Pam Spaulding has this bit on anti-gay Republican Virginia candidate for US Senate, George Allen and his nature of co-mingling himself with white supremists:
The Nation exposes the little problem — Allen’s shill can’t seem to explain the enthusiasm for the chumminess with racists away.
Asked whether Allen supports or deplores the CCC, John Reid, his communications director pleaded ignorance. “I am unaware of the group you mention or their agenda and because we have no record of the Senator having involvement with them I cannot offer you any opinion on them,” Reid told me in an e-mail response.I think this campaign may be circling the drain, though there are quite a few wingers in VA who would still cast a vote for this turd.
Read more at Pam’s House Blend and from Shakespeare’s Sister.
It hardly seems that the historic “Party of Lincoln” – the party of equality and liberty for African-Americans – is upholding that tradition nowadays. The Republican Party has been taken over by ignorant, prejudiced and – at times – bigoted people who want nothing more than to control and denigrate the lives of every minority in America.
August 31st, 2006 at 6:01 pm
The true problem with the party is that its been taken over by extremists, not that we don’t support minorities. I’ll agree, we are not the party of Gay rights, but as you’ve seen time and time again, neither are the Democrats, as much as they claim to be. Deep down we still agree with equality, which is why things such as Affirmative action are bogus because they reinforce minority roles by making people think they can’t get by without it.
Deep down we are just a party who needs to get rid of the extremists that somehow snuck in