re: #383 Mattand

Gee, Republicans freaking out because one of their own is putting country before for party. What a surprise.

Why, why, why do people keep supporting the GOP? They’re a group of people willing to destroy the US if they dont’ get their way. It’s really making me start to wonder about people who vote for them.

The GOP? When did the HRC become a part of the GOP?

WASHINGTON — Former Sen. Chuck Hagel, widely viewed as President Obama’s likely choice to lead the Pentagon and already under fire from some pro-Israel supporters, faced a new level of resistance Thursday from activists upset over his record on gay rights.

The sharpest criticism came from the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), a key White House ally and the country’s leading gay-rights group, whose president pointed to a 1998 comment in which Hagel questioned whether an “openly aggressively gay” nominee could be an effective U.S. ambassador.

“Sen. Hagel’s unacceptable comments about gay people, coupled with his consistent anti-LGBT record in Congress, raise serious questions about where he stands on [lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender] equality today,” said HRC President Chad Griffin, a major fundraiser for Obama’s re-election campaign. “For him to be an appropriate candidate for any administration post, he must repudiate his comments.”

The rising concerns bubbled to the surface even after phone calls to gay-rights activists in recent days from senior White House aides, including top Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett.