Baby Hewie Firmly Aligned With Howard Homophobe Ahmanson

hewitt_cropped.jpgIn the couple of years I've been listening to local conservative blabbermouth Hugh Hewitt, I've seen the two causes he most firmly aligned himself with fail miserably: the 2006 mid-term election and the laughable presidential primary effort of Mitt Romney. Let's hope Hewie makes it a losing trifecta with his endorsement of Proposition 8, the anti-gay-marriage initiative. Besides beginning to devote more attention to the cause on his radio show (and shouldn't that count as a campaign contribution?), Baby Hewie also recorded a radio announcement urging listeners to vote for Proposition 8. Mentioned as one of the people who paid for the ad: Fieldstead and Co., otherwise known as the charitable arm of notorious homophobe Howard F. Ahmanson, Jr.

It's one thing to merely support something and have to weather the idiots that are also behind your cause--racists supporting your Anaheim Angels, for instance--but quite another to openly shill alongside hate. Trying to find the campaign finance reports which will show if the Ahmanson gang paid for the ad on Hewie's show or if it's some other type of trickery...

Later this week: my review of Baby Hewie's anti-Obama pamphlet!

Comments (3)

Dan Chmielewski says:

Aren't these guys the same ones bitching about the new TV spot "what if you couldn't mary the person you love?" as having an illegal campaign contribution even though the ad never mentioned Prop 8?

I enjoy seeing Hugh Hewitt's books, in the remainder rack at B&N for $3. The Romney one should arrive soon

Posted On: Monday, Aug. 18 2008 @ 11:22AM
Howard Ahmanson says:

Dear Ask a Mexican,

I think I was wrong now in what I said about "if we found a society today that" etc. etc. I don't like to denounce the Bible - for us historic Christians, what the Bible says, Jesus says - but in this day and age stoning is simply wrong. And it gets in the way of people's recovery. We now know a lot about how to help in the recovery of people with homosexual problems, just as we do with alcoholics and drug addicts. They have no hope of recovery if they are stoned to death! And there is nothing hateful toward homosexuals, alcoholics, or drug addicts about recovery. And besides, you tell me what punishment you think should be inflicted on rich guys who put away the mothers of their children in favor of trophy wives. A lot of them, by the way, Republicans. It's hypocritical to punish homosexual activity more severely than however we punish that!

As for Lou Correa, I'm not sure where he is on Prop 8. I supported him because he's been on the right side of the eminent-domain-for-urban-redevelopment issue. I. e. he's against it. And if anything I think I ought to be congratulated for having interests outside the culture war issues.

And, Mr. Wab, I might like to point out to you that in 2000 Mexicans voted for Prop 22 in a higher percentage than gabachos. And they're going to do it again. I personally kind of hope Prop 8 loses among the gabachos but wins because of the Mexicans. And there's a real good chance that's going to happen. One of many reasons you don't find me on the nativist side of things, even though there's a lot of temptation on the right to go nativist. It's wrong, and besides it's folly. If you're going to run as a nativist, do it before the Other come to town, not after!

Paz, Howard

Posted On: Monday, Sep. 1 2008 @ 12:54PM
Howard Ahmanson says:

Sorry, I sent it twice by mistake. H

Posted On: Monday, Sep. 1 2008 @ 12:57PM

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