Judy Baar Topinka is gay, gay, gay
Doing nothing while a good Republican is attacked would be nothing new for this group ? nearly all of them hid in the tall grass while Jack Ryan was being crucified two years ago. That is if they weren?t pounding nails themselves.
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A wag was recently heard to quip that the Illinois Republican Party?s leadership ranks are ?gayer than an Ikea store on Super Bowl Sunday.? (Yes, we think that?s very offensive too, and we call on that person to please, please immediately seek some sensitivity training for gosh sakes.) But it has to be said that our Gubernatorial nominee is a pro-gay rights activist who supports almost no part of the National Party Platform.
It’s worse than offensive, it’s really not very funny.
For those Topinka supporters who might want to break in slowly to Gay Pride Weekend in Chicago ? please consult Joe Birkett. While running for Attorney General in 2002, Birkett didn?t march in the parade, but he did attend the pre-parade rally hosted by Equality Illinois at the gay bar Sidetrack. (The gay activist group Equality Illinois is leading the fight against conservatives by trying to prevent the Protect Marriage referendum from appearing on the ballot this November.)
Some might say Birkett was straddling the fence in 2002. Kind of like what he is doing this year by claiming to be a conservative even as he works to elect a pro-gay rights activist more liberal than even Blagojevich. We?re all supposed to care that he?s running for Lieutenant Governor ? a position that?s unnecessary and a complete waste of taxpayer dollars.
Okay, this one is funny:
We just have one more request ? a fashion suggestion actually. Mr. Kjellander, if you can be persuaded to march proudly with your Judy on Sunday, our advice would be to steer clear of the leather chaps as well as the tiny shorts with glitter. Yes, they are a favorite of many participants ? but avoid the temptation. We?re just trying to help as much as we can.
Anyone remember all of the movie reviews in the Reader that always found a gay subtext to every movie. Imagine what that reviewer could do with IFI/FTN and gang.
“Some might say Birkett was straddling the fence”
And others are carefully straddling the closet door.
And did he describe the Lieutenant Governor’s office as an unnecessary waste of taxpayers dollars after touting the Protect Marriage referendum?
The Illinois tax money wasted on that bit of bigoted foolishness would be better spend on a rock to keep tigers away.