THIS GUY SEEMS OK

(h/t Andrew Sullivan)

A New York GOP state senator is ready to do the right thing and tells the gasbags to bugger off:

Gay Marriage Bill Is One Vote Shy of Clearing State Senate
By NICHOLAS CONFESSORE and DANNY HAKIM
Published: June 14, 2011
NY Times

ALBANY — New York was on the cusp of legalizing same-sex marriage on Tuesday, after a second Republican state senator came forward to support the measure, leaving it a single vote shy of passage.

The senator, Roy J. McDonald, from the capital region, announced his support for same-sex marriage amid growing indications that Republican leaders would bring it to the Senate floor on Friday.

In a sign of the extraordinary political tension surrounding the issue, Mr. McDonald vented at length about the scrutiny his vote, and that of other swing Republicans, was receiving.

“I’m tired of Republican, Democrat politics; I’m tired of blowhard radio people, blowhard television people, blowhard newspapers,” he said. “They can take the job and shove it. I come from a blue-collar background, I’m trying to do the right thing, and that’s where I’m going with this.”

McDonald represents the 43rd district:

I grew up in Plattsburgh, NY, about 150 miles north of Albany, and I don't think this district is very liberal.

McDonald also doesn't seem to have any sort of Communist background, even by Glenda Beck standards.