re: Hidden camera claims that Mark Pryor secretly supports gay marriage

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No, but why would a pryor supporter and LGBT spokesperson say it if it wasn't true?

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To smear him? To discredit him? To make him look like a hypocrite? I can think of lost of reason she would lie, especially if she thinks Pryor is actually anti-gay marriage.

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No, but why would a pryor supporter and LGBT spokesperson say it if it wasn't true?

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Maybe for this reason:

"She spoke to a man posing as a gay man who said his wealthy partner was considering making a large donation to support Pryor's reelection effort."

"'I'm having some misgivings about it, given his marriage stance,' he tells her."

Hey, I'm pulling for Cotton to win, naturally. But if I'm someone working in Pryor's reelection office and someone wanders in and says my partner is thinking about making a large donation but we're concerned about the Senator's position on gay marriage, then as a 20 yr old political novice, one might believe that telling a potentially large donor what he wants to hear is simply part of the game of politics. It's the wrong thing to do from a moral standpoint, but probably par for the course to assuage the doubts of a large donor.