And another 'rare' case of radicalism for the self-appointed moderate right in Spain.
PP has presented a homophobic journalists as number 2 in their lists to the Senate for the province of Albacete. Dimas Cuevas, former editor of the local newspaper 'La tribuna de Albacete', was approached by PP and later accepted the party's proposal to seek a seat in the Upper House. Because PP normally does get three seats in Albacete Cuevas place is almost guaranteed this time around.
Dimas Cuevas is well known in the province for his homophobic articles in the local press. It's not just the fact that he's homophobic, it's that he ridicules gays and lesbians through what he calls 'folky humour'. You let me know where the humour is in claims like this made by Cuevas: 'in gay weddings the meals will be hot dogs and baked bananas' or 'if I suddenly die, I beg my kids aren't given in adoption to a gay couple, after so many years of good education and hard work wouldn't want the poor kids to end up like that'.
He has now apologised for his comments saying they weren't supposed to insult anyone. Frankly, it's him, Rajoy and the entire PP who insult the electorate's intelligence thinking that he didn't mean it or that PP has changed as a party. It hasn't, it is still the nasty party in Spanish politics.
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