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Alert to all Gay Voters in California

June 2, 1998

A mention from today's issue of The Hotline, the most influential newsletter in Washington, D.C.:

SENATE: THE RACE THAT'LL KEEP US UP ALL NIGHT?

Businessman Darrell Issa (R) "finished his travels in the 30-foot motor home dubbed the 'Issa-bago,' stumping for votes at a bagel shop in Fresno, at a hamburger stand in Van Nuys, on the streets in Burbank and then at party rallies in Huntington Beach and San Diego." Treas. Matt Fong (R) "spent the last day ... on a multicity swing, playing piano at a Fresno senior center and teaching" poli. sci. at Cal State Bakersfield. He even "took the controls of his private campaign jet for the half-hour hop from Fresno to Bakersfield and later down to Van Nuys." With the "luxury of running largely unopposed," Sen. Barbara Boxer (D) "spent the final day of the primary with a group of Latino constituents in Sacramento" (Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 6/2).

LOG CABIN FOLKS WEIGH IN

A Log Cabin Republicans release announces that in response "to last-minute anti-gay attacks by his campaign," the group "called on gay and lesbian voters to become players in the effort to stop" Issa from winning. The release notes that Issa has received the endorsement of Gary Bauer's PAC as well as from James Dobson. Log Cabin's Rich Tafel: "We must stand up and defeat every candidate endorsed by James Dobson this year, or he will continue his rule-or-ruin strategy for the Republican Party"

ATTENTION GAY VOTERS OF CALIFORNIA:

1. The Democratic Primary is already decided.
2. Darrell Issa is the candidate of the extreme, anti-gay movement.
3. The gay vote in California must be used to STOP ANTI-GAY CANDIDATES from using gay-bashing at the polls.

BE A PLAYER IN THE FIGHT AGAINST THE ANTI-GAY MOVEMENT:

CAST YOUR VOTE IN THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY TODAY AGAINST DARRELL ISSA AND FOR MATT FONG. SEND A MESSAGE TO DOBSON AND BAUER THAT GAY BASHING MUST STOP!