Gay national security spokesman for Romney resigns

Does not hurt Romney at all, because the vast majority of those voting for him do not care for gay rights.

 

This.
In fact this might even strengthen his voter base. Right-wingers hate gays.

 

I take it y'all have never heard of independent voters.

 

I think this can definitely hurt Romney. Romney doesn't have to worry about his gay rights hating base. They won't vote for Obama no matter what. But Romney needs independents if he hopes to win. This could definitely hurt him with independents.

 

Most people that claim to be independents lean one way or the other, and if gay rights were a big issue they already know how the parties view gay rights. This is nothing new, Republicans dislike gays and Democrats want your guns.

 

I agree there are left leaning and right leaning independents. But there are also those that are fiscally conservative and socially liberal, and those that are undecided. This may push some of those in Obama's camp.

It might not, but Romney is kind of in the underdog position, and needs to move toward the center for the general election. This doesn't help that.

 

This is great news for ...... don't know.

 

I just don't get it with the GOP. If the man can do the job who cares who he ****s?

 

Republicans care... Less than ten years ago... But still quite a few..

 

I look forward to the day when someone's sexual orientation isn't going to be an issue with if they can do their job.

 

I think this is a non-story as far as voters go. Yes, it could sway some independents - but most people are not paying attention to small things like this, and those that are (high information voters) likely already have picked a candidate.

 

He should have stayed on, and if someone asked him to leave he should have ratted them out.

 

From Andrew Sullivan, who did a bit of digging into this story:

http://andrewsullivan.thedailybeast...med-as-part-of-the-call-a-reporter-asked.html

Spoiler

The story, right now, probably resonates mostly among gay Republicans voters and is not even very well known among low-information voters. Gay Republican votes, by themselves, are not going to swing the election.

However, if I were the Obama camp, I'd file this under the "stuff to be used later because it's consistent with the narrative of Romney that I'll be pushing" category. My message is going to be that "Romney wants to talk about the economy, but he's a p***y who just gets pushed around by the GOP base. Look at 2010 'Tea Party' set: It's all economy talk in the election, and all gays, abortion and immigrants once they get elected. This is what you expect from a Romney Presidency."

 

With all due respect, bull****. Millions of Democrats are gun owners. President Obama hasn't taken guns away from you, me, or anyone else. And I know Gay Republicans, not to mention Republicans who support Gay rights. Honestly, you are so wrong here that it would be amusing, if it wasn't so sad.

Free your mind.