tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post114618930333325112..comments2020-04-11T03:30:02.282-05:00Gary R. Welshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-1146272012133240792006-04-28T19:53:00.000-05:002006-04-28T19:53:00.000-05:00Paula,<BR/><BR/>If you live in Burton's district, the only real primary is on the Republican side. In the case of Burton, he and his brother Dan have been at the forefront in pushing the religious right agenda. Burton sponsored the Defense of Marriage Act, compared homosexuality to bestiality and has a record of consistently voting down the line against anything for the GLBT community. An example of his dribble on SJR 7: "The institution of marriage needs to be protected not only for our children, but for generations to come."<BR/><BR/>West simply hasn't shown an inclination, at least so far, to use wedge issues; Burton has a long history of doing this.Gary R. Welshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-1146269890855718212006-04-28T19:18:00.000-05:002006-04-28T19:18:00.000-05:00Your understanding is that West is not concerned with social issues, but my cursory knowledge of the situation (largely information from your site, I haven't read anything else about it), sure reads like those backing both of these challengers have a very strong wingnut component. That makes me nervous about paybacks. I mean if I get a pulpit for my economic concerns, what does it matter to me if I have to throw some immoral people under the bus?<BR/><BR/>I guess i wouldn't blame them if it weren't such a critical situation for my family, it is an effective tool. Serving up the Gays to the "base" sure does go a long way towards fundraising and GOTV around here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-1146200744042905592006-04-28T00:05:00.000-05:002006-04-28T00:05:00.000-05:00Note: Prior to the update, we incorrectly indicated Ogle supported Walker, who obviously supports Garton, even though we quoted from Howey correctly. Apologies for any confusion.Gary R. Welshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-1146200201226757632006-04-27T23:56:00.000-05:002006-04-27T23:56:00.000-05:00My understanding is that West is more concerned about economic issues and is not obsessed with the divisive social issues as is Burton. Any moderate-thinking Republican in that district would definitely prefer West over Burton.Gary R. Welshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-1146190993038147912006-04-27T21:23:00.000-05:002006-04-27T21:23:00.000-05:00Is West a wingnut? I haven't been able to find out much about him.Jeff Newmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16442791690252112600noreply@blogger.com