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Dan Savage offers one of the better commentaries on Prop 8 we’ve seen. [YouTube via Andrew Sullivan]

Outspoken Jesus-Christers James Dobson (Focus on the Family), Tony Perkins (Family Research Council) and Richard Viguerie (ten million emails/day to anyone who might be conservative and might have a credit card) are teaming up and combining their powers to summon their own Captain Planet, only with less saving the Earth through recycling and more bringing about Armageddon. And, uh, most importantly, not being thrice-married cross-dressing abortion-supporting Rudy Giuliani. MORE »

Gentlemen, start your praying!

“Did you know, ladies and gentlemen, that every day we inflict on ourselves another 9/11?”
-Gary Bauer

It was certainly news to us, but not to the thousand or so people watching with rapt attention the funny little man behind the podium at the Family Research Council’s (or FRC Action, their lobbying arm) “Washington Briefing” (or “Values Voters Summit“) last weekend. Gary Bauer — former head of the FRC ’til he pissed off the Christian Right by running for president, having an adultery scandal, and endorsing John McCain in 2000 — was the prodigal nutcase, welcomed with open arms as he riled the crowd up with stirring rhetoric that, unfortunately, came from a guy who looks and sounds like Radar from M*A*S*H.

The conference lasted all weekend, and we were at, uh, part of it. Exciting coverage of Gary, Ann Coulter, Newt Gingrich, and yes, future United States Senator Katherine Harris (complete with pictures from Liz Gorman, Intrepid and Creeped Out Girl Reporter), is after the jump.

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• Cheney makes early morning visit to the hospital after experiencing shortness of breath. [AP]
• Republican Reps. John Boehner (Ohio) and Roy Blunt (MO.) launch aggressive campaigns to succeed Rep. Tom DeLay as majority leader; the race “will highlight the internal divisions among Republicans on a variety of topics, including immigration, at a time when the party’s discipline has been fraying and Mr. Bush has had trouble holding thin legislative majorities together.” [NYT, USAT, WT]
• Democrats are expected to use Judge Samuel Alito’s memos regarding abortion against him. Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.): “The worst thing that could happen with Judge Alito is if he tries to duck the question.” [WP, NYT, USAT, USAT]
• Speaker Hastert (R-Ill.) says congress will soon tighten regulations on lobbying: “Now is the time for action.” [WP, WP, WSJ, LAT]

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