8/29/2004
Asking and telling
Now here is a tricky subject to write about or use as an issue -- Mel Martinez's supporters on the right criticize McCollum for having gay staffers, yet others say Martinez also has staffers who are gay.
To make matters more uncomfortable, a Washington, DC, gay-oriented publication claimed last month to out two Martinez aides, including one who was in a leadership position in the Florida Christian Coalition.
Mainstream newspapers rightly avoid these kind of stories, except, well, there they are being talked about in a telephone press conference by a Martinez campaign supporter and they show up in e-mails from activists and they work so nicely with Martinez's campaign tactic of labeling McCollum "anti-family." (Scroll to the bottom to the Trib story for uncomfortable comment by the righties.)
All of which makes it hard to ignore. And, too, it's going to make real hard for Martinez to suddenly look like a moderate the day after the primary, should he win.
To make matters more uncomfortable, a Washington, DC, gay-oriented publication claimed last month to out two Martinez aides, including one who was in a leadership position in the Florida Christian Coalition.
Mainstream newspapers rightly avoid these kind of stories, except, well, there they are being talked about in a telephone press conference by a Martinez campaign supporter and they show up in e-mails from activists and they work so nicely with Martinez's campaign tactic of labeling McCollum "anti-family." (Scroll to the bottom to the Trib story for uncomfortable comment by the righties.)
All of which makes it hard to ignore. And, too, it's going to make real hard for Martinez to suddenly look like a moderate the day after the primary, should he win.
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All the Republican candidates are running to see how far to the right they can convince the evangalical Christian voters that they are, that they risk their chances in the general election. After their performance in the debate last week, it will be almost impossible for the nominee --- likely McCollum or Martinez --- to reach back to the center.
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