Right Side of the Rainbow http://rightrainbow.com/ News and commentary on law and politics by a right-of-center, gun-owning, gay Texan. en Copyright 2008 Fri, 07 Nov 2008 17:20:29 -0600 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=4.21-en http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Gay scientists isolate Christian gene

]]> http://rightrainbow.com/2008/11/gay-scientists.html http://rightrainbow.com/2008/11/gay-scientists.html Fri, 07 Nov 2008 17:20:29 -0600 Obama won’t soon close Gitmo He can’t. Newsweek explains.

]]> http://rightrainbow.com/2008/11/obama-wont-soon.html http://rightrainbow.com/2008/11/obama-wont-soon.html Fri, 07 Nov 2008 16:10:33 -0600 Republican resurgence already underway Only two days after suffering an electoral rout, the GOP is poised to pick up a U.S. Senate seat in Connecticut.

]]> http://rightrainbow.com/2008/11/republican-resu.html http://rightrainbow.com/2008/11/republican-resu.html Thu, 06 Nov 2008 23:25:37 -0600 A disaster we can be proud of Have a chuckle:

I know there are probably other African-Americans much better qualified and prepared for the presidency. Much, much better qualified. Hundreds, easily, if not thousands, and without any troubling ties to radical lunatics and Chicago mobsters. Gary Coleman comes to mind. But let’s not let that distract us from the fact that Mr. Obama’s election represents a profound, positive milestone in our country’s struggle to overcome its long legacy of racial divisions and bigotry. It reminds us of how far we’ve come, and it’s something everyone in our nation should celebrate in whatever little time we now have left.

]]> http://rightrainbow.com/2008/11/a-disaster-we-c.html http://rightrainbow.com/2008/11/a-disaster-we-c.html Thu, 06 Nov 2008 22:10:49 -0600 Obama supporters kill gay marriage in California Damn Christianists! They’re on a mission from God:

Denise Fernandez, a 57-year-old African-American from Sacramento, said she voted for Obama but felt especially compelled to cast a ballot this year to support Proposition 8.

“I came out because of my religious beliefs. I believe a Christian is held accountable, and we have to make a difference,” Fernandez said.

They won’t let you hire a whore, either.

Why is the Religious Left always imposing its values on people? Jesus!

]]> http://rightrainbow.com/2008/11/obama-supporter.html http://rightrainbow.com/2008/11/obama-supporter.html Thu, 06 Nov 2008 12:55:46 -0600 “Newsweek claims Palin appeared to McCain’s aides in a bath towel” Alas, they mean Sarah, not Todd.

]]> http://rightrainbow.com/2008/11/newsweek-claims.html http://rightrainbow.com/2008/11/newsweek-claims.html Thu, 06 Nov 2008 01:00:42 -0600 Ralph Nader: You know what I wonder? Is Obama an Uncle Tom, that’s what He doesn’t seem to understand the term. An Uncle Tom is servile to The Man. But Obama is The Man.

Anyway, Shep schools him.

]]> http://rightrainbow.com/2008/11/nader-you-know.html http://rightrainbow.com/2008/11/nader-you-know.html Wed, 05 Nov 2008 22:55:05 -0600 “Not even Jesus could satisfy all the expectations of Obama’s most vocal supporters, or fulfill all the promises Obama has made” Steve Den Beste says that, except for “nuclear war between Iran and Israel,” the next four years won’t be as bad as you fear. In fact, they may be downright gratifying:

I would have enjoyed watching lefty heads explode if McCain had won. But we’re going to see lefty heads exploding anyway; it’s just going to take longer.

]]> http://rightrainbow.com/2008/11/not-even-jesus.html http://rightrainbow.com/2008/11/not-even-jesus.html Wed, 05 Nov 2008 22:50:01 -0600 “Possessed of no vision, no principle, no purpose, and no appeal, we deserved our fate” I don’t know if Rep. McCotter’s medicine is right, but his diagnosis is correct.

]]> http://rightrainbow.com/2008/11/possessed-of-no.html http://rightrainbow.com/2008/11/possessed-of-no.html Wed, 05 Nov 2008 18:30:19 -0600 California voters restore ban on gay marriage Proposition 8 passes.

]]> http://rightrainbow.com/2008/11/california-vote.html http://rightrainbow.com/2008/11/california-vote.html Wed, 05 Nov 2008 11:25:11 -0600 Why defeat is good for you Perry de Havilland notes the coming economic calamity and concludes that the GOP has been booted from a burning house:

Looking back on this period ten to twenty years from now, the Republicans crying into their beer tonight will be saying “thank Christ it was not us in office then.”

]]> http://rightrainbow.com/2008/11/why-defeat-is-g.html http://rightrainbow.com/2008/11/why-defeat-is-g.html Wed, 05 Nov 2008 08:15:58 -0600 The 44th president of the United States

Congratulations, sir, and good luck.

And for my fellow conservatives, this:

A prophet is the one who, when everyone else despairs, hopes. And when everyone else hopes, he despairs. You’ll ask me why. It’s because he has mastered the Great Secret: that the wheel turns.

]]> http://rightrainbow.com/2008/11/the-44th-presid.html http://rightrainbow.com/2008/11/the-44th-presid.html Tue, 04 Nov 2008 20:30:43 -0600 “ ... smart young liberals meet a stone-cold scarcity” David Brooks looks ahead.

]]> http://rightrainbow.com/2008/11/-smart-young-li.html http://rightrainbow.com/2008/11/-smart-young-li.html Tue, 04 Nov 2008 12:30:53 -0600 Obama’s military adviser: keep ban on gays Retired Air Force Gen. Merrill McPeak says “don’t ask, don’t tell” should stay.

]]> http://rightrainbow.com/2008/11/obamas-military.html http://rightrainbow.com/2008/11/obamas-military.html Sun, 02 Nov 2008 21:25:16 -0600 If Mason-Dixon is right, McCain can win Are these numbers accurate? If so, they should constipate The One.

For reasons well-explained elsewhere, Obama can win only if he’s polling at or above 50 percent in pre-election surveys. And in all of these closely-fought states, according to Mason-Dixon, he isn’t:

  • Colorado
  • Florida
  • Nevada
  • Pennsylvania
  • Virginia
  • Ohio
  • Missouri
  • North Carolina

Relatedly, TIPP, nearly spot-on in 2004, shows The One leading by only 2 points, and polling below 50 percent nationally:

The race tightened again Sunday as independents who’d been leaning to Obama shifted to McCain to leave that key group a toss-up. McCain also pulled even in the Midwest, moved back into the lead with men, padded his gains among Protestants and Catholics, and is favored for the first time by high school graduates.

I’ll stick with my projection of Obama taking 349 electoral votes. But the warranty on that offer has expired.

Meanwhile, in Pennsylvania, the state GOP is now dropping napalm.

]]> http://rightrainbow.com/2008/11/if-mason-dixon.html http://rightrainbow.com/2008/11/if-mason-dixon.html Sun, 02 Nov 2008 17:10:48 -0600