March 03, 2010

Oh, You Mean That Voting Record


The New York Times has an article today describing how Harold Ford, Jr. reached his decision not to challenge Senator Kirsten Gillibrand for her Senate seat this November. Evidently, former Congressman Ford was shocked -- shocked -- at the level of opposition with which the LGBT community and abortion rights supporters in New York greeted his potential candidacy. Indeed, why would a community be so hostile to someone who voted to enshrine their status as second-class citizens in the Constitution?

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