OK guys, wanna give California to Bush?
In 1988, Al Gore enlisted the support of the "Reverend" Fred Phelps Sr, arguably the single most disgusting "Christian" alive today.
Phelps just loved Gore's anti-gay stance, and is now pissed off that Gore flopped. *Knowing* how he's generally viewed, he published details on his own website; go to: http://www.godhatesfags.com/algore.html
If you can stand it, check out the rest of Phelps' site. This is the jerk that pickets the funerals of AIDS victims. On his website is a picture of Matt Shepard surrounded by flames, with descriptive text about how he'll "rot in hell for dying as an unrepentant faggot". I mean, even if you're basically anti-gay, this dude is WAY over the top by any rational standard.
There's a story with interviews here: http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewPolitics.asp?Page=\Politics\archive\200010\POL20001016c.html
Tomorrow first thing I'm going to run the pictures off the Phelps site down to the SF Bay Guardian, who I assume will scream bloody murder and call for Nader support again.
Also, the Contra Costa Times has publicly supported Bush...so it's barely possible they'll run this story too. If we can get it going as a "breaking media story" this weekend, Gore's odds in California will be lower than rattlesnake spit.
Any other ideas as to how we ca blow this open are welcome. I assume most of the resulting support will head to Nader but since the Republican party has been buying Nader ads of late, that doesn't appear to be a problem .
Note: www.SierraTimes.com first blew this open.
Jim
In 1988, Al Gore enlisted the support of the "Reverend" Fred Phelps Sr, arguably the single most disgusting "Christian" alive today.
Phelps just loved Gore's anti-gay stance, and is now pissed off that Gore flopped. *Knowing* how he's generally viewed, he published details on his own website; go to: http://www.godhatesfags.com/algore.html
If you can stand it, check out the rest of Phelps' site. This is the jerk that pickets the funerals of AIDS victims. On his website is a picture of Matt Shepard surrounded by flames, with descriptive text about how he'll "rot in hell for dying as an unrepentant faggot". I mean, even if you're basically anti-gay, this dude is WAY over the top by any rational standard.
There's a story with interviews here: http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewPolitics.asp?Page=\Politics\archive\200010\POL20001016c.html
Tomorrow first thing I'm going to run the pictures off the Phelps site down to the SF Bay Guardian, who I assume will scream bloody murder and call for Nader support again.
Also, the Contra Costa Times has publicly supported Bush...so it's barely possible they'll run this story too. If we can get it going as a "breaking media story" this weekend, Gore's odds in California will be lower than rattlesnake spit.
Any other ideas as to how we ca blow this open are welcome. I assume most of the resulting support will head to Nader but since the Republican party has been buying Nader ads of late, that doesn't appear to be a problem .
Note: www.SierraTimes.com first blew this open.
Jim