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Why Your Phone Is Ringing With News Gay D.C. Councilman Jim Graham Paid For a Colleague’s Abortion

Jim Graham paid for an abortion for his male companion’s chief of staff’s girlfriend. It’s no secret, as reported by a local newspaper. Paying to take the life is evil, especially when you weren’t even the parent. Jim Graham is wretched, immoral and doesn’t deserve to represent us. Let’s get a decent human being to fight for our children, not kill them. Graham is sick and we can do better. Do not vote for Jim Graham.

—The audio of an anonymous robocall going out in the D.C. area attacking gay City Councilman Jim Graham, based on this report about Graham charging $3,200 for the abortion to his personal credit card, which was repaid by former staffer Ted Loza, who stands accused of taking bribes. Graham isn’t pleased. [via]

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By: JD
On: Sep 7, 2010
Tagged: abortion, jim graham, Washington D.C.

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No. 1 · Rob
Jim Graham’s time has come and gone. He’s become a typical career politician – patronizing and arrogant. Sad, but as a gay man here in DC I will go to the polls election day and for the first time, vote against him. He’s no longer effective aside from issues above.

Sep 7, 2010 at 10:18 am · @Reply · Flag
No. 2 · Jared Alessandroni · Member · 12 comments
The danger is that whatever the message, anonymous attacks are a dangerous road to go down – this time it might be true that he paid for an abortion (and your opinion on that is your own) and we have to treat him as a politician who happens to be gay. But what is to stop someone from slandering another politician whose situation might not be that clear, or might not be what they say at all? Robocalls are bad news, as are underhanded and indirect campaigns.

Sep 7, 2010 at 10:48 am · @Reply · Flag
No. 3 · Jesse
I received the 2 anti-Graham voicemails. Some white trash hick woman spewing – it actually sounds like a bad MadTV skit it’s so bad. I actually laughed out loud and played for friends it is so poorly done. No inteligent person would be swayed however agree with #1 Rob on Jim. Bad judgement on top of arogance and I don’t vote for someone just because they are gay so he will not get my vote either.

Sep 7, 2010 at 11:17 am · @Reply · Flag
No. 4 · Drake
JIm Graham has been one of the strongest gay voices in Washington DC – EVER ! He is the main force behind the funding for gay health issues like AIDS and substance abuse treatment. He deserves all of our votes .

Sep 7, 2010 at 12:01 pm · @Reply · Flag
No. 5 · Ggeekboy
Is it crude of me to think “Maybe he just wanted to airline points?”

Sep 7, 2010 at 12:09 pm · @Reply · Flag
No. 6 · Preston
@Drake: Yes he has, but has lost sight of key issues a councilman should be focusing on – crime, education, small business opportunities within neighborhoods, parking, the list is endless. The gay electorate is concerned with more than just gay issues – we are multi-dimensional. In talking to Jim and his folks, he seems to forget that. If they assume you are gay, they speak of nothing but gay issues to you. Wrong assumption that is all we care about! Just becuase he has worked on gay issues issues in the past doesn’t mean he deserves our vote in perpetuity – doesn’t work that way for free thinking voters!

Sep 7, 2010 at 2:15 pm · @Reply · Flag