After being blamed for the re-election of W., made a virtual pariah in the Democratic Party, and befriended by Angelina Jolie all for letting a few gay people marry, you would think that the Gavster would go quietly into that good night on the issue. After all, there’s nothing the Democratic Party hates more than some Democrat standing on principles and scaring off all those Red State types. Turns out he’s not going quietly. In fact, he has been pumping up both the jams the volume on the issue. In the past week, he gave a speech at Harvard where he called out his fellow Democrats and yesterday, totally dissed New York Mayor Bloomberg over Hizzoner’s little problem with the issue.

First, we go to Hah-vahd where in a speech last Tuesday, Gavin called the issue the pre-eminent civil rights issue of the time. "It's bigger than just gay marriage: It's about human dignity, it's about freedom” he told the crowd during the speech, a speech he in which he opened up with the line: "My name is Gavin Newsom and I reelected George Bush." As for members of his party, the Democrats, Newsom said "I can't stand my party right now. They offend me.” Hey, who can stand the Democratic Party? Newsom then went onto say the he is on the right side and history is on his side.

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