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kpete

(71,962 posts)
Thu May 3, 2012, 07:16 PM May 2012

Bigotry: A Huge Win For The GOP

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Bryan Fischer, issue director at the American Family Association, a conservative group opposed to same-sex marriage, bragged about his role in the episode. “It’s very clear from the Washington Post that he resigned because of pressure that was put on the Romney campaign by the pro-family community,” he said on his radio show, Focal Point. “So ladies and gentlemen, this is a huge win, and it’s a huge win for us in regard to Mitt Romney, because Mitt Romney has been forced to say, ‘Look, I overstepped my bounds here, I went outside my parameters here, I went off the reservation with this hire, the pro-family community has called me back to the table here, called me back inside the borders of the reservation.’”

http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2012/05/02/conservative-radio-host-high-fives-romney-campaign-for-canning-gay-adviser
http://www.blackchristiannews.com/news/2012/05/conservative-radio-host-bryan-fischer-calls-resignation-of-homosexual-spokesman-from-mitt-romneys-ca.html
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KamaAina

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3. This is the second time Willard has knuckled under to pressure from homophobes
Thu May 3, 2012, 07:41 PM
May 2012

His predecessor as Mass. governor, Jane "None Too" Swift, had named her openly gay deputy chief of staff, Patrick Guerriero, as her running mate. Then when Swift was scared out of the race by Willard's $$$$$$$, he promptly booted Guerriero off the ticket.

The way I heard this, the homophobic bigot involved here was none other than Ann Romney, who was concerned that hubby might catch Teh Ghey from Guerriero in terms of being damaged goods in future repuke primary campaigns.

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