Does a Single Retweet Reveal Palin's Support of Gays in the Military? (The Atlantic Wire)

Retweet heard around the world: Palin may support gays
Does Sarah Palin support Gay Rights, or not? More specifically, does Palin applaud the recent Repeal of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ or not? That is the favorite question of the day thanks to Twitter. “But this hypocrisy is just truly too much. Enuf already--the more someone complains about the homos the more we should look under their bed,” Bruce tweeted , suggesting that virulent opposition to gays may reflect the individual has something to hide. Soon after, Pa...

Conservatives4Palin Throw Cold Water on Sarah Palins Supposed Twitter Support for Gay Rights
Earlier today, former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin caused a stir with a retweet that many read as a cryptic indicator that the Mama Grizzly was poised to come out in favor of some Gay Rights. Prominent Palin fansite Conservatives4Palin.com, however, has swooped in to defend her honor, noting that Palin’s retweet of Tammy Bruce ’s sentiment, “But this hypocrisy is just truly too much. Enuf already–the more someone complains about the homos the more we s

Sarah Palin Tammy Bruce Retweet Reveals A Pro-Gay Stance?
Sarah Palin stirred the Twittersphere Monday evening when she retweeted a pro-gay message by Lesbian conservative commentator Tammy Bruce concerning the "hypocrisy" of homophobic and anti-gay actions. "But this hypocrisy is just truly too much. Enuf already--the more someone complains about the homos the more we should look under their bed," Bruce wrote Monday, reportedly about the dismissal of U.S. Navy Captain Owen Honors, following the release of a series of Controversial videos made aboard...

Sarah Palin seemingly tweets in support of gay rights
It did not take long for Sarah Palin to jump back into the headlines via her Twitter account in 2011.  This time the press is talking about a "retweet" of Palin.  For those unfamiliar with "retweets", if a Twitter user likes a "tweet" from another user they can retweet to their own webpage.  It is the Twitter way of rebroadcasting something one agrees with or finds interesting.  Palin is a very active Twitter user, and she normally retweets material which criticizes the Obama...

Sarah Palin On Twitter Hints At Support Of DADT Repeal, Gay Rights
Conservative radio host and proud Lesbian Tammy Bruce joined the discussion about Navy Capt. Owen Honors and his controversially homophobic videos shown to his Navy crew, by tweeting, “But this hypocrisy is just truly too much. Enuf already-the more someone complains about the homos the more we should look under their bed.” Sarah Palin, who has not spoken out on the issue of “don’t ask don’t tell” or any gay issue really, re-tweeted Bruce’s messag...

Sarah Palin Re-Tweets in Support of Gays
ABC News’ Devin Dwyer reports:   Sarah Palin has been conspicuously quiet in the debate over “don’t ask don’t tell” and on a Repeal of the policy President Obama signed into law before the holidays.  By most accounts, she has never actually weighed in at all. But Monday night the former Alaska Governor re-tweeted a post from conservative Talk Show host and blogger Tammy Bruce, who is Lesbian, appearing to indirectly cast support for gays and an end to the b

Pence to Keynote National Pro-Life Fundraiser in February
As speculation grows over whether Rep. Mike Pence (R., Ind.) will run for Governor or president, a number of observers have seen his concentration of scheduled events in Indiana as a sign that he'll opt for governor. On the other hand, Politico's Kasie Hunt notes that Pence is heading to South Carolina, an early GOP primary state, this weekend to keynote an exclusive Republican event. And, in another sign that Pence is open to a national run, he will be the Keynote Speaker at the Susan B. Anthon...

"it wouldnt be a Republican majority if they werent taking an African-Americans voting rights away"
From David Dayen of Firedoglake, whose election coverage I enjoyed, comes what may be the first Race Card played during the Boehner era (emphasis mine): The new House of Representatives will be sworn in at noon today. We have a pretty good sense of their schedule of events for the first few weeks before the State of the Union address, and because the Senate is leaving town (another brilliant Democratic tactical decision), they will have Congress all to themselves. First we’ll have the ado...

2012: Palin Out Of The Closet On Gay Rights?
Typically, it’s the inane and often incoherent ramblings that former 1/2 term Alaska Gov. and GOP superstar Sarah Palin tweets that makes news. This time it’s what she’s re-tweeted that has people re-thinking where she stands on a social issue still dear to many on the Far Right. On Monday, Palin relayed a comment posted by gay conservative pundit Tammy Bruce, who was expressing her frustrations with the smoldering bits of GOP opposition ...

TRENDING: Palin re-tweet raises questions
(CNN) - Normally, it’s what Sarah Palin tweets that makes news. This time though it’s what she has re-tweeted. The former Alaska Governor Monday relayed a comment from gay conservative pundit Tammy Bruce, who was expressing her criticism over continued Republican opposition to the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell Military policy that won congressional Repeal late last month. "But this hypocrisy is just truly too much. Enuf already-the more someone complains about the homo...

Palin Retweets Anti-DADT Comment
CNN reports: Normally, it’s what Sarah Palin tweets that makes news. This time it’s what she has re-tweeted. The former Alaska Governor Monday relayed a comment from gay conservative pundit Tammy Bruce, who was expressing her criticism over continued Republican opposition to the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell Military policy that won congressional Repeal late last month. Now the political world is wondering just what Palin meant to express. “But this hypocrisy is just truly too much. E

Will On Palin
A reader writes: You asked, "[W]hy did Charles Krauthammer and George Will endorse her in 2008 if she is still so patently unqualified now?" George Will endorsed Palin in 2008?   Really?   I don't remember that. Can you provide a link? In fact, at the time Will seemed to say that McCain's choice of Palin was baffling, and reflected McCain's own unquestioning self righteousness.  From his column shortly after her attachment to the ticket: But ...

Does Palin Support DADT Repeal?
In a retweet last night, Sarah Palin suggested that she supports Repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. Palin retweeted this message from gay conservative Tammy Bruce: “But this hypocrisy is just truly too much. Enuf already-the more someone complains about the homos the more we should look under their bed.” Before tweeting that, Bruce was tweeting about the video made a Navy officer that included gay slurs and Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. Following Palin’s re...

Palin Tweets in Support of Gays
ABC News’ Devin Dwyer reports:   Sarah Palin has been conspicuously quiet in the debate over “don’t ask don’t tell” and on a Repeal of the policy President Obama signed into law before the holidays.  By most accounts, she has never actually weighed in at all. But Monday night the former Alaska Governor re-tweeted a post from conservative Talk Show host and blogger Tammy Bruce, who is Lesbian, appearing to indirectly cast support for gays and an end...

CNN Spitzer says to Alec Baldwin: ' You almost sound like Sarah Palin' (video)
"Wuh, wuh, wuh," stuttered Alec Baldwin , before Elliot Spitzer interrupted with surprise, "I've never heard you stutter before."  However it wasn't the stammer that surprised  Spitzer as much as the personal reasons Baldwin gave to explain his passion for politics, prompting Spitzer to note, "You almost sound like Sarah Palin." ALEC BALDWIN:The answer is yes. It's something that I'm very, very interested in because, you, you, you know people would say to me all of the time -  ah ...

The Re-Tweet heard round the conservative world
Its been a tough couple of weeks for the gay-loathing “social conservative.” First they have CPAC laying the law down, calling a Boycott’s bluff by letting GOProud remain at the event and now this. The darling of many on the right and a far chunk of the Tea Party movement has caused a stir by a simple re-Tweet on her Twitter account. (Re-Tweet for those not Twitter au fait, means forwarding a Tweet by someone else to all your followers.) Palin re-Tweeted a comment from Tammy Br...

Palin re-tweets DADT message
A retweet from Sarah Palin is burning up the blogosphere today -- one which seems to imply that she supports repealing"Don't Ask, Don't Tell." Tammy Bruce, a conservative Talk Show host, wrote the initial series of tweets. I'm focused on economic issues, and you may have noticed I was being quiet about DADT because that's not our most pressing issue... But this hypocrisy is just truly too much. Enuf already--the more someone complains about the homos the more we should look under their bed. Pa...

2012 Presidential Hopefuls: God Game Is On
ABC News is reporting that Michele Bachmann, Tea Party religious right heroine, wants to run for president. That would mean that, despite some talk from Mitch Daniels about a "truce" in the "Culture Wars," that the Republican presidential primary field will be crowded with Candidates who want to talk about God, the Christian nation, the divinity of the Constitution, and "Judeo-Christian values." The field will be heavy with hardcore culture warriors: aside from Bachmann, Sarah Palin, Mike Huckab...

Nevada titan Raggio to retire
Ending an era in Silver State politics, Nevada’s longest-serving State Senator, Bill Raggio, announced his Retirement Wednesday for health reasons. Raggio, a Republican attorney from Reno, made headlines last year when he backed Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Democrat, over Republican challenger Sharron Angle. He later lost his longtime post as leader of the Republican minority in the state Senate as a result. Continue Reading Text Size - + reset Politico 44 In a statement, Raggio...

Specter gets a teaching gig at Penn
Finished with a 30-year career in the Senate, Arlen Specter will take his talents to the University of Pennsylvania's Law School, Penn announced Tuesday. As an adjunct faculty member, Specter will teach an upper-level course on the relationship between Congress and the Supreme Court, beginning in fall 2011, Penn officials said. "It's a subject matter which could use a lot more understanding. And it's a subject which warrants additional study. Penn Law is a good place to do it," Specter...

Open thread for night owls: Give the GOP what they want and they'll call it a good deal for you
At Hullabaloo, digby writes: Steve Benen discusses the political establishment op-eds admonishing the President to be more Bipartisan, by which it means that he must give in to Republican demands, and giving him advice on which positions he must Compromise. Benen notes: This isn't to pick on Mankiw, but I can't help but notice there seems to be practically no related suggestions for the other side of the aisle. I can't think of any recent op-eds from anyone, for example, letting congressional R...

Retweet Of The Day - Sarah Palin
Today the Quislings at GOProud are proclaiming Sarah Palin as a supporter of LGBT rights because yesterday she re-tweeted a comment on DADT by nutjob radio host Tammy Bruce. GOProud remains silent, however, on this passage from Palin's latest book: "When it comes to raising good citizens, all 'lifestyle choices' are not equal." Yeah, she's a real fucking hero. (BTW, the format of this tweet is odd because Tammy Bruce has blocked me from seeing her Twitter stream.) Labels: GOProud, kapos, Quisl...

A Few Brief Thoughts on a Sarah Palin ReTweet
As you can tell from my previous post about the USS Enterprise situation a Palin ReTweet of one of my Tweets seems to have become another story unto itself. I’ve been getting tons of emails asking me to expand a bit on what I think the RT means. So, in this post I’m going to expound briefly on what I think Governor Palins’ intention was and my assessment of her in this context. For those who don’t Tweet, a little explanation-when I tweet something other people on Tw...

Sarah Palin Supports "Homos" in the Military, Or Accidentally Retweeted Tammy Bruce
​Sarah Palin's largely indecipherable Twitter account was again shrouded in mystery last night when a cryptic RT of a message from conservative gay comedienne Tammy Bruce showed up in the former Governor's feed. "But this hypocrisy is just truly too much. Enuf already--the more someone complains about the homos the more we should look under their bed," [sic] Bruce wrote. And though some Twitter users contend that a retweet does not indicate support, Bruce thinks Palin used the tweet to r...

Gingrich and Santorum heading to South Carolina
Washington (CNN) - Two Republicans increasingly likely to seek the White House in 2012 are returning to South Carolina this month to court key constituencies. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich will address the Grand Strand Business Association in Myrtle Beach next Wednesday. Gingrich has made multiple visit in the Palmetto State in recent months, including a well-received appearance at the Spartanburg County GOP's Bronze Elephant Dinner in December. Two days after Gingrich courts busines...