tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post2462371939019366842..comments2024-03-25T13:42:25.771-05:00Comments on Advance Indianaâ„¢: More Of The Joe Miller Mystery SolvedGary R. Welshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-12245634254468801602012-02-20T17:42:03.141-05:002012-02-20T17:42:03.141-05:00This account dovetails perfectly with my own resea...This account dovetails perfectly with my own research on this. In fact, a Republican strategy in 1977 seems almost grabbed from today's headlines. Though the "homosexual monster myth" is less potent today, it still works for many constituents, as explored in Hoosier Hysteria 8: Inferences.<br /><br />http://ideaswithoutideology.blogspot.com/2012/02/hoosier-hysteria-8.htmlJohn Michael Vorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10663997668057498834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-89087729266340964922012-02-20T17:17:52.683-05:002012-02-20T17:17:52.683-05:00While I'm in some awe about your reporting her...While I'm in some awe about your reporting here, Gary, the problem with claiming Miller's August 1977 arrest for underage sodomy undid James F. Kelley is the calendar: Kelely had already been replaced by Andy Jacobs, Sr. in May, 1977, as the next Democratic nominee for Marion County Prosecutor, an office which would be filled via election in November, 1977. The 1977 arrests of Miller served only to heighten anxiety about the "gay-drenched homosexual monster party" of Democrats, including Senator Birch Bayh, who had run for President in 1976 as a pro-gay Democrat. While Miller's earlier 1976 arrests might have been "re-engineered" to hurt Kelley, the August, 1977 sodomy arrest in Johnson County could not have been the "silver bullet." This is explored more in Hoosier Hysteria 8: Inferences.<br /><br />http://ideaswithoutideology.blogspot.com/2012/02/hoosier-hysteria-8.htmlJohn Michael Vorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10663997668057498834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-46638460984375763432010-12-19T10:28:17.359-05:002010-12-19T10:28:17.359-05:00Excellent reporting on this.Excellent reporting on this.Guesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10750037627108586911noreply@blogger.com