Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Steve Sauerberg must have his victory over Dick Durbin in November in the bag because his press spokesman Chris Barron's been busy -- not promoting his boss Dr. Sauerberg -- but scolding a gay media outlet for running a "shoddy hit piece" about gay activists among DC Republicans. Today, a "Chris Barron" writes here on Out.com:
I am a Republican political consultant in DC, the former National Political Director of Log Cabin Republicans and an openly gay man. Your piece on Gay Republicans in Out was little more than a shoddy hit piece. If you were interested in talking about gay Republicans in DC you could have actually reached out to folks like myself – who aren’t “cowering in the closet.” Instead you chose to interview Democratic Congressman Barney Frank, an unnamed Democratic consultant, and Mike Rogers – a low-life left wing activist who has made a career out of partisan and shameless attacks on Hill staffers.
You should be ashamed for penning this hit job and Out Magazine should be embarrassed for running your article.
On April 24, 2008 at 1 : 08 PM
Wow, I wonder if Senator Durbin is aware of how endangered he is?
Mr. Barron's history as the former National Political Director of Log Cabin Republicans concerned us a few weeks ago, and we wrote about it on Illinois Review. Dr. Sauerberg was aware of the controversy, and chose to back Mr. Barron despite his political baggage problematic to conservatives.
Mr. Barron was obviously emboldened by his boss' loyalty and evidently now has time to spend promoting himself online as a Republican gay political consultant. Must be nice work, if you can get it.
Maybe that Chris Barron was a different Chris Barron that used to be the former National Political Director of Log Cabin Republicans and another openly gay man. You never know.
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