It’s just Lindsay and the guys
by Matt | January 19th, 2008 |Awww… Doesn’t little ole’ Sen. Lindsay Graham (R-SC) look so at home with these guys? So cute (especially the one on the left!).
The two guys flanking the g*ahem*y — I mean, esteemed — senator are Log Cabin Republican members. In fact, the one on the right is Patrick Sammon, queer Repub prez.
DownWithTyranny has a good post on our good friend Lindsay.
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8 Responses to “It’s just Lindsay and the guys”
Do you have a point, Matt? How many times do I have to tell you, it isn’t smart politics to piss off your friends? *rolls eyes* Go read Naff’s editorial in the Blade, learn something about just how useful it is to be a slave to the donkeys.
By Casey on Jan 19, 2008
I didn’t say anything mean about LCR or Patrick Sammon. I’m actually quite fond of Patrick, having been a co-panelist with him at an event in Greensboro, N.C., and speaking to him at length at the Equality NC Conference and Gala. Sen. Graham on the other hand… bad for South Carolina, bad for America.
Again… I stick to my guns… Didn’t say a single bad thing about the Log Cabin Republicans. Just thought it was kind of funny that Graham (who is *rumored* to be gay, although I have no proof) took the chance on a photo op with Sammon and another LCR member.
By Matt Comer on Jan 19, 2008
So basically the point of that post was to mock a Republican who dared to be seen with his gay supporters? You know as well as I do that the first accusation leveled against most allies is that they are gay themselves, and that that accusation is intended to drive straight people away from supporting us. Bad enough when the opposition pulls that stunt, but really, pro-gay folks should know better than to indulge in anything that smells like it, and that did.
By Casey on Jan 19, 2008
Casey… I hear your point. Really, I do. But you already know that I can’t stand Republicans who stand up for the most vile, bigoted positions the Gay Objectors’ Party can come up with. Going further, I can’t stand gay men who sit in their nice, plush D.C. offices writing off all the other folks just like them and voting against their every need and concern just because they want to be in power.
I don’t dislike Republicans, per se. In fact, my closest, best friends ever have been Republicans. You know… I really like Republicans. Just not the anti-gay ones. And not the ones who let the anti-gay ones run the party. Oh… and not the gay, closeted ones who like to ruin other people’s lives.
By Matt on Jan 19, 2008
Of course, that’s only because they’re Republicans.
If they’re Democrats, no problem .
Hence, why the vast majority of Republicans don’t bother with gays; they know full well that gays will smear Republicans and support Democrats regardless of what either does. It’s a waste of time and energy.
By North Dallas Thirty on Jan 21, 2008
Ahem… I’ve gotten mad at the Dems as well…
Shame: Southern Democrats vote against ENDA
Anti-Gay Politicians #19 - McIntyre the GOP Closet-case
LGBT South Carolinians have not forgotten McClurkin
‘President Obama’ - Why gays need to worry
Obama: Stand up for what is right
NC Senate (Dem-controlled) committee strips power from anti-bullying bill; gay students remain unprotected
North Carolina “Doctor of the Day” advocates electroshock for gays, among other anti-gay statements
Can the Clintons be trusted?
Pay us back, hypocrite
Anti-Gay Politicians Watch #20: Jim Crawford
It isn’t my fault the GOP has fashioned itself into a party of bigots. The minority of Dems who continue to fall prey to anti-gay agendas are on my watchlist, too. It just so happens the Republicans give me more to work with.
A huge dislike for the current GOP party platform, “official positions” and their leaders’ constant pandering to America’s bigotry probably doesn’t help either.
But as I’ve said before, I don’t dislike Republicans, per se. In fact, my closest, best friends ever have been Republicans. You know… I really like Republicans. Just not the anti-gay ones. And not the ones who let the anti-gay ones run the party. Oh… and not the gay, closeted ones who like to ruin other people’s lives.
If the majority of Republican elected officials and leaders started to behave a little better, I wouldn’t have so much to say about them anymore.
ND30, you know damn well I’m not confined to “party lines” or extreme loyalty to any point of view, whether it be Democratic, Republican, conservative or progressive. It is just a big game of give and take and getting attacked from both sides.
By Matt on Jan 21, 2008
ND30, you know damn well I’m not confined to “party lines” or extreme loyalty to any point of view, whether it be Democratic, Republican, conservative or progressive.
Which is, of course, why you attacked and attempted to smear a Republican for doing something positive.
And why you seemingly swallowed your tongue when I pointed out that national gay and lesbian organizations and leaders were merrily endorsing FMA supporters while you were having an aneurysm over “gay men who sit in their nice, plush D.C. offices writing off all the other folks just like them”.
What the last demonstrates, Matt, is that your definition of “bigot” is “not Democrat” — as shown in the quote from your endorsement of Edwards, “viability trumps degrees of support”. Furthermore, as that same endorsement makes obvious, whether or not a person is “antigay” and “bigoted” in your opinion depends on whether or not they support leftist causes.
By North Dallas Thirty on Jan 21, 2008
That was not my endorsement, but rather Q-Notes‘ endorsement and does not necessarily reflect the full scope of my viewpoints and opinions on Edwards and other candidates for president. You will see my name no where listed in the byline for that endorsement because it was written and vetted by numerous individuals on the Q-Notes staff. Considering that fact, the endorsement is therefore representative of a wide-range of opinions.
By Matt Comer on Jan 21, 2008