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"George Washington Hayduke" |
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29 Sep 2004 10:38:54 AM |
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"Come on, fag, give this ***** a reply" |
DeMint aide rebuked for remark about gays
Operations director inadvertently sends e-mail with words ‘fag,'
‘*****'
By LEE BANDY
http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/politics/9777538.htm
The director of operations for Jim DeMint's U.S. Senate campaign has
been reprimanded for derogatory remarks she made about gays and
lesbians in an errant e-mail.
Ginny Allen was admonished personally Monday by the Republican
nominee, who promised in a letter of apology that she would be dealt
with "according to office guidelines."
Allen was not fired. Attempts to reach her for comment were
unsuccessful Monday.
Lisa Hall, chairwoman of the Central Savannah River Area Rainbow
Alliance, which works to raise awareness of gay and lesbian issues, in
July invited both Senate campaigns to an Oct. 7 town hall meeting to
discuss issues of interest to gay voters.
Democratic nominee Inez Tenenbaum promptly promised to send a
representative, but after receiving no reply from the DeMint campaign,
Hall sent a follow-up e-mail Monday.
Allen, apparently thinking she was forwarding the e-mail to someone
inside the campaign, inadvertently replied to Hall.
"Come on, fag, give this ***** a reply," Allen wrote.
DeMint sent Hall a personal letter of apology Monday for the
"extremely inappropriate remarks" in the e-mail.
"Mrs. Allen's remarks do not reflect my beliefs or the character of
the campaign," DeMint wrote. "I am running a positive campaign of
ideas, and that includes personal respect for others."
During three terms in Congress, DeMint has consistently opposed
allowing gays and lesbians to marry. He backs a constitutional
amendment to prohibit it nationwide.
"The government cannot approve and promote homosexuality," DeMint says
in a video on his campaign Web site. "If we approve gay marriages,
we've, in effect done that. We've changed our value system; we've
changed what marriage means."
In the letter to Hall, DeMint said he was not aware of the e-mail sent
by Allen, but because the campaign bears his name, "I feel it is my
responsibility to apologize.
"Please rest assured that Mrs. Allen has received a thorough
admonishment from me."
Campaign director Terry Sullivan said Allen has been "written up" —
meaning she has been put on notice that any future missteps will lead
to dismissal.
Hall said she was "shocked" when she got the reply from Allen.
"It hurt," she said. "My parents raised me to be a Christian and not
to speak hateful of anyone, even when having a disagreement with
somebody."
Hall said she accepted DeMint's apology and suggested "perhaps some
diversity training would be of some benefit" to Allen.
Ed Madden, a USC English professor and board member of the South
Carolina Equality Coalition, a statewide gay rights organization, said
Allen's e-mail "clearly says something about the climate of the DeMint
office and what they think about gay and lesbian South Carolinians.
"The fact she felt comfortable sending that e-mail says a lot," he
said. "I wonder if she would have been censured if the e-mail hadn't
been accidentally sent."
The Tenenbaum campaign declined comment.
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| User: "Cary Kittrell" |
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| Title: Re: "Come on, fag, give this ***** a reply" |
29 Sep 2004 11:11:04 AM |
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In article <10lllsa5enqcta2@corp.supernews.com> writes:
<DeMint aide rebuked for remark about gays
<Operations director inadvertently sends e-mail with words ‘fag,'
<‘*****'
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<By LEE BANDY
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<http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/politics/9777538.htm
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<The director of operations for Jim DeMint's U.S. Senate campaign has
<been reprimanded for derogatory remarks she made about gays and
<lesbians in an errant e-mail.
<
<Ginny Allen was admonished personally Monday by the Republican
<nominee, who promised in a letter of apology that she would be dealt
<with "according to office guidelines."
<
<Allen was not fired. Attempts to reach her for comment were
<unsuccessful Monday.
<
<Lisa Hall, chairwoman of the Central Savannah River Area Rainbow
<Alliance, which works to raise awareness of gay and lesbian issues, in
<July invited both Senate campaigns to an Oct. 7 town hall meeting to
<discuss issues of interest to gay voters.
<
<Democratic nominee Inez Tenenbaum promptly promised to send a
<representative, but after receiving no reply from the DeMint campaign,
<Hall sent a follow-up e-mail Monday.
<
<Allen, apparently thinking she was forwarding the e-mail to someone
<inside the campaign, inadvertently replied to Hall.
<
<"Come on, fag, give this ***** a reply," Allen wrote.
<
<DeMint sent Hall a personal letter of apology Monday for the
<"extremely inappropriate remarks" in the e-mail.
<
<"Mrs. Allen's remarks do not reflect my beliefs or the character of
<the campaign," DeMint wrote. "I am running a positive campaign of
<ideas, and that includes personal respect for others."
Geez, if he has so much respect for dykes, you'd think
he could at least learn to spell the word correctly.
-- cary, who picked up the word "*****" from dykes
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| User: "George Washington Hayduke" |
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| Title: Re: "Come on, fag, give this ***** a reply" |
29 Sep 2004 01:21:21 PM |
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(Cary Kittrell) wrote:
In article <10lllsa5enqcta2@corp.supernews.com> writes:
<http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/politics/9777538.htm
Geez, if he has so much respect for dykes, you'd think
he could at least learn to spell the word correctly.
My Christian dictionary has it both ways:
***** also ***** - 1.a. An embankment of earth and rock built
to prevent floods. b. Chiefly British. A low wall, often of
sod, dividing or enclosing lands. 2. A barrier blocking a
passage, especially for protection. 3. A raised causeway. 4.
A ditch; a channel. 5. Geology. A long mass of igneous rock
that cuts across the structure of adjacent rock. -- diked
also dyked, diking dyking, dikes dykes. 1. To protect,
enclose, or provide with a *****. 2. To drain with dikes
or ditches. -- diker n.
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| User: "Cary Kittrell" |
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| Title: Re: "Come on, fag, give this ***** a reply" |
29 Sep 2004 02:09:16 PM |
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In article <10llvcs5kvnkl5b@corp.supernews.com> writes:
<cary@afone.as.arizona.edu (Cary Kittrell) wrote:
<>In article <10lllsa5enqcta2@corp.supernews.com> writes:
<><http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/politics/9777538.htm
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<>Geez, if he has so much respect for dykes, you'd think
<>he could at least learn to spell the word correctly.
<
<My Christian dictionary has it both ways:
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< ***** also ***** - 1.a. An embankment of earth and rock built
< to prevent floods. b. Chiefly British. A low wall, often of
< sod, dividing or enclosing lands. 2. A barrier blocking a
< passage, especially for protection. 3. A raised causeway. 4.
< A ditch; a channel. 5. Geology. A long mass of igneous rock
< that cuts across the structure of adjacent rock. -- diked
< also dyked, diking dyking, dikes dykes. 1. To protect,
< enclose, or provide with a *****. 2. To drain with dikes
< or ditches. -- diker n.
Um, that is correct -- when you're talking about blocking
off water or soil or whatever.
But as a slang term for "lesbian", I've never seen it
spelled other than "*****".
Note, please, that I was not criticizing your Subject: line;
I was making fun of the inept and annoying congress critter
whom you quoted.
-- cary
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| User: "Cary Kittrell" |
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| Title: Re: "Come on, fag, give this ***** a reply" |
29 Sep 2004 06:11:57 PM |
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In article <Xns9573A345A8345mail125797popnet‘.45.49.11> Ferrous Patella <mail125797@pop.net> writes:
<news:10llvcs5kvnkl5b@corp.supernews.com by (George
<Washington Hayduke):
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<> (Cary Kittrell) wrote:
<>>In article <10lllsa5enqcta2@corp.supernews.com>
<>>writes:
<>><http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/politics/9777538.htm
<>
<>>Geez, if he has so much respect for dykes, you'd think
<>>he could at least learn to spell the word correctly.
<>
<> My Christian dictionary has it both ways:
<>
<> ***** also ***** - 1.a. An embankment of earth and rock built
<> to prevent floods. b. Chiefly British. A low wall, often of
<> sod, dividing or enclosing lands. 2. A barrier blocking a
<> passage, especially for protection. 3. A raised causeway. 4.
<> A ditch; a channel. 5. Geology. A long mass of igneous rock
<> that cuts across the structure of adjacent rock. -- diked
<> also dyked, diking dyking, dikes dykes. 1. To protect,
<> enclose, or provide with a *****. 2. To drain with dikes
<> or ditches. -- diker n.
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<Nothing about diagonal cutters?
Yeah, I in fact think of that one every time I have to
ask something like "Mind handing me a pair of dykes?"
I mean: whose fantasy is THAT?
(a lot of guys, actually, if you go by porn movies)
-- cary
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| User: "Ferrous Patella" |
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| Title: Re: "Come on, fag, give this ***** a reply" |
29 Sep 2004 06:04:28 PM |
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news:10llvcs5kvnkl5b@corp.supernews.com by (George
Washington Hayduke):
cary@afone.as.arizona.edu (Cary Kittrell) wrote:
In article <10lllsa5enqcta2@corp.supernews.com>
writes:
<http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/politics/9777538.htm
Geez, if he has so much respect for dykes, you'd think
he could at least learn to spell the word correctly.
My Christian dictionary has it both ways:
***** also ***** - 1.a. An embankment of earth and rock built
to prevent floods. b. Chiefly British. A low wall, often of
sod, dividing or enclosing lands. 2. A barrier blocking a
passage, especially for protection. 3. A raised causeway. 4.
A ditch; a channel. 5. Geology. A long mass of igneous rock
that cuts across the structure of adjacent rock. -- diked
also dyked, diking dyking, dikes dykes. 1. To protect,
enclose, or provide with a *****. 2. To drain with dikes
or ditches. -- diker n.
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Nothing about diagonal cutters?
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Ferrous Patella (Homo gerardii)
"Nature as God's "reality" show - what a concept!"
--A t.o. poster who wishes to remain anonymous
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| User: "The Last Liberal" |
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| Title: Re: "Come on, fag, give this ***** a reply" |
29 Sep 2004 03:13:52 PM |
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On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 15:38:54 GMT, (George
Washington Hayduke) wrote:
DeMint aide rebuked for remark about gays
Operations director inadvertently sends e-mail with words ‘fag,'
‘*****'
By LEE BANDY
http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/politics/9777538.htm
The director of operations for Jim DeMint's U.S. Senate campaign has
been reprimanded for derogatory remarks she made about [homosexuals]
in an errant e-mail.
Who the bloody hell cares? People who are so easily offended ought to
go live in caves.
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