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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRock Bottom: Cory Booker's opponent resorts to homophobia
New Jersey GOP Senate candidate Steve Lonegan said on Tuesday he thinks it's "weird" that his opponent, Newark Mayor Cory Booker (D), won't put to rest rumors about his sexual orientation.
"It's kind of weird. As a guy, I personally like being a guy. I don't know if you saw the stories last year. They've been out for quite a bit about how he likes to go out at three o'clock in the morning for a manicure and a pedicure," Lonegan, the conservative former mayor of Bogota, N.J., told Newsmax.
Lonegan's comments imply that someone who is gay is not "a guy."
In a Washington Post profile published on Tuesday, Booker said that he is perfectly comfortable if people are unsure about his sexual orientation and that he wants to keep his romantic life private. ..................(more)
The complete piece is at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/28/steve-lonegan-cory-booker_n_3829053.html?ncid=txtlnkushpmg00000037
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Rock Bottom: Cory Booker's opponent resorts to homophobia (Original Post)
marmar
Aug 2013
OP
You noticed that, too. Of course, it's a plot to turn us all gay. Alex Jones says so!
freshwest
Aug 2013
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JustAnotherGen
(31,866 posts)1. Lonegan is really desperate here
No one in NJ who is not an asshole cares . . . and truth be told - love us or hate us - table flippers or not . . .
The majority of us are not assholes and could care less what anyone's orientation is. So he's only pandering to assholes on this.
dawg
(10,624 posts)2. He's serving his purpose.
Which is to make everyone in NJ feel better about the Wall Street friendly centrist who is their only other choice.
LeftinOH
(5,357 posts)3. "As a guy, I personally like being a guy". He even fails at homophobia. n/t
freshwest
(53,661 posts)4. You noticed that, too. Of course, it's a plot to turn us all gay. Alex Jones says so!
Posteritatis
(18,807 posts)5. Isn't that more rock average for the political discourse these days? (nt)
wordpix
(18,652 posts)6. lol, good luck running a campaign based on THAT in NJ
only the rightest of the RWnuttiest will care
Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)7. desperation
William769
(55,147 posts)8. Kick & recommended.
TexasBushwhacker
(20,209 posts)9. Lonegan doesn't realize most people couldn't care less
about Booker's sexuality. More than anything Booker seems to be one of those people who seems married to his work.