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August 27, 2006
Equal Opportunity Gay Hating
I think Steven Laffey can hang up the primary after reading this:
The Republican candidate wrote [the columns] in 1983 and 1984 while studying at Bowdoin College in Maine. The articles appeared in a paper published by campus Republicans.
In one column, Laffey said he has never seen a happy homosexual.
"This is not to say there aren't any; I simply haven't seen one in my lifetime. Maybe they are all in the closet," he wrote. "All the homosexuals I've seen are sickly and decrepit, their eyes devoid of life."
I certainly understand what he is saying. Rush notes that you often never find a "happy liberal" because they are always distressed about all the oppression and such. Here's the part I don't like:
In another column he wrote that pop music was turning the children of America into sissies, and criticized the singer Boy George, referring to him as "it."
"It wears girl's clothes and puts on makeup," he wrote. "When I hear it sing, 'Do you really want to hurt me, do you really want to make me cry,' I say to myself, YES, I want to punch your lights out, pal, and break your ribs."
It puts the lotion on its skin or it gets the hose again! Breaking ribs is a bit extreme, however, and while I believe he was joking, this seems to endorse gay bashing. Not good.
However, he was a dumb college kid at Bowdoin (pronounced Boe-Den). Let's take a look at the Democratic bigotry of grown-ups in Alabama:
A battle over race that had divided Alabama's Democratic Party came to an end yesterday when the party's executive committee reinstated a white woman as its nominee to represent a historically black Birmingham district in the state legislature.
The nominee, Patricia Todd, is a lesbian and, because she faces no opponent in November's general election, is in line to become the state's first gay legislator.
On Thursday, she had been disqualified by a party panel for failing to comply with a technicality that candidates had disregarded for years.
It goes on to say that the Democratic party machine wanted a black candidate no matter what:
Among those opposed to Todd's candidacy was Joe L. Reed, the state party's vice chairman of minority affairs. He called on voters to elect another black person to replace George Perdue, who has represented the district for more than two decades.
The campaign finance rule had not been enforced since 1988. Nevertheless, a five-person panel voted to disqualify Todd -- and Hendricks -- as candidates to be the party's nominee.
Can't have no dike on the Dem ticket! Thankfully, her candidacy was restored.
Posted by Aaron at August 27, 2006 06:31 AM
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As a citizen of Alabama, and someone who is very well informed on current events, let me say that there are several things in the WAPO story that are pure BS, but most notable is the accusation that the requirement for filing the state finance forms on time is something that was arbitrary by the Democratic party in Birmingham. The reporter obviously didn't verify that point before publishing it. Candidates for public office are frequently disqualified from running for failure to file their campaign finance reports in a timely manner and enforcement of that law.
Enforement of Alabama's campaign finance laws are the responsibility of REPUBLICAN ATTORNEY GENERAL, Troy King. Appointed the the AG position by REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR Bob Riley, after former REPUBLICAN AG Bill Pryor was given a recess appointment by Republican President George W. Bush, King has been agressively enforcing laws that were not enforced by his predecessors in an attempt to bolster his campaign to be elected in the fall. Republicans and Democrats alike have been told by King's office that the parties are responsible for disqualifying candidates who don't meet the filing deadlines.
Here on the gulf coast of Alabama, Republican Judge Pamela Millsaps was disqualified from running for failure to do the same thing that Todd failed to do. Here is the link: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14345645/
Earlier this month, Republican Judge, and former Republican Gubenatorial Candidate Charles Graddick, rulled that the Democratic Nonminee for Mobile County Sheriff, Devon Grey, had to be disqualified for failure to file campaign finance reports on time. Here is the link: http://www.wpmi.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=B36C8C29-8034-4D71-B738-00C8F1EB8389
Democrat Wayne Lathan was disqualified as a state represtative for failing to file his financial reports on time. Here is the link (middle of page) http://www.thethomasvilletimes.com/news/2006/0119/Front_Page/001.html
Of course the only time that Aaron gives any credance to the WaPo is when they say something negative about Democrats. The MSM are just drive by shooters otherwise, right Aaron???
In other news, Repubicans announced a legislative initiative to make it illegal for a corpse to exhibt Rigor anytime within the first 24 hours after death.
Posted by: KeithS at August 27, 2006 11:03 AM
All you've demonstrated is that the Dems are then, arbitrarily enforcing party discipline and/or the law.
If she failed to file her paperwork on time, then why was she restored to the ticket?
You're argument would be made better if she was still off the ticket, but instead just shows that there is no actual method to this.
Posted by: aaron at August 27, 2006 05:01 PM