BOLLING KEEPS GAY GUIDEBOOKS IN THE CLOSET- UPDATED

From Channel 5 in Minnesota:

"The Virginia delegation canceled their order of The Rake magazine's Secrets of the City guide because it includes a section for gays and lesbians. The publication is a guide to various attractions in Minneapolis and St. Paul."

HAHAHAHAHA!  Are you serious?  Who did this?

"The campaign for Virginia's Lt. Governor Bill Bolling ordered 150 of the guides to give to Virginia delegates as gifts when they arrived in the Twin Cities. But after reviewing the guide and finding it had a six-page section for gays and lesbians, they canceled their order, said AJ Kiefer, The Rake's advertising director."

Wow.

Original cancellation request e-mail from Melissa Busse, Bolling's political director sent to Tom Bartel, of The Rake:

"I am so terribly sorry to do this, especially when the both of you have been so "out of your way" helpful, generous and easy to work with. But, we need to cancel the order for 150 of the "Secrets of the City" guidebooks.

Thanks for sending a copy to me so expediently, Tom. Upon looking at it, though, having a section dedicated solely to GLBT will be a BIG problem for many of our folks. We simply can't hand them out.

Please still bill us for the copy sent along with shipping, though.

Again, I'm so sorry."

I want to know what they are going to do with the one copy they kept.  :)

UPDATE: From Randy Marcus, Chief of Staff to Bolling:

"Here is the background on the guidebooks situation.  The guidebooks had not been ordered by the Virginia delegation to the Republican National Convention.  The guidebooks had been ordered by our campaign and were going to be presented as a gift to Virginia delegates from the Lieutenant Governor.  After receiving and reviewing a sample of the guidebook a staff member decided to cancel the order and order a different guidebook.  The Lieutenant Governor was not aware of the decision.  Frankly, the Lieutenant Governor has no problem with the guidebook and it would have made no difference to him.

We are sorry that this has occurred and wish it had not happened.  We have contacted the publisher of the guidebook and extended an apology for the cancellation of the order.  We have also agreed to reimburse the publisher for any expenses they incurred as a result of the cancellation. "

Comments

Apparently Bill Bolling needs his own flat busted t shirt...

[Ian Jordan]

NEWS FLASH: Republicans hate gay people.

Once again, a lowly aide takes the heat for a political screw up.

I went to the link and it has the gay parts in question. I notice on page two it describes "Dildo Bingo" at a Lesbian Bar. If Bolling is truly sorry he will offer to call the numbers this week at Dildo Bingo.

Some say Bob McDonnell already did, he just "can't recall it...."

[He Needs More Than One Copy]

Ed Schrock, Jerry Kilgore, Tucker Watkins, all of the ex-George Allen staff...

He'll need a lot of these books to make it up to everyone.

Is this really shocking?

[Doug]

That's more like it! Great picture!

Did the guide have anything about the airport bathroom stalls? They probably didn't want to catch Todd Palin in there- I hear he's quite the horn dog and could make September really interesting.

Maybe you need a toe tapping guide for a graphic too? And my dear, idiot, log cabin Republicans, do please take note of this once again. Ask t, the Republicans do not love you, they do not like you, they do not really want you to be anywhere near them, tempting their Senators.

Indeed he does need more than one copy. I certainly hope the RPV doesn't play this card. It's been played once too often. This time, glass houses will meet stones.

[T]

Consider it this way:

What if Governor Sebelius ordered a bunch of Denver guidebooks for her delegates and the books had 6 pages on Focus on the Family, the Navigators, and Exodus International (the ex-gay group) - all of which are based in nearby Colorado Springs...it would lose its appeal, wouldn't it, because it was advertising organizations and venues that are against her delegate's values.

I don't think Bolling is being homophobic or narrow-minded here - most Republicans would just simply find it uncomfortable to distribute or read a guide book with 6 pages of material that is against their values. If Bolling's campaign is paying for them out of pocket, why buy something that has lifestyle material in it that's against the Lieutenant Governor's beliefs? It makes sense...

And its not that they hate gay people - they just don't know exactly how to deal with that lifestyle, so they avoid dealing with it altogether. Chalk it up to ignorance or old fashionedness...

[TJ Davis]

Good for Bill. There should not be a section in a guide-book dedicated to any sexuality or sexual preference. Would he have been any more tolerant of a section geared towards heterosexual entertainment?
Randy's response was swift and appropriate. The man is a political genious, and a snappy dresser. I fully endorse the Lt. Governor's position on this issue.

Kudos to Bill for choosing people with good judgment who know how to make good decisions.

If the bedwetters get their panties in a bunch over it, they can piss up a rope.

[t]

The guide should have been cancelled.

In fact, it never should have been ordered in the first place.

It is ridiculous and offensive to promote the gay lifestyle and/or abortion in a travel guide.

Hopefully, "the Rake" will get the message and cease promting an ugly homosexual agenda.

[t]

BTW, "T" is not "t"

[T]

"BTW, "T" is not "t""

Where have you been?

I announced my existence weeks ago.

[john s.]

You know, who cares if they pulled this order...they are Republicans and no one should have been surprised! Yet, out of pushing the gay agenda down our throats, the staffer's email was sent onto the media, in hopes to stir the pot when really, this shouldn't have been a story. In looking at the content, there are sexual innuendos and references to naked bodies in clubs, dildos, jaunts, etc. It is not necessary, and raunchy.

And one other thing: why do gays insist on "equal rights'" yet INSIST on having their own section? The african americans earned equal rights, but do you see specific sections in travel guides indicating "black section"? No, because they are equal!

The gay movement is offensively being shoved down regular American's throats. And please, don't say "get with the times" because that's not what it's about. It is about morals and not wanting immorals shoved down our throats. I am SICK of it. If gays didn't push their agenda so much, we wouldn't be bugged and we really don't care what goes on behind closed doors for this minority in our society.