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Hey, I wouldn't want to
"embrace" a bisexual gubernatorial candidate either.
Report for August 1, 2003
Apparently candidates for
political office should check with the Human Rights Campaign before saying
anything whatsoever about "GLBT" opponents other than perhaps,
"He is a wonderful man and looks so fabulous with his boyfriend. You
should vote for him instead of me." According to the homo-fascists at
HRC, political candidates are not allowed to make a simple observation
that voters will not, at least yet, embrace a "bisexual"
gubernatorial candidate. Why, it's rank homophobia to say such a thing!
No, wait; didn't they say gay bashing? Wrong again, stupid me. It's gay
baiting, isn't it? It's so hard to get properly assimilated into the
sodomites' Contract on America program when one grew up in the 60's on a
farm in Wisconsin without any tolerance training whatsoever. And then
there are all those clear scriptural condemnations of sodomy. . . .
Issa strategist irks gay leaders
RECALL FOES PORTRAY REMARKS AS ANTI-GAY
By Laura Kurtzman
San Jose Mercury News
July 28, 2003
A comment by a strategist for Republican Rep. Darrell Issa that
"voters aren't going to embrace the first bisexual gubernatorial
candidate'' prompted a coordinated assault by the pro-Davis camp on Sunday
to portray Issa and the recall as anti-gay.
Scott Taylor, who made the remarks to the Los Angeles Times, did not
return phone calls seeking comment. He was referring to Michael Huffington,
a former Republican congressman who is gay and who announced Friday that
he is considering running in the recall.
In recent days, recall opponents have sought to portray the campaign to
unseat Gov. Gray Davis as a coup attempt by the right that, if successful,
would have dire consequences for the full spectrum of Democratic interest
groups: women, minorities, gays, environmentalists.
Issa, who represents the San Diego area and who poured $1.7 million of his
own money into getting the recall election on the ballot, has been a
frequent target of recall opponents, because of his conservative positions
on a range of social issues.
A committee working on Davis' behalf to defeat the recall summoned gay
leaders on Sunday, who said they were outraged. They pounced on Taylor's
remarks as proof that recall supporters have embraced an anti-gay agenda.
"Gay baiting has absolutely no place in any campaign, no matter what
the circumstances,'' said Seth Kilbourn, national field director of the
Human Rights Campaign.
After Taylor made his remarks, the Times reported, Issa's communications
director Jonathan Wilcox called back to say the comment was
"reckless.''
But gay leaders called it intentional.
"That's an old tactic,'' said Assemblyman Mark Leno, D-San Francisco,
who is gay. "Have someone in the campaign say something'' -- and then
-- "backtrack 10 minutes later. Meanwhile, you've put the message out
to your people. It's cheap and he's doing it on my back and the back of my
community.''
George Gorton, an aide to actor Arnold Schwarzenegger, who is
contemplating a run and is perceived to be a moderate on social issues
such as gay rights, said Taylor had erred.
"I don't think that's an appropriate thing for Scott Taylor to say,''
Gorton said. "I don't think political consultants should be focusing
on people's preferences.''
Homo-Fascism
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