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Andrew Breitbart Steps Down From GOProud Board After it Outs Perry Advisor
NY Magazine ^ | 12/9/2011 | Andre Tartar

Posted on 12/10/2011 2:20:25 PM PST by rintense

It's not all that surprising that, in the wake of Rick Perry's much-maligned anti-gay ad the other day, the gay conservative group GOPRoud ended up at the center of the ensuing media storm, fielding requests from reporters left and right. Except it seems that the group's director and chairman (inadvertently, they claim) created a gay-bashing brouhaha of their own by letting slip the true sexual orientation of Tony Fabrizio, a top strategist on the governor's presidential campaign. In an e-mail to the rest of the board — acquired by the Daily Caller — GOProud leaders Chris Barron and Jimmy LaSavlia defended themselves, basically by claiming that Fabrizio's in-or-out status wasn't exactly a closely-held secret.

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To: af_vet_rr

Probably be a quiet dismissal - 3 days may be about right.


141 posted on 12/11/2011 6:29:48 PM PST by C. Edmund Wright (Moderator of Florida Tea Party Convention Presidential Debate)
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To: C. Edmund Wright

Would like to hear why Perry hired him in the first place....


142 posted on 12/12/2011 5:43:49 AM PST by af_vet_rr
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To: little jeremiah
Look here: Gay Republicans Rankle Conservatives At CPAC

ALL thanks belong to an anonymous grate pal of mine who sent the link in FR mail.

143 posted on 12/12/2011 11:37:58 AM PST by onyx (PLEASE SUPPORT FREE REPUBLIC:DONATE MONTHLY! Sarah's New Ping List - tell me if you want on it.)
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To: onyx; C. Edmund Wright

Wowzers!!! Thank you, Onyx - you are in every way, a jewel!!

Looky here, C. Edmund Wright - you called me a liar, said I made up the GOProud’s agenda, and onyx and another person have kindly done the work and found the source, although (apparently) the GOProud site has hidden it from view.

I expect an apology, I am not a liar.

GOProud’s Conservative Agenda

The so-called “gay agenda” is defined by the left through a narrow prism of legislative goals. While hate crimes and employment protections may be worthy goals, there are many other important priorities that receive little attention from the gay community. GOProud’s agenda emphasizes conservative and libertarian principles that will improve the daily lives of all Americans, but especially gay and lesbian Americans.

1 - TAX REFORM - Death tax repeal; domestic partner tax equity, and other changes to the tax code that will provide equity for gays and lesbians; cut in the capital gains and corporate tax rates to jump start our economy and create jobs; a fairer, flatter and substantially simpler tax code.

2 - HEALTHCARE REFORM - Free market healthcare reform. Legislation that will allow for the purchase of insurance across state lines - expanding access to domestic partner benefits; emphasizing individual ownership of healthcare insurance - such a shift would prevent discriminatory practices by an employer or the government.

3 - SOCIAL SECURITY REFORM - Bringing basic fairness to the Social Security system through the creation of inheritable personal savings accounts.

4 - DON’T ASK, DON’T TELL REPEAL - Repeal of the military’s Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy.

5 - HOLDING THE LINE ON SPENDING - Standing up for all tax payers against wasteful and unneccessary spending to protect future generations from the mounting federal debt.

6 - FIGHTING GLOBAL EXTREMISTS - Standing strong against radical regimes who seek to criminalize gays and lesbians.

7 - DEFENDING OUR CONSTITUTION - Opposing any anti-gay federal marriage amendment.

8 - ENCOURAGING COMMUNITY ENTREPRENEURSHIP - Package of free market reforms to encourage and support small businesses and entrepreneurship in the gay community.

9 - REVITALIZING OUR COMMUNITIES - A package of urban related reforms; expanding historic tax preservation credits; support for school choice.

10 - DEFENDING OUR COMMUNITY - Protecting 2nd amendment rights.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2455808/posts


144 posted on 12/12/2011 11:52:47 AM PST by little jeremiah (We will have to go through hell to get out of hell.)
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To: C. Edmund Wright
Probably be a quiet dismissal - 3 days may be about right.

Well I was wrong. I thought he'd be gone by now. Nobody can say that Perry is homophobic, since Perry is clearly supporting him even after he argued against the "Strong" ad with other campaign staffers.

I don't understand why Perry would hire a homosexual as a major strategist, then again I don't understand why Breitbart would have been a member of GOProud.
145 posted on 12/14/2011 5:57:18 AM PST by af_vet_rr
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To: C. Edmund Wright

I was definitely wrong, Perry has kept him around and didn’t ask him to step down.


146 posted on 12/16/2011 4:28:37 PM PST by af_vet_rr
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...

Thanks rintense.


147 posted on 12/18/2011 5:30:40 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Merry Christmas, Happy New Year! May 2013 be even Happier!)
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