From
The Advocate:
...The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
reports that Brian Nemoir, the political director for Thompson, sent an
e-mail and posted a Twitter message in advance of Baldwin’s speech
Thursday at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C. He
included a link to the congresswoman’s appearance at a 2010 Pride
festival and attempted to contrast her dancing there with the convention
speech in which she promised to talk about “heartland values.”
“Clearly, there's no one better positioned to talk ‘heartland values’ than Tammy,” wrote Nemoir in the e-mail obtained by WisPolitics.com. According to the Sentinel,
“The email included a link to a video of Baldwin dancing in 2010 with
the costumed disco band VO5 playing the ‘Wonder Woman’ theme. Baldwin,
wearing sunglasses, dances on stage with the band and at the end hugs
the singer, who is dressed like the comic book hero Wonder Woman.”
Baldwin, an eight-term representative from Madison, could become the first openly gay person elected to the U.S. Senate. Her address
to the DNC focused on the economy, but she praised the repeal of “don’t
ask, don’t tell” and said “Republicans want to write discrimination
into our Constitution,” a reference to their platform’s call for a
federal constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage. She linked
her opponent, a former four-term governor and Bush cabinet secretary, to
leaders from his party, saying, “Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan, Scott Walker,
Tommy Thompson—they think they're the only ones who speak for
Wisconsin."
The Baldwin campaign has declined to comment on the incident, but Nemoir told the Journal Sentinel
that he acted on his own and sent the message to a “handful of select
contacts.” His Twitter account, which had said posts “do not represent
the views of clients or organizations with whom I might be involved,”
was switched to private Thursday...
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