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  • November 20, 2008, 11:33 AM

  • It is two weeks since the election of Barack Obama.  It is still true.  It makes me smile every morning.  Then I read the paper about the Armageddon that is our financial system and it harshes my mellow.  But after CA, AZ, FL Prop Hates, it has been a shallow mellow.

    Nothing like a little road trip to get the spirits up.  The night before I left, I joined 16,000 of my closest, maddest friends at a protest at the Mormon Church near Lincoln Center in Manhattan.  The Morons had spent 25 million in support of Prop Hate. Teamed with the Catholic Church, they are like the Hate Fed, bailing out immoral ballot initiatives.   My sign said, “Tax This Church.” Another witty sign said, “Et tu Donnie and Marie?”  My favorite was, “Joseph Smith had 20 wives and I can’t have one.” It felt good to scream.  I saw old friends, but the crowd was mostly young.  And they were ripping mad. 

    I flew on a tiny plane in our unregulated airline industry, to Pittsburgh, the football craziest town I’ve ever been in, and did a show at the University sponsored by the Rainbow Alliance.  The students were still high from election night.  They told stories of the spontaneous partying in the streets on election night and they too were ripping mad about the anti-gay wins. 

    The next night I performed in Alexandria, in the newly blue state of Virginia.   The Group of 20 was in DC and traffic was at a standstill for people trying to get to the show.  The summit had been hastily assembled by our Lame *** who welcomed the participating countries with a feeble speech about free trade. The principles of our economy are sound. Could he leave now?  I had hoped that Carla Bruni, the breathy gorgeous new wife of France’s President Sarkozy would steal away and come to the show. Mais non.

    Tant pis.  The Birchmere is a big sprawling roadhouse of a club and it was wild.  For the last eight years DC residents have been under house arrest.  That night they were free and raucous and ready to party.  The show was a pure joy.  They are past ready for a new administration and are planning to party with millions on Inauguration Day. 

    They too experienced the kick in the gut that was Prop Hate, but seemed cautiously optimistic about not having an avowed homophobe in chief.  Like many other cities they were planning big gay protests for the next day. 

    Like General MacArthur, but much cuter, I promised them I would return. I reminded them, as I remind you now, that the night before the Inauguration of Barack Hussein Obama we are going to meet at the Ellipse at 6pm to sage the bad spirits out of the White House. Be there or be square. 
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By shawn1 December 31, 2008, 1:41 PM

Hi Kate,

Just wanted you to know, since I live in Provincetown and NY, I purchased a bunch of Tracey's PEACE flags for friends as gifts this holiday.  I noticed an article you penned that she attaches to each rainbow flag along with a snippet from the Advocate.  You wrote it several years ago and it could have been yesterday.  How poetic your prophecies turned out to be...sweet justice.  Keep up the important work you do...keep us informed and active in our voices.  See you on the Cape

Shawn

By DMCer December 5, 2008, 1:21 PM

Interesting. And a well written article.Enticing too. It might even be enough to get me to step back onto US soil.

Mmm.

 Please send more information, re the logistics.

Although I'm really not one for crowds, I might jut come.

Michelle Cave

By cicihep November 20, 2008, 7:47 PM

6pm on the 19th at the Ellipse!

We will be there!!!!

Thanks Kate,

T2

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