Bush Adviser Hits Romney Camp For Ousting Gay Spokesman

[kpete]

Source: Think Progress

Bush Adviser Hits Romney Camp For Ousting Gay Spokesman
By Alex Seitz-Wald on May 3, 2012 at 3:20 pm

Former Bush political adviser Mark McKinnon criticized the Romney campaign for its handling of former foreign policy spokesman Ric Grenell, who resigned from the campaign just weeks after being hired. Romney had been under fire from anti-gay activists on the far right for taking on Grenell, who is openly gay, and instead of standing up the haters, the campaign muzzled the Grenell, then grudgingly accepted his resignation in order to avoid a confrontation.

McKinnon, who also served on Sen. John McCain’s (R-AZ) 2008 presidential run and went on to found the group No Lables, told MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell today that Grenell’s departure is “very unfortunate” and said Romney should have stood by his aide, because Americans want a president who has “clear convictions and stands behind his decisions”:


MCKINNON: It’s disappointing, it’s frustrating for a lot of us Republicans who would like to see more people like Grenell in positions of authority. … Clearly, he was being muzzled for some reason…and that seems to a response to pressure from the right.

These are examples where people like me would like to see Mitt Romney stand up and say, I don’t care what people think, this is my guy, I’m standing behind him, and I want him out front. We need to see more examples of that, because what people ultimately want in a president is somebody who’s strong, somebody who’s bold, somebody who has clear convictions and stands behind his decisions.

Read more: http://thinkprogress.org/special/2012/05/03/476401/bush-adviser-hits-romney-camp-for-ousting-gay-spokesman/

[OKNancy]

1. I saw the show he was on. Ed Rendell

was on the panel and he said... The Log Cabin is empty. There are no more Log Cabin Republicans.

[LeftinOH]

2. The Log Cabiners and GOProuders are idiots. They remind me of

the dweebs who would take endless crap from the alpha-jocks in high school, but make every attempt to hang out with them nonetheless. No matter how much you want them to like you, you will *never* be accepted as one of them.

[truthisfreedom]

3. "the campaign muzzled the Grenell"

Oh come on, editor.

[tooeyeten]

4. How can Romney stand up?

He stands for nothing.