion problem: They still can’t seem to speak truth to power.”
-Sarah Posner, “Dolan spoils the party”
http://www.salon.com/2012/09/06/clintons_masterful_attack_on_paul_ryans_brass/
(Nick Merrill/Department Of State)
See that little girl in the picture standing near Franklin D. Roosevelt? She was the “mascot” of the 1924 Democratic National Convention - and she’s still alive!
“Baby Peggy” remembers: “It was a rough and rowdy even in those days, with drunks charging onto the dirt track encircling the arena and New York riot police knocking them unconscious with their night sticks and throwing them into the inner circle like dummies. I saw all this as we passed by. I was five and riding on my Father’s shoulders as we made our way to the stage…”
Announcing the Donald Trump Insult Hall of Fame!
“Gelatinous cartoon slumlord”
-Jim Newell, Gawker, 2011
“Financially embattled thousandaire”
-Gail Collins, The New York Times,
“A television star famous for his ‘billionaire’ character who makes a good living licensing his name after failing in the casino business”
-Alex Pareene, Salon, 2011
“Reality show host and antique doll hair thief”
-Jon Stewart, The Daily Show, 2012
“The world’s most relentless self-promoting attention whore”
-Dan Amira, New York Magazine, 2012
“Human candy corn Donald Trump, a well-known Political Expert and Successful Reality-Television Business Actor,”
-Max Read, Gawker, 2012
“Oft-bankrupt make-believe mogul clown with a tv show”
-Alex Pareene, Salon, 2012
Click the photo to see the rest…
Way beyond “mom-in-chief”….
http://www.salon.com/2012/09/05/michelle_obama_not_just_mom_in_chief/
