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   Monday, October 25, 2004

SAY IT OUT LOUD

People wonder why I'm so hard on Republicans. I understand many of their positions, liked John McCain and avoid screechy left-wing rants (unless they're my own). Nevertheless, guys like Rob Finberg make me curse the lot of them.

Finberg is running for the Hawaii state senate and has the distinction of being the first Republican to openly approve of the death penalty...for homosexuals.

He admitted as much to the host of a Hawaiian political cable-access show, who then called him on it. After giving the host a creationist history lesson, Finberg was asked: "If there was a law that supported the execution of people found guilty of performing homosexual acts, would you support that law?" Finberg fumbled with some AIDS-phobic garbage before answering, "Yes, if it were the law of the land. Yes."

(Is this an unfair misrepresentation? Let's go to the videotape!)

Am I angry because he's a bigot? No, bigots are everywhere. What makes me angry is the lack of censure from other Republicans. Their silence on Finberg (and Alan Keyes and Bill O'Reilly, etc. etc.) is truly aggravating when combined with their posturing as America's moral guardians. Let's look at the last few months:

John Kerry refers to Dick Cheney's gay daughter during a debate?
Pundit outrage.
Janet Jackson's breast gets loose at the Super Bowl?
National outrage!
A president who's run up the biggest national debt in decades?
Mild grumbling.
Over a thousand troops killed in Iraq with no end in sight?
Whatever.
An aspiring senator advocating the killing of American citizens?
Hey, what's on TV?

Republicans are people who give a free pass to hatemongers with death threats while whining that Michael Moore is a danger to America.
Am I being too hard on our moral guardians?