Though it took politics writer Chad Selweski 10 days to address L'Affaire Agema, his opinion column this weekend is tmely and strong.
He forcefully condemns Michigan Republican figure Dave Agema as "a homophobe who got some of his outdated, outlandish information from an admitted gay-hater and racist."
Chad Selweski is a veteran politics writer.
Selweski, who has covered politics for the suburban daily since 1985, expresses surprise at survey findings on what he calls "an epic embarrassment for the GOP on the issue of gay marriage."
A poll taken a few days ago by the MIRS news service in Lansing found that 65 percent of Republican precinct delegates surveyed agree that Agema had the right to post his anti-gay message [on Facebook]. About half said they would re-elect Agema as RNC committeeman, despite the controversy. And only 16 percent said that he should step down. . . .
The delegates questioned are the GOP activists – the heart of the party. Half of the party apparatchiks apparently feel, at a minimum, that it is acceptable for gays to be stigmatized, ostracized and marginalized. . . .
This is not a “gotcha” moment generated by some liberal Democrat. This is a man-in-the-mirror expose.
Agema, a former state House member, is on the Republican National Committee -- which holds a quarterly meeting April 10-13 in Los Angeles. Selweski thinks the Michigan party representative's controversy should certainly come to a head" there.
I wonder if Agema, adhering to the old Religious Right rhetoric, will restate his laughable claim that the GOP is being pushed to the left by “liberal Republicans.”
