Haley Barbour

Barbour: I'd Reinstate DADT To Avoid Distracting 'Amorous Mindset' (VIDEO)

Jillian Rayfield | March 25, 2011, 4:24PM

Gov. Haley Barbour (R-MS)

Haley Barbour said today that he'd support reinstating Don't Ask Don't Tell because "when you're under fire, and people are living and dying on split-second decisions, you don't need any kind of amorous mindset that can affect saving people's lives and killing bad guys."

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Mike Huckabee

Huckabee: Obama Isn't From Kenya, But He's Still Anti-American

Jillian Rayfield | March 2, 2011, 5:30PM

Former Gov. Mike Huckabee (R-AK) and Bryan Fischer

Mike Huckabee now says he knows President Obama wasn't born in Kenya and that he misspoke when he made that much-maligned comment earlier this week. But on social conservative Bryan Fischer's radio show on Wednesday, he agreed when the host offered that "there may be some fundamental anti-Americanism in this president."

"Well, that's exactly the point that I make in the book," Huckabee replied.

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Bryan Fischer

AFA: DOMA Decision a "Wake-Up Call" for Conservatives

Benjy Sarlin | February 23, 2011, 1:09PM

Conservative Radio Host Bryan Fischer

The American Family Association, which led an effort to boycott the conservative gathering CPAC this month over its inclusion of groups backing gay rights, is hoping the White House's decision to back off its legal support for the Defense of Marriage Act will help bolster momentum for social issues in the GOP.

"I think it's a clear sign that we simply cannot avoid engaging on the social issues," Bryan Fischer, director of issue analysis for the group, told TPM. "Mitch Daniels has called for a truce on social issues and that would be fine if the homosexual lobby was willing to lay down arms, but they're obviously not and this proves it. A truce is nothing more than a surrender."

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Bryan Fischer

Pawlenty To Bryan Fischer: I'd Support Reinstating DADT

Jillian Rayfield | January 13, 2011, 12:36PM

Bryan Fischer and former Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R-MN)

In an interview with anti-gay, anti-bear activist Bryan Fischer, potential 2012 Republican presidential candidate and former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty said "I would support reinstating" Don't Ask, Don't Tell.

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