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The Los Angeles Times had a column yesterday by Steve Lopez that documents the turmoil of a gay marriage opponent.

Well, Christoffersen was a manager at El Coyote, the Beverly Boulevard landmark restaurant that’s always had throngs of customers waiting to get inside. Many of them were gay, and Christoffersen, a devout Mormon, donated $100 in support of Proposition 8, the successful November ballot initiative that banned gay marriage.

She never advertised her politics or religion in the restaurant, but last month her donation showed up on lists of “for” and “against” donors. And El Coyote became a target.

A boycott was organized on the Internet, with activists trashing El Coyote on restaurant review sites. Then came throngs of protesters, some of them shouting “shame on you” at customers. The police arrived in riot gear one night to quell the angry mob.

The mob left, but so did the customers.

Sections of the restaurant have been closed, a manager told me Friday during a very quiet lunch hour. Some of the 89 employees, many of them gay, have had their hours cut, and layoffs are looming. And Christoffersen, who has taken a voluntary leave of absence, is wondering whether she’ll ever again be able to work at the restaurant, which opened in 1931 (at 1st and La Brea) and is owned by her 92-year-old mother.

OH those tolerant folks from the radical Homosexual Lobby – winning hearts and minds.

Intimidtion really works, now doesn’t it?

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The Illinois Legislature convenes in a special session later today to sort out the Governor Rod Blagojevich mess with Barack Obama’s vacant U.S. Senate seat.

Illinois lawmakers return to the Capitol on Monday with plans to disarm and dislodge Democratic Gov. Rod Blagojevich, whose arrest in an alleged attempt to sell President-elect Barack Obama’s U.S. Senate seat has thrown state government up for grabs.

But with Republicans looking to turn the tables on Democrats who control the Statehouse, and disagreement among leaders over whether to proceed with impeachment and how to handle the Senate dilemma, the only certainty on the agenda is chaos.

Blagojevich, arrested Tuesday on charges alleging that he sought bribes for everything from Obama’s Senate seat to state jobs and contracts, met with a prominent defense attorney Sunday but stayed largely out of sight and made no comment about his situation.

In his absence, leading Democrats and Republicans jockeyed for position in a growing battle for the two biggest prizes in state politics: the office of governor and a seat in the U.S. Senate.

The Illinois GOP should remain focused on two goals:

• Impeach Governor Blagojevich
• Enact legislation to enable a special election to replace Barack Obama in the United States Senate.

The rest of the political posturing is just noise and should be ignored.

Thanks to Michelle Malkin for this one.

The radical Arabs could not defeat President Bush in Amerian elections or on the ground in Iraq. So, they throw shoes and celebrate.

It REALLY shows how PATHETIC these folks are.

Thanks to Gateway Pundit for this excellent video. You see, not everyone is throwing shoes at POTUS while peace and democracy comes to Iraq.

The complete video is here.

• McCain Whacks RNC, Defends Obama Over Blagojevich (VIDEO)
  Saying he was confident that information would be made public regarding the president-elect's contacts with the embattled Illinois governor — who is accused of putting up Obama's vacant Senate seat to the highest bidder — McCain urged his Republican colleagues to keep their political priorities in order.

  "I think that the Obama campaign should and will give all information necessary," said the Arizona Republican. "You know, in all due respect to the Republican National Committee and anybody — right now, I think we should try to be working constructively together, not only on an issue such as this, but on the economy stimulus package, reforms that are necessary. And so, I don't know all the details of the relationship between President-elect Obama's campaign or his people and the governor of Illinois, but I have some confidence that all the information will come out. It always does, it seems to me."

  (tags: mccain gop Republican_National_Committee)
• McCain scolds GOP for whacking Obama
  In a surprising rebuke to the warriors who fought for him through tough times, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) on Sunday sided with President-elect Barack Obama and scolded the Republican National Committee for fanning the Illinois corruption scandal.

  On ABC’s “This Week,” host George Stephanopoulos asked: “The chairman of the Republican National Committee, Mike Duncan, has been highly critical of the way President- elect Obama has dealt with this.
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  The Maverick is back. Maybe he should just retire.

  (tags: mccain gop Republican_National_Committee)