Log Cabin Republicans Endorse Romney

[DemocratSinceBirth]

I have always admired the tenacity of the Log Cabin Republicans, who believed they could work from within the G.O.P. to change the party’s views on gay rights . Until they endorsed Mitt Romney for president.

The “qualified” endorsement contains a lot of hedges, including the concession that “if LGBT issues are a voter’s highest or only priority, then Governor Romney may not be that voter’s choice” (I should think not). But the bottom line is that this group of gay Republicans endorsed a candidate who supports denying gay men and lesbians equal rights.

Mr. Romney has endorsed a federal anti-marriage amendment, more than once. He supports the Defense of Marriage Act, which forbids the federal recognition of marriages involving partners of the same sex and permits the states to ignore marriages made in other states.

http://takingnote.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/23/log-cabin-republicans-endorse-romney/

Those sad , misguided souls. That's like chickens voting for Colonel Sanders.

[still_one]

1. The ultimate in voting against your own interest

[erik satie]

2. These guys are suffering from advanced

Stockholm syndrome

[kstewart33]

3. Very difficult to understand.

I'd imagine most gay folks don't understand it either.

[joycejnr]

4. Surprise, surprise!

And who is the last Democratic candidate the Log Cabin Republicans endorsed?

Gay or straight, a Republican is a Republican is a Republican.

[Gin]

5. Sad.....oxymorons.......IMO

[jsmirman]

6. If there were really anyone left in that organization, they just lost them

But I suspect their numbers are infinitesimal.

I have a number of gay friends who were republicans.

They left that party long ago.

[SoapBox]

7. Ditto to all of the above posters...

And, hey, members of the Log Cabin Idiots and Morons Club, keep in mind that if given the chance, the Pukes and Baggers would fire your asses, kick you out of your homes and ship your sorry Apologist Asses, to a Gay Gitmo!

Call it part of my "conspiracy theory" but have ya'all seen, V for Vendetta?

[yesphan]

8. I would bet that most LCRs are wealthy and don't not

have their own best interest at heart. Just a "keep government out of my wallet" attitude.

I have a friend who is gay and is also one of the wealthiest people in this state. He's a die hard right winger.

[ProSense]

9. Seems like an endorsement of

“if LGBT issues are a voter’s highest or only priority, then Governor Romney may not be that voter’s choice”

...President Obama. Wow!

[grantcart]

12. Or they figure that when any gay endorses Romney it will cost him some votes somewhere.

[AsahinaKimi]

10. What a sad, sad group

eom.

[railsback]

11. I bet these guys aren't even gay

Its all a charade put on by the GOP for votes. I mean, how dumb do you have to be to keep voting against yourself? I'm not talking about teabaggin' trailer trash. That's a given. There's structure and money behind this supposed conservative gay group. It makes no sense... unless its nothing but a scam.

[Indpndnt]

24. I know one of them. Diehard, delusional, racist, Log Cabin moran.

You name it. Votes against his interests every damn time. His friends do, too. Unbelievable, but true.

[hifiguy]

13. Mittwit will be happy to throw them back in the closet

and nail the door shut. What short-sighted fools.

[PD Turk]

14. Sounds like money is more important to them that their civil rights nt

[KamaAina]

15. Back story: The former head of LCR was thrown off the ticket in Mass. by Mitt (and Ann) Rmoney

Jane "None Too" Swift had named her chief of staff, Patrick Guerriero, as her running mate. Once Rmoney Bigfooted her out of the race, she begged him to keep the openly gay Guerriero on the ticket. According to my inside dirt, he was agreeable to this -- but Queen Ann was not, fearing that any association with Teh Ghey would damage hubby's presidential prospects. Out went Guerriero, whose next gig was as head of LCR.

[JaneyVee]

16. Log Cabin Vegetarians to Endorse Local Slaughterhouse

[Aerows]

25. They might as well endorse

self-deportation for gay people. The day I speak out against my own best interests, in my own country, is the day I don't deserve to live in it anymore.

Americans, and particularly *this* American, are braver than that.

[Aerows]

17. Did you think they would vote for Obama?

They are Republicans first. Nothing else matters except being a Republican, not even if you see your brothers and sisters getting gay bashed on the street a block over. Adherence to being a Republican is all that matters.

I can't imagine living that way, and violating my principles for the sake of acceptance by a political party. I am far too proud of a lesbian to vote for a party that virulently hates me and all that I am.

[stevenleser]

19. In 2004 they (LCR) refused to endorse Bush. They chose not to endorse anyone.

I actually gained a measure of respect for them at that point.

The GOP retaliated by encouraging the guy who founded GOProud to form his organization, which is a complete and utter shill organization that grovels at their feet and accepts any amount of abuse. As bad as Log Cabins are on occasion, GOProud is many times worse in terms of selling out their constituency to support the GOP.

[Aerows]

20. It sickens me

that people will put up with that type of political abuse just so that they have some element of prominence in the GOP.

[RBInMaine]

18. The log cabiners are a joke. They stick with a party that despises them. They deserve what they get.

[backscatter712]

21. Log Cabin African Americans to endorse Ku Klux Klan... n/t

[Luminous Animal]

22. National Stonewall Democrats respond:

"The Log Cabin Republicans have proven once and for all that they are not an organization aligned with the LGBT movement. They are a Republican front group bumbling their way into fooling LGBT voters that it's OK to support a party that would legislate us back into the closet.

"Their endorsement of Mitt Romney isn't just shameful - it's insulting. Mitt Romney stands for nothing positive for LGBT people. He supports a federal marriage amendment (which was a reason for Log Cabin to refuse to endorse George W. Bush in 2004). He supports McCarthy-like investigations into our community for evidence of 'harassment of Christians'. He opposes the repeal of DOMA. He opposes ENDA. He's even said things as basic as the right to visit your sick or dying loved one in the hospital is a 'privilege' and not a right.

"On top of all of that, Mitt Romney is a liar. He has told so many untruths and changed his positions so many times throughout this campaign, how can Log Cabin - or anyone - trust a word he would say? A person with no moral compass goes whichever way the political winds blow. With Mitt Romney in charge of the ship of state, we would be a rudderless nation with nothing but luck to keep us from crashing into the rocky shore - and Log Cabin Republicans believes this is the best their party and our country can muster.

"It's a disgrace. A once venerated and decent organization has become a shell of itself blithely pandering to the least common denominator. This is politics at its worst - when a community sells out its own people for the gain of a few individuals. There is little doubt that Clarke Coooper's position on the RNC finance committee played a major role in this decision. Of course, so did their blinding fear of GOProud nipping at their heels.

"So there you have it - the Log Cabin Republicans, who screamed loudly and forcefully for months that liberal groups and LGBT movement posturing weren't going to affect their endorsements have instead allowed the interests of money sucking GOP insiders and the fear of a conservative performance troupe to decide their endorsement for them.

"It's reprehensible. Have they no decency?"

http://www.stonewalldemocrats.org/

[Whovian]

23. They would endorse the three stooges if they pinned an (R) to their names.