Gays for McCain?

Last night I attended a meeting of the DC Young Republicans at the Hawk 'N Dove bar in downtown DC. I liked this bar, it featured the only Republican bartender in town(also $5 hamburgers).

This was my first meeting and the speaker was a member of the Log Cabin Republicans. I cannot remember his official position within that organization, but he attended the RNC and is frequently interviewed by NPR and the like.

He mentioned several things that I thought interesting:

• He said that the LCR's get very little support from Old White Men, which of course is not shocking. But he said that the group of people that they get the least amount of support from is inner city blacks.
• He also said that THE most common insult they get is actually from other gays who use the term "Jews for Hitler".
• Apparently their ranks are swelling since the Sarah Palin pick. In the funniest comment of the night he said "There are a lot of lesbians who are pissed off at Obama. And the looove Sarah Palin". I find it amazing at how transcendant the Palin affect is.
• 50,000 Floridian gays voted for Bush in 2004. They hope to expand greatly on that number this year. And we know how important each vote from that state is.

Overall it was a good experience. It will be interesting to watch the effect of the LGR on the upcoming election. They are still definitely a divissive group however the Republicans feature the most inclusive and diverse Presidential ticket ever(on the Republican side).

Note on the Palin effect: There was a definite energy in the room whenever Palin was talked about. Along with this energy was also a sense of relief. A lot of these people, young politicos, live to get excited about politicians and McCain wasn't doing it for them.  Now they have conservatism personified at the top of the ticket with loads of personality to boot.