Being on the Wrong Side of History: Michigan Republican confesses it was wrong to target gays to help George Bush win

"George W. Bush had to be re-elected, Republicans had to win. We needed an issue. This apparently was the issue...

Campaign strategists loved the demographics of the issue. Working class Catholics would turn out and they will vote for Bush....religious fundamentalist would be fired up...and on and on...

We singled out a whole group of people, most of whom just wanted to be left alone, to forcefully discriminate against them for short term political benefit..."

http://republicus.blogspot.com/2014/03/being-on-wrong-side-history.html

Interview: http://michiganradio.org/programs/stateside-cynthia-canty