Gay GOP Group Targets Romney In Funny New Ad

[Ghost in the Machine]

Gay GOP Group Targets Romney In Funny New Ad
By Greg Sargent - October 4, 2007, 1:34PM

This is just too funny. The Log Cabin Republicans, a gay GOP group, is running a new ad in Iowa that seeks to undercut Mitt Romney's standing with social conservatives by praising his past record of doing battle with conservatives on social issues when he was governor of liberal Massachusetts.

The ad uses quotes from his past ads and clips of him declaring his social liberalism during debates when he ran for Senate against Ted Kennedy in 1994. It seeks to highlight Romney's record fighting on behalf of liberal issue positions against conservatives -- whose support, of course, he needs right now as he seeks to win Iowa and other states in the GOP Primary.

One great quote features an uplifting female voice declaring: "For years, he's fought conservatives and religious extremists." And the ad closes by saying that "Massachusetts values" his record -- the state of Massachusetts, of course, being perceived as the Ninth Circle of Liberal Hell by many conservatives.

Interestingly, the Log Cabin Republicans aren't being very direct about why they're running the ad, claiming its his flip-flopping in general that inspired it. Indeed, the ad itself makes no mention of Romney's positions on gay issues, highlighting instead his past social liberalism on other issues, such as abortion.

Interestingly, the Log Cabin Republicans aren't being very direct about why they're running the ad, claiming its his flip-flopping in general that inspired it. Indeed, the ad itself makes no mention of Romney's positions on gay issues, highlighting instead his past social liberalism on other issues, such as abortion.

http://tpmelectioncentral.com/2007/10/gay_gop_group_targets_romney_in_funny_new_add.php

[zbdent]

1. Slogan?

"We're no longer going to stand behind you ..."

[LeftCoast]

2. They're just getting some pay-back

He totally threw them under the bus in Mass. Ran as a liberal republican and then bashed gays all the way through the marriage referendum ordeal.

It's too bad too. I kinda wanted Romney to win. He'd get utterly trounced in the general election.

[Ghost in the Machine]

3. I think *any* republican is going to get trounced... period. n/t