[Paloma_55]

No, it's like blaming a Marine for opening fire on his buddies without engaging in any of the due diligence expected of someone employing deadly force.
Let's get it straight... Its like the infantry launching a strike to coordinates that were given it over the radio... by the authorized director of coordinates... only to find out those coordinates were directed at headquarters.

You seem to believe that the guy who did the dirty deed is innocent, while those who reacted to his action are somehow guilty.

The pro-family members of the Republican Party were upset to see Simon's Campaign Headquarters put out that release. It took a week to find out that Simon had nothing to do with the release. Simon was put in a tight spot. He couldn't immediately come out and deny the survey because the homos in the media were set to pounce on him.
He had to figure out how to address what happened. Either way, he was screwed. He either alienated his conservative base, or he admitted to incompetency in operating a campaign by allowing such idiots into the headquarters.
Face it, the big mistake was taking Riordan's people in... attempting to be big tent... and letting ANY Log Cabin types into his campaign.
You are amazing... blaming conservatives for overreacting to an act of sabotage...and ignoring the act itself.

[Poohbah]

Let's get it straight... Its like the infantry launching a strike to coordinates that were given it over the radio... by the authorized director of coordinates... only to find out those coordinates were directed at headquarters.

Wrong. The speed with which the "pro-family" groups moved on this implies that either (a) they really do not engage brain before opening mouth, or (b) they knew this was coming, and did nothing to warn Simon, because said warning would interfere with their agenda.

From my experience with one of these groups, I'm inclined to believe the latter.

The pro-family members of the Republican Party were upset to see Simon's Campaign Headquarters put out that release.

No, they weren't upset.

They were f***ing ecstatic, because it gave them an excuse to engage in vote-splitting rhetoric.

I'm more familiar with those a$$holes than you are--they DELIBERATELY plotted to get a tax-and-spend, pro-gay-marriage, pro-abort extremist elected in place of a fiscal conservative who didn't support state-funded abortion (or, for that matter, any state-funded non-emergency medical care).

And the damndest things always seem to happen when these "pro-family" groups are treated as friends by campaign managers. Internal campaign documents usually have a habit of turning up in Democrat hands, usually right after the "pro-family" group publicly flips to the zero-chance third-party fruitcake.