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08-26-2010, 09:30 AM
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Ex-GOP Chair Mehlman Says He's Gay
Former Bush campaign chief tells magazine he's gay
Ex-GOP chair says he will advocate for gay marriage, regrets not coming out earlier
Ken Mehlman, President Bush's campaign manager in 2004 and a former chairman of the Republican National Committee, has told family and associates that he is gay, The Atlantic magazine's politics editor reported Wednesday.
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I still don't think people should HAVE to "come out of the closet" (as in, I wish people never had to be IN the closet just as I've never had to "realize" and announce my heterosexuality). And this shouldn't be "news," I guess.
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It's good that he has "come out" now and will advocate gay marriage. I know people who think that certain political parties, religions, and other categorical distinctions (i.e. "masculine men") have less homosexuals than others. No, people just feel that they have to hide their sexual orientation and/or are struggling with their sexual orientation.
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08-26-2010, 09:32 AM
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Is water still wet today??
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08-26-2010, 09:59 AM
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Is that your way of saying that you knew Mehlman was gay and that he was going to formally come out despite people's ignorance?
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08-26-2010, 10:05 AM
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Is that your way of saying that you knew Mehlman was gay and that he was going to formally come out despite people's ignorance?
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Nope...just surprise surprise...yet ANOTHER congressperson 'comes out'.
Not directed at you in particular, just that why is this even news anymore?
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08-26-2010, 01:56 PM
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Nope...just surprise surprise...yet ANOTHER congressperson 'comes out'.
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That's good that you're applying this to all congresspeople (of which probably 50ish 'should' be gay, depending on which statistics you believe), because it sure seemed you were pointing it at closeted Republicans.
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Not directed at you in particular, just that why is this even news anymore?
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Because there aren't many openly-gay people in high government offices? Because Barney Frank still gets openly mocked? Because states are banning gay marriage? Because ERAs still exclude homosexuality? Etc.
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08-26-2010, 02:04 PM
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That's good that you're applying this to all congresspeople (of which probably 50ish 'should' be gay, depending on which statistics you believe), because it sure seemed you were pointing it at closeted Republicans.
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It's also odd that he's asking why it's news when "yet ANOTHER congressperson comes out," since Ken Mehlman has never been a member of Congress.
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08-26-2010, 02:16 PM
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It's also odd that he's asking why it's news when "yet ANOTHER congressperson comes out," since Ken Mehlman has never been a member of Congress.
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Oh, snap.
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08-27-2010, 08:27 AM
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That's good that you're applying this to all congresspeople (of which probably 50ish 'should' be gay, depending on which statistics you believe), because it sure seemed you were pointing it at closeted Republicans.
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Nope not at all. Our congresspeople whichever side of the aisle they are on are getting caught in bathrooms, expensive hookers, drugs, in hotels you name it so again...to ME, this isn't news.
Matter of fact here is an interesting take on how his homosexuality has been an 'open secret' for years and it also tries to differentiate between it being 'a rumor' or 'a suspicion'.
I am saying this to say, I would not be surprised at all if DC has an unwritten policy for 'don't ask, don't tell' among their ranks on the Hill.
Come on now, how many people knew that John Edwards was tipping and was 'shocked' when it came out that he was?
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08-27-2010, 08:39 AM
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Come on now, how many people knew that John Edwards was tipping and was 'shocked' when it came out that he was?
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I think if it had been that widely known he wouldn't have been a presidential candidate. That is, a) most people wouldn't have voted for him and b) the Dems would have pulled their support because it would have made him unelectable. So, I'm going with a lot of people were quite surprised.
You also neglected to comment on the fact that this guy's not in Congress.
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08-27-2010, 12:07 PM
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Nope not at all. Our congresspeople whichever side of the aisle they are on are getting caught in bathrooms, expensive hookers, drugs, in hotels you name it so again...to ME, this isn't news.
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How nice of you to lump homosexuality with all of this deviant behavior. Maybe THIS is why he waited to come out. Maybe he wanted to be able to concentrate on his job without having to assure people in D.C. that he wasn't molesting little boys.
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As a matter of fact let me change that by saying I am not surprised that any of our government officials regardless of their status (elected, non elected, hired, appointed, etc) gets caught with their hands in the cookie jar.
I still think that somebody has dirt on everybody and everybody has dirt on somebody, it's just that how many palms are getting greased to keep that dirt quiet.
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The fact that you even use words like that just shows me that some gay people wait to come out not because they aren't ready to but because you (general) are not ready for it.
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08-26-2010, 10:17 AM
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Just making sure I haven't been drinking the wrong water.
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08-27-2010, 12:15 AM
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These days I figure if anyone is a conservative campaigning against Gay Marriage that they're probably closeted.
/sarcasm
But really, it's ceased to surprise me, even if the "coming out" varies from being honest to getting caught with a call-boy.
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08-27-2010, 08:58 AM
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getting caught with a call-boy.
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Ahem, I believe you mean a "rent boy."
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08-27-2010, 01:43 PM
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Daemonseid is one of "those people." Hehe.
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08-27-2010, 01:45 PM
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Daemonseid is one of "those people." Hehe.
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Who you callin' 'those people'?!?!?
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