GOP Debate Audience Members Make Fools of Themselves by Booing Gay Soldier (Video)

• except that this is a pattern of behavior; booing a soldier that happens to be gay, cheering 200 Texas executions, cheering letting a man without insurance dying....this isn't the exception, its becomming the Tea Party rule.

• I hereby nominate David Cody for 2011 New Times Activist of The Year.  He is a fine young man, working hard at the grassroots level to effect positive change in his local community.  And his efforts are starting to bear fruit. The tinfoil hat crowd have won this prestigious award enough already.

• Same problemo.  Moderation is not a bad thing, but it should start with the online bullies.

• Wow, all of that and still an assshole...(still waiting for that Mensa I.D.)

• Buck. I am the NewTimes 2010 Activist of the Year.  I've been on the front page of the Miami Herald.  I just made the front page of the Sun-Sentinel. You are an anonymous troll. Next question.

• For being a genius, you obviously never heard of the Crispus Attucks branch of the Tea Party...You do know who Crispus Attucks was don't you?... For someone who touts himself as a genius you are certainly not an informed one...or is it a genius at being a lefty attack dog...grow up boy genius...p.s. whats your Mensa number? I have one, do you?

• But wait... Holding a sign of "racist" at a Tea Party rally.  Isn't that an oxymoron?

• You will never see them again...

• People seem to forget that the dems are not above planting people in the audience...remember the guy holding the racist sign at the tea party rally, he turned out to be an aid to a Democratic member of congress and as Mr. Powers has posted it was only about three morons....

• Can I get a moderator to approve my posts that are in limbo, por favor?

• No, it just means you like meat.

• Actually, WE need to be sure to get people out to vote.  We're in this mess because of :    Laws designed to make voting difficult;    People DON'T bother to vote;    People following a party line instead of thinking for themselves;    Failure of voters to investigate candidates on their own, just reading political pap. Let's do what Oregon does:  ALL voting by mail.  It gives people time to actually SEE what's on the ballot in advance, discuss it with others, and have the time to make an intelligent decision.   

• Logic!!!!  We need more Spocks, and more folks such as Virg.  Everyone remembers kids in school who were "different."  So, the Christians, (and others), rage about LOVING "the sinner," but hating the sin.....Who the hell put YOU in charge of denying full citizenship rights to those that YOU, or your RELIGION, classify as sinners????  I like Rabbi Kushner's words, on an unrelated matter, "...and my God cried, too..."

• I wonder what Mr. Macho Military Allen West thought of his fellow Republicans after this shabby display. Not only did the morons in the audience boo and disrespect the uniform, but the clods on stage never said of word of reprimand or of support for the soldiers in Iraq. Some party they have there.

•  sure i've met plenty of conscientious objectors and i have a few good friends that have dedicated their lives to stopping our militaristic nightmare...obviously this was not one of the subjects brought up (cept for mr paul) at the GOP debate.

• I think you have it all wrong. Most people go into the military with good intentions and naive thoughts on War. Trust me. There are many veterans who become pacifists and humanists because of their personal experience.

• No, you are born that way.  You would be gay even if you didnt like Lady Gaga. Not that there is anything wrong with that.

• Damn Virgil, that was almost poetic in a way.  I have a tear in my eye.  Well said.

• God: I love Lady Gaga. Does that make me gay? Regards, V.S.

• Allow me to chime in on this issue. The reaction of those miscreants in the audience has much more to do with organized religion--specifically, evangelical christianity--than politics. There have been polls conducted in the african american community, most of whom are christians and democrats--and they have the same ignorant stance on gays. They believe it to be an abomination because some 2,000+ year old book of fairytales told them to think that way. Let us not forget that the dogma associated with orthodox  judaism and fundamentalist islam share the same antiquated and hate-filled beliefs. (I don't want you to think I'm just picking on christians, but that is who filled that audience in Orlando last evening) Therefore, it is incumbent upon all people of good conscience to out these ignorami--of all colors, religions and creeds-- and stop respecting their idiotic religous beliefs. Just as I was born a raging heterosexual, those who are homosexual are--as Gaga would say--"born this way". You anti-science/religous knuckledraggers need to evolve already and join the rest of us in the 21st century. Scientists have already identified the gene patterns that tend to make one gay, and incidentally, they found that it runs in families. How else could you explain cousins in different cities watching BRAVO simultaneously? Therefore, how can you hate someone for something that they have absolutely no control over? That would be akin to hating someone for being born with polio. Ofcourse, there is nothing wrong with gay people; there is something seriously wrong with people who "cling" to these ancient and ignorant beliefs. No amount of ignorance and hate will stop human progress. It will only slow it down. Here is something for my gay brothers and sisters. If there is a God, may he bless you all! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riCFAqnY8Mw&feature=results_video&playnext=1&list=PL83F11D73883034EF

• i disagree...in the sense that war criminals should go ahead & discriminate all they want about who they hire to blow up children and torture innocent people to death. i fucking despise gay people who sign on for that duty as much as anyone else. the time that our troops could plausibly be described with terms such as "honor" and "respect" is at least a decade in the past if not more.

• Dear Republicans, You can boo TX Air National Guard ghost veteran George W Bush all you want for starting that awful atrocity in Iraq.  But under no circumstances is it correct to boo a serviceman who has put his life on the line as a result of Bush's idiocy. That said, keep it up you republican dummies.  God knows that this election is not Obama's to win, but it is yours to lose, so keep up the good work.  Best news for us Dems since you went after AARP's tax exempt status last year. Social security run by the states Perry?  Well, Texas just  cancelled  all future last meal requests for executed prisoners yesterday because the guy they fried Wed night ordered too much.  Those guys are gonna honor social security's 80 year covenant with the working schlepper?  Yea, right. Thank you for your sacrifice Steven Hill and stay the f*ck away from those log cabin republicans. Oh, and Rick Santorum, Joe Gaydos, the congressman you succeeded and who served his country in the Big One, WWII, had more brains in his left nut than you have in that bulbous head you have stuck up your ass.

• It is truly disgusting an shows just where the repubs are heading.  They boo soldiers, declare they need to let someone die despite being pro life, and other very anti social things. Every debate you get this crap.  An yes, while it seems only a handful are screaming, all the rest are nodding in agreement. These people really need to get their head out of their asses.

• Well, we already knew that God hates fags, so I guess these Republican cretins just want to be on God's side, right?

• Is this journalism or just some whiny little rant? No research or fact digging here. Just a butt-hurt columnist.

• Even if that is true, it's sad none of the doods or doodettes on stage had juevos to call the audience out on thier ignorance. There is something wrong with the Grand old White party.

• I consider myself to be right leaning. The Reblican party seem to have an anti gay side. BUT  You do not boo a man in military. He is there to protect the country.   That alone commands respect, no matter what his sexual desires are.

• it also sounded to me that they were booing the upcoming comments, not the actual soldier. Thanks media, now you got me thinking the people in this country or far worse than I ever thought.

• To be fair, it sounded like only 3 assholes were the source of the boos. Is there any group more silent than the Republican Party supporters "silent majority"?

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