GOProud’s “Number One Goal” Is Obama’s Defeat
GOProud is ready for the upcoming election, and ready to take on the president.
Jimmy LaSalvia announced the launch of the group’s election season plans today, saying in a statement, “Our organization’s number one goal between now and November 2012 is defeating Barack Obama. We look forward to the Iowa Straw Poll as the kickoff to this effort.”
The release goes on to note that the Ames Straw Poll will begin on August 11 with a Republican presidential candidate debate and conclude on August 13 with the straw poll.
“This Republican presidential field is shaping up to be an incredibly strong one,” LaSalvia said. “We look forward to hearing each of the candidates make his or her case about why they would be the best nominee to beat Barack Obama.
“Barack Obama’s tenure in the White House has been an unmitigated disaster for all Americans, including gay and lesbian Americans,” he said. “Defeating Barack Obama and putting a conservative in the White House should be the number one goal of every single person in the conservative movement. It is certainly the number one goal of this organization.”
The executive director of National Stonewall Democrats, Michael Mitchell, responded, saying,”The relentless GOP agenda to divide and conquer is the real unmitigated disaster.
“I’m not sure in what world passing major pieces of LGBT legislation such as the repeal of DADT and the Hate Crimes Act, as well as the appointment of hundreds of openly LGBT administration officials, is a bad thing. Let alone the implementation of dozens of policies by this President and this administration that are beneficial to our community in very real, meaningful and sometimes lifesaving ways.”
Counter to that, Mitchell said, “The blatant attacks on the LGBT community that the GOP – and the extreme far right and Tea Party in particular – has perfected and ramped up in the past few months has been a stark contrast to the lies about creating jobs they sold us to get elected in 2010.”
[Photo: GOProud board chairman Chris Barron, left, and executive director Jimmy LaSalvia. (Photo by Todd Franson/Metro Weekly.)]
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Iowa Straw Poll Will Kickoff GOProud’s Efforts to Defeat Barack Obama
Jimmy LaSalvia, Executive Director – “Our organization’s number one goal between now and November 2012 is defeating Barack Obama. We look forward to the Iowa Straw Poll as the kickoff to this effort.”
(Washington, D.C.) – Today, GOProud, the only national organization representing gay conservatives and their allies, announced plans to kickoff their 2012 Presidential election efforts at the Ames Straw Poll in August of this year. “Our organization’s number one goal between now and November 2012 is defeating Barack Obama,” said Jimmy LaSalvia, Executive Director. “We look forward to the Iowa Straw Poll as the kickoff to this effort.”
GOProud activists and supporters from around the country will be travelling to Ames to participate in the straw poll. “The Iowa straw poll is the traditional kickoff to the nominating process,” continued LaSalvia. “We look forward to supporting the Iowa GOP and this important event.”
“Barack Obama’s tenure in the White House has been an unmitigated disaster for all Americans, including gay and lesbian Americans,” said LaSalvia. “Defeating Barack Obama and putting a conservative in the White House should be the number one goal of every single person in the conservative movement. It is certainly the number one goal of this organization.”
The Ames Straw Poll will begin on August 11th with a Republican Presidential debate and conclude on August 13th with the actual straw poll itself. “This Republican presidential field is shaping up to be an incredibly strong one. We look forward to hearing each of the candidates make his or her case about why they would be the best nominee to beat Barack Obama,” concluded LaSalvia.
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