Comments on: More On the SDEC Meeting http://www.queervoice.net/kmcmullen/2006/08/26/more-on-the-sdec-meeting/ Suburban Housewife Gone Bad Wed, 09 Jul 2008 02:14:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Birmingham Blues » Blog Archive » Get Your Gay On, Larry http://www.queervoice.net/kmcmullen/2006/08/26/more-on-the-sdec-meeting/#comment-238808 Birmingham Blues » Blog Archive » Get Your Gay On, Larry Fri, 30 May 2008 04:27:45 +0000 http://www.queervoice.net/kmcmullen/2006/08/26/more-on-the-sdec-meeting/#comment-238808 [...] won’t give anything away here, except to say that a certain exceedingly homophobic staffer will not be [...] [...] won’t give anything away here, except to say that a certain exceedingly homophobic staffer will not be [...]

]]> By: Birmingham Blues » Blog Archive » Fun with Numbers http://www.queervoice.net/kmcmullen/2006/08/26/more-on-the-sdec-meeting/#comment-202721 Birmingham Blues » Blog Archive » Fun with Numbers Tue, 12 Feb 2008 20:37:03 +0000 http://www.queervoice.net/kmcmullen/2006/08/26/more-on-the-sdec-meeting/#comment-202721 [...] story, Langford enforcer, radio talker, and payoff recipient Frank Matthews (he of the famed “n*ggers and gays” tirade) went ballistic on local radio host Matt Murphy when Murphy asked him about said payoff. [...] [...] story, Langford enforcer, radio talker, and payoff recipient Frank Matthews (he of the famed “n*ggers and gays” tirade) went ballistic on local radio host Matt Murphy when Murphy asked him about said payoff. [...]

]]> By: Birmingham Blues » Blog Archive » Frank Matthews Is So Funny http://www.queervoice.net/kmcmullen/2006/08/26/more-on-the-sdec-meeting/#comment-102042 Birmingham Blues » Blog Archive » Frank Matthews Is So Funny Sat, 31 Mar 2007 00:35:48 +0000 http://www.queervoice.net/kmcmullen/2006/08/26/more-on-the-sdec-meeting/#comment-102042 [...] Today, a source (not Valerie Abbott) showed me an email Ms. Abbott received this week from Frank Matthews.  Mr. Matthews is a local talk radio personality and perpetual candidate who, you may recall, made a complete ass of himself after last summer’s State Democratic Executive Committee meeting.  He was unhappy because the delegates confirmed Patricia Todd’s election victory in Birmingham’s District 54 and stormed out of the meeting room — shoving, swearing, and yelling at the top of his lungs about “n*ggers and gays”.  He vowed to mount a write-in campaign against Patricia, but for some reason it just never happened. [...] [...] Today, a source (not Valerie Abbott) showed me an email Ms. Abbott received this week from Frank Matthews.  Mr. Matthews is a local talk radio personality and perpetual candidate who, you may recall, made a complete ass of himself after last summer’s State Democratic Executive Committee meeting.  He was unhappy because the delegates confirmed Patricia Todd’s election victory in Birmingham’s District 54 and stormed out of the meeting room — shoving, swearing, and yelling at the top of his lungs about “n*ggers and gays”.  He vowed to mount a write-in campaign against Patricia, but for some reason it just never happened. [...]

]]> By: BREAKING: Patricia Todd to Represent HD 54 » Doc’s Political Parlor http://www.queervoice.net/kmcmullen/2006/08/26/more-on-the-sdec-meeting/#comment-82920 BREAKING: Patricia Todd to Represent HD 54 » Doc’s Political Parlor Sun, 04 Feb 2007 13:56:36 +0000 http://www.queervoice.net/kmcmullen/2006/08/26/more-on-the-sdec-meeting/#comment-82920 [...] Update (4:50 pm): Kathy at Birmingham Blues has more. [...] [...] Update (4:50 pm): Kathy at Birmingham Blues has more. [...]

]]> By: EchoBooming in Birmingham » pop goes my ear drum http://www.queervoice.net/kmcmullen/2006/08/26/more-on-the-sdec-meeting/#comment-43642 EchoBooming in Birmingham » pop goes my ear drum Thu, 31 Aug 2006 19:50:13 +0000 http://www.queervoice.net/kmcmullen/2006/08/26/more-on-the-sdec-meeting/#comment-43642 [...] Thankfully while I was out of town the Alabama Democratic Party (or what’s left of it) Did The Right Thing© and upheld Patricia Todd’s election to the House District 54 seat. Read more about the near debacle here and here. [...] [...] Thankfully while I was out of town the Alabama Democratic Party (or what’s left of it) Did The Right Thing© and upheld Patricia Todd’s election to the House District 54 seat. Read more about the near debacle here and here. [...]

]]> By: Fred Fnord http://www.queervoice.net/kmcmullen/2006/08/26/more-on-the-sdec-meeting/#comment-43141 Fred Fnord Tue, 29 Aug 2006 03:59:49 +0000 http://www.queervoice.net/kmcmullen/2006/08/26/more-on-the-sdec-meeting/#comment-43141 > We’ve been celebrating and rehashing a bit (no alcohol involved — at least not > yet — I still have to drive back to Birmingham). Watch the rehashing, hash is even worse to drive on than alcohol. ;) > I guess he was assuming that all her supporters are gay and that he might > catch it. I could have reassured him that no one there had any desire to touch > him. Are you kidding? If I were there, I'd've walked right up and licked the man. *sluuuuurp*. Hypocrisy is delicious. -fred > We’ve been celebrating and rehashing a bit (no alcohol involved — at least not
> yet — I still have to drive back to Birmingham).

Watch the rehashing, hash is even worse to drive on than alcohol. ;)

> I guess he was assuming that all her supporters are gay and that he might
> catch it. I could have reassured him that no one there had any desire to touch
> him.

Are you kidding? If I were there, I’d've walked right up and licked the man. *sluuuuurp*. Hypocrisy is delicious.

-fred

]]> By: Kathy http://www.queervoice.net/kmcmullen/2006/08/26/more-on-the-sdec-meeting/#comment-43079 Kathy Mon, 28 Aug 2006 21:02:56 +0000 http://www.queervoice.net/kmcmullen/2006/08/26/more-on-the-sdec-meeting/#comment-43079 I got the impression that no funds were coming in to the DNC, which is one reason Gov. Dean was paying such close attention to the outcome. I got the impression that no funds were coming in to the DNC, which is one reason Gov. Dean was paying such close attention to the outcome.

]]> By: Phoenix Woman http://www.queervoice.net/kmcmullen/2006/08/26/more-on-the-sdec-meeting/#comment-43075 Phoenix Woman Mon, 28 Aug 2006 19:29:32 +0000 http://www.queervoice.net/kmcmullen/2006/08/26/more-on-the-sdec-meeting/#comment-43075 Does the "no funds were coming in" comment mean than Dean got tough and held up funding until they did the right thing? That's how I've seen it interpreted, but I haven't seen anything to verify this. Does the “no funds were coming in” comment mean than Dean got tough and held up funding until they did the right thing? That’s how I’ve seen it interpreted, but I haven’t seen anything to verify this.

]]> By: Phoenix Woman http://www.queervoice.net/kmcmullen/2006/08/26/more-on-the-sdec-meeting/#comment-43074 Phoenix Woman Mon, 28 Aug 2006 19:24:52 +0000 http://www.queervoice.net/kmcmullen/2006/08/26/more-on-the-sdec-meeting/#comment-43074 Wow. Now I hope that Patricia and the local black community -- which apparently was played against her by certain pols who felt entitled to what they saw as a historically "black" seat -- can and will work together. From what I've seen of Patricia, I think that this is very likely. Wow. Now I hope that Patricia and the local black community — which apparently was played against her by certain pols who felt entitled to what they saw as a historically “black” seat — can and will work together. From what I’ve seen of Patricia, I think that this is very likely.

]]> By: Jeremy http://www.queervoice.net/kmcmullen/2006/08/26/more-on-the-sdec-meeting/#comment-43006 Jeremy Sun, 27 Aug 2006 21:25:19 +0000 http://www.queervoice.net/kmcmullen/2006/08/26/more-on-the-sdec-meeting/#comment-43006 Cool. Nice to DNC realizes what bad publicity this is. I was just waiting to get mocked next week on the Daily Show, etc because Alabama acted, like, well, Alabama. Cool. Nice to DNC realizes what bad publicity this is. I was just waiting to get mocked next week on the Daily Show, etc because Alabama acted, like, well, Alabama.

]]>