For as long as I have involved with or blogging about Log Cabin, I have encouraged its leaders to reach out to the GOP — and have largely lamented their failure to do so.
Since the organization’s current Executive Director R. Clarke Cooper requested to be my Facebook friend (and I accepted), I have been following his feed and found myself first surprised, now just pleased, to learn how often he has indicated his participation in Republican fora in the nation’s capital or voiced his support for various Republican candidates and initiatives. He has even posted favorably about George W. Bush.
Just the other day, I caught this:
The head of Log Cabin acknowledges publicly that he likes the chairman of the Republican National Committee. This is not Patrick Guerriero’s Log Cabin. When that former Massachusetts politician headed Log Cabin in 2004, the organization not only very publicly refused to endorse the Republican presidential nominee, but Mr. Guerriero himself refused to tell reporters how he voted.
Nice to see the Log Cabin Republicans publicly supporting Republicans.
Kudos, Clarke.
And so it comes to this. Blogging about facebook likes passing for political discourse.
Finally. I dropped them over 5 years ago since they were cozying up to the likes of Joe Salmonese and the Human Rights Campaign, an arm of the Democrat party. I joined GOProud, which much more represents the views and values of gay conservatives. It will take a long time for me to trust LCR again.
I wholeheartedly agree with your observation. I finally feel that someone like minded has taken the reigns and represents me and my thoughts before the American people. Clarke is doing an excellent job of showing conservatives that gay men and women stand in solidarity while also showing concern that things must be available and accepted by the community at large. I have high hopes for Clarke and Mitt Romney in the coming years.
I gather that the (new) Natl. LCR is concentrating on Inside-the-Beltway national politics. I haven’t seen much about any new grassroots organizing efforts, or new chapter formation. We don’t hear much about LCR locally here in the Northeast, as far as I’ve heard only the Manhattan/NYC chapter doing much locally or at the NY State-level.
Paul, I have long felt the same thing; this is why I see it as such big thing when Clarke is doing what all his predecessors should have done.
And I can understand your wariness. The first two executive directors of the group did a lot to damage its brand name.
Quite. Clarke also sits on the RNC Finance Committee.
I don’t know that a sponsored story of “Liking” on your personal Facebook post really qualifies as some sort of ringing public endorsement, Dan. Agreed with commenter #1, this is what you’re blogging about?
If you want I can give you the emails of some of my high school and middle school nieces and nephews in case you want to friend them on Facebook and have endless material for future posts…
Maybe you can tend my Farmville while I go barf.