Republican Gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman made headlines this week when she was endorsed by failed Republican presidential candidate John McCain in her bid to become the next Governor of California.
“The woman standing beside me represents all of the qualities that will attract people to our party,” McCain told a crowd of about 500 supporters at the Marconi Auto Museum. “We will not only tolerate, but accept people whose views are different than our own.”Really? She wants everyone to feel welcome in the Republican Party? Then why do the leaders in the Republican Party keep denying equal rights for LGBT citizens?And why does she support efforts to divorce me and my husband?
Whitman, former CEO of eBay, has an early lead in the race for the GOP nomination for governor, leading Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner and former U.S. Rep. Tom Campbell in the election to be held next year. Her campaign focuses on job creation, state spending cuts, and education reform.
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“I’m pro-choice,” Whitman said, receiving applause for a significant portion – if not the majority – of the audience. “It’s not that I want more abortions. But I don’t want to take that choice away from women and their doctors.”
Whitman talked about other aspects of diversity needed by the party as well. She pointed out that Republicans [re]present just 31 percent of registered voters in the state and noted her campaign’s outreach programs targeting woman, Latinos and 18- to 29-year olds.
“There are people who share our core values who don’t feel welcome in the Republican Party,” she said. “I want to make everyone feel welcome in the Republican Party.”
I notice that African Americans were not on the list of people that Republican outreach efforts are targeting. I wonder why? Isn't the Chair of the GOP a Black man?
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