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The Right-Wing Smear Campaign Against Kevin Jennings

Started by Sandy Eggo, July 03, 2009, 03:25:06 PM

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Sandy Eggo

July 03, 2009, 03:25:06 PM
QuoteThe right wing has a new target: Kevin Jennings, whom President Obama appointed Assistant Deputy Secretary at the Department of Education for the Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools (OSDFS). Jennings has had a distinguished career as a teacher, author, and founder of Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network (GLSEN), an organization that works to make schools safe for all students, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity.

It is primarily Jennings' work with GLSEN that has so outraged the far right. The Family Research Council (FRC) launched the "Stop Kevin Jennings" campaign this week, warning that he is a "radical homosexual activist" who has "worked tirelessly to bring the homosexual agenda into our nation's classrooms." "His history demonstrates disregard for our obligations to safeguard the health and well being of the student population," writes FRC President Tony Perkins.

ThinkProgress investigated FRC's claims and spoke to people who have worked with Jennings. A look at some of the "facts" about him:

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me

#1
July 03, 2009, 04:36:53 PM
Deal with it.  It's politics remember. 
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LOsborne

#2
July 03, 2009, 10:52:35 PM
Gotta tell ya, Sandy, anybody on the national stage who isn't pissing off the right-wing lunatic fringe would be totally useless on any team trying to dig this country out of the quagmire of greed and resistance to change where it is submerged.

I have had my favorite t-shirt for twenty years, and I still wear it most weekends. It says "Doing My Part to Piss Off the Radical Right." I learned back in the infancy of the women's movement, that if they don't hate me, I'm not working hard enough.

Sandy Eggo

#3
July 04, 2009, 03:30:38 AM
Quote from: LOsborne on July 03, 2009, 10:52:35 PM
Gotta tell ya, Sandy, anybody on the national stage who isn't pissing off the right-wing lunatic fringe would be totally useless on any team trying to dig this country out of the quagmire of greed and resistance to change where it is submerged.

I have had my favorite t-shirt for twenty years, and I still wear it most weekends. It says "Doing My Part to Piss Off the Radical Right." I learned back in the infancy of the women's movement, that if they don't hate me, I'm not working hard enough.

:biggrin:

I gotta tell ya, I really like you Lo! :thumbsup:
Only after the last tree has been cut down. Only after the last river has been poisoned. Only after the last fish has been caught. Only then will you find that money cannot be eaten. - -Cree Indian Prophecy

"Women who strive to be equal to men lack ambitition" -- anonymous

me

#4
July 04, 2009, 10:28:13 AM
Pay backs are hell aren't they..... :biggrin:
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Sandy Eggo

#5
July 04, 2009, 10:49:58 AM
So, you think that smearing this man is all some elaborate scheme to "payback" something? If so, that's ridiculous.
Only after the last tree has been cut down. Only after the last river has been poisoned. Only after the last fish has been caught. Only then will you find that money cannot be eaten. - -Cree Indian Prophecy

"Women who strive to be equal to men lack ambitition" -- anonymous

me

#6
July 04, 2009, 11:03:20 AM
Nope didn't say that.  What I'm saying is everyone Bush appointed to anything was done the same way by the left and 9 times out of 10 it was ridiculous and unfounded. Although I will agree the far right is just as loony as the far left like they, the left, said when some of their accusations were proved to be false, "if someone said it there must be some truth to it".  :razz:
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Exterminator

#7
July 05, 2009, 11:10:26 AM
Quote from: me on July 03, 2009, 04:36:53 PM
Deal with it.  It's politics remember.

Actually, it's your ilk that needs to deal with it.  You lost; get over it!   :biggrin:
Arguing with Christians is like playing chess with a pigeon.  No matter how good I am at chess, the pigeon is just going to knock over the pieces, shit on the board and strut around like it's victorious.

The truth is slow, but relentless. Over time it becomes irresistible.

me

#8
July 05, 2009, 11:12:14 AM
Quote from: Exterminator on July 05, 2009, 11:10:26 AM
Actually, it's your ilk that needs to deal with it.  You lost; get over it!   :biggrin:
Just like you guy's did when Bush won... :razz:
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Exterminator

#9
July 05, 2009, 11:12:23 AM
Quote from: me on July 04, 2009, 11:03:20 AM
Nope didn't say that.  What I'm saying is everyone Bush appointed to anything was done the same way by the left and 9 times out of 10 it was ridiculous and unfounded.

Riiiiight...because that FEMA guy did such a bang up job with hurricane Katrina; huh?  Bush is a moron and both those with whom he surrounded himself and those who thought he was a good president are as well.
Arguing with Christians is like playing chess with a pigeon.  No matter how good I am at chess, the pigeon is just going to knock over the pieces, shit on the board and strut around like it's victorious.

The truth is slow, but relentless. Over time it becomes irresistible.

Exterminator

#10
July 05, 2009, 11:12:56 AM
Quote from: me on July 05, 2009, 11:12:14 AM
Just like you guy's did when Bush won... :razz:

Because Bush didn't win.
Arguing with Christians is like playing chess with a pigeon.  No matter how good I am at chess, the pigeon is just going to knock over the pieces, shit on the board and strut around like it's victorious.

The truth is slow, but relentless. Over time it becomes irresistible.

me

#11
July 05, 2009, 11:19:49 AM
Quote from: Exterminator on July 05, 2009, 11:12:23 AM
Riiiiight...because that FEMA guy did such a bang up job with hurricane Katrina; huh?  Bush is a moron and both those with whom he surrounded himself and those who thought he was a good president are as well.
I do believe that a lot of the blame goes back to the non evacuation, plus the money which Bush gave for the levy repair going to other places.  If you remember correctly the Governor was no where to be found and so was the mayor.  They were supposed to be the first responders to get everything organized not the federal government.
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Exterminator

#12
July 05, 2009, 02:28:23 PM
Quote from: me on July 05, 2009, 11:19:49 AM
They were supposed to be the first responders to get everything organized not the federal government.

What's FEMA stand for again?
Arguing with Christians is like playing chess with a pigeon.  No matter how good I am at chess, the pigeon is just going to knock over the pieces, shit on the board and strut around like it's victorious.

The truth is slow, but relentless. Over time it becomes irresistible.

me

#13
July 05, 2009, 02:51:07 PM
Quote from: Exterminator on July 05, 2009, 02:28:23 PM
What's FEMA stand for again?
They are set up to be a second responder not the first.  The states are supposed to get things in order first then call for help from FEMA.  When they, Louisiana, was asked if they needed help the governor said no they were fine. 
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