Romney adviser: Mitt Romney will stop the influence of the MILITANT GAYS

[Bluebear]

:scared:

Today on MSNBC’s Hardball, former senator Jim Talent, now an adviser to Mitt Romney, discussed Romney’s record on gays. Talent maintained that Romney has never been inconsistent on gay rights and has “always” wanted to stop the influence of “the militant gays”:

"He’s always had the same position as to regards to the gay agenda. Look, he wants to know people to know he values gay people as people, okay? But he doesn’t want the militant gays to be able to change the cultural institutions of the country."


"http://thinkprogress.org/2008/01/02/romney-adviser-romney-will-stop-the-militant-gays/

[msongs]

1. mormon church party line except that the mormon church does NOT value gays as people nt

[tyedyeto]

3. They don't value non-Mormons as people either n/t

[FreeState]

17. As a gay Mormon I would disagree with both of you n/t

[Miss Chybil]

2. LOL!

It must be all that t.v. footage of gay guys carrying uzies and sporting BDUs they've been playing lately.

/sarcasm

What a joke.

[Elspeth]

4. Oh, yeah, like the gay army that is setting up a camp of mercenaries

That evil company, Gaywater.

[cboy4]

5. Oh boy, here we go

[maddiejoan]

6. Militant Gays?

The Pink Panthers?

[Kucinich4America]

10. I KNEW IT ALL ALONG!!!!!111!!!! CALL YOUR FUCKING CONGRESSMAN NOW!!!111!!!

DEMAND THAT CONGRESS PULL THIS SODOMITE CARTOON OFF THE AIR NOW!!!!1111!!!!! THIS IS SERIESLY HUGH!!!11!!!

[JackBeck]

11. More like...

The Pink Pistols.

http://www.pinkpistols.org/

[LibraLiz1973]

7. Holy Shit. WTF????

Insanity. Pure insanity.

[Skittles]

20. THEY'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO CONVERT ME TO THEIR LIFESTYLE

THEY SHOW UP AT MY DOORSTEP AND................OH WAIT, THOSE ARE *CHURCH* FOLK :o

[Tatiana]

8. Jim (No)Talent advising Romney? Ugh.

Just when I think Mittens can't get any sleazier.... I'm sure Mittens will also be advocating for a flag descration amendment and full pardons for Jack Abramoff and Tom Delay as well.

[JackBeck]

9. The Candidate for Change:

"He met gay-rights activists on their turf, in a restaurant attached to a popular gay bar, and told skeptics he would be a "good voice" and a moderating force within his party."

http://www.americablog.com/2007/03/even-more-romney-flip-flops-on-gays.html

[Swamp Rat]

12. False dichotomy of a bigoted straw man so the GOP can continue to openly hate gay people,

while promoting violence against them carried out by the knuckle-draggers who support the GOP. 'Ooo! Militant gays! Get yer guns Bubba!'

In other words: Vote for Mitt Romney. He hates gay people just like you, but has to be all PC about it for the LIEbrul media.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

13. I spoke to a person today who said they support him

It was a client so I wasn't at liberty to just slap them upside their head to see if I could knock some sense into them. Trust me though, my palm was itching with the desire to try.

This person was one of those Hate (intentional capital H) fueled types. If she's anything like the rest of his supporters they'll eat this up.

Now pardon me while I go... :puke:

[Stinky The Clown]

14. Yanno, I never said this before, but Mittens sets off my gaydar.

That's not a joke. He does.

[varkam]

15. Homophobia, pure and simple.

That's what the GOP does - by waging war against these nebulous "militant gays" they appeal to the homophobic tendencies of a large portion of their base. Not only is it political pandering, but it's sickeningly so because it appeals to the worst aspects of who we are.

[ldf]

16. but it wins them elections

so you can rest assured they will continue to use it in new, and improved, ways.

all republicans are racists.

or bigots.

or greedy, self-servicing assholes.

or "so-called" christians, who are anything but.

that pretty much covers all their core bases. and there is enough of them to win elections.

there is no such thing as a good and decent republican. there. i said it.

sad, isn't it. sometimes the truth REALLY hurts.

[varkam]

21. I disagree.

I think a good number of Republicans are decent individuals, they just happen to be decent individuals with whom I disagree on a number of issues.

[TankLV]

23. There are NO good repukes. Sorry to burst your bubble...

[varkam]

24. Uh-huh.

Whatever you say. :hi:

[Marr]

18. Is that a reference to Jeff Gannon?

?

[FreeState]

19. No - Larry Craig n/t

[marmar]

22. The infamous "gay agenda" .........

We were discussing "Brokeback Mountain" at work, talking about what a great film it was, when the clearly irritated fundie freak lady who overheard us pulled me aside and asked, "Doesn't it make you wonder exactly what their agenda is, making one of the icons of America (a cowboy) gay?"
I stared at her blankly for about half a minute, then asked her to identify what the "gay agenda" is, since that term gets used so much. She spouted all these ridiculous anecdotes, and I said to her, "But that's not an agenda." Frustrated, she walked away and said "They've definitely got an agenda."
But then again, I guess you can't expect logic from a homophobe. :think:

[Kurovski]

25. Kick. (nt)