That sound you keep hearing is the death rattle of the Republican party. After years of trying to pretend otherwise, the party’s establishment has come to the bitter realization that theirs was no longer the party of lower taxes and less government. It’s now the party of white resentment. Donald Trump‘s willingness to slime the parents of a slain soldier solely because they are Muslim (and not Trump fans) proves once and for all that the party cares only about hatred.
Which makes Marco Rubio’s decision to be a speaker at a virulently antigay convention all the more disgusting.
Rubio will be a guest at “Rediscovering God in America,” to be held on August 12. Among those in attendance will be Mat Staver, Kim Davis’s legal counsel; David Barton, the faux historian who had a big hand in this year’s hateful GOP platform; and David Lane, a religious right leader who said that car bombs would be an appropriate response to gay visibility.
In a particularly sickening twist, the event will be held in Orlando, just two months after the Pulse massacre.
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Marco Rubio was supposed to be the future of the Republican party, at least until he revealed himself to be a defective android during this year’s primary season. The party still pins its hopes on him to save it from its current mess at some future date.
But if the party is ever to recover from the complete meltdown it is now experiencing, it’s going to have to start denouncing the hatred in its ranks. And a good place to start would be with the vicious antigay right.
Bill Clinton perfected this strategy when he condemned hip-hop artist Sister Souljah for making remarks about blacks killing whites instead of each other. The decision, which is known politically as a Sister Souljah moment, signaled to voters that hateful speech had no place in Clinton’s party.
It’s that moment that Republicans desperately need.
Of course, maybe this is expecting too much from Rubio. After all, where other people viewed the carnage of the Pulse massacre and saw tragedy and heartbreak, Rubio surveyed the scene to discover a career opportunity. Perhaps he’s every bit the ambitious lightweight that his critics make him out to be. Maybe he’s too enchanted by the antigay rhetoric or too cowardly to say otherwise.
But somebody has to. Not just for our sake, though dampening the hateful language could end some of the hateful acts against us. But also for the Republican party’s sake. Every other major conservative party in the Western world is perfectly fine with us. It’s only the fringe extremists who are not.
Until some Republican leader can step forward and break the grip that hatred has on his or her party, the GOP is condemning itself to remaining on the fringe and watching its future slip away.
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DCguy
Countdown to the Log Cabin Republican and his five sock puppet screenames coming in here, trying to avoid the actual topic and screaming about “Muslims” or how lgbts are only One issue voters because, you know, civil rights are FAR less important than say….a tax cut for a Canadian oil sands company doing business in the U.S.
The topic, an Establishment GOP politician who was one of their top candidates for President surrounds himself with people whose main goal is to do direct harm to lgbt’s.
Now QUICK Log Cabiners! Start screaming about Hillary’s pantsuit to distract us!
Masc Pride
“Donald Trump’s willingness to slime the parents of a slain soldier solely because they are Muslim (and not Trump fans) proves once and for all that the party cares only about hatred.”
That’s totally false. I’m not exactly a Trump fan, but Khan’s speech was all about taking personal shots at Trump. Granted, Trump should’ve taken the high road as any presidential candidate should do in such a situation. However, Khan totally opened up this can of worms, and now he’s going from station to station basically saying, “how dare he, I have a dead son” without acknowledging that he fired off the personal attacks first. Khan insulted Trump, then Trump replied in turn, and now Khan is outraged.
Kangol
Aw, come on, Queerty. Marco Rubio’s OK because: guns freedom Islamofascism Islamic terrorism freedom liberal haters leftist group think Trump trump Mexico freedom crime refugees illegal pro-cops freedom Hillary liar tax cuts freedom China Black Lives Matter freedom L G B T see he said it at the convention Thiel freedom.
Kangol
@Masc Pride: The Khans were responding to Trump’s threats of a blanket ban of Muslims. They’re Muslims. Their son was a Muslim who gave his life in defense of American freedom. They had and have every right to criticize Trump. Instead of ignoring the criticism, he attacked the grieving parents and their late son as well. He’s a nutcase.
DCguy
@Masc Pride: stated: I’m not exactly a Trump fan,….
Really? Then why do you keep defending him on every post?
Masc Pride
@DCguy: Every post? Please link back to some of these posts of me supposedly doing so. There’s a huge difference between defending someone and disputing an obvious misrepresentation. What I actually have stated many times is that I plan to vote for Stein, not Trump. You’re a liar.
Masc Pride
@Kangol: Thank you for admitting that’s the real issue here. I can understand why the Khan’s have something personal against Trump. Khan has every right to speak against Trump’s proposed ban on Muslim’s entering the US, but he was far more about personally attacking Trump as a person. Khan made this a personal war of words, and now he’s crying foul with this “you can’t insult me back…because my son” logic. Khan repeatedly states he doesn’t want the media attention, but then him and his wife pop up on another show doing another interview. They’re in Hillary’s pocket, no doubt.
steveorl
Please contact Hyatt Corporation. They are hosting this event at the Hyatt Regency international Drive. I find it hard to believe that Hyatt with their amazing Pride organization and corporate policy would allow this convention.
Mo Bro
I seem to recall that there was a quasi-Sister Soujah moment at the RNC when Trump reached out to the LGBTQ community in his speech—even thanked his audience for cheering his outreach—but was slammed the next day on this very website as being a phony panderer. Lesson learned: today’s liberals aren’t nearly as tolerant as they were in 1992. Today’s liberals would tear Bill Clinton a new one for daring to question the integrity of a proud black woman and BLM would be protesting at the White House 24/7.
DCguy
@Mo Bro:
So you mean that the guy who said he would appoint judges to take away lgbt rights mentioned them in his speech and you are now acting like a victim because he wasn’t embraced for the mere admission that lgbts exist?
You Log Cabiners are still using the same tired old lines the Mormons tried during prop 8. “Waaaaaaahhh!!!! If you don’t tolerate my bigotry then you are intolerant”.
Seriously, give it up, the Mormons were better at it then you and they lost.
Bob LaBlah
Out in Arizona, John McCain is in trouble. I thought that was a very brave and courageous thing Meg Whitman did the other day when she jumped ship and told the rest of the country that like it or not we had better start realizing just what the hell is going to happen if this guy gets elected.
Alistair Wiseman
@DCguy:
Only someone of moral bankruptcy would equate the defense of the virtual slaughter of gays and lesbians to the definition of a centuries defined marriage contract.
Brilliant.
Mack
Site filled with quite a few Log Cabin Republicans today. Guess they feel they have to support their leader with all the idiotic comments that he makes. The guy is a total clown and appears stupider every day. As far as Marco Rubio goes, the Pulse appearance and comments was nothing but show. He’s always been homophobic just like Trump is. There is a reason why Trump has a Evangelical committee and if he’s elected get ready to go back into the closet.
Alistair Wiseman
@Mack:
“…if he’s (Trump) elected get ready to go back into the closet.”
Really, just like when people like you said the same thing about the election of George W. Bush in 2000. It didn’t happen.
Not only did it not happen, I danced in my tuxedo with my gay male friends at both of President Bush’s inauguration balls in 2001 and 2005.
Don’t mind me though, please continue with your empty scaremongering.
Paco
@Mo Bro: yeah just like when the audience applauded when Trump’s gay puppet, Thiel, mentioned the fake culture wars? The culture wars the Republicans keep creating by introducing hundreds of anti-LGBT bills across the country in the name of religious freedom. So they were either applauding at him saying how stupid they are for creating these “fake culture wars”, or they were applauding him for saying LGBT rights were fake and not to be taken seriously.
It must be nice to be a gay person with so much privilege, you don’t need any equal rights and protections from discrimination in jobs, housing, public accommodations, etc…
Kangol
@Alistair Wiseman: Not only did it not happen, I danced in my tuxedo with my gay male friends at both of President Bush’s inauguration balls in 2001 and 2005.
Whoop de doo, you got to dance like it was 1999 among GOP elites, while millions of other American gays saw their rights denied because of GOP-passed anti-gay laws that were in place in 2000 and that Bush and the Republicans all over the US passed in 2004. You are emblematic of what’s most disgusting about Log Cabinettes; they don’t care about anything or anyone other than themselves. Go waltz with the oppressors, girls, while the rest of of us are fighting for more than just ourselves and our chance to twirl in front of hom0phobes. Sickening!
Masc Pride
@DCguy: Still waiting on you to provide proof of all this Trump support that is supposedly in my every post. What’s the hold up?
Alistair Wiseman
@Kangol:
You are hysterical!
You have the victimhood down to an art form.
Sorry about the post…I mean microaggression. I hope it didn’t have you running for your safe space. 🙁
Mo Bro
@Alistair Wiseman: Without the shroud of victimization, liberals have no identity . . . most especially since the coronation of Queen Obama.
GayEGO
Rubio is just another messed up, bigoted religious, Republican who has also failed to win.