Gay GOP Group Slams Keyes Remark

[mac56]

http://www.ktok.com/script/headline_newsmanager.php?id=344662&pagecontent=nationalnews&feed_id=59

A Republican gay advocacy group Wednesday blasted Illinois U.S. Senate candidate Alan Keyes for verbally attacking Vice President Dick Cheney's daughter.

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"In a political career defined by failures, this is a new low for Alan Keyes," Log Cabin Executive Director Patrick Guerriero said in a statement. "Attacking a politician's children is beyond the pale, even for an extremist like Alan Keyes."

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"The Republican Party has a choice: We can either be the party of Arnold Schwarzenegger or the party of Alan Keyes," Guerriero said.

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Surely those aren't the only two choices?!

[radfringe]

1. when are the LCR's going to learn?

sure the GOP's say they have a big tent -- but most of the minorities have to stand at the back of the tent

[RandomKoolzip]

2. Why don't they try being the party of Abe Lincoln again?

n/t

[takumi]

3. GAY GOP (Oxymoron)?

Guerriero appears not to have a clue!

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

4. Hey Log Cabins..they're either with you or against you..radio WTFU calling

Wake The Fuck Up!

[David Zephyr]

23. Barney Frank Told Me

Congressman Barney Frank told me in a Democratic Breakfast at Marshall Fields/Chicago in 1996 that Republican homosexuals measure their progress by how many gay delegates get mugged at GOP conventions every four years.

Sometimes I think Barney wasn't joking.

[NC_Nurse]

5. How about the party of

masochisitic idiots like you Mr. Log Cabin!

Or the party of the "Shoot yourself in the footers".

I could go on and on....:eyes:

[wildeyed]

6. I am so glad I'm a democrat.

Would hate to have to choose between Keyes or Schwarzenegger, they both suck so bad.

[Cha]

17. Two extremes~! Extremely fuckup

people.

[eyesroll]

7. The Log Cabineers want to be the party of someone

who mocks his opponents' masculinity?

Oy.

[mac56]

8. They seem to have trouble picking a role model.

nm

[Cha]

18. Oh yeah, the groper of the

"girliemen" speeches.

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9. Oh goody, more coverage for the Log Cabin 12

And I'm being generous.

Why in hell does this small group of self-loathing idiots command so much media attention, and normal, everyday gay folks, who number in the millions can't get 30 seconds uninterrupted on the networks or cable to talk about some real issues important to the community?

[mac56]

11. Same reason Zell Miller does.

Outspoken allegiance to a losing cause. Zell and the LCRs both chose poorly. People are entertained by that.

[Cha]

20. Because they're such an

oxymoron?

[arcane1]

10. Arnold Schwarzenegger or Alan Keyes?

Those are the choices????

shoot me now

[onenote]

12. I've always assumed

that LCR's were gay individuals who bought the GOP line about smaller government, lower taxes, etc. But what I've never understood is why they think that they are better off belonging to the GOP and deluding themselves into thinking they can change the party's view on homosexuality than becoming Dems and trying to get the party to move in their direction on economic issues.

onenote

[mac56]

13. You give them too much credit.

They're privileged types who know what side their bread is buttered on, and that if they can't stay closeted, at least they damn well better be Republicans. Or else: bye-bye trust fund.

[onenote]

14. you're probably right n/t

[Prodemsouth]

15. Yeah, For real, good point!

They could become a part of the DLC- which is much stronger in our party than the GOP group that is trying to push the Republicans to become more moderate on social issues.

[Cha]

16. We knew this was coming..I want to know what

cheney himself has to say?

[ibegurpard]

19. OMFG!

How clueless can these bozos be? Have they read their party PLATFORM??? The party PLATFORM that represents the party that BOTH KEYES AND SCHWARZENEGGER belong to???
Gay Repukes make me want to :puke:

[Ediacara]

21. I predict the LCRs will make a statement on Friday

They've begrudgingly gone along with Bush so far, but I think now after they ordain him a second time with a platform plank specifically calling for the reduction of gay rights, CNN refusing to run their ads, Keyes being seen as a-ok and not a complete lunatic, etc, they finally will have had enough.

On Friday, the Log Cabin Republicans will endorse Kerry.

It might not move a lot of votes within the LBGT community, and Bush will on the surface not care, but it will send a message to one and all, that enough is enough, and even the most self-hating among us can only take so much from Bush. That is what will change peoples' minds.

[stepnw1f]

22. This Was Staged

This reaction was planned by these folks to appeal to the gays within the Republican Party as fighters. I do not take republicans seriously.

[snippy]

24. Keyes is not an extremist republican, he is a main stream republican.

I don't understand why democrats never make this point.