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A Dispatch from Pride Weekend

The crime and folly of the court of Ravenna was expiated a third time by the calamities of Rome. The king of the Goths, who no longer dissembled his appetite for plunder and revenge, appeared in arms under the walls of the capital; and the trembling senate, without any hopes of relief, prepared, by a desperate resistance, to delay the ruin of their country. But they were unable to guard against the secret conspiracy of their slaves and domestics; who, either from birth or interest, were attached to the cause of the enemy. At the hour of midnight, the Salarian gate was silently opened, and the inhabitants were awakened by the tremendous sound of the Gothic trumpet. Eleven hundred and sixty-three years after the foundation of Rome, the Imperial city, which had subdued and civilized so considerable a part of mankind, was delivered to the licentious fury of the tribes of Germany and Scythia.

A Love Letter To Red Eye

Dear Red Eye,

It was a typical evening for me stretching into the early hours of February 6, 2007. I was watching the replays of all the prime time shows on Fox News Channel. Then, 2:00 AM rolled around and all of a sudden something new was there. It was you.

I was confused, bewildered, and intrigued. Saw this new music, new set, new people, and the crawl at the bottom of the screen was gone. I was like, "WTF is this?". I watched. I saw something that really appealed to me and it took all of about 5 minutes for me to decide I loved you.

Greg Gutfeld came on and started talking about whatever was in the news that day, but there was a bit of a twist. It wasn't like the normal Fox News shows, this was different. He appealed to my ADD nature and my love of current events. Then it was thrown to your repulsive side-kick Bill Schulz and his witty remarks came on and I wanted more. Then at halfway through, this guy named Andy Levy came on and gave an ombudsman report right in the middle of the show calling no bullshit from those on the panel. This also appealed to me because this was different than any other show on television.

I endeavored to stay up the next night to make sure you were not an anomaly. You weren't, I was relieved. Ever since that first night and that first week, you have given me reason to stay up at night to see fun social commentary on the days events.

You have also brought me to know a lot of cool people on Facebook and Twitter. Some I've met in person. Some I wish I could meet in person. Also, Red Eye, you have read a couple of my letters on air. I thank you for giving me that personal connection. In addition to that personal connection, Bill and Andy have both tweeted at me, which was super cool.

Now, something I didn't like is when you switched from 2:00 AM to 3:00 AM. I didn't want you to go a changing but you did. Reluctantly, I accepted those changes. There were some other changes with the show which were less objectionable such as no longer "drawing the news" or having a certain Canadienne who was a regular at first.

So, with that said, thank you for being there for me, and I'll always be there for you.

From the saddle of my magical unicorn,

Bryan

Trev & Me

Friends, allow me to introduce myself. My name is Bryan and I've had
contact outside of the twitters with our dear friend Trev over the
last year and a half or so.

Trev got in touch with me while I was at vigil with my mother last
year. Since then he's confided in me some information about himself,

his SSA (Same Sex Attraction), and things from his past. For that I
thank him immensely.

When the Tyler Clementi story broke and
I read Trev's reaction to what had happened, I
felt a stronger connection to him because I knew what he was going
through with the information he gave me. Learning what Trev has gone

through in the past, it's easy to see how that could have just as

easily been him years ago. I'm happy that never happened.

Trev has a heart of pure gold. So much so, if Glenn Beck or Ron Paul
were to find out about it, they would say something to the affect of
"BUY TREV NOW!"

Now, unlike the case with Trev's friend Jason Australia, Trev did not reveal a "crush" on me. Which is cool,
since just because he's living with SSA doesn't mean he's

automatically sexually interested in every man. Just like even though
I do not have SSA, I'm not sexually attracted to each female.

Jason talks about male bonding. Trev has told me that it's sometimes

been difficult to hang out with other men and watch a football game or
something similar since he lacked a close male role model growing up
to solidify that kind of bond.

Recently in a conversation with Trev, he recounted how he could see
generations of family relationships setting him up for the childhood
wounds he carries. Children shouldn't have to pay for the sins of
parents and grandparents.

Trev has talked to me about what it's like to have an interest in
other close male friends. He has said it certainly is not easy for him
to live with the desire and urge to tell them and not to act upon it.

You might not know it from his online personality, but in conversation

Trev displays great self-control and adherence to his own philosophy
of abstinence.

My discussions Trev do not always involve talking about SSA or related
issues. We talk about random other stuff like anyone does; jobs,

movies, food, politics, and of course the thing that brought us
together in the first place... Red Eye.

Of course Trev was nervous about telling me a lot about himself, so in

turn I have shared my own stories so he doesn't feel like he's the
only one revealing so much. I figure that's what a good friend should
do: make sure that we can trust each other.

Trev is funny. He makes me laugh a lot and is a very close and dear

friend. His friendship and his trusting me has meant so much.

With that said all that said, I am thankful Trev is in my life and we
call each other friends.

Trev "Interviews" Markos Moulitsas-of-Elections-Past

Transcript and Links

TREV to audience:

Welcome back, tweeps and friends. My guest today is Markos Moulitsas-of-elections-past. Markos founded Daily Kos in 2002 as the "Net Roots" developed on the progressive left. These forces lost the 2004 elections but kept the pressure on for the 2006 races, helping Nancy Pelosi become Speaker of the House and Harry Reed Majority Leader of the Senate.

In ‘08, Kos and the rest of the Net Roots consolidated behind Barack Obama in the Democratic primaries against Hillary Clinton and helped Obama crush John McCain in the general election while also propelling the Democrats to super-majorities in both Houses of Congress.

As a first order of business in 2007, these Kos-backed Democrat majorities tried to force American defeat in Iraq and thankfully failed. With President Bush’s help domestically, however, they did grow the national debt for the remaining two years of his second term through a failed stimulus and then by passing the Wall Street bailout, which morphed into a United Auto Workers Bailout. Oh, and don’t forget the Kos-backed Democrats’ important work of banning the incandescent light bulb.

TREV to MARKOS:

So, Markos of Elections Past, following the ‘06 victories by the Democrats you blogged about "Taking a Bow." Please take us back to that moment and elaborate.

MARKOS:

...in the end, none of this would've happened without the effort all of us made. Those who think the net roots and grassroots don't deserve credit are idiots. We all had our roles to play, and we wouldn't be where we are today without all of us doing our part.
...
So I'm ready to get beyond the "who gets credit" conversation, because we all do. Take a bow. The bloggers. The grassroots activists. The field ops. The 527s. MoveOn. The party leaders...

TREV to MARKOS:

Gotcha. And Markos-of-elections-past, following the ‘06 elections, what was your take on Karl Rove’s earlier predictions of a GOP realignment?

MARKOS:

Let them reap what they sowed. They deserve every humiliation they designed for those in the minority status.

And stripped of their perks, forced to fire large numbers of staff, shunted off to the dingiest offices on Capitol Hill, let's hope more Republicans decide that life on K Street is more enjoyable than life in the minority.

TREV to MARKOS:

What a truly fascinating take from 2006, Markos-of-elections-past!

TREV to audience:

So later, following the ‘08 vote, President Obama and his Democrat super-majorities, again, elected in part thanks to Markos here, then proceeded to spend $800 billion on a new failed stimulus that bailed out state governments and protected the jobs of government workers while millions of Americans in the private sector lost their jobs. Kos-backed Obama then raped the GM and Chrysler bondholders by awarding control of those companies to the same parasitic unions that drove them to bankruptcy. Next the Kos-backed Democrats passed massive new energy taxes and pay-offs to windmill-makers through the Cap and Trade bill in the House. Then, after a year of wrangling, the Kos-backed Democrats, although they failed to establish the "public option" favored by Kos and the Net Roots, did succeed in passing ObamaCare, which so far has resulted in the largest health insurance premium increases in many years and forced many employers to devalue themselves and jettison health coverage, just to name a few consequences. To top it all off, the Kos-backed Democrats left DC to campaign while doing nothing to halt the pending largest tax increase in American history.

TREV to MARKOS

Again, Markos-of-elections-past, this was all made possible in part by your hard work for Democrats, especially the farthest Left Democrats, in ‘06 and ‘08. Take us back to 2008. Going into that election, you wrote about how you wanted to quote "Break their back, crush their spirits." Please share those insights with us again.

MARKOS:

So with conservatives bracing for the worst, they won't experience the kind of pain we did…

TREV to MARKOS:

Your pain of 2004.

MARKOS:

…Not unless we deliver a defeat even worse than their worst nightmares. And I'll be honest with you -- I want them to hurt as much as we did. I want their spirits crushed, their backs broken.

TREV to MARKOS:

Please say that again.

MARKOS:

I want them to hurt as much as we did. I want their spirits crushed, their backs broken.

So the way we do that is we deliver a defeat worse than they ever imagined. We do that by winning states that have no business turning Blue. We do that by electing a 60-seat super-majority in the Senate. We do that by defeating their leadership, like Mitch McConnell in the Senate. We do that by defeating their heroes, like wing nut…hero John Shadegg. We do that by making sure a record number of Americans reject conservative ideology, leaving it utterly discredited.

The day after the election, I want to see an electoral battlefield littered with defeated Republicans, their ranks demoralized, their treasury in heavy debt, and no real leadership to take the helm. I want a vacuum so complete, that a bloody leadership battle between the neocons, theocons, and corporate cons shakes the GOP to its core, and leaves it fractured and ill-equipped to stymie the progressive agenda, much less ramp up for an even bleaker (for them) 2010.

TREV to MARKOS:

Go on, Marcos Circa 2008.

MARKOS:

We're not out to win this thing. We're out to crush them!
...
There's a lot of us, and a lot of little gestures adds up to a whole lot of action. We are approaching a historic night, and one that can radically transform the direction of our country.

TREV to MARKOS:

Excellent round-up, Markos Moulitsas-of-elections-past. After the elections tomorrow, maybe you should write about how the Democrats' big mistake was not being progressive enough. That will provide great post-hangover laughs for the rest of the week.

TREV to audience:

Tweeps and friends, Trev went door-to-door in 2006 in a Republican district the Democrats took from us that year by less than two percent of the vote. Later, that district's new, Kos-backed, Democrat congressman went on to vote for an agenda that prolonged America’s economic crisis and further indebted us to Communist China. That year, dozens of Republican and generally freedom-loving voters turned down my face-to-face entreaties to keep a Republican majority in Congress. I had the same reservations as they, but I did not think America deserved to be tyrannized by Kos-backed Democrats.

Many Republicans and conservatives also stayed home in 2008 as they had in 2006, or gave into the eloquent temptation of Barrack Obama. And let’s be honest, John McCain did not give us much to vote for.

So here we are in 2010 and some of the Republicans who lost Congress in 2006 and then lost it again in ‘08 along with the White House are still in leadership positions in the Republican party and will be next year. In a moment of crisis, many also voted for TARP. RINOs still inhabit much of the GOP’s upper echelons and will remain there after tomorrow.

But that does not mean they will be in charge.

You see, Markos was wrong about a very important point – America did not reject conservatism in 2008, because conservatism was not on the ballot, conservatism had not guided the leadership of the Republican party for a long time, and many conservatives knew this. So make no mistake and let me be clear: after tomorrow, the Republican Party works for us. For the conservatives, libertarians, constitutionalists and yes, the Tea Partiers, who have stood against a progressive statist agenda foreign to America’s founding principles. Many called us bigoted or crazy, and in the case of a "conservatarian" like Trev, "self-hating."

In closing, freedom-loving patriots, I ask that you recall the treasured memory of United Flight 93 as judgment day is upon us. Remember, not so long ago, when ordinary Americans realized that their nation was under attack from an alien ideology, they fought back against tyranny. The brave patriots on Flight 93 did not want to make the ultimate sacrifice, yet they were willing to risk such sacrifice for their freedom and for the lives and freedom of others. If such patriots and our brave military can risk so much for our freedom, how could any of us fail to risk so much less between now and the time polls close tomorrow?

First, please vote if you have not already. Second, contact your local candidates’ offices or local Republican Party to see if there is anything more you can do. Or contact a group like Freedom Works, Americans for Prosperity, American Crossroads, or your local Tea Party organization. Our voters need rides to polls. Polls need to be watched to counter Obama Justice Department-backed fraud. Signs need waving. Absentee ballots requested need to be returned. Phone banks need callers. Make sure your friends are voting or have voted.

The country is on the line here, patriots. Let us put on the full armor of God. Let’s win one for the Gipper. Let’s water the tree of liberty by firing as many Kos-backed, Obama-backed Democrats as possible.

Patriots, LET'S ROLL!