Sen. Barbara Boxer announces she won't seek re-election

Barbara has been a super power for the people for years. It will be sad to see her go.

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In a message on her website, Sen. Boxer (D-CA) made it clear that she is not retiring completely from politics, “I am never going to retire. The work is too important, but I will not be running for the Senate in 2016. I’m going to continue working on the issues that I love. I’ll have more time to help other people through my PAC For Change community. I have to make sure this Senate seat stays progressive. That is so critical, and I want to help our Democratic candidate for president make history. But you know what? I want to come home. I want to come home to the state that I love so much, California.”

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Listen to Carly Fiorina Speak on Gay Marriage

In the Senate debate between Barbara Boxer and Carly Fiorina, Miss False Face Fiorina had the nerve to talk about the overturn of Prop 8, see here:

More GetEQUAL heckling Foolishness

Great Hera!
Kip Williams from GetEQUAL thought it would be cute to heckle Obama on DADT. He wasn't received very well for his act.


And Kip was arrested. Seems like that's all they ever get accomplished in their 'fight'.

My thoughts on GetEQUAL's protest

So after I thought about it, I realized the GetEQUAL protest may have done more harm than good yesterday.

I'll explain bullet point style:

• There were not enough folks representing GetEQUAL. However, there were many LGBT fam at the event, supporting Obama and Sen. Boxer.
• The heckling at Obama sent many messages that hurt GetEQUAL's credibility. The crowd labeled GetEQUAL as a Tea Party group, misinformed party and a secret GOP group. I'm sure that wasn't GetEQUAL's intentions, but that's the message they sent.
• This was not a LGBT event, so people viewed this as a myopic rant. The message people got was (what I was told) DADT must be the only issue around. I corrected that, but I believed the damage was already done.
• This protest was poorly planned, again look at the pics I posted.
• Obama is NOT the enemy! Please attack the true villains of DADT.
• When the crowd drowned out the DADT chants, GetEQUAL should've took the hint.
• The onlookers were members of South Central community (mostly Black and Latino). This didn't help the major issues between these communities at all.
• Perhaps if GetEQUAL gathered other speakers and orgs, a clear, stronger message could've been sent.

I urge GetEQUAL to rethink their protest strategy. This protest didn't really move them in a strong place. They were dismissed as teabaggers.

I also encourage GetEQUAL to work with others and actually plan stuff out. This broke version of protesting is, well, broke. Get it together and try again.

Oh, and get more people.

WATCH Obama being Heckled by GetEQUAL, and Championed by his Supporters

There were 6 members of GetEQUAL heckling him. However, the crowd drowned them out.

The crowd also included gays who highly support Obama

Interesting Times, Interesting Times

GetEQUAL Protest in L.A.

I went to the GetEQUAL protest of Obama today. Since it was just a block from work, I walked down.

Here are some pics

Apparently, there were some heckling at Obama. I missed that. Also, the protesters said they were kicked out the protest circle by Obama. But the cops said they were the ones who kicked them out.

As you can see, not a lot of folks showed up. I was hoping to see more peeps here.

Sen. Boxer introduces COBRA benefits bill for domestic partners

This weekend, Sen. Barbara Boxer presented the Equal Access to COBRA Act. This will give many domestic partners the same access married spouses have to COBRA health coverage if their partner is lose their job.

The law would apply to companies that already offer health coverage to domestic partners and their children. Currently, more than half of Fortune 500 companies cover domestic partners under their health plans.

Boxer said, “This is a question of fairness: Every family deserves access to health insurance, especially in this tough economy. This bill ensures that domestic partners and their families will have equal access to health coverage after a job loss.”

This is good. Well done, Sen. Boxer. I hope this passes.

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NOM Continues to waste money in Cali-Cal

NOM won't give up!

There are attacking Republican Senate candidate Tom Campbell and Democratic Senator Barbara Boxer for their support for... You guessed it, Gay Marriage!

Here's the ad

Senator Barbara Boxer on the Rachel Maddow Show