Well he is a man, which is (figuratively) more than you can say about his opponents.
He's every bit as much or more against DOMA as Tisei though, saying in the comments section of his website "I cannot willfully support a party that passed the Defense of Marriage Act.". So he's hardly the social conservative protest candidate.
He's probably pro-choice too but better on econ issues than Tisei. Standard Libertarian.
then screw Fishman! Catch and release the crapper.
Vote 4th party. His website crashes my browser so I was just guessing on him.
Huh? Wasn't Jim Kolbe "openly gay" (and just as much a RINO as Tisei) when he won another term in Congress? Wikipedia says Steve Gunderson was an "openly gay Republican" Congressman too, though I don't think he was re-elected after he "came out". Perhaps this article means the first openly gay Republican to win an OPEN seat in Congress. More splitting hairs to create "historic" news, like that article a while back on the possibility "first openly gay President" of a country being non-news since Iceland already elected an openly gay prime minister, but technically she wasn't "President" so if a Republic elects one, it's news. Whatever.
>> He's every bit as much or more against DOMA as Tisei though, saying in the comments section of his website "I cannot willfully support a party that passed the Defense of Marriage Act.". So he's hardly the social conservative protest candidate. <<
Yeah, I'm not sold on Fishman. "Vote for the socially liberal Libertarian candidate because you don't like the socially liberal Republican" Uh-huh. They had a variation of this a couple years back, when they were encouraging disgruntled conservatives to vote for open-borders Libertarian candidates because some GOP candidates were weak on illegal aliens. You make a valid point he might be better than Tisei on economic issues, however. I don't know enough about the two to form an opinion on that one, though I'd be researching their records and statements thoroughly if I lived in the district.
>> Some people are gay. They aren’t all left wing loons. We need to distinguish between those who are, and those who just want to live an openly gay lifestyle but otherwise support conservative principles. <<
I'm not a single issue voter. Even if Tisei was a flaming homosexual and outspoken against DOMA, etc., but OTHERWISE a reliable conservative across the board (pro-life, pro-gun, pro-drilling, anti-illegal, anti-Islamic terrorists, lower taxes, smaller government, etc.) I'd have no problem voting for him over a Marxist RAT. That's not the case, though. Tisei is a RINO turd and appears to be quite liberal on numerous issues. We can hear the usual lecture about "the best we can get in that state" and "we have to support the lesser of two evils", but I would never knock on doors for this guy.
>> he’s a fiscal conservative <<
If Tisei and his fans are beating their chest screaming "FISCAL CONSERVATIVE!!!!" to voters, then I know he's not (see Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mark Kirk, etc.), Real "fiscal conservatives" don't need to advertise it, everyone already knows they're solid because of their past actions. Works the same way with any other type of conservative. (Paul Ryan doesn't need to scream "SOCIAL CONSERVATIVE!!" during this campaign for us to know he is one)
>> Look at Sean Bielat in the 4th, very promising for a GOP pick up—so who do the Dems run vs him? JoeJoeJoe Kennedy. It’s tough. <<
If I could pick one Republican to win a house seat in Massachusetts, it would be Bielat. But yeah, not promising. MA sucks.