Roy Ashburn: ‘I’m Gay’

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Roy Ashburn (R-Calif.), the fierce opponent of gay rights who was arrested last week for drunk driving after leaving a gay nightclub, confirmed in a radio interview Monday that he is gay.
Source:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/08/roy-ashburn-im-gay_n_490297.html

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Historian Howard Zinn Dies At Age 87

Howard Zinn, the Boston University historian and political activist who was an early opponent of US involvement in Vietnam and a leading faculty critic of BU president John Silber, died of a heart attack today in Santa Monica, Calif, where he was traveling, his family said.
He was 87.
Source:http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2010/01/howard_zinn_his.html

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Betsy McCaughey resigns as director of medical company

Betsy McCaughey, the healthcare reform opponent who helped tank the Clinton administration’s plans and has been spreading misinformation about the current proposals, has resigned from the board of directors of a medical equipment company.
Source:http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/08/21/mccaughey/

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Health care opponent calls for town hall violence on Twitter

Talking Points Memo reports that a health care protester in New Mexico has been encouraging those following him on Twitter to bring their guns to town hall meetings ? and use them against ACORN and SEIU if provoked.
SEIU, in particular, appears the to be latest boogeyman for the anti-health care protesters.
Source:http://rawstory.com/08/news/2009/08/07/health-care-opponent-calls-for-town-hall-violence-via-twitter/

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GOP sees Franken as top enemy

I dont know if weve ever had an opponent who is so disliked by Republicans as Al Franken, said MN GOP Party Chair Ron Carey, who cautioned that Colemans challenge could still turn the results back his way.
Its one thing to lose to an honorable opponent, but Al Franken is not considered an honorable [...]

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