Personally, Big Mouth is most disappointed in sometime ally Arlen Specter. Considering that Mr. Specter himself admits the amendment will never pass, it seems like the usually free-thinking Senator has decided to play politics and throw his party a bone. Despite his opposition to the amendment, allowing the proposal to leave Committee and open discussion on the Senate floor guarantees that it will become an issue for the November 2006 elections. The disappointment just keeps on mounting and I'm convinced that in the current political climate that we can never consider an elected Republican official an ally; they will always be pandering political pandas. They will always throw queer people and their rights to the dogs the minute their careers are threatened.

Related to this, did anyone see San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom's brilliant interview on Good Morning America this morning? Charlie Gibson asked him some tough questions and he handled it all so well. Instead of the barking and blustering the most pols enjoy floundering into these days, he actually spoke articulately and patriotically about what he believed. I couldn't find a transcript online anywhere, but this article on ABCNews.com has a few quotes from the interview.

And, of course, I once again have to say: don't forget to vote in November. All of this insanity is happening so that the Republican Party can mobilize it's base and prevent the Dirty Thirty from becoming a blood bath of elephantine red.