#LoveWins ~ Gay Marriage Upheld by Supreme Court

In another major victory for the Obama Administration, the Supreme Court struck down all the gay marriage bans in various states, making marriage equality the law of the land.

From CNN

In the 5-4 ruling, Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote for the majority with the four liberal justices. Each of the four conservative justices wrote their own dissent.
Nearly 46 years to the day after a riot at New York's Stonewall Inn ushered in the modern gay rights movement, the decision could settle one of the major civil rights fights of this era. The language of Kennedy's opinion spoke eloquently of the most fundamental values of family, love and liberty.

Obama: "Sometimes there are days like this - when that slow steady effort is awarded with justice that arrives like a thunderbolt"

— Huffington Post (@HuffingtonPost) June 26, 2015

Watch the President's full statement on the Supreme Court's ruling on marriage equality. #LoveWins http://t.co/nRBI49pQT5

— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) June 26, 2015

#ICYMI At 10:01am today #MarriageEquality reached all 50 states, shortly after rainbows appeared over @WhiteHouse pic.twitter.com/G4UXjCu8ZL

— The Baxter Bean (@TheBaxterBean) June 27, 2015

Proud. pic.twitter.com/9J44PCYeuQ

— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) June 26, 2015

It is hard to believe this happened. What a day...

— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) June 27, 2015

what a week pic.twitter.com/V3pLCz0H8g

— Jonah Green (@jonah_green) June 26, 2015

Gay men's chorus of Washington DC singing national anthem outside Supreme Court steps pic.twitter.com/vud3h7eSUN

— Sabrina Siddiqui (@SabrinaSiddiqui) June 26, 2015

First couple to get marriage license in #Dallas County. They have been together 55 years. @CBSDFW #lgbt #LoveWins pic.twitter.com/YZA0Z8vIRy

— Teresa Parrish (@SLObot60) June 26, 2015

Isn't it great? #LoveWins pic.twitter.com/6j6Mri9vyn

— Jeffrey Guterman (@JeffreyGuterman) June 27, 2015

Sarah Palin's Inquisition ~ Let's "Baptize" Terrorists With Waterboarding

Oh, Sarah Palin - there she goes again. When she isn't shooting off a gun she is shooting off her mouth. This Gun-Loving Mama Grizzly who thinks them Libruls is out to "Steal Her Christmas" now equates Waterboarding with Baptism in a new low even for her. Jesus would not be amused, anymore than he was by the Spanish Inquisition. Did I mention she said this to the NRA and they cheered? Yeah, Jesus wouldn't like that either. This woman was almost our vice president. Oh dear Lord, thank you for saving us.

From The Hill

“They obviously have information on plots to carry out Jihad,” ...(Palin) said at the National Rifle Association (NRA) annual meeting on Saturday evening, referring to prisoners. "Oh, but you can’t offend them, can’t make them feel uncomfortable, not even a smidgen.
Well, if I were in charge, they would know that waterboarding is how we baptize terrorists.”

Was she sorry she said it? Nahhhhh.

From NBC News

In a brief interview with NBC News, Palin doubled down on a remark she made earlier this week at the NRA convention.
"Would I make it again? Why wouldn't I, yeah, absolutely. Terrorists who want to annihilate Americans, innocent Americans, our children - whatever it takes to stop them. If I were in charge, I'd be stoppin' em," she said.

And now she's blaming Obama because #Benghazi :

From Palin's Facebook Page

Actions to stop terrorists who’d utterly annihilate America and delight in massacring our innocent children? Darn right I’d do whatever it takes to foil their murderous jihadist plots – including waterboarding. Whatever one thinks of my one-liner at the NRA rally about treating evil terrorists the way they deserve to be treated to prevent the death of innocent people, it’s utterly absurd for MSNBC to suggest that I could put our beloved troops in harm’s way, but we’ve come to expect the absurd from that failing network.

If you want to talk about what really harms our troops, let’s talk about politicians who gut our military’s budgets, or a president whose skewed budgetary priorities slash military benefits, or an administration that puts our vets on endless waiting lists for care that comes too late to help those who’ve paid the price for our freedom, or those who break bread with those who think it makes no difference how our military heroes died in Benghazi or anywhere else trying to protect America. Those actions are a heck of a lot more harmful than declaring an appropriate message our enemies should receive. If some overly sensitive wusses took offense, remember the First Amendment doesn’t give you a right not to be offended. Perhaps hypocritical folks who only want Freedom of Speech to apply to those who agree with their liberal agenda might want to consider that the evil terrorists who were the brunt of my one-liner would be the first to strip away ALL our rights if given the chance. That’s why we do whatever we can to prevent them from killing innocent people. And for that, we should NEVER apologize. Good Lord, critics... buck up or stay in the truck. And if you love freedom, thank our troops! Thank our vets! And thank those who have the brains to support them and the guts to defend what they have earned!

Even some Conservatives are offended:

No, Sarah Palin, Baptism Isn’t A Good Punchline For A Terrorist Joke
. . . Joking about baptism in the context of this aggressive action suggests that we don’t think baptism is as life-giving or important as it is.
~ Mollie Hemingway on The Federalist

OK, stop. Not only is this woman, putatively a Christian, praising torture, but she is comparing it to a holy sacrament of the Christian faith. It’s disgusting — but even more disgusting, those NRA members, many of whom are no doubt Christians, cheered wildly for her.
Palin and all those who cheered her sacrilegious jibe ought to be ashamed of themselves. For us Christians, baptism is the entry into new life. Palin invoked it to celebrate torture. Even if you don’t believe that waterboarding is torture, surely you agree that it should not be compared to baptism, and that such a comparison should be laughed at. What does it say about the character of a person that they could make that joking comparison, and that so many people would cheer for it. Nothing good — and nothing that does honor to the cause of Jesus Christ.
~ Rod Dreher on The American Conservative

For anyone to confess Christ as their savior and to compare one of the means of God's grace to an act of torture is reprehensible. I hope members of Gov. Palin's local church will explain to her why her remarks denigrate the Christian faith. Such remarks bring shame on the Body of Christ and to our witness in the world. Even more shameful, however, is the fact that so many Christians would cheer her support of torture (and yes, waterboarding is torture).
~ The Gospel Coalition

Fresh Off Glamorizing Right-Wing Terrorists on Bundy Ranch, Hannity Defends Palin’s Waterboarding Screed! http://t.co/08IAOmrl3V

— Irenie (@Irenie_M) April 29, 2014

Yes, Palin's Fox pal Sean Hannity Can Mansplain Why Waterboarding is Exactly Like Baptism (well not really, but he tries):

Let’s say, God forbid, one day you’re in a parking lot, somebody comes and they try and grab, um, all of — let’s say you have three kids — they try and grab all three of your kids but they only get one.
Well, let’s say they get your three kids.
And you get one of the people responsible for kidnapping your kids. Let’s see. Would you wanna baptize them by waterboarding the guy that took your three children?
I think I would. I think — as a matter of fact it wouldn’t be much of a question. I think I’d baptize him again, and again, and again until I found out where my kids are.
. . . I don’t understand the sensibility of liberals.
You have the guy — the mastermind, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed — you know how many people got waterboarded? Three. Three! That’s it!
I just asked the question that way, because I don’t think there’s one of you listening, not one liberal out there if you have an honest bone in your body that wouldn’t say I would do whatever it took. Get the information quickly. Expeditiously.
Whatever it took. That’s just the way life — that’s just the way we roll. It’s the way America rolls.

Oooookey-Dokey.

Someone pointed out that the NRA might not be the best venue to talk peace, love and Baptism. Ya Think?

. . . for a self-professed Christian like Palin to use this beautiful religious ceremony with strong historical precedent as a part of a cheap joke to garner support for her otherwise typically uninspired stump speech is beyond repugnant. But what is more repugnant is that the National Rifle Association didn’t immediately distance itself from her. As far as I am concerned, until or unless they do, the National Rifle Association is guilty by association, and they, too, are anti-Christian.
~ Brendan Diamond on Democratify

Some were embarrassed (again) for Alaska:

Not everyone from Wasilla agrees with Sarah Palin. I feel it is important for my reputation as a human being who grew up in Wasilla, AK to take a stand. My family and I moved to Alaska in the early 70's. I went to public school in Wasilla from 1st through 12th grade, and I graduated from Wasilla High School in 1986. During that time, I was also a Blue Bird, a Camp Fire Girl, a Rainbow girl, a member of the First Presbyterian Church ...
There is Nothing in my upbringing in Wasilla that ever promoted or tolerated the idea that it is ok, good, or necessary to torture anyone.
. . . Furthermore, combining the acts of water-boarding (torture) and baptism (a sacred spiritual ritual) is an idea so reprehensible it could be used as a theme in Game of Thrones.
~ Rdeforrest on Daily Kos

For Most on the Left, this is just Palin being Palinesque:

"President" Palin would baptize terrorists with torture. The adoring NRA says Yeah!. Revolting. #UniteBlue #PDMFNB http://t.co/GMCKGA9QJc

— Claire Conner (@wrappedinflag) April 27, 2014

Sarah Palin is giving out waterboards to any Terrorist willing to get baptistized......

— Rhode Island Mike (@littlemaclarge) April 28, 2014

It's disgusting the way Sarah Palin and Sean Hannity are trying to appeal to people who like Sarah Palin and Sean Hannity.
— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) April 29, 2014

#BloodLibel; "#waterboarding is how we #baptize #terrorists.” #Palin endorses hate of "The Other" thru faith & practice of Christian rites.

— KatieAnnieOakly (@KatieAnnieOakly) April 28, 2014

#SarahPalin at rally says "Waterboarding is how we #baptize terrorists," illustrating how to misuse metaphors. English teachers in uprage.

— Hard Case (@realrickdelta) April 29, 2014

Breaking News: Coulter tells Palin : "Damn girl! Even I'M not as horrific as you!" #WaitForIt
— Dorian Sage © (@Dorian_Sage) April 29, 2014

He's probably trying to process the recent @SarahPalinUSA remarks about waterboarding! pic.twitter.com/z3L6IfmH6b
— Rosemary (@RichfieldRose) April 29, 2014

Soledad O'Brien Calls Out Tea Party Leader

Complete Transcript Here

O'BRIEN: Amy, let me ask you a question. Because someone sent to me this tweet -- I swear to God I can't see anything anymore -- that you sent out at the end of August at 10:55 p.m. "Huge difference between Mitt Romney and Barack Obama is that Mitt loves America. We need a president that loves this country." I think that's from -- I missed this one, but someone forwarded it to me.

Do you think that President Obama doesn't love this country? What does that mean?


KREMER: I think that he is more about a global -- being a global -- oh, what's the word? Being more one world, global, with you know other countries and it's not about the shining city on the hill, the greatness that has always been America that our founding fathers were about. I do believe that. I -- I mean, I absolutely believe it. I'm not going to run from that.

Look, I mean, President Obama, and I know I'm going to take a lot of heat for this, but he's never run anything. Mitt Romney, you asked me what is the case for Mitt Romney, Mitt Romney time and time again has taken companies that are failing and turned them around to make them successful.

I mean, he turned the Salt Lake City Olympics around. He ran the state of Massachusetts. Because what I'm saying is we are -- we are failing. We are about to go off this fiscal cliff. And we need somebody that can turn it around.

President Obama has not turned it around. I'm sorry he hasn't --

. . . O'BRIEN: I just never understand what any of that has to do with loving the nation. I mean, I honestly, I always feel like that's a code word for something else.



(CROSSTALK)

KREMER: I just I mean, I don't feel like he is --

NUTTER: What is the basis for questioning the President's love for this country? How can you say that?

KREMER: I just I don't believe that he loves America the way that we do.

NUTTER: Based on what? We who?

KREMER: He is more about one world -- I mean more about --

NUTTER: What does that mean?

KREMER: I just explained it to you.

NUTTER: Well, clearly, I'm not understanding.



KREMER: Well, I mean, don't know how else to explain it.

LIZZA: His foreign policy -- his foreign policy that you look at it and say, oh that's Obama wants America to be gone and he wants one world?

KREMER: I mean we are not leading. We're waiting on others to tell us what to do. That's never been the American way.

. . . O'BRIEN: But people didn't care about foreign policy. I guess my question is, when I hear somebody say that someone doesn't love the country, and you know I'm very susceptible to the dog whistle thing.

KREMER: The what?

O'BRIEN: That dog whistle that there is a message in that. When someone says that somebody doesn't love the country and you're talking about the President I just find that to be a very odd comment.

KREMER: I don't believe -- I mean look, we're sitting -- I mean we're sitting here, is our goal really in this administration to be the leader that we always have been, to be that shining city on the hill?

(CROSSTALK)

O'BRIEN: What does that have to do with love for your country? Mitt loves his country and President Obama doesn't?

KREMER: If you love this country and you want to restore our heritage and that sort of thing, you go out there and you lead. You don't wait on others to tell you what to do. And you take those bold steps. I mean, I don't think that that's what the objective of this administration is.

O'BRIEN: So I'm going to stop you there.


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Let me say this loud & clear, any1 tht wnts 2 fundamentally transform America instead of restoring her 2 greatness doesn't luv this country.

— Amy Kremer (@AmyKremer) September 4, 2012

All of u attacking me cuz I don't think @barackobama luvs this country. Y don't u focus on his record...if he is so good 4 us? #justsayin

— Amy Kremer (@AmyKremer) September 4, 2012

@amykremer do u know how backwards that statement sounds. Racism, genocide, slavery...all part of America's past "greatness". #dumb

— James J. Bryant (@Jaybry77) September 4, 2012

This debate abt who Love's America is dangerous RT @ryanlizza: Here's that video of me @soledad_obrien + @amykremer on.cnn.com/OKVQG4

— JamalSimmons (@JamalSimmons) September 4, 2012

@soledad_obrien please, for the sake of all intelligent women, do not invite Amy Kremer back on your show she is so STUPID,a Sarah wannabe!

— Kathy Miller (@bunnyfarrell) September 5, 2012

"If you are a dumbass, it's probably a bad idea to agree to be interviewed by Soledad O'Brien." jezebel.com/5940717/soleda…

— just julie (@vintagegoddess) September 5, 2012

This Tea Party chick on Soledad O'Brien's show is full of garbage. Who tf are you to question the presidents patriotism?

— LunarSkye (@LunarSkye) September 4, 2012

Soledad O'Brien is a fine journalist. But #CNN continues to give a voice to the Tea Party. I'm a man w/o a morning show. Woe is me.

— BarryThomas Goldberg (@barrytgoldberg) September 4, 2012

Speaker Boehner Says Romney Not Lovable

Speaker of the House John Boehner made these remarks at a fundraiser in Wheeling, West Virginia, on June 30th.

Via Roll Call

The Ohio Republican made the remarks when an unidentified woman asked during a question-and-answer session: “Can you make me love Mitt Romney?”

“No,” Boehner said. “Listen, we’re just politicians. I wasn’t elected to play God. The American people probably aren’t going to fall in love with Mitt Romney. I’ll tell you this: 95 percent of the people that show up to vote in November are going to show up in that voting booth, and they are going to vote for or against Barack Obama.

“Mitt Romney has some friends, relatives and fellow Mormons ... some people that are going to vote for him. But that’s not what this election is about. This election is going to be a referendum on the president’s failed economic policies.

“Mitt Romney believes, just like we do, that if we’re going to get the economy back, if we’re going to put the American people back to work, we need to fix the tax code, we need to stop the regulatory juggernaut that’s going on in Washington and we need to fix our economy. Solid guy, he’s going to do a great job, even if you don’t fall in love with him.”

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. . . if a weepy romantic like Boehner isn't even going to bother trying to convince you that Mitt might just be the man of your dreams, then it's obviously time to admit that you settled and get on with it. Sure, you can make like Rupert Murdoch and get all publicly pouty, but what's the point? Your fate is sealed, forever intertwined with that of a humor-challenged robot whose religion probably weirds you out. On the plus side, he is very rich, and he's got a great head of hair.
~ New York Magazine

It's sad that his kind of money can't buy love. All he has to show for it are mom jeans and cringe-inducing endorsements.
~ comment on New York Mag by thasswhatImtalkinbout

[blink]
[pause]
[blink blink]
HOW long has this guy been in politics?
I mean, it's just 'effing amazing at this point -- it's like they've completely lost track of the concept of inner thoughts vs. speech.
~ comment by kenlac on Daily Kos

Hopefully they will fall in hate with Rmoney instead!
~ comment by ChemBob on Daily Kos

How can Boehner not be charmed by the extraterrestrial from Kolob?
~ comment by spunhard on Daily Kos

To me ...Romney is Our Idiot Brother, and Obama is The King's Speech. You can spend all the money in the world. If you've got a bad product, it doesn't matter.
~ Movie Producer and Obama money-raiser Harvey Weinstein on Rachel Maddow

The ballots will read:
Obama _____
Romney....I guess _____ sigh
~ comment by SirenforSanity on Huffington Post

Maybe Pawlenty would add charisma to the ticket...
I'm laughing so hard it took like a full minute to type it.
Which raises the larger question...who in the whole darn party now is likable??
~ comment by secular666 on Huff Post

Amazing: Boehner flushes Mitt: huff.to/MaWZUl . Is it too late to draft someone?

— Howard Fineman (@howardfineman) July 7, 2012

Ringing endorsement: John Boehner says, "The American people probably aren’t going to fall in love with Mitt Romney." j.mp/L8gb97

— The Democrats (@TheDemocrats) July 7, 2012

Whoa. RT @j_strong Boehner at fundraiser: besides his "friends, relatives and fellow Mormons," no one loves Mitt Romney rollcall.com/issues/58_1/Jo…

— Andrew Kaczynski (@BuzzFeedAndrew) July 7, 2012

@BreitbartFeed What the hell is Boehner doing? Trying to sabotage Mitt and have some plausible deniability? Bastard!

— Kyle Becker (@RogueOperator1) July 8, 2012

RT @Jennyablue: @geoff9cow @MrsG9cow @LilMissSocial @rkell How fun that Boehner is helping Dems take down Mittless/ stupid is as stupid does

— Jeanne (@LilMissSocial) July 8, 2012

Americans aren't going to love Mitt Romney, he's kind of like John Kerry without the charisma or achievements, but vote for him

— Jack Kimble (@RepJackKimble) July 8, 2012

Think of voting for Romney as an arranged marriage.You'll learn to love him in time

— Jack Kimble (@RepJackKimble) July 8, 2012

@WolfrumForcing people to love Mitt Romney really brings new meaning to the word mandate.

— T. (@TPPratt) July 7, 2012

We agree with Speaker Boehner: "The American people probably aren’t going to fall in love with Mitt Romney." ow.ly/c5f4d #ncpol

— NC Democratic Party (@NCDemParty) July 7, 2012

Boehner: "I can't make you love a robotic, unfeeling, cowardly, flip-flopping, draft-dodging, tax-evading #ChickenMittens". #Romney #tcot

— Barracks O'Bama (@P0TUS) July 7, 2012

What Boehner is saying is what most Republicans think. Romney may be Mormon, but at least he is white.

— Mike Vanriel (@MikeVanriel2) July 7, 2012

"Our hope is that most will...go ahead and vote for [Romney] in spite of the fact that he's a Mormon" - Paige Patterson ht.ly/c5cUZ

— Tripp Hudgins (@anglobaptist) July 7, 2012

Boehner: "I can't make you love a Mormon bishop who screws poor people & baptizes dead people, but hey, we have to get that Black Man out."

— Dean Leh (@DeanLeh) July 7, 2012

billionaires bigots boehner & mormons will vote mitt in november but that is not a winning coalition politico.com/blogs/burns-ha… via @POLITICO

— roger smith (@smithie1) July 8, 2012

Maybe we aren't in Stepford anymore? huff.to/RDsAlN

— Mikey M (@frelling_cute) July 8, 2012

@davidaxelrod To be fair, no one loves John Boehner either.

— L'Etat C'est Moi (@letat_lechat) July 8, 2012

Now I feel weird like I'm the only one in love with Mitt Romney.

— Jon Lovett (@jonlovett) July 7, 2012

RT @RawStory: Boehner: People probably won’t love Romney is.gd/LnEAWy - important to "love" a president?

— Scott Smith (@scotcha1) July 8, 2012

Someone please shut this pansy up! / Boehner: I can't make you love Mitt Romney - Political Hotsheet cbsnews.com/8301-503544_16… via @CBSNews

— Anthony Reed (@AZMatador) July 8, 2012

Why not just nominate Ron Paul instead? Nobody is enthusiastic about Romney. Ron Paul at least has a chance to win in the general election. The Romney campaign is DOA.
~ comment by madonato on CBS News

No one, possibly even Romney, can tell who he is, what he is, what he stands for, and what he would do in the Executive Office. No one should,or can, love a will-o'-the-wisp ghostly light in the night, some smoke, an intangible, shifty phony.
~ comment by haturner on CBS News

Mr. Banner,
There's a reason you can't get people to love Mr. Mitt. It's because they fear he will do the same thing that the Republican George W. did to our country - destroy the economy. Mr. Barack pulled us from the brink of disaster and you can't handle that.
~ comment by shurch4truth on CBS News

Sure they will love Romney.
These are the same idiots that nominated Palin.
~ comment by Post Away on CBS News

i'm waiting to see who makes the ballot.
~ comment by torchbearer on the Ron Paul Forums

With respect--John Boehner is wrong. I love the fact that Mitt Romney isn't Obama...We're not electing him to be well liked--you can always get a dog for that.
~ comment by lleone on Breitbart

Boehner has such a knack for rolling over and giving in--an establishment weasel
~ comment by Scoobydu on Breitbart

Boehner is a Marxist. He couldn't even pass a repeal of the light bulb ban because of all the Marxists in the RINOpublican party who bought into the Global Warming scam.
~ comment by Beekaaay on Breitbart

WTF is Boehner using for brains? Tapioca pudding? Good grief! Thanks for sticking the old shiv right between the ribs there, Boner. Romney is a highly likable guy. The problem is, the Old Media is making him out to be a bad guy no one likes. A vulture. A vampire. A capitalist running dog. Romney has to fight that false image every day. And now Boner comes out and parrots Old Media's propaganda? Whose side is Boner on anyway? Tell me the Chicago thug political machine hasn't flipped Boner the way they did Roberts.
~ comment by POGO13 on Breitbart