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Title: The Autumn of Pete's discontent
Post by: Shana A on August 05, 2009, 09:18:18 PM
The Autumn of Pete's discontent

http://www.goodasyou.org/good_as_you/2009/08/the-autumn-of-petes-discontent.html (http://www.goodasyou.org/good_as_you/2009/08/the-autumn-of-petes-discontent.html)

You might remember when, a week before this writer's wedding, longtime 'mo foe Peter LaBarbera sent an email message with the sole purpose of condemning my then-impending nuptials. It wasn't related to any particular political matter or bit of activism that Pete was working on at the time. It wasn't a response to something I had written. It was simply an unsolicited personal attack on my character.

Well fast forward to August. Pete is working in cahoots with his brother-in-bashing Matt Barber to convince the American public that President Obama's "socialized medicine" plan will subsidize sexual reassignment surgery, and of course to decry the same. But what's really startling about Pete's lil' write-up is how he's chosen to illustrate the subject:

That picture is of Autumn Sandeen, fantastic activist and writer for Pam's House Blend. It's a perfectly lovely pic.