Is there anything more bizarre than the Log Cabin Republicans? Okay, sure, there’s lots more bizarre. Nonetheless, LCR is pretty flipping strange. And despite the fact that they position themselves as a particular kind of Republican, in opposition to the Radical Right and committed to changing the Party from within, their pretzel logic is pretty damn twisty, and hey, that’s got to hurt.
Why do I bring this up? Why, because they’re calling for Larry Craig’s resignation!
In an earlier press release, they explain it this way:
Log Cabin strongly opposes outing. It’s unproductive and distracts people from the real work of convincing more Americans to support equality for gay and lesbian people. It’s not for me to speculate about Senator Craig’s sexual orientation. However it’s clear that whether it’s Jim McGreevey, Ted Haggard, or someone else, life in the closet often leads to destructive, harmful, and reckless behavior.
They want him to resign because he’s in the closet? But they oppose outing? Ooooo-kay.
The fact is, supporting the Republican Party and supporting gay values (equality, freedom from discrimination, ability to marry) is twisted. Not in the vernacular sense, but literally; it twists and turns around. And to choose to commit to being twisted…well, if it isn’t self-hatred, what is it?
I think you’re the one twisted because you don’t realize that polling by Fabrizio shows that rank and file Repubicans support equality for gays and lesbians. 77% say you should not be able to fire someone because of their sexual orientation. 49% ( a plurality) support gays and lesbians serving openly in the military. It is the leaders of the GOP who are out of touch with the rank and file,. About as out of touch as you are with real Republicans. The reason for Log Cabin is because sad losers like you would prefer gays be held hostage to the Democrats who say nice things and do squat in Congress. I don’t want my rights to hinge on the outcome of a few votes in a swing district. Republicans take longer to understand, but they are moving our way. But people like you will delay that and hold off equality even longer. With friends like you…
I wonder why you don’t hold your leadership responsible, and continue to stand by them, when they ran Congress for five years, and now, with the Democrats in power for all of 8 months, with hearings happening left and right, and bills being pushed through with all kinds of speed, the Democrats are who you accuse of doing “squat.”
If you continue to give Republican candidates a free pass, and put them back into office despite repressive policies and anti-gay hate speech, then I hardly think it matters what you say to pollsters.
Hmm. Tell me, do you have the actual poll data? The methods used, the specific phrasing and order of the questions asked, and the names of the Republicans polled? How about comparisons between the answers given to the pollsters and the voting records of the Republicans? That last one would be interesting.
And please, if you have a point to prove, ad hominem attacks never do anything to help get your point across. I’m sure it feels good to insult somebody for disagreeing with you, but in the end it’s more detrimental to your efforts than anything else. After all, if you want to convince someone of X, and attacking that someone personally makes it harder to convince the person of X, why would you attack them? It’s simple logic, although most people really don’t get it.
Excuse me, correction: I misread the comment. I thought that the poll was of Republicans in the House and Senate instead of the general population. My mistake.