Also victorious last night: Homophobia
Also victorious last night: Homophobia
All three Iowa Supreme Court justices up for retention election have been ousted from the bench.
Around 54 percent of Iowans voted not to retain each of the three judges: Supreme Court Chief Justice Marsha Ternus and associate justices Michael J. Streit and David L. Baker. The campaign for the judges ouster was based on the court’s unanimous 2009 ruling that legalized same-sex marriage in Iowa.
There were 74 judges, including three Supreme Court justices, on the ballot Tuesday. Only the Supreme Court justices, however, came anywhere close to being removed from the bench.
The highly charged campaign featured more than $1 million in spending against the judges from national anti-gay organizations like the Mississippi-based American Family Association, Washington, D.C.-based Family Research Council, Arizona-based Alliance Defense Fund, Georgia-based Faith & Freedom Coalition and New Jersey-based National Organization for Marriage. The campaign culminated in a 20-city bus tour across Iowa.
The groups pushing for ouster promised that this was simply the first battle in a nationwide war against gay marriage and gay rights.
But, but....didn't they hear Jon Stewart's moving speech on Saturday?
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"What they are looking for is legislative clarity." RG you fell for that meme hook, line and sinker.— Les Ismore
{{{---}}} Yeah TPS, we'll lsiten to you isntead of actual business leaders who are stating the same thing. {{{---}}} Right. Now who could question the objectivity of business leaders. I mean clearly, those same business leaders who hired with greater taxes and equal levels of uncertainty under other administrations would never, never, spin their hiring decisions for political maneuvering by claiming it's all Obama's fault. Oh, my sides.— Talking point sleuth- "his political expediency also contributed to the end of the biggest stain in this country's history." Bush's politcal expediancy contributed to the end of the biggest stain in Iraq's history. How come you were all huffy about that? Heck, we can get a whole bunch of people killed to end the stain's of a lot of places history.— RG
- {{{---}}} Yeah TPS, we'll lsiten to you isntead of actual business leaders who are stating the same thing. {{{---}}} It always cracks me up when RG bows down to grovel at the feet of "authority" (which has a clear vested interest).— Talking point sleuth
- "and equal levels of uncertainty under other administrations" Yep, every admin passes a 2,000 page hc reform bill, randomly requiring 1099s. They also pass 1,000 plus page financial reform bills within a year, pass cap and trade through one house of Congress, and also give no clear direction on the expiration of tax cuts. Yep, this is certainly familair territory we're in. Its basically old hat, every admin does it.— RG
Has Obama positioned himself as friendly to the businesss community, or as supportive of a healthy business environment? Have any Democrats taken a pro-business stance in the laast 50 years?— Mr. Smith- "Right. Now who could question the objectivity of business leaders." Good point, we should definitely listen to a neutral aprty such as yourself. You've never shown any disdain for "fat cats" or the like. Your argument is really compelling, though. The environment for hiring is fantastic, if only those dastardly greed heads would do so.— RG
- Hey will, is that all the soros memo said this morning?— LiveFreeOrDie
- Bye bye Murphy!!!— LiveFreeOrDie
- Sounds to me that TPS may be a businessphobe.— RG
- RG, I went back to Lincoln because I just finished "A Team of Rivals" by Doris Kearns Goodwin and that example was fresh in my mind. I seem to recall Jeff Davis and Robt. E. Lee having some role in Civil War deaths. Also seem to recall that S.Carolina opened the hostilities. You want a more recent example? Joe Lieberman sticking by his support for the Iraq surge, even though it cost him his party's nomination.— pj katauskas
- //"A Team of Rivals" by Doris Kearns Goodwin and that example was fresh in my mind.//// Heck of a good book. I read it a few years ago. A little long but well written. Goodwin does an excellent job piecing together the storyline through letters. if you like that one, pick up David McCullough's "Truman."
- "Joe Lieberman sticking by his support for the Iraq surge, even though it cost him his party's nomination." But not his job.
— RG - "also give no clear direction on the expiration of tax cuts."...except that they have. The Obama tax cuts for the middle class...oh you know the rest!— Les Ismore
- Wow! All I can say is WOW!
"As Politico’s Pulse pointed out this morning, “Exit polls show health as the second most important factor driving votes (19 percent). It was distantly behind the economy (62 percent).” While half wanted the health law repealed, “nearly another half wanted it expanded or kept in place.” And according to a Wonk Room analysis of the election results, of the 34 House Democrats who voted against the final health care bill, 18 lost their bids for reelection, 12 won, 3 retired"
As many have said, once people understand what is in it, they are for HCR.— Les Ismore
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