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90 million Americans won't vote in November
Unofficially, a strong majority of Americans favor him, but voter turnout is what will decide victory or loss for Barack Obama.
I’m not being cute when I say I will not associate with people who CAN vote, but didn’t or won’t.
Please, PLEASE register. Please please please
if you can’t make it to the polling station, or just don’t want to:
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(Source: presidentjonesco)
Obama v. Romney, rebloggable by request
This was very helpful. Bless your soul.
(Source: raptorific)
This is what a bisexual woman looks like. Wisconsin State Representative JoCasta Zamarripa, a delegate at the 2012 Democratic National Convention in Charlotte NC.
Zamarripa is one of America’s six out bisexual elected State Officials, three of whom are also Obama delegates to this year’s DNC.
America’s 6 Out Bisexual Elected State Officials
Former Connecticut Democratic State Rep. Evelyn Mantilla came out as the nation’s first bisexual state official in 1997. Since then the number of bisexual state-level officials who have come out during their term has slowly grown to six. According to the Victory Fund, there are more than 7,000 state-level legislators in the US, about 90 of who identify as LGBTQ. In her book “Bisexuality in the United States: A Social Science Reader”, author Paula C. Rust describes the discrimination that bisexuals face from the gay and straight communities, resulting in exclusion and lack of recognition.
- Evelyn Mantilla, Connecticut, State Representative The nation’s first out bisexual state official, who came out in 1997, was in the Connecticut House of Representatives from 1997 to 2007. Mantilla received several awards from the Connecticut Institute for Community Development and from the National Association of Social Workers, among others. Mantilla came out at a June LGBT Pride festival; in her speech she also proposed to her partner, Babette. In 2006, Mantilla decided not to run for reelection and her term expired in January 2007.
- Angie Buhl, South Dakota, State Senator First elected in 2011, Buhl is not only bisexual, but she’s also the youngest woman to ever serve in the South Dakota Senate. Her efforts can be seen in a variety of arenas, including working as a small business consultant, advocating for women’s rights, protecting employment for seniors and veterans, and serving on Judiciary, Commerce and Energy, Retirement Laws, and Interim Rules Review Committees.
- Micah Kellner, New York, State Representative First elected in 2007 and currently up for reelection, Kellner has since pursued environmental and socially-conscious legislation, including affordable housing, mass transit, animal rights, marriage equality, and increased funding for New York City’s public schools. Kellner, who was born with cerebral palsy, is also a strong advocate for rights of persons with disabilities.
- Kyrsten Sinema, Arizona, former State Senator, now running for Congress Sinema is running to represent Arizona’s 9th Congressional district. Defeating her Republican opponent would make Sinema the first out bisexual member of Congress. Sinema has said her impoverished childhood ultimately propelled the desire to run for state senator in 2011. During her first term in state office, Sinema secured funding for veterans, fought against budget cuts toward health care for children and the elderly, and prevented budget cuts in education.
- Kate Brown, Oregon, Secretary of State Brown is the highest ranking out bisexual official in the U.S. (since Oregon has no lieutenant governor, Brown is second only to the governor). Brown has served Oregonians for more than 20 years, working in family and juvenile law, teaching at Oregon State University, and working with the Juvenile Rights Project. Her legislative achievements since 2009 include leading efforts to reduce health care costs, ensuring education dollars reach classrooms, and pushing to get legislative meetings held in communities to ensure political transparency.
- JoCasta Zamarripa, Wisconsin, State Representative First elected in 2010 as a Democratic member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, District 8, Zamarripa is now running for reelection. Before taking office, Zamarripa worked as a nonprofit professional as educator and community outreach coordinator for Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin.
Three of the legislators Hon. JoCasta Zamarripa, Hon. Angie Buhl and Hon. Micah Z. Kellnerer are all currently Obama delegates at the Democratic National Convention in Charlottee NC.
Today is a good day.
Bisexual candidate Kyrsten Sinema's bid for US Congress from Arizona Continues after primary win
A long-time out & active member of the LGBTQ community, Kyrsten Sinema is running for the US Congress in Arizona’s new Congressional District 9, based in Phoenix, Tempe and the East Valley. She had previously served in the Arizona State Legislature. First elected in 2004, she was re-elected in 2006 to continue serving central Phoenix in District 15. Having just won a hard fought Democratic Primary, Sinema will run against Vernon Parker, a local councilman and a rare African-American Republican candidate, in the general election .
Sinema was born in Tucson, Arizona, and has lived in Phoenix since 1995. She holds a Juris Doctorate and a Master’s degree in Social Work from Arizona State University, and is an adjunct professor in the School of Social Work at Arizona State University. She also practices criminal defense law in the Phoenix community.
Prior to her work at the Legislature, she was a social worker in the Washington School District. She created and directed the Sunnyslope community’s first Family Resource Center. She focused on community development and organization, adult and community education, grant writing and administration, and advocacy for low-income, minority, refugee, and undocumented families.
She is a member of the Governor’s Commission to Prevent Violence Against Women. Recently, she served as the Chair of Arizona Together, the first group in the country to defeat a same-sex marriage ban on the ballot. She also works for the Center for Progressive Leadership, teaching tomorrow’s political leaders about leadership and the political process. She was honored with the 2005 Stonewall Democrats Legislator of the Year Award, and Time Magazine named Kyrsten one of the “rising stars of American politics” and one of its “40 under 40” in 2010.
Sinema has been endorsed by an impressive list of groups including the Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund, EMILY’s List and the Human Rights Campaign. After her primary victory Sinema also made the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC)’s list of Red to Blue races – a list of the top races to watch in November.
Bisexual Wisconsin State Representative JoCasta Zamarripa Wins Primary
Wisconsin State Representative JoCasta Zamarripa, a Latina of Mexican-American descent has joined a growing list of out bisexual-identified LGBTQ politicians when she came out in an interview with Georgia Pabst in her “Latino Connection” blog in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
JoCasta Zamarripa defeated challenger Laura Manriquez in the Democratic primary on August 14, 2012 by 66.7% to 33.3%. No Republican has filed to run for this seat for the general election which takes place on 6 November 2012, so it seems all but certain that Representative Zamarripa will go on to fill a 2nd term.
State Rep. Zamarripa (known to her friends as Joey) was born and raised on the south side of Milwaukee. In fact, she continues to live in the house that has been owned by her grandmother for over 30 years. She is a graduate of St. Joan Antida High School and holds a BFA from UW-Milwaukee.
She was 1st elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly in 2010 from the 8th Assembly District a a densely Hispanic area on on Milwaukee’s south side, where she succeed Pedro Colón, who is now a Milwaukee County Circuit Court judge. Prior to her election Zamarripa worked as a Community Outreach Coordinator for Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin. She served as Board Secretary for 9 to 5 Milwaukee and was a Board Member for Equality Wisconsin. She is also an Obama delegate at the 2012 Democratic National Convention in Charlotte NC where she will join a record-setting 534 LGBT participants.
Apparently, no one among the RNC attendees or the pundits pontificating thereupon ever read Ralph Ellison’s 1952 novel, Invisible Man. When Clint Eastwood decided to make President Barack Obama invisible, he re-instituted the social invisibility Ellison described and all African-American’s lived then as many live now. Mr. Eastwood managed to deny President Obama’s right to exist and be seen with a brilliant piece of staging. While the pundits laugh at him as the embarrassing old uncle, I tremble with the evil brilliance of his act. I doubt Eastwood even read the book. He may not fully realize the racism of his actions. Nonetheless, he denied our first African-American President of his face then put foul language into his imagined mouth in a manner that would make the most despicable member of the Ku Klux Klan dance with glee.
Why I Love My Mother
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Politician at door:
(blah blah blah)...and my strong commitment to traditional family values, as my wife of 28 years will attest.
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Shade's mom:
Sir, I don't care if you have orgies every Tuesday night so long as you get your job done.
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Politician:
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Shade's mom:
Also, if "traditional family values" is a sneaky way of saying "anti-gay marriage stance," you should know that my daughter is bisexual, and if I never get to cry at her wedding because some law you passed made her wedding illegal, I will personally see that your wife of 28 years has a lesbian awakening in time for you to discover the virtues of traditional divorce.
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Politician:
...you have yourself a nice day, m'am.
