Discussion: Radio Host: Jeb Bush Gave Conservatives 'Middle Finger' With Gay Advisor

system1 · February 25, 2015, 8:40pm

Discussion for article #233682

austin_dave · February 25, 2015, 9:34pm

Are you sure it’s just a finger? Isn’t Jeb “ramming TEH GAY down your throat”, as y’all are wont to say?

teenlaqueefa · February 25, 2015, 9:36pm

Well now, burn down your best, yet still remotest hope for 2016, that’s the ticket.

thunderclapnewman · February 25, 2015, 9:36pm

Tim Miller may be out and gay—but he’s still a very conservative Republican, and he supports a political party that wants to make him a permanent second-class citizen.

So how fucking smart could he really be?

teenlaqueefa · February 25, 2015, 9:37pm

I know a wealthy gay couple who are hardcore Repubs. It’s all about the low taxes for them.

sweetdee · February 25, 2015, 9:39pm

It’s one thing to say, ‘You know, I really don’t want the base of the party,’ Deace’s guest, conservative activist Robert Van Der Plaats, said. “It’s another thing to actively employ people who are going after the base of the party.”

Do they really feel that someone is “going after” them by trying to secure basic civil rights for themselves? How is trying to better my situation about you?

teenlaqueefa · February 25, 2015, 9:41pm

It’s paranoia IMO.

austin_dave · February 25, 2015, 9:44pm

Radio dude knows about Karl Rove, right?

littlegirlblue · February 25, 2015, 9:45pm

I don’t want to be the first one say that occasionally certain conservatives actually find a middle finger useful, but I guess I’ll have to be.

bdtex · February 25, 2015, 9:47pm

Jeb isn’t trying to win Iowa or SC. He’s just trying to win NH and NV like Romney did in the early primaries.

rssrai · February 25, 2015, 9:52pm

Who cares. Jeb Bush is being beaten by Walker who is a tea party darling.

beattycat · February 25, 2015, 9:53pm

Paranoia.

So the guy protested for marriage equality. So he attends a “gay happy hour.” Ooooooh!! So very scary!!!

Here’s to Jeb shoving some more of these “middle fingers” your way, dude. I think you are just scared as shit Mr. Miller might talk some actual sense into Jeb.

inlabsitrust · February 25, 2015, 9:54pm

So it’s the middle finger when he appoints a gay guy? Then which finger is it when he appoints Paul Wolfowitz, the guy whose lying and/or incompetence is partly responsible for getting us into an unnecessary war that killed tens of thousands and helped create the clusterfuck that is today’s Iraq?

cvilledem · February 25, 2015, 9:56pm

Interesting that they are fine with the advisors who got us into the Iraq cluster fu*k but get all high-dudgeony about a gay guy. Oh, well, at least he didn’t hire someone who marched for, say, equal rights, or health care…whew!!!

apt604 · February 25, 2015, 10:00pm

They’ll be forced to bake your gay wedding cakes. Or something along those lines.

byteme · February 25, 2015, 10:08pm

So hiring a gay person for your campaign is just like saying “fuck you”. Good to know the New Conservative language.

khaaannn · February 25, 2015, 10:19pm

The Republicans continue to “eat their own” and still say they are not gay?

commiedearest · February 25, 2015, 10:30pm

That’s right, true conservatives hate gays and lesbians just for being who they are. It’s a core conservative value. Idiots.

brooklynmichael · February 25, 2015, 10:30pm

Well, Jeb’s just doing what the rest of the country’s been doing…

benthere · February 25, 2015, 10:31pm

My question is: Were the fingers lubed up??