So, what about San Francisco? Are we still excited about the prospect of having access to discount prices, low-wage jobs, and tax revenue in light of what we are learning about Target? The development of this story is like licking the outside of a Tootsie pop and getting to the middle only to discover a turd has taken the place of the delicious chocolate.
To be sure, this is not a new phenomenon and it's also one that we can get used to hearing more of now that the U.S. Supreme Court has opened the floodgates to even more corporate involvement in politics.
But that doesn't mean we have to accept every chancre-ridden Trojan horse that pulls up to the gates of our city promising to bring us bargains and jobs and tax dollars. This story is about more than whether or not politicians (or a CEO) supports same-sex marriage. This is about associations much worse than simple bible thumpers.
The leader of the You Can Run ministry, Bradlee Dean, applauds the execution of gays. The group is closely associated with the Minnesota Republican Party and has attracted the support of the Party's candidate for governor. These people aren't just political hacks being provocative -- they are spewing some rabid, hate-filled rhetoric that has consequences for LGBT people; not just at the ballot box but also on the street.
Target gave money to a PAC that ran ads for the supremacist politician who keeps company with a right-wing fringe group; a group whose rhetoric is more KKK than it is Carrie Nation. Two days ago Target defended its contribution.
(San Francisco Weekly)
OK, listings of "who gave" and a weekly that notes ties to the Minnesota state GOP....
....hmmm....hmmm.....
Who is missing from that list of donors?
FEC Tony's tacoteria!!!
So, why did Target pony up $150,000, but Tony Sutton's Baja Sol didn't?
Not sure.
One guess is "leadership" - or, more specifically, lack thereof.
Was FEC Tony waiting to see if there was any carnage before he put his money where his mouth is?
IMNSHO, yep.
After all, ChickenHawks are virtually all republiCons, and if anyone is a republiCon, it's FEC Tony. |
