Romney's surrogates in talk radio and in the establishment Commentocracy are now trying to play to their perception of homophobia among Social Conservatives by implying that former Arkansas Governor, Mike Huckabee is gay. Google "Huckabee Man Crush" and check out the results for yourself.
They've begun inserting dozens of blog topics across the internet with titles like, "Does Huckabee have a man crush on McCain?" and they have bolstered this talking point with leading Shrill Shills, Mary Matalin and Laura Ingraham repeating the charge. It is believed to be an accusation originally leveled by the Weekly Standard's Rich Lowry. However, the concerted orchestration of this very loud whispering campaign has the stink and smear of Romney's campaign tactics all over it. It would hardly be a surprise to the casual observer if it was found that this nasty trick originated from the Romney campaign.
Playing the "Gay" card.
The same accusation was leveled against Bill Kristol when he acknowledged that Huckabee was probably the better nominee for the Republicans in spite of his commitment to vote for a different candidate. The establishment NeoLibs are cynically appealing to Social Conservatives by implying that anyone associated with a defense of Huckabee -- or Huckabee's perceived defense of Senator John McCain does so not based on their core principles, but on the basis of barely submerged gay tendencies.
"Man Crush" seems to be the NeoLib code for closet homosexual, and whenever they've leveled that charge against one of their own, the result has been either immediate compliance or group censure. No doubt, Bill Kristol will be disciplined for his independent thinking. In the establishment mind, Social Conservatives are poor, undereducated, and easily commanded by merely implying that someone is gay or has had marital failings in the past. The former is their attack of choice against Huckabee and the latter is their latest attack on McCain. After all, apart from our obsession with abortion (which they view as also hurting the GOP) we are first and foremost a bunch of 19th century homophobe culture prudes who support traditional marriage and oppose homosexuality (which in their mind is also hurting the GOP).
In their latest assault on Huckabee's integrity, "conservative" talk radio and their print media counterparts have moved from the disgusting to the despicable. Apologies are owed to both Huckabee and McCain. Anyone considering himself a conservative should disassociate themselves from these immoral and unprincipled operatives -- and be sure to email every talk show to let them know what they are doing to their own credibility.
What it means.
Conservatives must stand together to thwart talk radio's undue influence on elections. "Fairness Doctrines" and "Campaign Finance Reforms" are not the answer. We can apply market forces to discipline these information sources to stick with facts and disengage from the character assassination that has become their only defense for Mitt Romney's campaign effort. They are all calling on Huckabee supporters and Ron Paul supporters to abandon their candidates and support a pro-abortion and anti-marriage candidate they handpicked before a single vote was ever cast. Our response must be to remind them that had they treated the candidates fairly and accurately, the result would have been a Huckabee nomination.
Remind your favorite talk show host that they are responsible for the McCain surge -- and could end up handing him the nomination by pushing a candidate Social Conservatives cannot support in good conscience. This is the time to stand up for principle, even if our "third choice", as Bill Bennett calls McCain, is the eventual nominee. In the end, if the McCain Express gathers steam, it will have been the willful choice of "conservative" media. Had their initial reaction to Huckabee’s surge been more supportive of – or even objective toward – Huckabee, we would have a clear frontrunner who is far more conservative than their pick.
Finally, we need to remind them that unless they have any specific credible evidence, they need to apologize to Huckabee and McCain and cease their groundless accusations that one or both of these men are gay.
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