Update: Following Rendell Smack, Obama ‘Mans Up’ on Gay Marriage
Whoa. President Obama has heard you loud and clear, and he has come out in favor of same-sex marriage. He gave an interview today to ABC News’ Robin Roberts and said as much. The interview will appear tomorrow on Good Morning America and ensures Obama will not officially be the last Democrat presidential candidate to fight against same-sex marriage. Here’s...
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Ed Rendell Tells Obama to ‘Man Up’ on Gay Marriage
After Vice President Joe Biden told the world he was “comfortable” with gay marriage on Sunday, a number of people in the media and elsewhere have noted President Barack Obama should perhaps clarify his position on marriage equality. The issue was discussed earlier today on MSNBC, where former Pennsylvania Governor/Philadelphia Mayor and current cable news...
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Ed Rendell Sends Out Last Minute Request for AG Candidate Pat Murphy
Kathleen Kane’s internal polls may say she’s ahead in the race for Attorney General, but her opponent, former Pennsylvania Congressman Patrick Murphy, is pulling out all the stops the day before the election. Already endorsed by a number of Philly politicians, like Mayor Nutter and District Attorney Seth Williams, Murphy’s latest email is a request from...
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DAILY GRINDER: Philly Pols Jump in Attorney General Campaign for TV Ad
I endorse candidates for higher office now, too! A new Patrick Murphy for Attorney General Campaign ad touts endorsements from some Philly Phaithful, like Mayor Michael Nutter, District Attorney Seth Williams and former Gov. Ed Rendell. Those are some big endorsements, especially when compared to his opponent, Kathleen Kane, who’s only got the support of…Bill...
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DAILY GRINDER: Santorum Drops Out After Porn Industry Pressure
I'll get your children where you can't protect them: Their dreams! Sweet headline, right? It’s like reading something at a Fox News-owned website. Technically true but utterly false! [For the record, as we blogged yesterday, the porn industry decided to take on Rick Santorum’s statements that he’d attempt to ban hardcore pornography with a mass-masturbation...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Priest May Have ‘Stalked’ Kid
A former Catholic High School student testified yesterday that Rev. Francis Trauger, who allegedly was shipped to several churches in part of the vast Philadelphia priest cover-up currently being tried in court, stalked him as a teenager. Trauger is not on trial, but the story is being used to show Monsignor Lynn, who is on trial, covered up the incidents. Speaking...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Nutter Calls Trayvon Martin’s Death “An Assassination”
Mayor Nutter went on MSNBC on Sunday to speak about the Trayvon Martin killing in Sanford, Florida. “I’ve called this nothing short of an assassination,” Nutter said. “This individual Zimmerman followed Trayvon for some period of time. Trayvon was not a threat to him.” There is a candlelight vigil for Martin tonight at 6:30 p.m. in Love...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Treasury Subpoenas Rendell’s Records
Investigators from the U.S. Treasury Department have subpoenaed records related to payments former Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell has accepted for public speaking engagements on behalf of the People’s Mujhadeen of Iran, a group of Iranian dissidents the State Department has listed as a terrorist group. Rendell and others, including Republicans, have long...
Continue ReadingGov. Corbett on Approving Arlen Specter Library Funds: ‘I Felt I Had To’
Gov. Tom Corbett is finally getting around to that campaign promise he made regarding the wasteful Arlen Specter library. Problem is, he’s on the other side of the issue now. Sorta. “I did approve the Specter library,” he told reporters in Harrisburg this week. “I wish I didn’t have to, but I felt I had to.” Remember the Arlen Specter library? No?...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Liquor ‘Privatization’ becomes ‘Modernization’
Just as everyone suspected, the state General Assembly is slowly backing off any attempts to privatize the state’s alcohol system in favor of what they’re all calling “modernization.” Which essentially means, “doing our job…better.” Sort of like the (fingers crossed) City Council bill that’d force the Philadelphia Parking Authority to do the...
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