On Prop 8

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[wtsims.livejournal.com]

That was fucking awesome.

Now if people would just listen.

[robinoli.livejournal.com]

Just another reason I love Keith Olbermann.

[profbutters.livejournal.com]

This is why I heart Keith. Well, that and the giant cuddlyositude and the outrage (fans self). I'm just glad he's allergic to cats.

My only quibbles are:

1) KO, you say that no one in your extended family is gay and that you don't have any personal tales about close friends? I suspect you might be wrong about that. I recognize our mutual straight obtuseness--the kind of thing that makes us cock our head to one side and say "Durrrr. . . .Anderson Cooper is GAY?"

2) You said on The View that you don't vote (!) and that's your choice, but I HOPE that if you'd been a Californian, you would have made an exception for this.

But that said, it was a lovely Special Comment and touched me to tears.

I'm happy to say that Olbermann just got a four-year extension of his contract. So much for "they're angry at him at MSNBC and are going to get rid of him."

[orikes13.livejournal.com]

Anderson Cooper is gay?

Heh. :) I'd actually never thought about it. I'd just see him and think, "Yummy news guy."

That is an absolutely awesome icon, though, Prof.

[fireflowersims.livejournal.com]

Anderson's one of those people where everyone knows he's gay, and he's out to the people who actually matter to him, but he's probably never going to make a public announcement about it. (*sigh* Sad for us ladies. He is indeed very yummy).

[profbutters.livejournal.com]

I think Stephen Colbert is yummier. Olbermann is cute on the small screen, but I think in RL, he'd probably scare me. He's about 6'3" or 6'4" and BIG, with a big, deep, voice, plus he yells a lot and has some anger issues. He's working on 'em, but I would probably be really nervous anyway.

You should see the clip of his appearance on The View. He's so huge that he looks like Ferdinand the Bull.

[fireflowersims.livejournal.com]

Oh wait, we can bring Stephen into this? What about Jon? Snarky lovely fake newsmen FTMFW.

I haven't seen enough of Olbermann to have an opinion one way or the other, really. He doesn't look that tall behind the desk, I'll say that much. And I haven't gotten around to watching him on The View, but I will at some point.

[fireflowersims.livejournal.com]

Not to mention Rachel. And I think there was more of a reason that he didn't vote and it got cut off or something?

[robinoli.livejournal.com]

Oh man, do I love Rachel. :P

[honorkid54.livejournal.com]

These are the kinds of things that just make my day.

[penguingirl03.livejournal.com]

That was refreshing to hear. Now if other people would actually listen!

[astraether.livejournal.com]

I actually had no idea who that was until I read the comments. Obviously, I don't watch the news much. But thanks for posting that. Very eloquently-spoken. If I weren't already on the "right side," that just might've made me change my mind. At least, I like to think so. Maybe, hopefully, it'll change some other people's minds.

[orikes13.livejournal.com]

I probably should have thrown his name in the header or something. I didn't know who he was either, but I thought that was really well said.

[fireflowersims.livejournal.com]

I'd been meaning to watch this but hadn't until you posted it, so thanks for doing so. That was wonderful.

[fairyworshiper.livejournal.com]

That was really well said. I wish I had seen this two weeks ago when I was one of the people holding a 'NO on 8' sign on a street coroner. I said similar things but no where near as eloquently or with as many expamples.