Black Gay Republicans

[Tommy Duncan]

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Thursday, September 23rd, 2004

Black Gay Republicans

A group claiming to represent “Black Gay Republicans” endorsed President Bush yeterday. This brought sneers from all sides. James Taranto called them “The World’s Smallest Cons uency.” Wonkette called them “all four of them. If that. . .”

But black gay Republicans are a formidable voting block. They put Bush in the White House!

Do the back-of-the-envelope math.

About 6 million people voted in Florida in 2000.
About 15 percent were African-American. 6 million * 0.15 = 900,000
About 10 percent of those black voters voted for President Bush. 900,000 * 0.10 = 90,000
About, say, 1 percent of those black Republican voters were gay (gay rights groups would use a higher number.) 90,000 * 0.01 = 900

Those 900 black gay Republican votes in Florida handed Bush the presidency. If it weren’t for black gay Republicans, Al Gore might be sane today.

Come to think of it, you'd probably have to factor in the proportion of gay voters who voted for Bush.

[Mark in Austin]

The Florida lesbians were confused.

[afe7FATMAN]

and you would know because?????

[bigzak25]

Gay men for bush? now i'm confused.....:p

[Yonivore]

Soon to be followed by an announcement that the handicapped, black, gay Republicans will be endorsing Nader.

But, not to be outdone, the quadraplegic, handicapped, black, gay Republicans will be endorsing Max Cleland in a write-in campaign...and on and on and on it goes until you have the deaf, blind, mute, quadraplegic, handicapped, black, gay Republicans endorsing themselves.