Comments on: McCain Gets 27% of Gay Vote

By: El gay power de Obama | El blog de Luis Margol

El gay power de Obama | El blog de Luis Margol — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 09:50:35 +0000

[...] de homofobia hechas contra el Tea Party (aquí Esperanza Aguirre se hizo eco de ellas), y un 27% en las últimas presidenciales -en voto gay a George W. Bush rondó el 20%- el presidente Obama [...]

By: Helen Philpot on the possible auto-industry bailout at homo superior blog

Helen Philpot on the possible auto-industry bailout at homo superior blog — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:57:53 +0000

[...] And yeah, I’m with her, I’m amazed that so many people could still have voted Republican. After the campaign McCain ran. After whining like a loser over public financing. After Palin. And more of them than ever were gay. [...]

By: simon

simon — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:48:19 +0000

Why would a gay white male vote republican??

Ah, liberty.
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of that 27% who voted for McCain.. how many were white males?????
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Would anyone bet that McCain got at least 43% of the gay white male vote?? — mark

By: Duncan

Duncan — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 22:34:28 +0000

There are two good reasons why no faction of the electorate should be entirely in one party’s camp: firstly, it can become self-fulfilling. The Republican party needs to be coaxed away from those intending to legislate morality and back to its ideals of limited government; that will not happen if it has nothing to gain, electorally, for it.
Secondly, if a group will vote for a party come what may, it will be ignored by both. One reason for the slow progress of African-Americans since the 60s is that they are so wedded to the Democrats.
And elaygee, private ballot was introduced in the 19th century precisely so as to combat intimidation and bribery.

By: Ephilei

Ephilei — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 21:33:42 +0000

It’s degrading to all queer people to demand they have to vote for the party stronger on queer issues! Are we not more as people than our sexuality?
Besides, full rights will only come to queer Americans when Republicans start supporting them too and gay Republicans are a big catalyst for that.

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:50:46 +0000

Here’s a gay Republican I’ve mentioned before: Dan Blatt (Gay Patriot West). He blogs at http://www.gaypatriot.net, which is the site of another gay conservative, Bruce Carroll jr.

Blatt was credentialed as press at the Republican National Convention. The Republicans knew him to be an openly gay man. To my knowledge he still hasn’t been drummed out of the GOP.

Dale Carpenter, another of those gay Republican types, reports that “49 percent of the delegates to the GOP convention supported civil unions or gay marriage.” So it seems that reporting all those gay McCain voters to the Repubs won’t have the effect you so desire, elaygee.

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:32:39 +0000

Let’s see, elaygee, why might someone — even a gay someone — not vote for the Democrats:

The Dems are weaker on defense than the Repubs.

The Dems want the government to grow even faster than the Repubs at their most stupid and corrupt did.

The Dems love tax increases.

The Dems provided the opposition to banning partial-birth abortion.

The Dems provided the opposition to the Born-Alive Infanst Protection Act (Barack Obama voted against this).

Need I go on?

By: Charles Lanigan

Charles Lanigan — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:07:46 +0000

Elaygee, I think that your words are kind of harsh. Although I can’t understand why all gay people are not voting Democratic, I am sure they have their reasons. I kind of like the idea that a subset of the gay community may force the leadership of the republican party to re-address their attitudes on gay issues. I’ve met straight republicans who are fiscally conservative and socially liberal and willing to publicly support same-sex marriage. And although it might be political suicide to have that stance, I have hopes that attitude could rub off on others.

By: elaygee

elaygee — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:14:33 +0000

I think that the names of every single one of those Republican Gays should be made public.

Lets tell the other Republicans who they are and lets see if they accept them or reject them. Gay Republicans are a delusional, slef deceptive lot.