LGBT Donations to Democrats Plunge

New data out shows that many in the LGBT community have signed on to "Don't Ask, Don't Give" - donations to Democratic Party organizations are down some 60% from last year and down even more when compared to the year prior to that. The big question will be whether or not the suppression of the LGBT vote on November 2, 2010 parallels the drop in monetary donations. I'm sure that worthless DNC chair Tim Kaine will blame the recession, but given the fact that LGBT travel spending has remained steady, that excuse would seem lame to me. Open Secrets Blog looks at this phenomenon which I personally hope will intensify. Here are some highlights:
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[I]n an election cycle full of controversy over hot button issues such as adoption, “don’t ask, don’t tell” and California’s Proposition 8 ban on gay marriage, donations to federal candidates from gay and lesbian interest groups are lagging. So far during the 2010 election cycle, people and political action committees associated with this special interest area have donated $744,040 to federal candidates, with 96 percent of funds going to Democrats. That’s compared to more than $2 million contributed to federal candidates during the 2006 congressional elections and $1.8 million contributed during the 2008 presidential election cycle.
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The Human Rights Campaign has donated a huge majority of the industry’s funds going to federal candidates this cycle, contributing $625,272 to primarily Democratic candidates.

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Why am I not surprised to see that HRC continues its shameless groveling and ass kissing of Democrats no matter how little the Democrats deliver on their campaign promises. HRC has become little more that an enabler and tool of disingenuous Democrats - one of the reasons I stopped giving a dime to HRC years ago. As for Obama administration calls for continued LGBT support, Pam Spaulding aptly describes the situation as follows:
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Yep Axelrod goes right to the "just sacrifice for us, look at the big picture" which roughly translates into "Lie down here in the gutter -- neatly please. I need to back over you slowly before Barry and Rahm hop in and I can gun it."

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Note: Image above from Pam's House Blend.