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Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
Not for nothing, but I'm fairly certain there are a lot of gay men and women out there for which their sexual identity is not the first and foremost issue on which they vote.
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Oh, I agree. But I think that the "compassionate conservative" label will not be as readily believed by voters this time around. I also think that there has been a greater effort this year to mobilize the gay vote and have that demographic be relevant to the election. Glen Maxey, the only openly gay member of the Texas Legislature in history, for example, was the chair of the Dean For Texas campaign, and Dean had people out specifically canvassing on gay issues. That made all the other Dems scramble for the gay vote.
BTW, according to Maxey, this was a statement Bush made to him on the floor of the legislature after Maxey kicked Bush's ass over CHIP funding in Texas: "I value you as a person, and I value you as a human being, and I want you to know, Glen, that what I say publicly about gay people doesn’t pertain to you." Bush denied he made the statement.
