Analyzing and refuting the inaccuracies lodged against the lgbt community by religious conservative organizations. Lies in the name of God are still lies.
For the definition of scraping the bottom of the barrel to launch a silly attack on Hillary Clinton, I give you religious right spokesperson, the first president of the anti-lgbt hate group the Family Research Council, and the man who helped undermine efforts to combat the AIDS crisis in the 80, Gary Bauer.
The American Family Association's fake new source, One News Nowcited Bauer as an authority on the idea that Clinton would not get that many minority voters in the upcoming election.:
A
veteran conservative activist doubts that Hillary Clinton will benefit
from similar voter turnout among minorities that Barack Obama enjoyed.
Some observers consider if
very unlikely, says Gary Bauer, that a "70-year-old white person with
ethics problems" will inspire minority turnout like Obama did.
"So on that basis," he concludes, "the turnout on election day in November is likely to include fewer Democrats."
And (surprise, surprise), One News Now conveniently didn't include a picture of Bauer. But I will:
Gary Bauer thinks he knows minority voters
Don't he look like a "down brotha?" Of course Bauer didn't cite any statistics because polls say that Clinton has maintained a strong lead amongst minority voters. And of course Bauer didn't talk about Trumps's association with the racist alt-right and white supremacists such as David Duke, or his really embarrassing effort to reach black voters.
I guess Bauer's ability to predict the minds of minority voters is just as good as as his Christian integrity.
Trying to build some anti-Hillary Clinton momentum on a comment she made last weekend has probably backfired (at least I hope it does) on the Trump/Pence campaign.
Last weekend during a fundraiser, Clinton said half of Trump's supporters could be put in a "basket of deplorables". She was commenting on various racist, sexist, xenophobic, and all-around nasty comments these folks have made during Trump's campaign rallies. Even though she had a point, the Trump campaign and various conservatives have been attempting to manufacture a "pivotal campaign" moment from it.
Because of the "magic" of the internet, they have been unsuccessful. Folks have been posting and referring to old videos and articles which proved Clinton's point. However, Trump and company have continued to milk her statement.
They really should have stopped. Today, Mike Pence, Trump's running mate, was interviewed by Wolf Blitzer on CNN and that led to this exchange in which Pence refused to denounce white supremacist and former Klan leader David Duke as "deplorable":
BLITZER: But [Clinton] said, there are supporters, and you know this,
there are some supporters of Donald Trump and Mike Pence, who, David
Duke, for example, some other white nationalist, who would fit into that
category of deplorables. Right?"
PENCE: "As I’ve told you the last time I was on, I'm not sure why the
media keeps dropping David Duke's name. Donald Trump has denounced
David Duke repeatedly. We don't want his support and we don't want the
support of people who think like him."
BLITZER: "You called him a deplorable. You would call him a deplorable?"
PENCE: "No, I'm not in the name-calling business, Wolf, you know me better than that."
The media keeps bringing up Duke because Duke has aligned himself with Trump, including saying that he and Trump share the same voters. Duke also endorsed Trump, who at first, would not disavow the endorsement.
Pence's reluctance to denounce Duke as "deplorable" reminds me of the time last year when he was asked eight times about the anti-lgbt "religious liberty" law he signed as governor of Indiana. Eight times he refused to say whether or not the law could be used to discriminate against lgbts:
And they like to claim that Clinton won't answer a simple question?
Religious right talking head Gary Bauer is the classic case of what happens when the lgbt community doesn't raise sufficient hell about those who have harmed us.
In the 80s, Bauer worked in the Reagan Administration. He also undermined efforts to educate Reagan on the AIDS crisis and efforts to get the president to address it publicly. He was instrumental in undermining Surgeon General C. Everett Koop as the crisis swept through the nation. According to Koop, Bauer felt that AIDS was God's punishment.
So was Bauer ever made to address these issues. No. Not when he was the first president of anti-lgbt hate group the Family Research Council. Not when he ran for president in 2000. And of course not when he gave the following speech last weekend at FRC's nonsensical Values Voter Summit:
I hate to say it but Bauer will probably never have to answer for his efforts in furthering the AIDS crisis.
