Fact is if you want to run as a Republican and you want to win if you have too close a relationship to any homosexual politicians YOU WILL LOSE.
The Democrats rode Senator Craig hard in 2006, as they did Mark Foley, and as they were prepared to do Ken Mehlman ~ and others.
When a subordinate of Michael Steele, the previous RNC chairman wanted to try to bring some Hollywood lesbians over as Republican donors, the Washington Post was beating down the doors all over town hollering about that one ~ even louder than the folks at Washington Times and the New York Times.
To the Democrats bringing GLBT people into contact of any kind with the Republican party is just more raw meat for nasty campaigning.
They know the public will reject Republicans with gay affiliations ~ although they'll tolerate the same stuff from the Democrats.
If gay people want to participate in the Republican side of politics please send money, don't ask for a job, and no public meetings ~ or really private meetings either.
Else the Democrats will beat the Republicans about the head and shoulders with that stuff ~ and NOT A SINGLE GAY PERSON WILL RISE TO THEIR DEFENSE
Romney would not have made this mistake if he'd bothered finding out what Real Republicans think ~ the Conservatives, the TEA Partiers, the Establishment, the Country Clubbers, the elected officials.....
Guess he doesn't know enough Republicans ~ just the money men.
I"ve been trying to think of something that would be more stupid to set us up like we were set up in 2006 and just can't do it. Does MItt have a tin-ear when it comes to homosexuals?
Well brace yourself for the next screaming from the Barack campaign: MITT DECLARES WAR ON GAYS!!!
Well brace yourself for the next screaming from the Barack campaign: MITT DECLARES WAR ON GAYS!!!
... and if I were Mitt, I’d be grinning from ear to ear about this. The Barack campaign would be my own best advertisement.