Buck campaign to gay teen’s mom: ‘Ken may have mis-spoke’

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Buck campaign to gay teen’s mom: ‘Ken may have mis-spoke’

By John Tomasic 10/25/10 11:46 AM

U.S. Senate candidate Ken Buck made national news for a week after saying on Meet the Press that he believed same-sex attraction was a lifestyle choice and comparing homosexuality to alcoholism. He later stood by the statement even in the face of calls from gay activists, doctors and psychologists to retract them and even given the fact that the statements strongly supported assertions made by his detractors that his views are out of sync with the views of most Coloradans.

Debra Stone was one of the Coloradans calling for Buck to retract his comments. Stone has a gay son who suffered abuse as a teenager. As part of an emotional press conference last week, Stone asked Buck to meet her for coffee to discuss the issue. Buck didn’t agree to meet her but his campaign did send her an email in which it concedes Buck “may have mis-spoke.”


The Buck email:

From: “Ken Buck”
To:
Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2010 4:41:11 PM
Subject: Re: Deborah Stone’s Invitation to Coffee

Dear Deborah,

Thank you for your response. Ken may have mis-spoke, but his desire is to serve the people of Colorado period. As the prosecuting attorney for Weld County, Ken was the only DA in the country to try a hate crime that involved a transgender individual and win. Too often comments are misunderstood and taken out of context, but the hope is that you will realize Ken’s commitment to Colorado and it’s citizens.

Please visit www.BuckForColorado.com for more information on where Ken stands on the important issues facing our country. While there, you can also sign up for email updates, see Ken’s online calendar and see how you can help us take back Colorado’s senate seat.

Sincerely,

Ken Buck for Colorado
www.BuckforColorado.com

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1. *MAY* have?

I guess the people of Colorado should elect Mr. Buck, and then find out what he thinks. There's an awful lot of "trust me" coming out of the Republican candidates, and their media sycophants seem to be singing from the same song sheet, "He doesn't really mean it." I hope people realize how badly suckered they've been the other times they've played this little game.

[HughBeaumont]

2. "may have mis-spoke" = "sorry YOU were offended".

"Too often comments are misunderstood and taken out of context" = "Hell will freeze over before you get a sincere 'sorry' out of me."

Classic non-apology.

Hatred reigns in 21st Century AmericUH, STILL. Can't wait until homophobes, taxophobes, racists and authoritarians perform a mass die-off so this country can progress.