Wonkette
- The epic Gay vs. Mormon Civil War will now be fought–where else?–on Broadway. Gays have the home advantage, so Mormons will kick off. [AMERICAblog]
- Floridian polyadulterer Tim Mahoney refuses to stop showing up to meetings he wasn’t re-elected to go to. He says he intends to “ride this out,” that is, until it gets clingy and wants to go out to dinner all the time. [TPMMuckraker]
- Mostly embarrassing/formerly respected carpetbagger John McCain accused mostly embarrassing/formerly respected musician Jackson Browne of suing his campaign just for the publicity. Browne apparently put out an album a few months ago, as you are most certainly not aware. [HuffPost]
- Bill Clinton says he’s game to disclose information about his charities’ financial backers–some of them foreign–should this be necessary for Hillary’s vetting. [Daily Beast]
- Look at Saul Anuzis’ hilarious Twitter minutes about some meeting he realized was of course off-the-record. “My bad,” he Twits emoticonically. [Ben Smith]
The Avenue Q/South Park Mormon musical has been in the works for a long while - who knew it would suddenly be timely?
WALNUTS! McCain has just formed a PAC and is running for reelection in 2012, but I am sure his statement about Browne has nothing to do with garnering press for himself.
All my fellow GOP members started sh***ing themselves.
About 15 days ago from txt
In the Gay v. Mormon Civil War, on what side is Gen. George Pickett — He of the long, perfumed, curly locks; West Point “goat” (last in his class) — to be found?
And what do we do with The Saint Robert E. Lee’s pre-Seven Days nickname: “Granny Lee”?
Just asking.
“She [Clinton] is weighing whether she’d rather stay in the Senate to pass the universal health-care program that has been a centerpiece of her public career.” Uh, yeah, rrright.
I’m a gay South-Park loving ex-Mormon, who plays rugby. The idea of a Parker/Stone penned Broadway musical lampooning Mormons, starring the (very hot) dude who played openly gay rugby hero Mark Bingham in the Flight 93 movie, just sent me into a diabetic coma of delight.
All the threads of my life, coming together at last.
This is why I’m so glad my suicide attempt failed at fourteen. It was worth it just for this.
NewSpence: Serendipity makes life worthwhile, always and forevah!
Hmm. I thought the Gay vs. Mormon Civil War had already been fought on Broadway years ago, in Tony Kushner’s “Angels in America.”
I didn’t know, but now I do. Well done Jackson Browne.
NewSpence: I’m glad it failed, also. Think of what you would have missed!
hockeymom: Life is a wonder far, far greater then the little world of religious cosmologies. It just took a while to figure that out.
Although I couldn’t think of a more appropriate song, why on Earth would McCain want to play “Running on Empty” at his rallies?
NewSpence: /Snark Off
Mark Bingham = Real Man.
Under any definition.
And I’d bet a fresh keg of Guiness he was the first guy to break through the cockpit door.
/Snark On
Even if he did play for the San Francisco Fog, that bunch of bloody Rugby Union nancies.
(GO OLD BLUES! CAL RUGBY FOREVER!)
Neilist: I think of a terrorist every time I tackle a Fog player.
NewSpence: :::Sniff:::
“Rugby Union.”
:::Sniff:::
The very idea . . . .
But at least Bingham managed to get in some real play with the Blues, before he went soft.
(Too bad Todd “Let’s Roll” Beamer got all the publicity, rather than a Real Man — even if he was a Fog-ite.
But I guess the idea of a “Revolting HEROIC Faggot” didn’t fit the Bush Administration’s political agenda.)
Henceforth, Barry Obama should decree that all the culture wars be fought on Broadway. It’s only fitting.
Mountain Meadows Massacre, the musical.
Book me in advance.
NewSpence: We would have missed you and your comments, though.
Thanks for sticking around! From all of us Midwestern women of a ‘certain’ age.
And rugby sounds pretty rough. Be careful.
Lots of love! Your mom
S.Luggo: Libretto by Mike Huckabee…
schvitzatura: Wavering between castrati counter-tenor and soprano, Mitt Romney.
But I say this in a good way.
Right.
With Xanadu closing, The Gays need something to see. Me? I’m seeing 13 next week. It is about Mark Foley, isn’t it?
Mormons will kick off? Most mormons I’ve met have elected to receive.
I bet there will be one kick-ass halftime show at the Gays-Mormons game. With apologies to Don McLean:
Gay Pride tried to take the field,
The Mormon Tabernacle Choir refused to yield.