MY SPARKLY UNICORN DELIVERED IT TO ME AFTER THE GLITTER FAIRIES MADE IT WHILE SINGING AND NOW I'M GOING TO TAKE A SHOWER WITH MY MAGIC OTTERS!
I nearly barked with laughter on a [vapid, unnecessary] conference call.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
MY SPARKLY UNICORN DELIVERED IT TO ME AFTER THE GLITTER FAIRIES MADE IT WHILE SINGING AND NOW I'M GOING TO TAKE A SHOWER WITH MY MAGIC OTTERS!
I nearly barked with laughter on a [vapid, unnecessary] conference call.
No Times to be found around me. I have Post, USAToday, WSJ, and Newsday LI Edition - you can get Post and Daily News on many corners.
Frack. The papers are calling Prop 8 as being officially approved.
As happy as I was yesterday, now I am so upset. I was so proud of California just a few months ago. I just don't get it.
As happy as I was yesterday, now I am so upset. I was so proud of California just a few months ago. I just don't get it.
This.
My gay sister, who I was on the phone with as soon as Jon Stewart called the election, just emailed about her dismay over this vote. I want to see the break-down on how this vote happened, how close it was and who the fuck needs their asses kicked.
I was just telling a friend of mine in Orange County, how can it be that we turned so many red places blue, took control of the senate, elected more women than ever, shut down anti-choice measures and elected a black democrat to the highest office in the country, and yet liberal California voted to instill discrimination in their constitution?
Basically, start in San Diego, kick some ass all of the way on your way north til you hit the bay area, have a sammich to regain your energy, then start just north of the Bay Area and kick ass all the way back up and then down the eastern side of the state.
Fuckers.
FWIW, Suzi, it was soundly voted down throughout the entire Bay Area. Santa Clara and Contra Costa counties were the two where it came closest to squeaking through, and even there it only managed a 45% yes vote. The rest of the Bay Area, including Alameda County, was much more lopsided.
I knew it was close, that the inland, small town and farming counties would be heavily for it; I was kind of hoping that the small but sturdy contingent of libertarians and contrarians who show up at every single election and reflexively vote "No" on every single proposition would tip the balance.
Obama was called the winner very early, and there were probably a lot of people in California for whom Prop 8 was significant but not enough to get them to the polls once they knew Obama had won. The kind of people who think equal rights for gays doesn't impact their lives.
I just don't get it.
Honestly, if marriage equality wasn't foremost on my agenda, I'm not sure what part of the "No on 8" campaign would have convinced me. I thought the ads were particularly bad. And, when a major part of your slogan is telling people on the other side that they are wrong, I'm not surprised it was hard to win last-minute converts.
SFGate.com has county by county results for the larger Bay Area, but I'd like to find something that show the statewide results.
Let the legal challenges begin.
Still heartbroken. Stoooopid self-centered, non-tolerant idiots.