Gay conservatives target Democrats in ad campaign

[RiverStone]

Source: CNN

A political group of gay conservatives will begin airing ads against a handful of Democratic candidates on Monday, including a spot against openly gay congressman Barney Frank of Massachusetts.

In a statement, GOProud declares that this is "the first time ever a national gay organization is airing a television advertising campaign going after Democrats."

"Barney Frank is an absolute embarrassment," said Christopher R. Barron, Chairman of GOProud's Board of Directors. "He represents the worst kind of Washington politician."

In addition to Frank, the $50,000 purchase of airtime by GOProud will pay for ads against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), two progressives who pride themselves as champions of gay rights.

The group will also run commercials in support of Rep. Charles Djou (R-Hawaii), a freshman who was one of five House Republicans who voted to repeal "don't ask, don't tell."

All of the ads will air on the Lifetime and Bravo channels, whose demographics have a large share of women and members of the LGTB (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) community.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/10/25/gay.conservative.ad/index.html?hpt=T2

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The folks at GOProud have to be fucking crazy. How can you align yourself with a party that does not recognize your rights as a same sex couple? Talk about identifying with the people that jail you....

Cowards all.

[meegbear]

1. Fuck 'em all

[ZombieHorde]

2. I can understand some gay people being disappointed with the Democrats,

but I have a hard time understanding why some gay people would align themselves with Republicans. Do they hate taxes more than they like their rights? I suppose diversity is the spice of life.

[hedgehog]

7. If you have enough money and power, it doesn't matter.

[piggy2000]

14. Sell Outs

This group of people are called sell-outs! There are always people in a particular suppressed group who will carve out benefits for themselves while they sell out the rest of the group. This is disgusting. Especially since the Repubs have gone on record time and time again that homosexuality is a choice and that it can be cured. Consequently, the Repubs have done nothing to to help Congress change laws.

[Iowa]

23. You nailed it. People like that are the scum of the earth. Good post.

[Sub Atomic]

3. How can you align yourself with a party that does not recognize your rights as a same sex couple?

Interesting question that crosses party lines.

[msongs]

4. lol did obama and the top dems pass legislation allowing same sex marriage? ummmm nt

[CreekDog]

6. but voting for Republicans?

:wtf:

[RiverStone]

8. Not yet, but there is no ambiguity on which party is closer

Just ask the good people at:

http://www.stonewalldemocrats.org/

[No Elephants]

32. Log Cabin Repubs might want to debate Stonewall Dems

And both sides would be able to make some good points.

[SemperEadem]

13. As a whole group, who would be more inclined to pass legislation allowing ssm?

Republicans or democrats?

[Kurska]

21. So as a homosexual the Democrats are appealing to me by saying they are closer to maybe, in the

future, no promises, we don't support it now, but who knows, we might just give you your civil rights in a few years, but again no promises.

Oh boy, just point me in the direction to throw my vote cause they have it!

[RaleighNCDUer]

22. OTOH, which party is likelier to ship gays off to reeducation camps

in the not-so-distant future?

Yeah, it sounds over the top, but did anybody in 1926 Germany think it was possible that good Germans would be shipped off en masse to concentration camps within a decade?

Do you really think there are not those in the Republican party who like to see such a solution?

[No Elephants]

30. And you base this "likellier" scenario on what, specifically?

And, as a N. Carolingian, I am sure you know many evangelical Dems would not mind a religious retraining "cure" for homosexuality.

Please see also, Reply 29.

[No Elephants]

29. Based on what? Clinton's DADT? His signing DOMA? Obama's campaign statement

at Rick Warren's church abouc same gender marriage? His choice of Rick Warren to give the invocation at the most viewed Inauguration in all of American history?

The thousands of DADT discharges/careers and lives ruined since Obama took office? Failure to repeal DADT or DOMA since January 2009, knowing that seats are always lost at mid-terms?

Obama's D of J comparing homosexuality to bestiality and incest in legal briefs sworn to, signed and filed in court? Appealing a suit Log Cabin Republicans won? A Republican judge invalidating California's gay marriage ban? Cheney's very openly gay daughter campaigning for Bushco, then becoming a very visible strategist and spokesperson for Republicans, including on Fox? Barely closeted gays, like Mehlman, when he headed the RNC, holding other high places in the Republican Party, Etc.

Your heart and your spine have to be in the right place. Who will do what first remains to be seen.

[bowens43]

5. all conservatives are idiots........... nt

[MineralMan]

9. Aw, geez. That just makes no sense at all.

[RKP5637]

10. I'm absolutely sure a RW theocratical American will serve the interests of

the gay conservatives extremely well. These people are fucken immature fools that think defeating democrats like Frank will help their cause.

[activa8tr]

11. GO Proud? I'm sure these people are only proud of how rich ...

they are, and how they don't want freakin financial regulations on their banks and investment houses to take away their two Cadillacs and trips on luxury cruises.

I've met more than a few very very rich gay men who made their money in banking and investments. SOME of them are actually voting for REPUBLICAN Congrespeople, fearful of Democrats in Congress over-regulating their profits and over-taxing their incomes.

HOWEVER, I have met a few rich gay men who VOTE DEMOCRAT, GREEN, or progressive because they have their head screwed on the right way, and know what it's like to be a member of a minority looking to attain equal opportunities.

I doubt the majority of gay men and lesbians are going to turn out to vote for a Republican Congressperson just because Obama is being an idiot and a coward in handling DADT. As for DOMA and the business with prop 8, I don't know a single gay person in California who is voting for Whitman,Fiorina or any other Republican on the ballot. They are solidly in Boxer's camp, too.

[Bluenorthwest]

12. To the OP: The Democratic Party also does not recognize our

rights as couples. Kaine, Obama, Biden, all of them are openly opposed to marriage equality. So that argument is a loser. They state, just like Palin, that their religion demands that they oppose equality for all. That is just the fact of the matter.
Voting for Republicans is a daft way to deal with it, but that does not mean the DNC recognizes or supports equality. The GOP being worse does not mean the DNC is correct, or that they hold a righteous position that is opposite to the GOP. The Democratic Party has to gain that standing themselves, being slightly better than Michelle Bachmann is not winning argument that can sustain for long. Deal with it.

[No Elephants]

31. Biden supported gay marriage on Ellen DeGeneres's show, but I take your point.

Also, sometimes, in other areas, a Dem can do what a Republican can't, and vice versa.

[and-justice-for-all]

15. I am gay, and I know a couple of these "Gay Conservatives"...

I never understood it, it has to be about money and everything else to them is not relevant.

[harmonicon]

16. How? Money.

I would imagine that these people are very very wealthy or at least connected with people in power. As we know, when you're wealthy and powerful, laws don't mean shit. Why should they care about these things when it wouldn't have any effect on their lives either way?

[totodeinhere]

17. This just goes to show the diversity in the gay community.

There are some wealthy gays who put their own pocketbook ahead of issues that are important to their own community. Just like there are black conservatives, there are gay conservatives too.

[brentspeak]

18. Gay Republicans: greedy trust fund brats and corporate shills who happen to be gay

They make a big deal about being gay, but have always supported the GOP no matter how much the Republican party has stomped over their civil liberties.

[Arkana]

19. And Barney Frank will still be reelected by a huge margin

so these whiny fuckknuckles can shut the hell up right now.

[No Elephants]

33. Hope so. 13 points up!

ETA: Wonder if Massachusetts right to marry helps all Democrats when it comes to the vote of members of the Massachusetts GLBT community?

[Kurska]

20. n/t deleted

[Starbucks Anarchist]

24. Jewish Nazis target Allied armies.

:crazy:

[boppers]

27. Truth is stranger than fiction.

http://www.amazon.com/Hitlers-Jewish-Soldiers-Descent-Military/dp/0700613587
http://www.kansaspress.ku.edu/righit.html

[Thor_MN]

25. In some manner, has to be related to the battered spouses seen on Cops.

Faces bloodied, they start to attack the officers as they try to arrest their abuser. Usually while screaming "but I LOVE him!!!"

[nofurylike]

26. K&R thank you for posting this, RiverStone. it's very important. nt

[mitchum]

28. Once rent boys, always rent boys...(n/t)

[DirkGently]

34. Sad. On the other hand, perhaps it's important Dems realize they don't get a free "lock" on LGTBs.

[No Elephants]

35. Damn good question.

"How can you align yourself with a party that does not recognize your rights as a same sex couple?" So is,

"How can you align yourself with a party that does not recognize your to die for your country with integrity and confidence, rather deceit and constant fear?"


So, I guess the OP is advocating for the Green Party, which is, AFAIK, against DU rules.

Also, I've seen so many DU posts chastising our GLBT brothers and sisters for allegedly being single issue voters. However, judging by this thread, we are appalled if Republican members of the GLBT communitiy do NOT seem to be single issue voters.


I am for human rights for all humans, be they Democrats or Republicans, so I don't have to have double standards or doublethink. And, when it comes to GLBT issues, both sides have accomplishments, albeit of different kinds, and both sides have things they should, IMO, be ashamed of.

[Wednesdays]

36. In a related story, chickens campaign in favor of Colonel Sanders

nt

[pgodbold]

37. Very special place in hell reserved for these bastards. nt