The Gay Thing: Three Perspectives on Russian Olympics

The issue of Vladimir Putin's draconian anti-gay laws and the upcoming Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia are bubbling out beyond the blogosphere into the mainstream. Below are three clips from MSNBC on Wednesday night, with Harvey Fierstein, Dan Savage and Greg Louganis.  Harvey and Dan took Chris Hayes to task for omissions from a previous story, so it was pretty cool that he had them on for their rebuttals. And Louganis talked to Lawrence O'Donnell, with a bit less edge. All are interesting, so if you don't know much about this particular kerfuffle, here's a way to get a few different perspectives on it.
 

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President Obama on The Tonight Show starring Jay Leno

I've never been much of a Jay Leno fan, having probably seen his version of The Tonight Show maybe a dozen times in the two-plus decades it's been on the air. But this was a pretty good interview, and I think the president came off very well too.

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President Obama chats with Jay Leno -- and middle America


For the past few months, Jay Leno’s decided President Barack Obama makes for a good joke.
That’s a problem for the White House — one that the president came here Tuesday trying to fix. . .

Read more: Politico

Mitt Romney Sings at Britain's Olympics Opening Ceremony!

Yes, it's Rocky Mountain Mike again. I'm double-dipping, but this is hilarious. . .

Quote of the Day: On Mitt Romney's "Charm Offensive"

Image from Telegraph UK

"Mitt Romney is perhaps the only politician who could start a trip that was supposed to be a charm offensive by being utterly devoid of charm and mildly offensive." 

--Alex Spillius, Daily Telegraph columnist
  and former Washington correspondent

Meanwhile, on Facebook: Britain Declares, "Mitt the Twit!"

Oh, they are not liking Willard Mitt Romney in England. This is one of many derisive terms for him. Poor Mittens. . .


Image found floating around on Facebook.