duffell
July 28th, 2005, 04:38 PM
This story gets stranger (and sexier) the more it unravels.
Republican Jean Schmidt and Democrat Paul Hackett are running in a special election in Ohio's 2nd Congressional District. Ordinarily, this red district would favor the Republican by a wide margin (20+ points, that area). Paul Hackett, however, is an Iraq War (II) veteran who's been breathing fire down the necks of the chickenhawks. As it stands right now, 5 days before the special election, Hackett is a mere 5 points below Schmidt in the polls, which is incredible, not to mention inside the +/-.
The Swift Boating has begun, with talk show hosts and even Schmidt's staffers questioning his patriotism. Said an advisor to Schmidt,
I understand that Hackett did not participate in combat at all. ... Let's just not act as though we led marines in combat if we did not, okay?
Schmidt has mostly been on the offense here, but she is promoting a platform of her own. What is her platform centered around? "Family values," of course!Of course, between posturing about family values and ripping into her opponent, Schmidt didn't take the time to get to know her staffers. Even as she touts social conservatives, Schmidt is employing a campaign manager who, as it turns out, is into BDSM. Joe Braun's profile was found on a local BDSM site (the username matches his e-mail address), and he is a self-described "experienced Dom seeking a sub for long term exploration and training."
Personally, I don't care who you fuck, peg, whip, whatever. But as long as you're whipping your slave, could you PLEASE keep the hypocrisy to a minimum and NOT work for a so-called "family values" conservative Republican? Honestly! That does piss me off.
The blogosphere's lefties are having a field day with this. However, even as they rightly decry the hypocrisy, some of them are getting out of hand. They're generalizing, calling BDSM afficianados perverts and freaks. Bob Brigham at the Swing State Project (http://www.swingstateproject.com/) is being particularly harsh.
Let the TV pundits and Schmidt's fellow Republicans display their outrage over what people do in the privacy of their homes. Don't you do it too. Shame, shame, lefty blogosphere. You have let me down.
Republican Jean Schmidt and Democrat Paul Hackett are running in a special election in Ohio's 2nd Congressional District. Ordinarily, this red district would favor the Republican by a wide margin (20+ points, that area). Paul Hackett, however, is an Iraq War (II) veteran who's been breathing fire down the necks of the chickenhawks. As it stands right now, 5 days before the special election, Hackett is a mere 5 points below Schmidt in the polls, which is incredible, not to mention inside the +/-.
The Swift Boating has begun, with talk show hosts and even Schmidt's staffers questioning his patriotism. Said an advisor to Schmidt,
I understand that Hackett did not participate in combat at all. ... Let's just not act as though we led marines in combat if we did not, okay?
Schmidt has mostly been on the offense here, but she is promoting a platform of her own. What is her platform centered around? "Family values," of course!Of course, between posturing about family values and ripping into her opponent, Schmidt didn't take the time to get to know her staffers. Even as she touts social conservatives, Schmidt is employing a campaign manager who, as it turns out, is into BDSM. Joe Braun's profile was found on a local BDSM site (the username matches his e-mail address), and he is a self-described "experienced Dom seeking a sub for long term exploration and training."
Personally, I don't care who you fuck, peg, whip, whatever. But as long as you're whipping your slave, could you PLEASE keep the hypocrisy to a minimum and NOT work for a so-called "family values" conservative Republican? Honestly! That does piss me off.
The blogosphere's lefties are having a field day with this. However, even as they rightly decry the hypocrisy, some of them are getting out of hand. They're generalizing, calling BDSM afficianados perverts and freaks. Bob Brigham at the Swing State Project (http://www.swingstateproject.com/) is being particularly harsh.
Let the TV pundits and Schmidt's fellow Republicans display their outrage over what people do in the privacy of their homes. Don't you do it too. Shame, shame, lefty blogosphere. You have let me down.