Republican Hypocrite

I posted something similar to this post on my “Transadvocate Blog” but I thought I’d post it here as well, for my Digital Dog Meat readers.

It looks like Prop. 622, The Human Rights Ordinance(HRO), has a chance at passage next week. Council member Lynn McWhirter (R) said:

“(Party leaders) see it’s moving forward, so they said everyone should vote their conscience this time.”

Is it just me, or did she just let the cat out of the bag? If you take her words at face value, it would seem that when the ordinance was defeated last April there was a concerted effort from Indiana Republican Party to thwart the HRO.

I find that amusing, considering that council member Jim Bradford (R) said that the co-sponsor of the HRO, Scott Keller (R), had “sold his vote” on the police merger and should leave the GOP. Apparently it’s only fair to play politics when there you tow the party line. Could it be that Scott Keller wasn’t supposed to “vote his conscience?”