Burnt Orange Report

It's nice to finally win something! Jeez - if Kaine couldn't beat Kilgore with the President at 38% in the polls, then it would take nothing short of another Great Depression to get people voting Democratic again!

It's funny how quiet you burnt orange guys get about Prop 2 after the 50 point whuppin' you took yesterday.

That's all you could talk about for weeks. Now after your butts were tanned "burnt red" you get quiet as church mice.

They are wasting our air.

Just goes to show that instead of all of Texas being though insane, only 75 percent of it is really crazy.

Thank God I'm in the 25 percent that actually has some sense!

Get rid of the American Taliban! Yesterday was only the beginning of a new face for America. I only wish Dubya would help out more of his friends.

Another result - Maine beat back a referendum to repeal the inclusion of sexual orientation and gender identity from the state's anti-discrimination laws.

Democrats won in Virginia and New Jersey. Arnie's proposals were resoundly defeated in California. Intelligent design failed to plan far enough ahead to win any school board elections.

Overall, there's plenty for that 75% to be worried about. A law that was already law is now a Super Law. But the tide is still turning, so when that 75% goes around touting victory, they should look at what they're celebrating, and enjoy it -- because over the next decade, there are going to be fewer and fewer victories.

The voters in Maine countered the voters in Texas and said "not here" to discrimination.

And it looks like the Terminator may end up being terminated by the voters as well. Why they voted for him in the first place or even voted to remove Gray Davis is beyond me. Maybe they just didn't see who, and what, was behind it:

http://www.prospect.org/print-friendly/webfeatures/2003/08/blumenthal-m-08-13.html

Our country was hijacked long before those four planes were on 9/11 and the real terrorists are in Washington and in many of our state capitals.

I've spent most of my morning and afternoon (post-classes) at the TCUL's Campaign School, which is very informative and very, very good. As such, I have not yet posted my editorial summary about yesterday's elections. Rawhide, over at Pinkdome, has beaten me to the punch, but in a very good way. I'd encourage those still reading these comments to click on that link at the top of this post and read what he has to say.

I am bewildered why we did not have more uproar over the fact that tax-exempt religious organizations were violating their tax-exempt status by condoning and promoting poposition 2.
the law is clear that 501(c)(3) groups cannot be involved in legislation.
Maybe some of our legal minds can look into having IRS investigate and take some action before the 2006 elections.

We very well could -- but if I were running for an election, my campaign would be over in two seconds if I asked the local DA to go investigate churches.

Not saying it shouldn't be done, or that we shouldn't look into this -- just pointing out the huge difficulty with that suggestion.

Re.: Tom Joes comments,

Churches and non-profit 501(c)(3) corporations may not endorse or support specific candidates for public office, but are permitted to do so in connection with issues and ballot propositions. It's a myth that non-profits cannot be political. The Christian Coalition got their tax-exempt status yanked only because they came to close to supporting republican candidates.

In fact, 501(c)(3)'s are also permitted to lobby provided that total lobby expenses do not exceed 5% of gross revenues; non-profits may actually organize for the purpose of lobbying and file as 501(c)(4)'s.

"Just goes to show that instead of all of Texas being though insane, only 75 percent of it is really crazy.
Thank God I'm in the 25 percent that actually has some sense!"

I see. So, everyone else is out of step, but you?

"We very well could -- but if I were running for an election, my campaign would be over in two seconds if I asked the local DA to go investigate churches. Not saying it shouldn't be done, or that we shouldn't look into this -- just pointing out the huge difficulty with that suggestion."

Yes, political suicide is always an option.