Virginia official cancels order for Twin Cities guidebooks because of section on gay nightlife.
By on Sep 3rd, 2008 at 9:01 pm
Virginia official cancels order for Twin Cities guidebooks because of section on gay nightlife.
“A campaign official for the Virginia Lieutenant Governor [Bill Bolling] canceled an order for 150 guidebooks to entertainment in Minneapolis-St. Paul after discovering they included a 6-8 page section for gay and lesbian nightclubs,” the Blotter reports. An aide to Bolling wrote in an e-mail to the guidebook’s publisher that such a section would be a “BIG problem.” “We simply can’t hand them out,” the aide added.
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That’s not fair. Larry Craig might want one!
September 3rd, 2008 at 9:05 pmThat should be a perfect fit for the republicans. They wouldn’t have to troll bathrooms and parks.
September 3rd, 2008 at 9:07 pmThe Virginia GOP’s stance is to always “throw the baby out with the bath water.”
September 3rd, 2008 at 9:07 pmWhy is he doing that? Does he believe there are no gay Republicans?
September 3rd, 2008 at 9:07 pmWhy was he afraid he couldn’t say he stumbled over there accidentally?
September 3rd, 2008 at 9:07 pmWhy was he afraid he couldn’t say he stumbled over there accidentally?
Doesn’t the Good Book tell us “Seek, and ye shall find.”?
September 3rd, 2008 at 9:10 pmHa… it’d have been a mass mutiny…
September 3rd, 2008 at 9:11 pmHe just didn’t realize there were that many restrooms at the airport…
September 3rd, 2008 at 9:14 pmTeh gay is no fun if you don’t have to look for it!
September 3rd, 2008 at 9:14 pmYegads. The biggest laugh I’ve had all day.
Glad I had finished my soda.
September 3rd, 2008 at 9:15 pmDon’t worry. It’ll be outlawed soon enough, right after the book burning.
September 3rd, 2008 at 9:18 pm…such a section would be a “BIG problem.” “We simply can’t hand them out,” the aide added.
Well, come on! They didn’t want to give everyone a roadmap to where they would be at night!
PEACE
September 3rd, 2008 at 9:19 pmTP can’t give us an actual convention thread, but I’ll admit that this topic is spoon fed just for us!
Thanks, TP! Bravo!
PEACE
September 3rd, 2008 at 9:22 pmI guess all the Log Cabin Republicans will now just have to print their own Twin Cities guidebook, won’t they? Such a waste of money. A straights and non-straights Twin Cities guidebook would be more cost efficient. And here I thought that the Republicans were fiscal conservatives. BWHAHAHAHA…yeah, right.
September 3rd, 2008 at 9:25 pmHe was afraid someone would see him there.
September 3rd, 2008 at 9:28 pmsuch a section would be a “BIG problem.” “We simply can’t hand them out,” the aide added. “No one would show up for any of the meetings.”
September 3rd, 2008 at 9:29 pmOh billy-boy. The Twin Cities is highly LGBT friendly. Maybe you should have picked a place for your convention somewhere in the deep south. You know, to better align with your backwards-ass platform.
September 3rd, 2008 at 9:30 pm“We simply can’t hand them out,” the aide added.
But they do offer a detailed map to hookers and blow…
September 3rd, 2008 at 9:33 pmWho doesn’t enjoy the totally fun atmosphere of a quality gay club? The people that are weirded out by them just haven’t been in one. I have never felt anything but a joyful, welcoming, nonjudmental fun time in any gay friendly nightclub I have ever been in. Everyone recognizes who is gay and who isn’t. It is no big deal. Get over it….
September 3rd, 2008 at 9:33 pmOT:
September 3rd, 2008 at 9:40 pmThat desk story was so ridiculous and I respect vets. The vets I know would be apalled by that who weird pander
whole
September 3rd, 2008 at 9:40 pmYeah, just pretend like gays don’t exist. That’ll work.
http://progressiveworldreview.com
September 3rd, 2008 at 9:44 pmbuzzbomb Says:
Oh billy-boy. The Twin Cities is highly LGBT friendly. Maybe you should have picked a place for your convention somewhere in the deep south. You know, to better align with your backwards-ass platform.
Like Wasilla, AK.
September 3rd, 2008 at 9:55 pmAnd can someone knock that fcuking squirrel’s nest off of Sarah’s Head already?
September 3rd, 2008 at 9:59 pmI am pretty sure that a whole lot of them were just chanting “you are gay”. Did anyone else notice that?
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:04 pm> “We simply can’t hand them out,”
> the aide added. “No one would show
> up for any of the meetings.”
You beat me to it. I’ve always said that anyone who gives
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:13 pma sh#t about what other people are doing in thier own bedrooms
has serious issues in thier own.
Let me guess…daddy doesn’t want his son(s) to see where else they can “play”, because daddy lost Uncle Fred under the same scenario.
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:36 pmWay to easy to make fun of this. Maybe they are worried the convention goers will skip the main event entirely.
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:54 pmdbadass Says:
OT:
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:54 pmThat desk story was so ridiculous and I respect vets. The vets I know would be apalled by that who weird pander
dbadass, I completely agree. That was a totally WTF-moment for me. And how shameless were they yesterday to use all those vets for their cheap political pandering. Yuck.
pintosahab:
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:58 pmspencersmom has dubbed this “The Little Desk That Could” speech somewhere around here. Classic!!!!
The guidebook didn’t have a picture of Sen. Larry Craig in it, did it?
If the gay community had any sense, they’d distribute maps of how to get to the famous stall in the nearby airport so that attendees at the RNC could get their picture taken there or pick up on a little quick and raunchy airport sex.
September 4th, 2008 at 12:24 am.
This. Is. Too. Easy…
I hope they’ve stocked up on Prozac then…
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September 4th, 2008 at 1:09 amHaven’t you guys heard the news? Being gay is like totally wrong or something!
http://www.boingboing.net/ 2008/ 09/ 03/ bizarre-antigay-comi.html
Hehe posted similar on boingboing: it’s hilarious how many political figures are repressed homosexuals.
We can’t have McCain surrogates prowling the streets of Convention City while the press is in town, now can we? Best split some journalists (and some protesters while we’re at it) heads open!
September 4th, 2008 at 2:33 amThe “big problem” with handing out these guidebooks would apparently be redundancy. I guarantee that untold numbers of closeted GOPers had already done their homework on where to go to gay it up.
Wonkette reposted a few of the men seeking men ads from the Minneapolis craigslist, and there are some real doozys. And that is just the ones they chose to repost. Check it out for yourselves. Unbelievable.
September 4th, 2008 at 10:10 amHow’s that party identification working for you guys over at Log Cabin republicans?
September 4th, 2008 at 10:59 amSeptember 4th, 2008 at 12:11 pm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect
September 4th, 2008 at 12:12 pm