Mitt Romney And "A Bunch of Queers"

[Dracos]

Tonight, presidential candidate Mitt Romney (R) will keynote the Kentucky Republican Party's Lincoln Day dinner in Louisville where more than 1,500 are expected attend. In advance of the dinner, three Kentucky Republican congressmen have endorsed Romney's presidential bid: Ed Whitfield, Hal Rogers and Ron Lewis.

But it's funny how a politician's past comes back to bite them.

In 1994, Romney challenged U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy (D-MA), a champion of gay and lesbian causes. Then, Romney aggressively sought the endorsement of the Massachusetts Log Cabin Republicans, a gay/lesbian Republican grassroots organization. It's the same group that our homophobic State Senator Richard Roeding (R) called "a bunch of queers" last year.

Well, I just got my hands on Romney's letter to the group in 1994 seeking their endorsement and it's a doozy for a man fashioning himself as the conservative Republican candidate for president:

Here are some highlights from Romney's letter:

"I am more convinced than ever before that as we seek to establish full equality for America's gay and lesbian citizens, I will provide more effective leadership than my opponent ."

"For some voters it might be enough for me to simply match my opponent's record in this area. But I believe we can and must do better. If we are to achieve the goals we share, we must make equality for gays and lesbians a mainstream concern. I can and will."

"We have discussed a number of important issues such as the Federal Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), which I have agreed to co-sponsor."

: "I am also convinced that it is the first of a number of steps that will ultimately lead to gays and lesbians being able to serve openly and honestly in our nation's military. That goal will only be reached when preventing discrimination against gays and lesbians is a mainstream concern, which is a goal we share."

Interesting stuff, isn't it?
http://www.bluegrassreport.org/bluegrass_politics/2008_presidential_race/index.html
and they called John Kerry a flip flopper!

[mzteris]

1. hey - I went to school

with Ron Lewis! Who knew he'd 'make it big'?

[karmaqueen]

2. flip flop / changed positions

It makes me so angry that you never hear flip flop when it comes to republicans. We need to push this, they need to be called what they are. They are flip floppers of the worst kind!

[KKKarl is an idiot]

3. Well one thing is for sure

with the '08 elections is the fact that the front runners on the republican party side are not the far far far far far right of GW's administration. No matter how they want to portray themselves Mitt Romney & Rudi Guilliani are far more moderate. This bodes well for the democratic party because people who in the Bible belt who would turn out & vote for a republican presidential candidate because he is a republican may stay home because they do not want to vote for a person like Guilliani or Romney.