Senate Office Posts Homophobic Slur, Conservatives Say "So What?"

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Yesterday, I was watching my  Twitter feed and Facebook page, and saw the developing story of a post from Senator Saxby Chambliss' office become news.  The proprietor of Joe.My.God. got a comment saying "All faggots must die."  He sought help tracking it down. And he was successful.  Predictably, the people who frequent FreeRepublic, FOXNews.com and FOXNation were doubtful. They didn't see the developing story, only the conclusion.  But it happened. I saw it.  Surprise, there are homophobic Republicans.  I trust that doesn't ruin anyone's world view.

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Sen. Saxby Chambliss Admits: It Was My Guy That Said "All Faggots Must Die"


The office of GOP Sen. Saxby Chamblis has admitted that it was their staffer that left the comment "All faggots must die" on this blog yesterday. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. . .

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Senate Office Used to Send Homophobic Message

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An interesting story is making the journey from the blogosphere to the mainstream, and you may not have heard it yet.  One of my favorite blog sites--which I link to and excerpt from time to time--got a very nasty comment on Tuesday, "All faggots must die."  Nasty, right?  Oh well, it's an anonymous posting, what can you do?  Well, Joe Jervis the author of the blog, Joe.My.God, didn't want to leave it at that.  After a little detective work, he tracked the comment to the offices of Georgia Senator Saxby Chambliss. It's about to get interesting.

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CONFIRMED: Sen. Saxby Chambliss Admits "All Faggots Must Die" Comment Came From His Atlanta Headquarters

I've just gotten off the phone with Atlanta Journal-Constitution political writer Jim Galloway who says that Sen. Saxby Chambliss has confirmed that the "All faggots must die" comment left here on JMG earlier today did indeed come from his Atlanta office. Galloway reports that Chambliss told him his office is conducting an internal investigation. For now Chambliss' spokesperson has issued a preliminary statement. . .

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Saxby Chambliss Wins Re-election in Georgia Runoff

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Ah, phooey. I guess we can't win them all. And especially in Georgia, even a guy with questionable ethics is going to be the likely winner if there is an (R) after his name. Oh well. . .

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GOP's Chambliss wins Ga. Senate runoff

Georgia Sen. Saxby Chambliss won re-election Tuesday in a runoff, dashing Democrats' hopes of capturing enough seats in the U.S. Senate to thwart Republican filibusters. . .

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Sarah Palin Recycles Campaign Speech for Chambliss

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Unfortunately, it looks like Saxby Chambliss is going to win his Senate re-election bid in Georgia's run-off election tomorrow. It's not much of surprise, given the redness of the state. But I had hopes that the tide would turn against him.

One would think that Sarah Palin stumpin' for ya would spell doom, but maybe not. Especially given the fact that when you put her near a microphone, she tends to spew out word salad. Apparently wanting to leave nothing to chance, she just decided to recycle her old campaign speech, plugging in "Chambliss" where the "McCains" were. Whatever. Go away, Sarah.

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Palin Recycles Old Stump Speech In Georgia, But Replaces ‘McCain’ With ‘Chambliss’

Today, Gov. Sarah Palin traveled to Georgia to campaign for Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R), who faces a tough runoff election tomorrow against Democratic challenger Jim Martin. In the first of four stops today, in Augusta, Palin told the crowd, “The eyes of the nation are on you,” adding, “The stakes are so high” and that “America is counting on you”. . .

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