A comment "All faggots must die" left on a gay rights blog! Who cares right? I see comments like that on YouTube and other places all the time.
I would not care except for one thing… but first this from Gawker:
"Someone left a nasty comment on gay rights blogger Joe.My.God's popular site. It read: "All faggots must die." Joe posted the IP address and asked readers to trace it. Turns out it came from a Georgia Republican Senator's office.
Joe posted the IP address along with the fact that the ISP was "United States Senate," and it appeared to come from the Atlanta office of Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-Georgia). Now the Atlanta Journal-Constitution has confirmed that Sen. Chambliss is investigating whether a staffer left the comment using the name "Jimmy" on a post about the Don't Ask Don't Tell cloture vote…"
Now I would not care about this..It would be a non-story except for a couple of things.
One Sen. Saxby Chambliss won his election in 2002 by the attacks on Democrat Max Cleland.
"Chambliss ran for the Senate in 2002, facing freshman Democratic incumbent Max Cleland. Chambliss's political career would have likely ended if he hadn't run for the Senate; the state legislature had shifted his home in Moultrie (along with most of the southern portion of his district) to the nearby 1st district, represented by fellow Republican Jack Kingston.
Chambliss focused on the issue of national defense and homeland security during his campaign, and released an ad that included Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein, highlighting Cleland's record on the issues of war and terrorism.
Chambliss received criticism from Democrats and Republicans for this ad, pointing out that he, who hadn't served in the Vietnam War due to receiving military deferments, had attacked a Vietnam War veteran who lost three limbs during his service for not being tough enough on issues of war and homeland security. Republican Senator John McCain of Arizona said of one ad, "[I]t's worse than disgraceful, it's reprehensible;" Senator Chuck Hagel of Nebraska said the ads were "beyond offensive to me." On the other hand, Chambliss supporters say the ad did not question Cleland's patriotism, but rather his judgment.
Chambliss won the election, receiving 53 percent of the votes to Cleland's 46 percent…"
For me this is why this is a story. You attack a war hero calling him every name you can think of and … Well OK you get the idea.
Now reason number two is why was a staff member on a pro-gay blog? What was "Jimmy" doing on a gay blog? I got a feeling this was some dirty tricks type of duty and the guy blew (no pun) cover. Is the job of this staff member to post things on blogs and then they can turn around and say well look what the gays and left wing people are saying on their blogs? I bet there is more to this story than we will ever know. Is Senator Chambliss "Jimmy?"
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