GOProud founder leaves Republican Party
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/01/22/1271733/-GOProud-co-founder-gives-up-leaves-Republican-Party?detail=email
And the last horse crosses the finish line: GOProud co-founder Jimmy LaSalvia has announced that he will be leaving the Republican Party.
I just came to the realization that the Republican Party doesnt represent my principles and values, LaSalvia told POLITICO. Im a small government conservative and theyre for big government. Theyre happy to have big government as long as theyre in charge. More importantly, I dont tolerate bigotry of any kind, whether its anti-gay bigotry, anti-Muslim bigotry. And they do and thats just not OK with me.
That may be the slowest damn realization in the history of people having realizations. I don't mean to pick on the poor guy, but this is a man who has spent five years with his hand on an oven burner suddenly phoning up a reporter and saying "You know what? Fire hot." Surely there has to be more to it than that, and LaSalvia has a long list of recent well-known examples, though I think he still misdiagnoses the problem: