After his controversial positions on trade and the sales tax, SC Senate nominee now finds himself in the need to explicitly explain that he is "running a positive campaign of ideas, and that includes personal respect for others."
The reason (link: http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/politics/9777538.htm)
The director of operations for Jim DeMint's U.S. Senate campaign has been reprimanded for derogatory remarks she made about gays and lesbians in an errant e-mail.
Ginny Allen was admonished personally Monday by the Republican nominee, who promised in a letter of apology that she would be dealt with "according to office guidelines."
Allen was not fired. Attempts to reach her for comment were unsuccessful Monday.
Lisa Hall, chairwoman of the Central Savannah River Area Rainbow Alliance, which works to raise awareness of gay and lesbian issues, in July invited both Senate campaigns to an Oct. 7 town hall meeting to discuss issues of interest to gay voters.
Democratic nominee Inez Tenenbaum promptly promised to send a representative, but after receiving no reply from the DeMint campaign, Hall sent a follow-up e-mail Monday.
Allen, apparently thinking she was forwarding the e-mail to someone inside the campaign, inadvertently replied to Hall.
"Come on, fag, give this dike a reply," Allen wrote.
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