Boehner: GOP should back gay candidates, be more ‘sensitive’ to women

[JI7]

House Speaker John Boehner, R-West Chester, said on Thursday that Republicans should support their party’s gay candidates.

The issue came up after Politico reported earlier this week that one GOP lawmaker—Rep. Randy Forbes of Virginia—had been pressuring his colleagues and the House GOP’s campaign committee not to give money or other assistance to any openly gay Republicans.

Boehner offered a two-word answer when asked at his weekly press conference if he thought the GOP should support congressional candidates who are gay: “I do.”

He also said the party’s leaders are trying to make its male candidates more “sensitive” when they’re running against a female opponent or trying to appeal to women voters.

“Some of our members just aren’t as sensitive as they ought to be,” Boehner said. “You look around the Congress (and) there are a lot more females in the Democrat caucus than there are in the Republican caucus.”

http://cincinnati.com/blogs/politics/2013/12/06/boehner-says-gop-should-support-gay-candidates-be-more-sensitive-to-women/

[Turbineguy]

1. Gadzooks!

If this keeps up they'll move forward into the 20th Century in several generations.

[B Calm]

2. Talk is cheap, cons are cheap!

[davidn3600]

4. Yeah, it's all talk. They can't afford to lose the money from the religious righties

They are already walking a dangerous line. I wonder if Mr. Speaker is being trashed by the right-wing talk shows just for suggesting this stuff?

[Scootaloo]

9. The religious nuts don't pay as well as corporate sponsors

And if corporate sponsers realize that social issues are keeping the Republicans from winning, well, then they will start funding democrats (neither party is very different where corporations are concerned, really.)

This is probably an attempt by Boehner to continue the GOP gravy train - becuase really, who else are the religious wackos going to vote for?

[djean111]

5. Seems to me that that Boehner does not really think gay people or women are fellow

human beings, he is just advising on how to trick those "others" who, unfortunately, are allowed to vote, into voting GOP.
Boehner is just doing a Cesar Millan thing here.
He reeks of insincerity.

[Cha]

7. Shut up, boner. GOP should pass a JOBS Bill, Not Cut Food Stamps for

Veterans and Civilians, and STOP Wasting your time trying to REPEAL Obamacare.

[iwillalwayswonderwhy]

8. Translation

We are alienating voters. We need to pretend to support gay and female republican candidates.

[B Calm]

10. BINGO!

[UtahLib]

11. Blah, blah, blah - as usual n/t

[tanyev]

12. You don't need to be more "sensitive" to women,

You just need to stop being such flaming assholes!

[spanone]

13. good luck johnny boy, ya'all invited the devil to the party, now you want to tell him how to dance

[AlinPA]

14. He is an insincere bigoted pig, and just saying it to try to win elections.

[nyquil_man]

15. What? Is there a sudden influx of gay GOP candidates?