Alex Blaze  The Miseducation of America  Filed By Alex Blaze |
December 18, 2010 5:00 PM | comments  Filed in: Media Tags:
Don't Ask Don't Tell, gay rights, log cabin republicans,
misinformation, MSNBC, rachel maddow, study  A clip from Rachel
Maddow's show, where she blames Log Cabin Republicans for
Patrick rachel_maddow.jpgMurphy losing reelection and for the
lack of progress on gay rights generally, is making the rounds
(video is after the jump). Here's the big quote:  If you have
ever wondered how it is that the American public keeps getting
more and more positive about gay rights, but gay actual rights,
policy that affects gay people, lags decades behind that public
acceptance, this is why. Behold what is supposed to be a gay
rights movement siding against Congressman Patrick Murphy. It's
astonishing.  She could have tried to have a real discussion of
the reasons Murphy lost reelection. Just looking at Wikipedia I
found that Michael Fitzpatrick, who beat Murphy, won the 2004
election in that district by