Comments on Advance Indiana™: National Democrats Under Fire For Lack Of Support On GLBT Issues

Foes of including gays in the rolls of those who h...

2006-05-05T03:52:00.000-05:00

Foes of including gays in the rolls of those who have guaranteed representation and foes of guaranteed representation itself ignore the benefits to the organization of having those voices heard from the inside (or maybe, in the case of Republicans trying to tell Democrats how to be Democrats, maybe they don't!) Our enforced diversity makes us stronger and makes it possible that the day that enforcement will not be needed will come sooner.

Such diversity is messier than the Republican way but at least it doesn't leave convention television audiences tiring of the same few minority faces placed uncomfortably prominently, cheering on their oppressors in Kafka-esque surreality.

But maybe not seeing the superior value in the Dem's way is why you're a Republican in the first place.

Ideally I would want the support of the party I mo...

2006-05-01T15:15:00.000-05:00

Ideally I would want the support of the party I most closely align with. Failing that, I'd take the one that ignores me over the one that uses me as an effective wedge any day.

You obviously haven't been reading this blog if yo...

2006-04-30T12:16:00.000-05:00

You obviously haven't been reading this blog if you don't think those very people you name haven't been criticized in the past.

Gary Welch must be spending too much time breathin...

2006-04-30T12:13:00.000-05:00

Gary Welch must be spending too much time breathing the smoke and drinking at the gay bars to keep a level head about Democratic politics. He doesn't know these people, their motivations, their profund success, or their motivations. He needs to concentrate on what he knows best: evil and cowardly gay Republicans who'd rather complain and whine than stick up to their own party members. Murray Clark, Jim Kittle, Mike Murphy, Ken Mehlman ... these are the folks Gary really needs to take aim instead of shooting arrows and trying to maim the people who are really trying to make a difference.

I believe Ken is still in denial.

2006-04-30T12:12:00.000-05:00

I believe Ken is still in denial.

...as contrasted to the Republican National Commit...

2006-04-30T12:10:00.000-05:00

...as contrasted to the Republican National Committee with its openly gay Chairman, Ken Mehlman. He is out, isn't he? Isn't he?