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“I cried on Monday when Michelle spoke,” Rep. John Lewis told me Wednesday at the Pepsi Center, “and I know that on Thursday night at the stadium I’ll cry again.”

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Lewis Black was back on the “Daily Show” on Wednesday satirizing the debate over gay marriage.  After playing a clip of Congressman Phil Gingrey, in which the lawmaker said, “In my opinion, marriage isn’t just any kind of love.  It’s a love that can bear children,” Black quipped, “Hey Congressman, take my word for it.  A one-night stand with no love, a Quaalude and three beers can also bear children.”

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Without DeLay, Has the GOP Lost Its Moral Compass?

Dennis Hastert gets caught in a suspect land deal,  Rep. Jerry Lewis is in deep with a stinko lobbying firm, and the Department of Homeland Security has become a Republican playground. Can’t the GOP, self-proclaimed bastion of morality, small government and fiscal responsibility, get anything right?

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