Buck’s outspoken style roils Colorado race

[Liberal_in_LA]

Buck’s outspoken style roils Colorado race
By Alexander Bolton - 10/21/10 03:09 PM ET

Buck is finding himself under scrutiny for a series of controversial statements, including comments calling homosexuality “a lifestyle choice” and the people of Afghanistan “backward,” as well as his dismissal of a rape complaint as “buyer’s remorse.”

Buck’s politically incorrect style has proved popular with independent male voters but less so among women.

“Part of the big selling point for Buck, especially with men, is that he’s someone who says what he thinks, damn the torpedoes,” said Robert Duffy, chair of the political science department at Colorado State University.

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Buck is finding, however, the outspoken style that proved popular among Tea Party voters in the GOP primary is a potentially liability in a general election.

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“Women’s Voices. Women Vote Action Fund,” a political group dedicated to mobilizing unmarried women, launched a television advertising campaign Wednesday taking Buck to task for his comments.

The group has bought $800,000 worth of airtime over the two weeks before Election Day, according to a Democratic source who tracks media buys.

The ad features Leslie Allen, a mother of three from Colorado, criticizing Buck’s statements in an on-camera monologue.

http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/125253-bucks-outspoken-style-roils-tight-colorado-race-

[county worker]

1. the outspoken style that proved popular among Tea Party .... is a potentially liability

That's where the tea party folks fall down. They think they are speaking for America when they are speaking for a narrow set of white men and woman who are afraid they are losing ground to the rest of the rainbow.

[damntexdem]

2. The problem with saying what one thinks can be ...

what one thinks.