"We cannot have the voices of exclusion crafting a vicious and mean-spirited platform while at the same time putting the voices of inclusion in prime time".
The Log Cabin Republicans (LCR) are the leading political force representing gays and lesbians within the party, and this week they have taken the extreme step of launching a public campaign against the "vicious and mean-spirited" platform agenda officially adopted on Monday.
The mean-spirited and intolerant platform represents the face of Republican politics in 2012.
When candidates begin their initial campaigns for the presidency, they are full of idealistic platforms and spirited ammunition for change.
Had choice seat beneath platform, next to spirited California woman who was wearing large button depicting Ronald Reagan in a cowboy hat.
Newcastle boss Alan Pardew urged his players to use their spirited derby display at Sunderland as a platform to belatedly kickstart their season.
Additionally, it provided a platform for what might be termed a spirited, enduring, and enlightening albeit occasionally frustrating rounds of debate on a broad range of questions.
Because for some strange reason Romney's strategy of "spirited" interruptions, where he denied most of his campaign platform for the past six months, had an obvious effect on his poll numbers.
Then the ladies broke into a spirited cancan as the models streamed out in childish skirts and glittery platforms.
As anyone who's cracked open a social media account over the past year can corroborate, the platforms are lousy with campaign slogans, incriminating links and, um, spirited discussions.
The most spirited of the lot is the New America Foundation, but it has no partisan political profile, agenda, or platform.
