| GOP ads warn of 'homosexual agenda' from S.F.
Posted: 10/28/2006 7:40:47 PM | http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/10/28/MNGD7M1UNN1.DTL
GOP ads warn of 'homosexual agenda' from S.F.
Edward Epstein, Chronicle Washington Bureau
Saturday, October 28, 2006
10-28) 04:00 PDT Washington -- Republican charges of a San Francisco "homosexual agenda'' and allegations that a liberal "San Francisco majority'' in Congress would endanger the nation have emerged as themes in the final two weeks of the Nov. 7 midterm election campaign.
The latest salvos are variations on a constant GOP refrain this year, tied to the prospect that House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, a "San Francisco liberal,'' would become speaker if Democrats make at least a 15-seat gain in the midterm elections.
"You know, they use me all over the country, my radical homosexual agenda,'' said Pelosi, in San Francisco Friday before heading to campaign stops in Colorado and New Mexico.
"I've never seen a situation where a national party has run against a particular part of the country. It makes me wonder what the Republicans in San Francisco think about the assault that they are making on our city. But it doesn't bother me,'' she said.
A 60-second radio ad by Rep. John Hostettler, R-Ind., who is locked in a tight race with the Democratic candidate, county Sheriff Brad Ellsworth, is the latest attack tied to the anti-Pelosi theme. The ad points out that an Ellsworth victory would help make Pelosi speaker and links the candidate and Pelosi to Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., the openly gay congressman from Boston.
"Pelosi will then put in motion her radical plan to advance the homosexual agenda, led by Barney Frank, reprimanded by the House after paying for sex with a man who ran a gay brothel out of Congressman Frank's home," says the narrator.
"Go ahead, vote for Brad Ellsworth. Make Nancy Pelosi's day," the ad concludes.
"I don't know what it is,'' Pelosi spokeswoman Jennifer Crider said of the "homosexual agenda" referred to in the ad. "But Barney Frank is the ranking member of the Financial Services Committee, so perhaps Hostettler is talking about securities and exchange law.''
If the ad is referring to same-sex marriage, Ellsworth, the Democrat, and the incumbent Republican say they oppose it.
The ad is adroitly written, linking Frank's reprimand to gay sex without ever claiming that was the issue behind the disciplinary action.
In fact, Frank was reprimanded by the House in 1990 for fixing parking tickets accumulated by Stephen Gobie, the congressman's former companion, and for writing a misleading letter to a probation officer for him. But the House Ethics Committee rejected Gobie's claims that Frank knew Gobie ran a gay prostitution ring from the congressman's apartment.
Since then, Frank's constituents have re-elected him seven times.
Another new line of attack comes from House Majority Leader John Boehner of Ohio. In a recent statement, he equated a Pelosi speakership with higher gas prices, because during the 1990s Pelosi voted to raise the federal gas tax, and with higher taxes in general.
"What would a San Francisco majority led by Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi mean for American consumers?'' he asked.
"Not just higher gasoline prices, but more taxes to boot. If you look at Pelosi's voting record, she voted to raise gasoline taxes at least five times: in 1991, twice in 1993, 1996, and 1998,'' Boehner added.
For years, conservatives have used San Francisco as a symbol of the kind of liberal politics they scorn -- for abortion rights, gun control and gay rights and for government social programs.
Pelosi said Friday that she is proud to represent San Francisco.
"All of our children in San Francisco have health insurance; the minium wage is over $8 an hour. ... We have respect for individual rights and rights of privacy. I'm very, very proud of San Francisco values,'' she said.
The Republican attack on so-called San Francisco values has broadened in 2006 to include the allegation that San Francisco is soft on national security.
Republicans from President Bush on down have warned that a Democratic Congress would make America less safe in the war on terrorism.
"There is a difference of opinion, and our voters in Iowa and across the country must understand that the Democrats have a different view about this war on terror, a view that I think makes America less secure and makes it harder for us to do our job to protect the American people,'' Bush said Thursday in Des Moines, Iowa, as he campaigned for Republican House candidate Jeff Lamberti.
The battle over national security policy continued Thursday as Bush signed legislation at the White House authorizing, but not paying for, 700 miles of fence along the border with Mexico.
House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., said that Pelosi "has never visited the border. She claims to understand the needs of those on the front lines but has never visited those agents and offers no solutions.''
Pelosi's staff said Hastert was wrong, pointing out, for example, that she visited the Mexican border most recently last March when she toured a section with Rep. Silvestre Reyes, D-Texas, whose district runs along the border. Reyes served in the Border Patrol before winning a House seat. | |
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| GOP ads warn of 'homosexual agenda' from S.F.
Posted: 10/28/2006 8:20:53 PM | Whats the big surprise here? The "Scare em' about the evil gay agenda" is Standard Operating Procedure for the Republicans.
Its like a football team with a really good back-up QB. It's always nice to a plan B when the starter ain't getting it done. | |
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| GOP ads warn of 'homosexual agenda' from S.F.
Posted: 10/29/2006 6:42:41 AM | Divide and conquer.
It's "us" against "them".
Satan's a marchin' , he's ridin' that streetcar from Hell, and he's got that "San Franciso treat" for all of you that refuse to open your eyes...and it ain't Rice-a-roni.
If Americans won't stand up, homosexuals won't stand down.
Before you know it, this nation's gonna be awash in Broadway show tunes and snappy dressers.  
( Can you tell the Republicans are in trouble ? ) | |
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| GOP ads warn of 'homosexual agenda' from S.F.
Posted: 10/29/2006 8:31:53 AM | Terrorists and gays...
Thats two issues...too complicated for the simpltons...
Lets just lump them together.....GAY TERRORISTS...
I can see it now...a republican ad...
A man...wearing a turban, a dress, and holding an AK-47 | |
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| GOP ads warn of 'homosexual agenda' from S.F.
Posted: 10/29/2006 10:35:46 AM | I thought that was a brilliant concept, and was about to suggest you quickly send off a CV to the Republican party to work as a speech writer....then I researched "gay terrorist" and...you are a little late....
Poland’s opposition party is demanding an explanation for an incident in last year’s elections when a bomb hoax was blamed on “gay terrorists.”
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-974.html
365Gay.com reports a bomb scare at a Lutheran school near Cleveland. It was evacuated after a caller threatened to blow up the school unless the pastor announced on TV that he supported gay marriage. No bomb was found.
http://www.exgaywatch.com/blog/archives
/2003/09/gay_terrorists.html
Those Damn Gay Terrorists
They threatened to redecorate the White House! NBC Reports that the Pentagon spied on a gay and lesbian student group that opposed the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy and labeled them a 'credible threat.'
"The Pentagon is supposed to defend the Constitution, not turn it upside down," Dixon Osburn, SLDN executive director, said in a statement released Dec. 20. "Students have a first amendment right to protest and Americans have a right to expect that their government will respect our constitutional right to privacy."
Silly folks, the gays don't have First Amendment rights! There they go again with their 'homosexual agenda' demanding special rights.
http://pinkdome.com/archives/2005/12/
those_damn_gay.html
According to recent press reports, Pentagon officials have been spying on what they call "suspicious" meetings by civilian groups, including student groups opposed to the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" ban on lesbian, gay and bisexual military personnel. The story, first reported by Lisa Myers and NBC News last week, noted that Pentagon investigators had records pertaining to April protests at the State University of New York at Albany and William Patterson College in New Jersey. A February protest at NYU was also listed, along with the law school's LGBT advocacy group OUTlaw, which was classified as "possibly violent" by the Pentagon. A UC-Santa Cruz "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" protest, which included a gay kiss-in, was labeled as a "credible threat" of terrorism.
http://hughesforamerica.typepad.com/hughes_for_america
/2005/12/equating_gays_w.html
I hear the Village People are considering replacing the next guy that leaves the group with a guy dressed as a suicide bomber.
I think all men and women of good standing, all those who believe in freedom and democracy, should start to protest against this startling new trend - before it gets out of control.
Keep terrorism hetrosexual !!!!!
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