DeMint aide rebuked for remark about gays

[wyethwire]

The director of operations for Jim DeMint’s U.S. Senate campaign has been reprimanded for derogatory remarks she made about gays and lesbians in an errant e-mail.

Ginny Allen was admonished personally Monday by the Republican nominee, who promised in a letter of apology that she would be dealt with “according to office guidelines.”

Allen was not fired. Attempts to reach her for comment were unsuccessful Monday.

http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/politics/9777538.htm

[wyethwire]

1. What did she say

Lisa Hall, chairwoman of the Central Savannah River Area Rainbow Alliance, which works to raise awareness of gay and lesbian issues, in July invited both Senate campaigns to an Oct. 7 town hall meeting to discuss issues of interest to gay voters.

Democratic nominee Inez Tenenbaum promptly promised to send a representative, but after receiving no reply from the DeMint campaign, Hall sent a follow-up e-mail Monday.

Allen, apparently thinking she was forwarding the e-mail to someone inside the campaign, inadvertently replied to Hall.

“Come on, fag, give this dike a reply,” Allen wrote.

[DemoTex]

2. I am so sick of Jim DeMwit's lying ads.

He supports a national sales tax (23%) and dismantling of the IRS. When Inez's camp points out the regressive nature of a national sales tax, DeMwit's ads respond by saying that he has never called for a tax increase; the DeMwit plan will abolish your dreaded income taxes and payroll taxes; every family will get a $400 rebate to pay their sales tax with; the DeMwit plan is the chicken for every pot; etc., etc., ad nauseum.

[AlCzervik]

4. Demint is another Club for Growth guy

[DemoTex]

3. I just sent this story to WYFF-TV(4) in Greenville, SC

I haven't heard one word about this on TV news. If it were someone on Inez Tenenbaum's staff, this would be all over the news. The GOP's breathtaking intolerance must be exposed.

[wyethwire]

5. they ran with it tonight