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Obama Phones Jason Collins, Offers Support After Athlete admits He’s Gay
President Obama telephoned professional basketball player Jason Collins on Monday to congratulate him for coming out as the first openly gay player on a major U.S. sports team. According to a White House aide, the president called Collins Monday evening to express his support and said he was impressed by his courage. Collins, 34, is a veteran NBA center who played for the Boston Celtics and Washington Wizards during the 2012-13 season. He is currently a free agent. In a piece for this week’s Sports Illustrated, he admitted to being gay. He cited Rep. Joseph Kennedy (D-Mass.) as inspiring his decision to go public. “I’m a 34-year-old NBA center. I’m black. And I’m gay,” he said in the self-written article. Earlier on Monday, White House press secretary Jay Carney expressed praise from the White House for Collins. The Hill Read more
Mark Sanford, Elizabeth Colbert Busch debate for first time in SC congressional race
Mark Sanford, Elizabeth Colbert Busch debate for first time in SC congressional race. Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford and Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch, after sparring from a distance for weeks, finally face off in a debate Monday in the pitched race for the state’s vacant 1st Congressional District seat. The two meet Monday evening at The Citadel in a debate sponsored by the Patch news service, the South Carolina Radio Network and Charleston television station WCBD. The debate is being broadcast by C-SPAN Click Here To Watch Live. His last debate was against a cardboard cutout of Nancy Pelosi, that apparently he lost.
(LOL) Kevin Spacey’s Correspondents’ Dinner Spoof – “House of Nerds”
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