Openly gay Romney advisor forced out of campaign by social conservatives

[lawgator1]

EXCLUSIVE: Richard Grenell hounded from Romney campaign by anti-gay conservatives - Right Turn - The Washington Post

[SDV]

"*I want to thank Governor Romney for his belief in me and my abilities and his clear message to me that being openly gay was a non-issue for him and his team."

[lawgator1]

Originally Posted by San Diego Vol

"*I want to thank Governor Romney for his belief in me and my abilities and his clear message to me that being openly gay was a non-issue for him and his team."

By all reports, Romney knew he was gay before he hired him.

So either he had to kowtow to the far right and have him leave, or the advisor himself realized that his presence would cause a distraction for the far right.

If the former, I wish Romney had stuck by his original decision to hire the guy and not be shamed into dumping him because of what the loons say. If the latter, I wish that the advisor had enough faith in his own party that they would respect Romney's decision to hire him in the first place.

Either way, it says a lot about the fear that the far right puts into GOP candidates these days.

[volinbham]

Sucks but all accounts in that article indicate Team Romney wanted to keep him and attempted to change his mind (about resigning - not about being gay )

[Scotty's Flat Top]

Originally Posted by lawgator1

By all reports, Romney knew he was gay before he hired him.

So either he had to kowtow to the far right and have him leave, or the advisor himself realized that his presence would cause a distraction for the far right.If the former, I wish Romney had stuck by his original decision to hire the guy and not be shamed into dumping him because of what the loons say. If the latter, I wish that the advisor had enough faith in his own party that they would respect Romney's decision to hire him in the first place.

Either way, it says a lot about the fear that the far right puts into GOP candidates these days.

Or maybe he was horrible at his position. Thats a novel idea, eh? SMH. DUMB. I will give you one thing least you are consistently dense and oblivious.

[dduncan4163]

Originally Posted by lawgator1

By all reports, Romney knew he was gay before he hired him.

So either he had to kowtow to the far right and have him leave, or the advisor himself realized that his presence would cause a distraction for the far right.

If the former, I wish Romney had stuck by his original decision to hire the guy and not be shamed into dumping him because of what the loons say. If the latter, I wish that the advisor had enough faith in his own party that they would respect Romney's decision to hire him in the first place.

Either way, it says a lot about the fear that the far right puts into GOP candidates these days.

So your saying Mitt has the convictions of a Crack Head 10 bucks short at his dealers house.

[volinbham]

Originally Posted by lawgator1

By all reports, Romney knew he was gay before he hired him.

So either he had to kowtow to the far right and have him leave, or the advisor himself realized that his presence would cause a distraction for the far right.

If the former, I wish Romney had stuck by his original decision to hire the guy and not be shamed into dumping him because of what the loons say. If the latter, I wish that the advisor had enough faith in his own party that they would respect Romney's decision to hire him in the first place.

Either way, it says a lot about the fear that the far right puts into GOP candidates these days.

Did you read the article? Romney didn't dump him and tried to get him to rescind the resignation.

[lawgator1]

Originally Posted by volinbham

Sucks but all accounts in that article indicate Team Romney wanted to keep him and attempted to change his mind (about resigning - not about being gay )

I doubt Romney gave a crap about the guy's sexuality. He wanted someone that he thought would help him. It really is a shame.

Originally Posted by Scotty's Flat Top

Or maybe he was horrible at his position. Thats a novel idea, eh? SMH. DUMB. I will give you one thing least you are consistently dense and oblivious.

Huh? By all accounts he was excellent at his job. Just forced out because he's gay.

[lawgator1]

Originally Posted by volinbham

Did you read the article? Romney didn't dump him and tried to get him to rescind the resignation.

Ok. Then it was the latter of the two.

[golfballs]

The guy hadn't even started the job yet. It sounds like he thought he was going to be a distraction.

Regardless, kind of unfortunate. The Obama campaign is loving this

[volinbham]

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UPDATE (3:10 p.m.): The Romney camp has now responded via campaign manager Matt Rhoades: “We are disappointed that Ric decided to resign from the campaign for his own personal reasons. We wanted him to stay because he had superior qualifications for the position he was hired to fill.”

That is a perhaps too subtle retort to those calling for Grenell’s head, that he was not hired to advise on gay issues but on foreign policy matters.

UPDATE (3:50 p.m.): Right Turn has learned from multiple sources that the senior officials from the Romney campaign and respected Republicans not on the campaign contacted Ric Grenell over the weekend in an attempt to persuade him not to leave the campaign. Those were unsuccessful.

[volinbham]

Originally Posted by lawgator1

Ok. Then it was the latter of the two.

sounds like it. Sucks that this would happen. Will be used to suggest Romney is anti-gay which is not true.

[golfballs]

Originally Posted by volinbham

sounds like it. Sucks that this would happen. Will be used to suggest Romney is anti-gay which is not true.

The Obama campaign already called him a bigot

[lawgator1]

Like I say, too bad the candidate is not respected enough by the base of his own party to select his own staff.

[hog88]

When BO's campain lets a straight guy go will we see a headline "EXCLUSIVE: So and So hounded from Obama campaign by anti-heterasexul Liberals - Left Turn - The Washington Post"?