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Spinning Around

In my opinion, when esteemed gay-rights advocates are going along with Bill O'Reilly's phony bash-Obama talking points (his popularity is not sinking, health care is not a "death dance") or even going on his show at all in order to argue their point that President Obama hasn't done enough for the gays, either gay activism or President Obama's gay support has jumped the shark. Or both.

What In God's Name

Prominent doctor George Tiller of Kansas—known to abortion foes as a man whose women's health clinic performed later-term abortions in extreme cases and who was vilified as a murderer by the right wing for the past 20 years—was gunned down in cold blood AT CHURCH today. This story is a microcosm of the abortion argument—the religious nuts who think terminating an unwanted pregnancy is the same as shooting an adult man probably timed this to coincide with today being the anniversary of the 2003 arrest of anti-abortion TERRORIST Eric Rudolph.

Then you have anti-choice crazies Operation Rescue issuing a statement deploring his murder, though they demonized him relentlessly and could not resist mentioning in their statement, "We pray for Mr. Tiller's family that they will find comfort and healing that can only be found in Jesus Christ."

The man's clinic has been bombed and vandalized and he was shot in both arms once before (that lunachick is still imprisoned, thankfully). It was only a matter of time before this happened. Especially with explicit cheerleading from the likes of Bill O'Reilly:

Tiller was charged with performing late-term abortions without consulting a truly independent second source; he was exonerated. That was not good enough for his enemies; he was executed.

They must be desperate, seeing that President Obama will have two, three or more chances to alter the makeup of the Supreme Court. Expect more.

UPDATE: President Obama has denounced Tiller's assassination in no uncertain terms, even as anti-choice leader Randall Terry seems to blow it off and reiterate his side's duty to "protest" abortionists everywhere—including at their churches, which is where Tiller was assassinated.

The Sit And Spin Zone

Via Towleroad: I tend to not post things I think everyone will have seen/heard already, but this is  hysterical to me—I can't believe I never knew that Bill O'Reilly (like former Second Lady Lynne Cheney) once wrote an erotic novel called Those Who Trespass. Even more unbelievably, he read the audio himself, including horrifically bad passages that you might expect from a disgusting jerk who once probably sexually harassed a co-worker.

Jimmy Kimmel took the audio to the streets and got some priceless reactions from unsuspecting listeners. O'Reilly is known for his sneak attacks, but this was carrying things to extremes! I love the old guy who doubts the likelihood that a woman could have two orgasms.

As a bonus, here is Lynne Cheney's dyke-a-licious novel: