From the Dog Bites Man Gazette comes the least surprising story since George Rekers got caught going on vacation with a Rentboy: GOProud, the gay conservative group, has endorsed Mitt Romney for president. This statement especially caught my eye:
“President Obama and his friends on the left want this election to be about divisive social issues, because the President’s record on jobs and the economy is indefensible,” continued LaSalvia. “At this critical juncture, we need a President with the experience and expertise to turn this economy around. Someone who knows how the free markets work – former Governor Mitt Romney is that candidate.”
Oh yes, it’s the left that wants to make it all about social issues. Apparently it was the left that forced Republican legislatures all over the country to propose or pass hundreds of anti-abortion and anti-gay bills. The left made them do it, just like they cast all those votes for Rick Santorum, Rick Perry and Michele Bachmann.
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Michael Heath
June 24, 2012 at 10:42 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
So being gay doesn’t provide any immunization for the disease which makes conservatives deny reality.
Childermass
June 24, 2012 at 11:23 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
I can’t blame them that much. And organization that associates itself with one of the two major parties is trapped: they must endorse the party’s nominee.
They might come useful in the future so it probably best that they stay in “business.” If every person who supports equality is driven out of the GOP, it might delay by a few years the GOP’s dropping of this particular injustice. We can sure that it will eventually happen (if the GOP does not want to die), but every year shaved off the process will help countless people.
busterggi
June 24, 2012 at 11:58 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
An organization with GOP in its name has endorsed the GOP candidate.
Wotta surprise.
raven
June 24, 2012 at 12:02 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
I can’t see how the party that caused the Great Recession is going to fix the Great Recession.
Probably they will just make it worse.
Bush set the stage to set us back a generation and that is what is happening.
He cut taxes many times while increasing spending a lot. And here we are.
Before Bush, the government poicy was Paygo. You can’t increase spending above a certain percentage of GDP without increasing taxes. This kept the budget within eyeball distance of being manageable.
Modusoperandi
June 24, 2012 at 12:13 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Well, obviously it’s The Left’s fault for having so many shameless hussies and gayhomos.
raven “I can’t see how the party that caused the Great Recession is going to fix the Great Recession.”
It’s not the same party. Would the old GOP take the old GOP policies and double down? Yeah, that’s right. The new GOP is extreme! To the max!
“Before Bush, the government poicy was Paygo. You can’t increase spending above a certain percentage of GDP without increasing taxes. This kept the budget within eyeball distance of being manageable.”
Pah! Now we have CutGo, which doesn’t apply to new tax cuts, making it not just theoretically foolish but a positive feedback loop of poor-fuckery.
Zeno
June 24, 2012 at 12:33 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
What neutered lapdogs these misnamed “GOProud” members are. If they feel compelled to endorse anti-gay candidates who run on the Republican ticket, then what the hell do they stand for? They bring nothing to the table and get no respect from the rest of the Republican Party — or anyone else. If GOProud could actually deliver a bloc of votes to Republicans who are good on human rights (are there still any?) and refuse to endorse members of the wacky “pro-family” gang, they might have a small positive impact. Instead, they merely inspire contempt. (Have these guys been analyzed for beaten-spouse syndrome?)
ArtK
June 24, 2012 at 12:43 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
I’m impressed (and not in a good way) at the Republican’s ability to get people to put tribal loyalty ahead of their clear self-interest. The fact that there’s at least one woman and one gay still loyal to the party is almost stunning. Not to mention all the middle and working class people who are happily supporting a party that’s actively and obviously working to screw them.
raven
June 24, 2012 at 12:44 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
They are in an abusive relationship. Who knows why?
Bronze Dog
June 24, 2012 at 1:04 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
This is exactly the sort of thing that tells me these are the kind of people who exist to be a token group. They’re there to make it look like the parent organization has some diversity, but they don’t do anything to fight discrimination against their group. Their ‘family’ loyalty trumps what’s supposed to be their mission.
Randomfactor
June 24, 2012 at 1:33 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Good to see teh gheys and Rick Frothy-Substance on the same, um, candidate here.
Dr X
June 24, 2012 at 1:48 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
They should call themselves GOMasochist, except that doesn’t even work because masochistic personalities support their own persecution and then complain self-righteously about their victimization. Or maybe that does fit?
Headline: Mitt Romney wrestles GOProud to the ground and cuts its hair. GOPROUD outraged, but still supports Romney.
stuartsmith
June 24, 2012 at 2:16 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
To be fair, I think what they are actually saying is “The left wants to make this about (our horrific policies regarding) social issues…”
Which is true. Of course they do. Why wouldn’t they? They only thing the Democrats really have to campaign on is that the Republicans are worse than them on social issues.
Janine: History’s Greatest Monster
June 24, 2012 at 3:04 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
If oppressing LGBT people is the price that must be paid in order to create jobs, we LGBT people should be happy for that. This will create jobs for the oppressed LGBT people, making our lives better.
Unless our jobs are sent elsewhere so that people like the Rombot3000 can maximize their profits and pass the finacial risk on the the federal government and taxpayers.
Area Man
June 24, 2012 at 3:38 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Our political culture takes it for granted that the Republicans will always do the wrong thing and apparently lack free will. Therefore, the Democrats are responsible for stopping them and passing necessary legislation in the face of unrelenting obstructionism.
As bad as this is, we’ve gotten to the point where the Republicans themselves have now internalized it. They are perfectly happy to pretend that they have no control over what they do, and that anything bad that happens must be the other side’s fault, because only the other side is capable of making choices and behaving responsibly. Basically, its the fox accusing the farmer of not properly securing the hen house.
Probably the worst example of this was the debt ceiling debate last summer, where the Republican leadership acted powerless and blamed Obama for not solving a problem that was entirely of their own making and that they could have ended at any time. The latest and probably most hilarious example is their blaming of the Democrats for failing to pass immigration reform in spite of being repeatedly blocked by Senate Republicans. That’s the party of personal responsibility for you.
Canadian Yankee
June 24, 2012 at 3:59 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Apparently this was a very narrowly earned endorsement: the board of GOProud has seven members, four of whom are gay or lesbian and three of whom are straight. Two straight and two gay members voted yes, two gay members voted no, and one straight member did not vote.
Michael Heath
June 24, 2012 at 4:19 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
stuartsmith:
Denialist rhetoric of the week; hell, perhaps all of June.
Michael Heath
June 24, 2012 at 4:30 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
stuartsmith,
If what I blockquoted of your’s was snark; than I concede being the whooshee of the week.
Modusoperandi
June 24, 2012 at 6:07 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Area Man “The latest and probably most hilarious example is their blaming of the Democrats for failing to pass immigration reform in spite of being repeatedly blocked by Senate Republicans.”
To be fair, it is Obama’s fault for winning the election.
williamgeorge
June 24, 2012 at 6:47 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
GOProud are the gay version of the “house negro”. They are deserving of nothing but contempt.
Dr X
June 24, 2012 at 7:47 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
@M.O:
And to be doubly fair, being black is a choice in Obama’s case, although being a feriner was not his choice.
gmacs
June 24, 2012 at 11:21 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
They might come useful in the future so it probably best that they stay in “business.” If every person who supports equality is driven out of the GOP, it might delay by a few years the GOP’s dropping of this particular injustice. We can sure that it will eventually happen (if the GOP does not want to die), but every year shaved off the process will help countless people.
Well, they have associated with a party who has, in many states, made it a major part of its platform that marriage must only be between “one natural male and one natural female, omitting transgendered” (Iowa Republican Platform, 2012, plank 6.03). These people are not going to be the folks who move the Republicans off this issue. If anything, mainstream anti-gay Republicans probably see them as a way to deflect criticism because, “hey, how can we be bigoted if we have openly gay people in our party?”
The situation is different from having a family member who is gay. All I have ever heard from GOProud is a bunch of crap criticizing the left for fighting the “culture war”, making ridiculous claims about different right wing figures making progress for gay rights, and attacking some of the most prominent and influential gay rights campaigners. They enable the GOP with their incessant double-think.
How can any hope be seen in an organization that appears to be incapable of having an honest moment.
neonsequitur
June 25, 2012 at 2:30 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Well, I guess every vote counts. And the “self-loathing wingnuts” demographic might be statistically significant.
stace
June 25, 2012 at 8:11 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Better be careful about getting too close to Mittington, GOProud. He and his cronies might hold you down and clip your hair.
stace
June 25, 2012 at 8:14 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Crap, Dr. X beat me to it.
democommie
June 25, 2012 at 8:52 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Michael Heath@17:
18 hours after the original comment:
“Which is true. Of course they do. Why wouldn’t they? They only thing the Democrats really have to campaign on is that the Republicans are worse than them on social issues.”
and over 12 hours past your second comment on THAT comment, no rejoinder. Trolls be trollin’.
I know other people who vote republican for no discernible logical reason. I just chalk it all up to some form of mental illness.
d cwilson
June 25, 2012 at 9:35 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
We see this dynamic in play with the immigration debate, where the GOP are blaming the democrats for not passing the Dream Act, a bill they successfully flibustered back in 2010.
hunter
June 25, 2012 at 4:15 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Word is that the endorsement was passed by the straight members of the board. Two of the gay members were not at the meeting and didn’t vote.
Calling GOProud a “gay” organization is wrong no matter how you look at it.
Michael Heath
June 25, 2012 at 5:57 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
democommie writes:
I know of two rational reasons some people predominately vote Republican, including at the national level. Rational though not laudable; they are:
1) They come from a traditionally Republican family, and are not necessarily conservative; think Eisenhower, Bill Milliken, and Gerald Ford. They’re also very uninformed and perhaps also misinformed on national politics. They support Republicans analogous to how a casual fan of a college team supports that team vs. a rival college team.
2) An overlapping group of the above who are also uninformed and misinformed on national politics who live in areas where Republicans are more competent governing at the local level than Democrats.
Re # 2: While I’m perfectly cognizant that at the federal level and in many states Republicans can’t govern, that’s not always true at the local level though I think they’re trending worse as the conservative disease begins to infect local pols as well. Unfortunately I also observe local Democrats who can’t govern in spite of the fact I think the national party is very close to being great at governing. When it comes to politiking Democrats of course still suck, but they’re getting the governing thing down pretty damn well.