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Last week, Mitt Romney hired Richard Grenell as his new foreign policy spokesman. Grenell was President Bush’s communications director at the United Nations for eight years, and has been a spokesman for a handful of prominent Republicans such as George Pataki and Dave Camp.

Along with his qualifications, Grenell is also gay.

When the campaign announced the hire, Grenell’s sexual orientation wasn’t noted in media coverage, nor, arguably, should it have been. He got in a bit of a tangle for scrubbing his Twitter profile to erase messages he wrote about Newt Gingrich and his wife, but that was about the only newsworthy development in the hiring announcement.

That is, until a gay-bashing radio host at the American Family Association wrote in his blog that by appointing Grenell, Romney was telling the so-called pro-family community to “drop dead.” CNN amplified that message from Bryan Fischer by inviting him on for an interview.
“The homosexual agenda represents the single-greatest threat to religious liberty and freedom of association in America today,” Fischer declared.

Ivytalk wrote:Sounds like Grenell is eminently qualified for the foreign policy post. That should be the beginning and the end of this story. Tell Bryan Fischer to drop dead.

Ivytalk wrote:Sounds like Grenell is eminently qualified for the foreign policy post. That should be the beginning and the end of this story. Tell Bryan Fischer to drop dead.

Ivytalk wrote:Sounds like Grenell is eminently qualified for the foreign policy post. That should be the beginning and the end of this story. Tell Bryan Fischer to drop dead.

dbackjon wrote:

Ivytalk wrote:Sounds like Grenell is eminently qualified for the foreign policy post. That should be the beginning and the end of this story. Tell Bryan Fischer to drop dead.

Yup


BTW - the gay community, while all wanting equality, so not all liberal - I have a number of gay friends that are not fans of Obama (including one guy I dated a few times back in TN that makes Alphie look like he is an Obama fanboy).

danefan wrote:What exactly is the Gay Foreign Policy anyway? Does Romney really need a spokesman dedicated to it?

ASUG8 wrote:

Ivytalk wrote:Sounds like Grenell is eminently qualified for the foreign policy post. That should be the beginning and the end of this story. Tell Bryan Fischer to drop dead.

My thoughts too, and it apparently isn't his first rodeo. I thought that CNN fanning the flames was funny.

kalm wrote:

ASUG8 wrote:
My thoughts too, and it apparently isn't his first rodeo. I thought that CNN fanning the flames was funny.

CNN was fanning the flames by inviting a gay basher on?

ASUG8 wrote:So dback, you changing your vote?

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Last week, Mitt Romney hired Richard Grenell as his new foreign policy spokesman. Grenell was President Bush’s communications director at the United Nations for eight years, and has been a spokesman for a handful of prominent Republicans such as George Pataki and Dave Camp.

Along with his qualifications, Grenell is also gay.

But NO WAY is CNN liberally biased.......

When the campaign announced the hire, Grenell’s sexual orientation wasn’t noted in media coverage, nor, arguably, should it have been. He got in a bit of a tangle for scrubbing his Twitter profile to erase messages he wrote about Newt Gingrich and his wife, but that was about the only newsworthy development in the hiring announcement.

That is, until a gay-bashing radio host at the American Family Association wrote in his blog that by appointing Grenell, Romney was telling the so-called pro-family community to “drop dead.” CNN amplified that message from Bryan Fischer by inviting him on for an interview.
“The homosexual agenda represents the single-greatest threat to religious liberty and freedom of association in America today,” Fischer declared.

CNN, a major network, decided that the fact that this guy is gay and that a far right whackjob needed to get his anti-gay message out to a much broader audience is, in my opinion, fanning flames. Most of us would never have heard of his had CNN not gotten involved. Note the link is from ABC .....

Seahawks08 wrote:

CNN, a major network, decided that the fact that this guy is gay and that a far right whackjob needed to get his anti-gay message out to a much broader audience is, in my opinion, fanning flames. Most of us would never have heard of his had CNN not gotten involved. Note the link is from ABC .....

It might be fanning the gay flames, but I think they did it more for gay ratings than anything.

Ibanez wrote:

Seahawks08 wrote:
It might be fanning the gay flames, but I think they did it more for gay ratings than anything.

GIFY

kalm wrote:

Ibanez wrote:
GIFY

Ibanez wrote:

kalm wrote:

gay accuracy. Gay thank you.

CID1990 wrote:The natural political state of gay men is conservatism. I know lots of card carrying Log Cabin Republicans. A good friend of mine at work is one.

It should come as no surprise since the homos tend to be on the right of the intelligence bell curve.


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Ivytalk wrote:

Ibanez wrote: gay accuracy. Gay thank you.

Point made. So STGU!

dbackjon wrote:

CID1990 wrote:The natural political state of gay men is conservatism. I know lots of card carrying Log Cabin Republicans. A good friend of mine at work is one.

It should come as no surprise since the homos tend to be on the right of the intelligence bell curve.


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There are a lot of economically conservative, socially liberal gay men - if the Republican Party would stop courting the American Taliban vote, they could make significiant inroads there.

dbackjon wrote:

CID1990 wrote:The natural political state of gay men is conservatism. I know lots of card carrying Log Cabin Republicans. A good friend of mine at work is one.

It should come as no surprise since the homos tend to be on the right of the intelligence bell curve.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk while driving on the interstate and brushing my teeth.

There are a lot of economically conservative, socially liberal gay men - if the Republican Party would stop courting the American Taliban vote, they could make significiant inroads there.

dbackjon wrote:

CID1990 wrote:The natural political state of gay men is conservatism. I know lots of card carrying Log Cabin Republicans. A good friend of mine at work is one.

It should come as no surprise since the homos tend to be on the right of the intelligence bell curve.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk while driving on the interstate and brushing my teeth.

There are a lot of economically conservative, socially liberal gay men - if the Republican Party would stop courting the American Taliban vote, they could make significiant inroads there.