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Mon Jun 01, 2009 at 19:30:03 PM EDT
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| An alert reader pointed us in the direction of FireDogLake, where Linda Ketner didn't just a bomb sure to roil the SC political waters like nobody's business - she went nuclear: I asked her if she thought being upfront about being gay, even campaigning with her partner of 9 years, Beth Huntley, impacted the race. "When you lose by such a tight margin, anything could have played a role." In focus groups she found that people didn't care about her personal sexual preference but respected her honesty. "We have more gay people serving in South Carolina than probably in anyplace in the United States; they're just not out of the closet. We have an awful lot of people in the closet-- Lindsey Graham, Glenn McConnell who's our Senate president pro tem, our Lt Governor... I obviously lost the conservative, religious crazy vote, but I would have anyway because I'm pro-choice... It got more national attention than it did local attention; it was no secret to anybody around here." She actually won in Charleston County.
More as we get it... |
| Tim Kelly :: Ketner Giving Us a Peek Inside the Closet? |
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