Ana Marie Cox Is Liveblogging The SOTU

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Ana Marie Cox Is Liveblogging The SOTU
By: Spencer Ackerman Wednesday January 27, 2010 8:30 pm	Tweet

I’d be remiss if I didn’t point you to Ana Marie Cox’s liveblog for GQ. Like Ice-T with West Coast gangster rap, she practically invented the genre. I dunno if FDL is doing some liveblogging of our own — I would imagine so? — but there’s nothing stopping you from reading both, right?

Update: I wrote this hours ago. I’ll be on al-Jazeera tomorrow morning at 8, by the way. And it’s now 20 minutes before the SOTU, and I just want to note that at least Don’t Ask Don’t Tell is set to end this year. That’s at least some hope for audacity.

Update 2: Can’t forget my girl Megan Carpentier’s Jezebel liveblog. Is Bush still president or something? Air America refugees stand up!

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6 Responses to “Ana Marie Cox Is Liveblogging The SOTU”

endaround January 27th, 2010 at 8:48 pm

Is it really audacious though? I mean yeah the people who are against ending it are really against ending it but ending it is rather popular isn’t it? Now getting it through the Senate will be a tough go but then what isn’t it?

Spencer Ackerman January 27th, 2010 at 10:16 pm

In response to endaround @ 1

I will never diminish any civil rights effort, particularly in a country where one of the major political parties repeatedly persecutes gays.

Endymion January 28th, 2010 at 2:26 am

Thanks for this. Now, do you know what I need to download or whatever to get AMC’s liveblog to actually show up? All I get is a header, a masthead, and a big empty whitespace in the middle.

Peterr January 28th, 2010 at 7:51 am

From Spencer: “I just want to note that at least Don’t Ask Don’t Tell is set to end this year.”

From the link:

President Obama will call for a repeal of the law that forbids openly gay and lesbian people from serving in the military during Wednesday night’s State of the Union address, according to a prepared text of the speech released by the White House.

“This year, I will work with Congress and our military to finally repeal the law that denies gay Americans the right to serve the country they love because of who they are,” Obama will say.

Calling for a repeal is a far cry from “is set to end.” DADT is still in effect, and unless/until Congress repeals it, it is set to continue.

It’s more of a commitment than Obama has made since taking office, but it’s still just words. Nothing is “set” to change yet.

I’ll start cheering when I see Obama start twisting arms to get it passed.

Spencer Ackerman January 28th, 2010 at 9:08 am

In response to Peterr @ 4

Gates and Mullen testify on Tuesday. They will doubtlessly talk about DADT. Gates applauded the mention in Obama’s speech about repeal. All of these things are positive indicators.

Peterr January 28th, 2010 at 12:25 pm

In response to Spencer Ackerman @ 5

Agreed.

But saying DADT is “set to end” is getting ahead of reality.

The carton of milk in my fridge is set to end on Jan 31. That’s going to happen — end of story. But DADT has no end date stamped on it — at least not yet. Obama may be making more definite statements about ending it, as may Gates and Mullen next Tuesday. These are steps that move in the direction of ending it, but there’s nothing carved in stone about it yet.

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