2012 U.S. Presidential Election

[Roy Karrde]

I call bullshit. It gives him tons more advertisement as an anti-homo fundamentalist who is hated rather than considered for the candidacy. Check the like/dislike ratio on the video, mate. The more people who see it, the more who loathe it.

Really? The man is going after the Social Conservative vote, in a closed election. Who is going to hate him? The Libertarians? They will vote for Paul. The Liberals and Democrats? They can't vote in the Iowa Caucus, and if he some how makes it to the Convention, this ad will be long gone as there will be more recent things to run at him with. The Tea Party and Centrist Republicans? They are battling over Gingrich and Newt.

In Iowa, the candidate who locks down the Social Conservative vote, will have a very good showing. And that is who the ad is geared toward.

The Rick Perry video contains very thinly-veiled anti-gay sentiment, period.

Not quite. To quote a local radio show host today: It is pointing out a disconnect, look at what we tolerate, we tolerate homosexuality in the military, but we don't tolerate a kid bringing a candy cane to school with a Jesus message attached to it to give to a buddy in the third grade. There is nothing anti gay, thinly veiled or not, about pointing the inconsistency out.