The Huffington Post on JLT and Dennie Ray II

Professional Acquaintance of Hoosier Access, Bil Browning of Bilerico, wrote this piece in The Huffington Post:

“[Jill Long Thompson] opened with talk about getting Indiana back on track and continued on to talk about civil rights. “No matter what caucus you talk to, civil rights are a top priority. For some caucuses it becomes more important. We don’t need more people who are on the wrong track when it comes to interpreting the Constitution and what God wants,” she said. “You will have a friend in the Governor’s office every hour of the day.”

When she introduced Rep Oxley, he didn’t get the same standing ovation Long Thompson had received. He started out talking about the economy and segued into his experience and his vote on SJR-7.

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“[Speaker of the House] Pat Bauer is one of my closest friends and one of my greatest political allies. He’s done great things and I worked with him on a daily basis to keep bad stuff from coming to the floor of the General Assembly for votes,” Oxley told the audience before moving on to the amendment.

[Bad stuff = Things that really would be good for Indiana, but they are GOP ideas so The Hair considers them bad - ed.]

“I want to talk to you about SJR-7. I voted for SJR-7. I want to talk to you about that. I voted that way because of the district I represent. They overwhelmingly have a view about this issue. I believe representative government means you vote the way your constituents want you to vote.”

He continued, “The role of Lt Governor is a whole lot different. My primary job - I will commit to you today - my priority on Day One is to be the #1 cheerleader and the person who drives Jill Long Thompson’s agenda thru the Assembly. We desperately need change and Jill Long Thompson is the one person who will effect change.”

Oxley also pointed out his vote in favor of hate crimes legislation.

During the Q&A that followed, all of the comments focused on Oxley’s record in the Statehouse. Both Long Thompson and Oxley assured the group that he would support her LGBT inclusive agenda even if he were somehow elevated unexpectedly to the higher office.

[somehow, by some miracle rivaling the Immaculate Conception, or if Johnson County can't dry out their voting machines before November - ed.]

Long Thompson closed the appearance with a reminder of how adamantly anti-gay the Indiana Republican party is.”

(Emphasis is mine) So you have Dennie Ray II going around and saying one thing as a State Representative and yet promises to go polar opposite once he is the Lite Guv? Dennie Ray II could not have picked a better word than “Cheerleader”. OK so we have Jill Long Thompson as the Fire Baton Twirler and Dennie Ray Oxley II as the Cheerleader. Get ourselves a few football players and a marching band and we’ll have the whole package!