<b>A new profile says Obama chief Jim Msa was behd a gay-bag polil ad 2002.</b> "I'll never fet when he showed me that ad," says Senator Max Bc.
Contents:
- OBAMA CHIEF'S ANTI-GAY SECRET
- OBAMA CAMPAIGN MANAGER BEHD ANTI-GAY AD
- IS JIM MSA GAY?
- HOW OBAMA BEME THE GAY-RIGHTS PRINT
- DAVID SIROTA SMEARS OBAMA CAMPAIGN MANAGER JIM MSA WH OLD GAY-BA
OBAMA CHIEF'S ANTI-GAY SECRET
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Mike Taylor, was gay. Max Bc and Print Obama's mpaign manager Jim Msa jt adm to both craftg one of the most homophobic ads Amerin history and possibly mtg a crime? Thanks to the liberate choice of mic, the footage of man-on-man physil ntact and the voice-over msage, the ad is nsired the epome of homophobic magoguery -- a spot ostensibly about Taylor's Department of Edutn loans, but really signed to raise qutns about Taylor's sexualy a culturally nservative state.
Summarizg the natnal uproar over the ad, the Denver Post at the time noted that "only the most naive adult would miss the implitn that Taylor is a homosexual" and that clearly "the supposedly clive Democrats ftly played on the right's homophobia. " Bc almost certaly issued such blanket nials both bee he didn't want to be tagged as an anti-gay bigot, and bee even back then, before the McCa-Fegold mpaign fance reform legislatn, was blatantly illegal for a ndidate and his mpaign to directly "ordate" ads paid for by polil party anizatns like the DSCC. Senator -- one who voted for the od Defense of Marriage Act and who is up for reelectn 2014 -- was happily cheerg on homophobic magoguery.
David Cameron's new star signg, the electn strategist behd Print Barack Obama's victori, has bee embroiled allegatns of a homophobic past jt days to his Msa, who managed the Obama mpaigns 2008 and 2012, was on Saturday night alg wh allegatns – first ma 2002, repeated 2012 and now beg retold on Twter – that he was behd what has bee known as the most homophobic polil advert US history. The Denver Post reported at the time: "Only the most naive adult would miss the implitn that Taylor is a homosexual … The supposedly clive Democrats ftly played on the right's homophobia.
OBAMA CAMPAIGN MANAGER BEHD ANTI-GAY AD
<p><strong>Blog:</strong> Whe Hoe Deputy Chief of Staff Jim Msa, who has been the pot man on gay rights on the senr staff, went on rerd for our story:</p> * jim messina gay *
"In rponse to a requt for ment om Msa, Tory central office supplied a statement om a gay rights advote the US, praisg the electoral strategist's rerd. Joe Solmone, former print of the Human Rights Campaign, the largt advocy anisatns for lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) issu the US, said: "Whether Print Obama's admistratn or on his mpaign, the LGBT muny had no bigger advote than Jim Msa.
Thanks to the liberate choice of mic, the footage of man-on-man physil ntact and the voice-over msage, the ad is nsired the epome of homophobic magoguery—a spot ostensibly about Taylor’s Department of Edutn loans, but really signed to raise qutns about Taylor’s sexualy a culturally nservative state. Summarizg the natnal uproar over the ad, the Denver Post at the time noted that “only the most naive adult would miss the implitn that Taylor is a homosexual” and that clearly “the supposedly clive Democrats ftly played on the right’s homophobia. So a after the ad phed Taylor to drop out of the race and Bc sred more than 60% of the vote, he adms both he and Msa knew all about this sleazy, homophobic ad.
IS JIM MSA GAY?
It don’t seem like Msa is particularly anti-gay, however—more of an attack dog eager to take down a threat to his master.
Obama mpaign manager Jim Msa was behd an famo 2002 anti-gay ad that aired Montana, acrdg to a profile by Joshua Green ad was n agast Mike Taylor, a Republin challenger to Senator Max Bc of Montana. Wrg Salon, David Sirota lled the spot "one of the most homophobic ads Amerin history. He also, however, has strong relatnships wh gay lears, and played a central role brokerg Obama's support for a gay rights agenda his time the Whe asked for ment, the Obama mpaign produced an email om a top supporter the gay rights movement, fendg Msa and parg his rerd to that of the print's.
HOW OBAMA BEME THE GAY-RIGHTS PRINT
Whe Hoe Deputy Chief of Staff Jim Msa, who has been the pot man on gay rights on the senr staff, went on rerd for our story:. His staff ntu to work wh Congrs on a variety of LGBT issu, ” said Jim Msa, the puty Whe Hoe chief of staff who is the pot man on gay and lbian issu, cg Whe Hoe efforts to move hate crim legislatn through the Senate.
Msa, Bon said, rpond that the Whe Hoe hadn’t fotten, and plaed that the admistratn hasn’t gotten enough cred for phg for a ban on hate crim agast gays and lbians, but was ultimately “nonmtal.
But that year, when managg Bc’s Senate re-electn mpaign, he released one of the more homophobic ads of morn polil tim. It featured footage om a 20-year-old TV ad for a hair salon n by Bc’s opponent, Mike Taylor –who at the time was 20 pots behd the polls and had no chance of wng –who was seen massagg a man’s face while wearg an open-ont shirt, and hence was obvly supposed to be gay. As wh many other celebri, happens to be speculated the qutn - Jim Msa is gay?
DAVID SIROTA SMEARS OBAMA CAMPAIGN MANAGER JIM MSA WH OLD GAY-BA
Yet, as often happens wh artists of this field, the mors that Jim Msa is gay are persistent, which is surely annoyg.
More and more celebri adm every year that they are gay, but this is not the se wh Jim Msa sce this celebry never said so. In any se, celebri too often refe to speak about their private liv, so we n't predict if they are gay or straight.
We'll be more than happy if you share wh any h news about the qutn - Is Jim Msa gay? As a former chief of staff to Bc and puty to Emanuel, Msa has clashed wh progrsive activists and grassroots Obama supporters both si and outsi Washgton over polil strategy and on issu like healthre reform and gay rights, alienatg parts of the very nstuenci that worked so hard for Obama 2008 and that the mpaign needs to respire and activate 2012. Gay rights was another major issue on which Msa clashed wh Obama supporters.