Reply #213: You could craft a caution list like that for any agressive DEM strategy.

[Dr Fate]

1.) They'll call it McCarthyite, which it is.

Response: No one is being black-listed here, we are just letting voters know that that their anti-gay gay representative is a lying hypocrite- if they want to "black-list" him by voting him out, or forgive him, that is their call.


2) Reps relish the opportunity to appear as big tent as possible....witness the Michael Steele campaign. All this does is give them another opportunity to do so. They're not going to spoil it.

Response: If they are such a big tent, then why are they opposed to gay civil rights, and why they do feel the need to hide & cover up their own sexuality?

3) They'll point out the strange irony of the Dems using someones sexuality for the purposes of demeaning them politically, and giving the Reps that talking point makes me sick.

Response: We are not deamining them b/c they are gay- we are pointing out the fact that they are hypocrites who feel the need to constantly lie to their base. Lying is still wrong, isnt it?

4) I agree. I dont see how this helps them or hurts us. They have little to lose, we have little to lose as well- considering they constantly throw mud at us regardless of whether we provked them or not. Besides, if they turn the tables, then they cant call it "McCartyite" anymore- so #1 & #4 neutralize each other.

I've been reading excuses for not fighting or taking Repubs to task for years- in every case, it turned out we should have gone for it.

If we could come up with as many ways to fight the GOP as we come up with excuses for not fighting them, we might just win an election or two.

We agree to disagree- I say we label liars & hypocrites as "liars & hypocrites."