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Alex Whitney out for votes as a gay Republican (Minnesota PING!)
Minneapolis StarTribune (aka The Red Star) ^ | 10/18/06 | Conrad deFiebre - Staff Reporter

Posted on 10/18/2006 11:05:20 AM PDT by MplsSteve

Printer friendly E-mail this story Alex Whitney out for votes as a gayRepublican In the deep-blue DFL election precincts around Minneapolis' Lake of the Isles, a young Republican legislative candidate with strong GOP bloodlines is trying on a new campaign color: lavender.

"My name is Alex Whitney and I am a Gay Republican," reads a campaign mailing sent Tuesday by the GOP-endorsed opponent of state House DFL Leader Margaret Anderson Kelliher. "There ... I said it."

Whitney, 26, is making his first run for office in a district that hasn't been friendly to Republicans of any orientation for decades.

(Excerpt) Read more at startribune.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Minnesota
KEYWORDS: logcabingop; minnesota; whitney
I'm not a gay-friendly individual. I disapprove of the lifestyle - but I wish this guy well.

I live only a few mailes from this district and trust me, he doesn't have a snowball's chance in hell of winning.

But if he can keep Margaret Anderson Kelliher (a flaming liberal) busy and away from meddling in other races, I'm all for it.

Comments or opinions - anyone?

1 posted on 10/18/2006 11:05:22 AM PDT by MplsSteve
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To: NorthWoody; Manic_Episode; mikethevike; coder2; AmericanChef; Reaganesque; ER Doc; lesser_satan; ...

WELCOME TO FREE REPUBLIC'S MINNESOTA PING LIST!!!

Let me know if you want on or off this list!


2 posted on 10/18/2006 11:06:58 AM PDT by MplsSteve
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To: MplsSteve

I could not vote for someone who identifies themselves by their pathology. May as well vote for the guy who's an "out and proud" drug addict.


3 posted on 10/18/2006 11:08:26 AM PDT by Antoninus (Ruin a Democrat's day...help re-elect Rick Santorum.)
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To: MplsSteve

If this guy supports smaller government, lower taxes .... and doesn't try to enter the personal life of my friends ... I too support him.


4 posted on 10/18/2006 11:08:42 AM PDT by spintreebob
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To: MplsSteve

why not: "My name is Alex Whitney and I am a Homosexual Republican" ?


5 posted on 10/18/2006 11:09:51 AM PDT by 1234 (WHO is Responsible for ENFORCING IMMIGRATION LAWS?)
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To: MplsSteve

Talk about a lousy sense of timing! Rots-o-ruck to Alex. If somehow he manages to pull it out (npi), Alex can expect an unprecedented level of scrutiny upon arrival in DC.


6 posted on 10/18/2006 11:12:39 AM PDT by NonValueAdded (Prayers for our patriot brother, 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub. Brian, we're all pulling for you!)
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To: Antoninus
I could not vote for someone who identifies themselves by their pathology. May as well vote for the guy who's an "out and proud" drug addict.

I agree.

7 posted on 10/18/2006 11:14:35 AM PDT by The Ghost of FReepers Past (Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light..... Isaiah 5:20)
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To: MplsSteve

In a district that's not Republican friendly, one would have supposed he would bill himself as a queer and demoncRAT.


8 posted on 10/18/2006 11:27:02 AM PDT by lilylangtree
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To: MplsSteve

I'm a conservative Republican who is occasionaly gay, but never homosexual. (I won't give that word up to the depraved crowd who seek to normalize their depravity.)


9 posted on 10/18/2006 11:28:05 AM PDT by Manfred the Wonder Dawg (Test ALL things, hold to that which is True.)
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To: Antoninus

From http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=52472 :

While the party wants the support of "values voters," it also is courting homosexuals and seems willing to appease the movement's radical agenda, USA Today said in a feature story.


10 posted on 10/18/2006 11:29:12 AM PDT by FreeInWV
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To: MplsSteve

Ugh.


11 posted on 10/18/2006 11:33:22 AM PDT by Princip. Conservative
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To: MplsSteve

Is anyone running as a Libertarian?


12 posted on 10/18/2006 11:34:21 AM PDT by Dixie Yooper (Ephesians 6:11)
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To: MplsSteve

My name is Smedly Dobbs, I am a Republican pornographer. The list goes on with ways to lure democrat voters.

(My apologies if there is a real Smedly Dobbs!)


13 posted on 10/18/2006 11:35:56 AM PDT by Pusterfuss (Proud member: Minnesotans for Global Warming)
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To: MplsSteve

We need more homosexuals in the Republican Party like we need another hole in our....


14 posted on 10/18/2006 11:39:52 AM PDT by Paloma_55 (I may be a hateful bigot, but I still love you)
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To: MplsSteve

Some people will do anything to get the Democrats vote.


15 posted on 10/19/2006 6:23:41 PM PDT by YdontUleaveLibs (Reason is out to lunch. How may I help you?)
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