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Opening Arguments

Let's talk dirty

OK, now this is funny:

Veteran Rep. Babette Josephs (D., Phila.) last Thursday accused her primary opponent, Gregg Kravitz, of pretending to be bisexual in order to pander to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender voters, a powerful bloc in the district.

"I outed him as a straight person," Josephs said during a fund-raiser at the Black Sheep Pub & Restaurant, as some in the audience gasped or laughed, "and now he goes around telling people, quote, 'I swing both ways.' That's quite a respectful way to talk about sexuality. This guy's a gem."

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"That kind of taunting is going to make it more difficult for closeted members of the LGBT community to be comfortable with themselves," Kravitz said. "It's damaging."

But others said the remarkable quarrel itself was a sign of progress.

"We've hit a new high point when candidates are accused of pretending to be gay to win a seat," said Mark Segal, publisher of the Philadelphia Gay News and a pioneering civil rights advocate.

Heck of a high point. Sure makes us look like pikers here for what is considered dirty politics. A story in the Terre Haute paper was headlined "Gloves come off quickly at forum for Bloody 8th" and recounted some of the vicious things said by six of the eight people running in the congressional GOP primary. One candidate even accused another of being "fast and loose with the facts" and doing a "John Kerry flip-flop." Ooooh. Nothing tops this, though:

In addition, Bernitt said Risk misrepresents her farm. “She has a couple of acres, couple of goats in a subdivision. I find it very troubling that someone would go out there, and for votes would mislead voters,” Bernitt said.

Two-goat lying weasel

Comments

littlejohn
Sun, 04/25/2010 - 12:38pm

This would be easy enough to settle. Kravitz should be challenged to prove it -- publicly. Even if he's willing to just go through the motions (so to speak), that's good enough for me.

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