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Powerless And Impotent Rush Limbaugh Attacks Star Trek Legend And Icon George Takei
So we have Obamacare, and now, right on its heels, we have Marriage Equality. That means we all have a right to healthcare, and we all have a right to marriage. More rights. Nothing taken away from anybody.
It’s a win-win, right?
While we engage in the #nakiehappypagandanceoflove, or however it is you celebrate, conservatives are absolutely losing it over all the things they haven’t lost.
Literally, they have lost nothing. Other people have gained stuff, but they’ve lost nothing. Let’s make that perfectly clear: they did not lose their right to healthcare, and they did not lose the right to get married to the person they love.
But other people did get what they have. And, being conservatives, that drives them nuts.
So George Takei, one of gay rights’ wittiest defenders, and just a very funny, engaging fellow, has drawn the ire of the intoxicated-with-himself Rush Limbaugh, because Takei isn’t forced to abide by Rush’s bigoted beliefs.
Limbaugh whines, “Nobody in the heterosexual world is forcing anything on anybody … but Mr. Takei and his group can impose their beliefs on you all day every day.”
And what are they imposing on you, Rush? Are they forcing you to marry a man? Or, at least, the same of whatever it is you are?
Let’s find out. Watch courtesy of Media Matters for America:
It’s never over. It’s never a win. There is never happiness on the left. It’s fleeting and temporary, and it is the case with gay marriage, because Ms. Banfield said, “While the Supreme Court has had its say, there’s still a lot of messy work that needs to be done in at least 20 of those states that still recognize those bans.” There is? I thought this meant that we were all aligned, we were all together, and there was love just breaking out all over the country. I thought all that was at stake here was some people who were denied marriage because of their sexual orientation, just wanted to be accepted.
They just wanted to be included.
They want their dignity to be recognized.
More here: http://linkis.com/www.politicususa.com/ZP9xY
How Bernie Sanders Plans to Beat Hillary Clinton
Bernie Sanders Makes History By Raising More Money Than Every GOP Presidential Candidate
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has made history by raising more money than every 2016 Republican presidential candidate, and every 2012 Republican presidential candidate not named Mitt Romney.
According to The New York Times:
It’s likely that Mr. Sanders will report more than $9 million raised as of June 30, the deadline for midyear F.E.C. reports. That amount is larger than any Republican not named Mitt Romney raised in the first half of 2011.
The only candidate who will raise more money than Bernie Sanders is Hillary Clinton. What’s impressive about Sen. Sanders accomplishment is where the money is coming from. According to Sanders, his campaign has more than 200,000 donors who give about $45 each.
Bernie Sanders is raising more money than every Republican presidential candidate because people believe in him and his message. In terms of dollars, Republicans will continue to rely on a handful of billionaires to bankroll their super PACs, but President Obama’s reelection campaign demonstrated that small individual donors are a barometer of success at the polls.
The individuals who give money to presidential campaigns are the most likely to show up and vote. They are the most committed of supporters, and Republicans have struggled for years to mobilize the type of authentic grassroots support that rallying around Sen. Sanders (I-VT).
Hillary Clinton is a phenomenal candidate, and against other Democrat not named Obama, Sanders would probably be leading the field.
Bernie Sanders is putting together a genuine movement of the people, and the billionaires are being put notice that the American people are coming to take their country back.
http://www.politicususa.com/2015/06/27/bernie-sanders-history-raising-money-gop-presidential-candidate.html
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