Huffpost Politics The Blog   Howie Klein Headshot  Oh, the
Tangled Webs They Weave -- What's Right About Arkansas?  Posted:
Updated:  Sure, Arkansas voters went overwhelmingly (638,017 to
422,310) for McCain over Obama, and yes, the state has two of
the absolute worst and most reactionary Democratic senators,
imbecile Mark Pryor and corrupt corporate pawn Blanche Lincoln.
Chances are, you read about or heard the Arkansas state Senate's
GOP whip and Republican Party U.S. Senate candidate, Kim Hendren
last week. It was a national story. But you probably don't know
much about state Rep. Kathy Webb, a Democrat representing
downtown Little Rock, her party's whip, and the first ever
openly gay elected official in Arkansas -- and the only one
serving in the state legislature. She got some of that same ole
Arkansas Republican treatment, but for some reason the national
media isn't picking up on the homophobia the way they picked
right up on the anti-Semitism.  A good Webb (left) and a really
bad one (right)  Once Hen