[Paloma_55]

Sorry. I was there. I am engaged with the Republican Party central committee in a California County. When I saw the article come out, my first reaction was to state to the rest of our committee that Simon had better get a reaction out very quickly to refute that statement, or I was going to withdraw my support for him and work on other candidate's campaigns. Most of the activists in our County agreed with me.

For days, we waited for Simon to make a statement. His campaign took close to a week to refute the article. That week took a lot of wind out of his sails. We were very glad when the story finally came out because we WANTED to believe the guy, but we could not believe how long it took to do so.

Later, as the truth came out, it became apparent that Simon was incompetent to manage a campaign, naive for believing that Riordan's people would actually help him succeed, and a victim of sabotage.

But to blame him... or the conservatives... while letting the actual evil-doer walk... that is ludicrous!

The LCR has only one objective, to undermine the Republican Party and normalize homosexual activity. Face it, they realize that as long as 16 year olds think homosexuality is wrong... they have a LOT more work to bring kids into their fold. Once they get it normalized, they can solicit the kids with much more ease...

[Poohbah]

Sorry. I was there. I am engaged with the Republican Party central committee in a California County. When I saw the article come out, my first reaction was to state to the rest of our committee that Simon had better get a reaction out very quickly to refute that statement, or I was going to withdraw my support for him and work on other candidate's campaigns. Most of the activists in our County agreed with me.

It's people like you that should be run out of the party. You are known by what you DO, not what you SAY.

And in a critical moment, you proceeded to backstab Simon.

You demand all manner of things, and then you split off when things do not go perfectly.

I saw how fast the usual suspects jumped on this down here in San Diego--hell, I hadn't seen the Drudge Report of the flap before I heard about their reaction. They had advanced notice--and they did nothing to help Simon prior to this coming out.

But to blame him... or the conservatives... while letting the actual evil-doer walk... that is ludicrous!

No, it's realistic. Can the guy who did it; don't trust the LCR--but be VERY CLEAR on the fact that the "pro-family" groups out there are about as friendly as a nest of vipers.

They may SAY "conservative," but I judge them by their fruits. No pun intended.