Who's behind "The List?"
National Review
by Byron York
10/11/06
'It' is what has become known as The List, a document naming allegedly gay Republican congressional staffers that has been e-mailed to a number of conservative groups in the last few days. According to a report by David Corn, a writer for the left-wing magazine the Nation, anti-Republican 'gay politicos' sent the list to several social-conservative organizations ... in hopes of setting off 'a civil war within the GOP, to turn the anti-gay social cons against the GOP's Velvet Mafia.' As it turned out, at least two organizations apparently deleted the e-mail, either as part of routine file upkeep or because they weren't interested in its contents. Others didn't open the attachment .... And some opened it up and didn't see much that was new. 'We work on the Hill,' says one conservative activist. 'There weren't a lot of surprises on the list.' So far, the much hoped-for civil war doesn't seem to be happening. But the campaign to spread The List is accomplishing something. It is offering clues about who is behind it...
http://tinyurl.com/mt7s9
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
by Byron York
10/11/06
'It' is what has become known as The List, a document naming allegedly gay Republican congressional staffers that has been e-mailed to a number of conservative groups in the last few days. According to a report by David Corn, a writer for the left-wing magazine the Nation, anti-Republican 'gay politicos' sent the list to several social-conservative organizations ... in hopes of setting off 'a civil war within the GOP, to turn the anti-gay social cons against the GOP's Velvet Mafia.' As it turned out, at least two organizations apparently deleted the e-mail, either as part of routine file upkeep or because they weren't interested in its contents. Others didn't open the attachment .... And some opened it up and didn't see much that was new. 'We work on the Hill,' says one conservative activist. 'There weren't a lot of surprises on the list.' So far, the much hoped-for civil war doesn't seem to be happening. But the campaign to spread The List is accomplishing something. It is offering clues about who is behind it...
http://tinyurl.com/mt7s9
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
rudkla - 11. Okt, 16:32
