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stevenleser

(32,886 posts)
Thu Jan 23, 2014, 05:02 PM Jan 2014

GOProud founder leaves Republican Party

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/01/22/1271733/-GOProud-co-founder-gives-up-leaves-Republican-Party?detail=email

And the last horse crosses the finish line: GOProud co-founder Jimmy LaSalvia has announced that he will be leaving the Republican Party.

“I just came to the realization that the Republican Party doesn’t represent my principles and values,” LaSalvia told POLITICO. “I’m a small government conservative and they’re for big government. They’re happy to have big government as long as they’re in charge. More importantly, I don’t tolerate bigotry of any kind, whether it’s anti-gay bigotry, anti-Muslim bigotry. And they do and that’s just not OK with me.”

That may be the slowest damn realization in the history of people having realizations. I don't mean to pick on the poor guy, but this is a man who has spent five years with his hand on an oven burner suddenly phoning up a reporter and saying "You know what? Fire hot." Surely there has to be more to it than that, and LaSalvia has a long list of recent well-known examples, though I think he still misdiagnoses the problem:
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GOProud founder leaves Republican Party (Original Post) stevenleser Jan 2014 OP
The one that left the Log Cabin Republicans because they weren't red enough... Fearless Jan 2014 #1
How many times do you have to get kicked in the nuts... joeybee12 Jan 2014 #2
 

joeybee12

(56,177 posts)
2. How many times do you have to get kicked in the nuts...
Fri Jan 24, 2014, 08:36 PM
Jan 2014

Before you realize someone isn't your friend? I guess Saliva's hatred of minorities and the working class was strong enough for him to tolerate the GOP's hatred of him.

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