Anti-Gay Politicians Watch 14: Vernon Robinson insinuates Brad Miller is gay
by Matt | April 29th, 2006 |Yes, folks… Vernon Robinson has finally hit it: The Inner-Most Circle of Hell.
If you think the negative, bigoted campaigning of Vernon Robinson, candidate in the race for the 13th Congressional District, was already bad enough… you might just want to hold your breath: Robinson is getting worse.
According to DailyKos, In a mailing sent out to his supporters, Robinson does his best to insinuate that Congressman Brad Miller is gay by saying that Miller is “in the bed” with “militant homosexual rights advocate,” San Franciscan Markos Moulitsas Zuniga, who just happens to be married and a father.
From DailyKos:
The multi-page mailing begins by describing Vernon as the new darling of the Republican party and displays pictures of him with Jesse Helms and graduating from the Air Force Academy. Also featured are glowing quotes from Ann Coulter and Michelle Malkin praising Vernon Robinson as the great black hope for the Republican party.
Then follows a hilarious recap of Brad Miller’s (D) life as a hippie radical.
Brad Miller is a childless, middle-aged, trial lawyer whose ideological worldview was formulated when he joined the ranks of the hippie peaceniks and volunteered on Eugene McCarthy’s 1968 presidential campaign. 206,000 North Carolina boys served their country in uniform during Vietnam and 1,609 of those brave souls came back in flag-draped coffins. During the Vietnam conflict, Brad did not answer his country’s call to serve in the military, but sought sanctuary on a college campus.When Brad left the country to attend the socialist schools of Europe, he was further indoctrinated against Judeo-Christian values, the necessity for a strong military, the wisdom of limited government, and the principles of free market competition. After taking a master’s degree in political science, Brad came back to the states as an overgrown flower child, went to law school in New York City, and finally returned to North Carolina to make his fortune by chasing ambulances. He’s been a radical, left-wing activist ever since.
Blah, blah, blah.
Then I flip it over and smiling at me is one Markos Moulitsas Zuniga who, according to quotes attributed to Elizabeth Dole (R-NC) “has become a magnet for the most hateful, vitriolic and extremist left-wing activists” (Way to go, Kossacks!)
The adage that a man is known by the company he keeps is particularly true in the case of your Congressman. Brad Miller has gotten into bed with Markos Moulitsas Zuniga, a 35-year old musician who was raised in El Salvador before moving to San Francisco. On December 8, 2005, Brad publicly stated that he wants Markos to “move to North Carolina nd run for the Senate in 2008″. Brad’s effort to recruit a militant homosexual rights advocate from San Francisco to move to North Carolina to run against Elizabeth Dole confirms that Brad doesn’t understand the difference between San Francisco values and North Carolina values. Senator Dole distributed a letter saying that she found the idea of a Congressman having even a “casual association” with Markos to be “extremely disturbing” and a close relationship to be “utterly reprehensible.“
Seeing as Vernon’s mailing goes into a great bit of detail about Markos but never mentions that he’s married and a father, I wonder (oh cynical me) if Vernon Robinson is trying to imply to North Carolinians that Markos is gay and that he and the “unmarried, childless” Miller are an item.
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The only thing “extremely disturning” and “utterly reprehensible” is the level to which Vernon Robinson is willing to stoop in order to try to get elected. Come on folks… anybody should be able to see through this bull: Robinson is either extremely insane or extremely, internally homophobic and scared of himself.
10 Responses to “Anti-Gay Politicians Watch 14: Vernon Robinson insinuates Brad Miller is gay”
I can remember when Vernon ran for office in my district a few years ago. I lived in Taylorsville, NC at the time and I would get his handouts nearly weekly. As a voter registered “unaffiliated” I tend to receive material from both sides of the aisle.
The way I look at it, Vernon must know that Congressman Miller is truly a force to be dealt with. Why else would you explain such negative and aggressive campaigning.
For someone like Vernon who embodies everything there is in a “traditional family value,” he sure has forgotten one simple truth. My granny taught me this years ago and I’m sure her granny did the same to her. “Never tell a lie, not even a white lie, because it will always come back to getcha”
Vernon, I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again.. YOU ARE OUT OF TOUCH FOR NORTH CAROLINA! (http://blog.gayhickory.com/2006/04/28/robinson-out-of-touch-for-nc/)
By Brandon G on Apr 29, 2006
I can remember when Vernon ran for office in my district a few years ago. I lived in Taylorsville, NC at the time and I would get his handouts nearly weekly. As a voter registered “unaffiliated” I tend to receive material from both sides of the aisle.
The way I look at it, Vernon must know that Congressman Miller is truly a force to be dealt with. Why else would you explain such negative and aggressive campaigning.
For someone like Vernon who embodies everything there is in a “traditional family value,” he sure has forgotten one simple truth. My granny taught me this years ago and I’m sure her granny did the same to her. “Never tell a lie, not even a white lie, because it will always come back to getcha”
Vernon, I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again.. YOU ARE OUT OF TOUCH FOR NORTH CAROLINA! (Source: http://blog.gayhickory.com/2006/04/28/robinson-out-of-touch-for-nc/ )
By Brandon G on Apr 29, 2006
Here’s the problem…
Robinson has the money (and the sources for money) to actually run against Miller in a general election, the other two Republicans, as far as I know, do not. He also has name recognition on his side.
The only people in this county that will be voting in our primary on Tuesday are those with very strong beliefs, and will unfortunately choose Vernon. I’m pretty confident that he’ll get the nomination, even with this crazy shit he’s pulling.
But there’s no chance that even Republicans will vote for him in the general. I won’t even vote for him, I’d rather leave it blank that give either one of them my vote. He may have the money and the, dare I say it, charisma, but he’s so out of touch with this district it’s not even funny.
It really is disappointing that we can’t get any decent candidates around here. I don’t like Brad Miller one bit, but he’s not going anywhere, and everyone knows it. Maybe 2008 will be different.
I blame Tom Reynolds.
By Ryan on Apr 29, 2006
A few years ago a Republican I thought was otherwise a pretty nice person told me they’d worked for Vernon Robinson in one of his last two dashed campaigns.
“Why in the world would you do that?” I asked.
“He was the Republican candidate,” they said.
Ouch.
Good to see you’re not on that boat, Ryan.
By Joe Killian on Apr 29, 2006
Matt, I think your position that homosexuality must be accepted as mainstream by citizens and Christianity is as misleading and damaging to people as any politician’s view. Christ’s stance on marraige and sex outside of marraige is clear. You are advocating for behavior that is in rebellion against God, not man.
While Vernon’s messages may be tacky, you have pointed out Miller is in your camp. Therefore, Miller must be seen as an enemy to marraige.
By Chip Atkinson on May 1, 2006
Chip:
I think it’s closer to the bone to say that Brad Miller’s ideas about marraige are different than yours. So, for that matter, are those of a lot of open minded people of conscience of all religious faiths.
Catholic school might have mixed me up on this point, but the priests and nuns who introduced me to and created my relationship with Christianity did not teach me to regard those whose political and spiritual beliefs do not match my own as my “enemies.”
By Joe Killian on May 1, 2006
Chip… So if Miller is “an enemy to marriage” and you claim that “Miller is in [my] camp”, does that also mean that I am an enemy to marriage? How can that be when I also want to someday be married and receive the blessing of the state and Church?
Also… if I am an enemy to marriage, does that also make me an enemy to God, seeing as though marriage is, in many respects, a relgious rite? If I am an enemy to God, then I am a bit confused, as I do not understand how a God-fearing, “born again”, former Baptist converting to Episcopalian Christian could be an enemy to the God he himself proclaims to worship and adore.
By Matt on May 1, 2006
Matt- every time we rebel against God, we act as his enemy. That is why we need a savior. You, as a follower of Christ, must know that any sex outside of marraige is an act of rebellion against God. And if you mean that you think it is okay for you to have sex with another man, married or not, that is an act of rebellion against God.
In truth Matt, the consequences of your rebellion(s) and mine are devestating to God. I am no better, most likely far worse than you. But we should repent from our sins and obey God- not because of ourselves- but because we love God.
I do not understand why we struggle with the flesh, but I am confident that God is who He says He is. He is the creator, not you and certainly not me. It is His way, not ours.
By Chip Atkinson on May 2, 2006
Matt- every time we rebel against God, we act as his enemy. That is why we need a savior. You, as a follower of Christ, must know that any sex outside of marraige is an act of rebellion against God. And if you mean that you think it is okay for you to have sex with another man, married or not, that is an act of rebellion against God.
Where, in the words in red, does Christ say that marriage is between a man and a woman? Where does he ever allude to the idea that sex is evil?
Mary Magdalene was a prostitute before she became an apostle–do you doubt she was an apostle? Do you doubt she had sex out of wedlock? Did you notice how easy it was for Christ to not only forgive her but to bring her into his cause?
You perhaps need to look back at the bible and read the actual words of Christ before venting your spleen on everyone else. Someday I hope you discover how much a sin it is to bear false witness to the words of God.
Remember actually accepting Christ, not Pat Robertson or George Bush, as your personal savior can help.
Good luck on the road to actual redemption.
By Jason on Jun 23, 2006