Gay Republicans Rising

Ken Mehlman is no hero
Former Republican National CommitteeChairman, Ken Mehlman , has come out of the closet. He announced he's Gay. These announcements are, by now, becoming mundane, especially when it concerns someone who appeared a bit feminine anyway. Call it gaydar, but this guy coming out, to me, is no surprise.The additional fact that he presided over a political party which was especially Anti-gay rightsmakes him pretty much a coward. This announcement would've carried more weight if he made his claim at...

FL Governor Says He Opposes Fed Anti-Marriage Amendment
Here's the transcript from CNN's State of the Union with Ed Henry: Henry: Another big issue, Same-Sex Marriage. Many Conservatives like Marco Rubio support a constitutional ban on Same-Sex Marriage. But this week, the former Republican Party Chairman Ken Mehlman came out and said he's Gay and he called on Conservatives to kind of move to the political center and be more tolerant on this issue. You have previously said in your gubernatorial campaign, you supported a constitutional ban on Same-Sex...

In Covering Ken Mehlman Story, MSNBC Anchor Acknowledges He Is Gay (Updated)
Former RNC Chairman Ken Mehlman’s coming out provided the media with an opportunity to review the GOP’s record on Gay Rights and explore the Mehlman’s role in crafting President Bush’s 2004 re-election strategy. On MSNBC, Mehlman’s revelation engendered an even more honest discussion when, during a segment with GOProud chairman Christopher Barron , daytime anchor Thomas Roberts — who is an Openly Gay anchor — discussed his orientation on air: ...

Mike Signorile, LCR's Clarke Cooper talk Mehlman on John King USA
The debate was Civil and revealing about the media and its handling of the professional self-outing of Ken Mehlman. John King disclosed that he is friends with Mehlman. Clearly he had some inside knowledge about whether Mehlman just recently came to the conclusion he's Gay. Yet as a reporter he failed to engage that topic at all. Here is the video; the transcript is below the fold . King: I want to read you something, I had a phone conversation with Ken today and I should disclose to our...

In Covering Ken Mehlman Story, MSNBC Anchor Acknowledges He Is Gay (Updated)
Former RNC Chairman Ken Mehlman’s coming out provided the media with an opportunity to review the GOP’s record on Gay Rights and explore the Mehlman’s role in crafting President Bush’s 2004 re-election strategy. On MSNBC, Mehlman’s revelation engendered an even more honest discussion when, during a segment with GOProud chairman Christopher Barron , daytime anchor Thomas Roberts — who is an Openly Gay anchor — discussed his orientation on air: ...

FRC has is it all figured out
FRC HAS IS IT ALL FIGURED OUT.... Interest in former RNC Chairman Ken Mehlman's announcement that he's Gay seems to have come and gone fairly quickly, but the religious right isn't about to let this go. Take the Family Research Council, for example. Yesterday, the D.C.-based religious right powerhouse made the bizarre case to its supporters that Republicans would have done better in the 2006 and 2008 Elections if only Mehlman been straight . From its message to FRC backers: This unfortunate...

How Big Is the G.O.P. Tent?
As head of the Republican National Committee from 2005 to 2007, Ken Mehlman was part of the party's leadership that stepped up Anti-gay efforts, in part to energize its Conservative Base for the 2006 Elections. Last week, he made an announcement that he is Gay and is working to support Same-Sex Marriage . Although the news made less of a splash than it might have in 2004, it did highlight the continuing tensions in the Republican Party between the strong social Conservatives and those more...

Bill Maher Tells Larry King That RNC Chair Ken Mehlman is Gay
As NewsBuster Brad Wilmouth reported , comedian Bill Maher was on with CNNs Larry King Wednesday night saying some rather outrageous things. Beyond his derogatory comments about President Bush, Maher told King: A lot of the chiefs of staff, the people who really run the underpinnings of the Republican Party, are gay. When King pressed Maher for names, Maher said, Ken Mehlman ( video here ). King then questioned Mahers sincerity: I never heard that. I'm walking around...

Conservative Bloggers Blasé About Mehlman's Coming Out?
Via Glenn , I chance upon Charlie Spiering’s great round-up of Conservative reaction to Ken Mehlman’s coming out : Ken Mehlman is gay? Most right-leaning political junkies probably responded by asking, Who is Ken Mehlman? or Yeah, but who cares? Conservative Bloggers either ignored the topic or pointed out that Conservatives arent necessarily surprised or outraged by the news. I had absolutely no idea Ken Mehlman was gay, or existed, wrote the Daily...

The 43-Yr-Old Virgin's Bursting From The Closet Now That He's Done Stuffing His Fellow Gays Back In
Weird, self-loathing closet case, former Republican National Committee chair, George Bush's 2004 Campaign Manager, and pretty much the policy equivalent of the AIDS virus on the LGBT community, Ken Mehlman has ever so graciously decided to spare the American People the suspense and come out on his own now that he's no longer just a spry, sexually confused teenager of 43. Of course, rumors about Ken's TOTAL GAYNESS have been swirling around since like forever, but certainly since he was outed...

Fox mum on Mehlman
Fox News has not yet mentioned the story of Ken Mehlman’s coming out, Think Progress points out . Our own search reveals similar results: CNN has mentioned Mehlman 18 times, and MSNBC has mentioned it 36 times, while Fox comes up with zero, according to TV Eyes. Think Progress, a frequent Fox critic, found the omission noteworthy because the story does not break down entirely on partisan lines. Several Republicans have gone on the record supporting Mehlman, while, as Dan Balz observed...

Will gay-baiting continue in Ga. governor's race?
I dont perceive [gay issues] as being an issue in this race, moving forward, said Brian Robinson, spokesperson for former U.S. Rep. Nathan Deal, who won the Aug. 10 Republican Runoff after running weeks of Television commercials attacking former Secretary of State Karen Handel for supporting Gay Rights when she ran for Fulton County Commission in 2002 and 2003. We were in a very hard-fought campaign [against Handel], and we just, we had to fight, Robinson told the Georgia Voice....

The Customer is Always Right
Target claims the donation was made because the company supports Emmers fiscal policies, not his social policies which are viewed by some as Anti-gay-rights. It also adamantly contends it remains unwavering in its support for the GLBT community through policies such as extending benefits to domestic partners. Even so, that has not saved Target from controversy, as many of its Gay and Lesbian employees, not to mention customers, are incensed by the support for Emmer. Whether...

Progressive Protestor Discloses The True Goals of "Social Justice"
Ben Howe confronts a Progressive protesting the “Restoring Honor” rally yesterday. Funny how the event was at the Lincoln Memorial…. but the misguided protestor was lamely hanging out by himself at the Washington Monument. Heh. This is three minutes of pure fun as Ben rips this guy apart and demonstrates the sheer lack of principles of the Progressive movement. At the end, the poor fool stammers and shouts “Well, you’re a Racist and an IDIOT.”...

Bereft of Solutions and Ideas, The GOP Gins Up Controversy
The GOP obviously has little of substance to offer to the voters because the Republicans are far more focused on fanning the flames of controversy than they are with crafting solutions to repair our busted economy and create new Jobs. Republican politicians must have absolutely no constructive ideas or rationally based proposals for meeting the challenges of our financial miseries and woes. The sound of silence coming from the GOP campaign in this regard has been deafening for some time....

Malloy gets his $6 million, while Foley to resume TV ads
Roy Occhiogrosso, a senior adviser to Malloy, said the campaign is wary of making such a deal, because the Foley campaign is Likely to benefit from the get-out-the-vote effort of Linda McMahon's campaign for U.S. Senate, the richest ever seen in Connecticut. The Connecticut Republican Party also has a coordinated campaign, something the Democrats have yet to organize. "Our chief job is to ID as many Likely Voters as we can," said Chris Healy, the Republican state chairman. "It's not just calling...

Dems' bright spots in foreboding election year
WILMINGTON, Del. – John Carney of Delaware is a rarity in a campaign season of foreboding for Democrats, a practicing politician with a strong chance of winning a Republican-held seat in Congress. Not that Carney is interested in attaching any national significance to his race. "I'll support (President Barack Obama) when I think he's right and I won't when I think he proposes something that isn't in the best interests of Delaware," he says. But with House Republicans on offense in dozens...

Candidates agree on key issues -
Thats partly because on the issues that voters care about cutting spending and reforming Albany Patrick Gallivan, James Domagalski and David DiPietro are remarkably similar. Theyre all trying to use a change mantra and reform package, said Erie County Republican Party Chairman Nicholas Langworthy. Theyre all trying to audition before the voters, who is the most likely agent of reform, and who is the most capable. For Gallivan, the former Erie County Sheriff, it means...

This Fishy Tied Poll Leaves Some Fit to Be Tied
The closing note of today’s Jolt : ADDENDA: Once a media institution has sold for a dollar, the affiliated polling unit tends to punch at a lower weight class. You figure if Newsweek really is in financial dire straits, polling would have been the first thing to go; it’s not like we don’t know what to expect from it. 2008 : “Obama now leads McCain by 13 points, 53 percent to 40 percent. Among Likely Voters, Obama’s lead is similarly strong, 53 percent to 41...

BLACK AMERICANS CONFRONT LEFTY MORON AT BECK RALLY WHO CLAIM ISLAM IS 'THE BLACK MAN'S RELIGION'.......
Another ludicrous Lefty who couldn't tell his butt from a whole in the ground even if his life depended on it. These leftards can't find the words to debate a black american who proudly stands with Republicans to denounce the Racist card politics within the Democrat Party.  Allen West: This is the long awaited resurgence of Black America to the Republican Party, who have seen the Democrat Party's welfare system and Paternalism for what it is, a new form of bondage and oppression, and have...

Economy Puts Democrats' Senate Majority in Play: Albert R. Hunt
it will happen to the Democrats this time, says Bill McInturff , a leading Republican pollster, alluding to the Democratic landslide more than three-and-a-half decades ago.

Weekend link dump for August 29
Try to remember a kind of September… It’s not violating your First Amendment rights if someone tells you to STFU. Boy, if you can’t trust the World Bikini Sports League , whom can you trust? Oh, Staten Island , why must you be such an embarrassment? Now, that’s how you dress for the beach . Some things are so stupid I can’t even make a snarky comment about them for the link text. And sometimes, some things are so depressing that snark fails me as...

BUSH AIDE KEN MEHLMAN'S LIFE IN THE CLOSET - IF IT WAS AN OPEN SECRET WHY DID IT TAKE SO LONG FOR HIM TO COME OUT?
In October 2009, at the age of 61, I came out. Why I stayed in the closet so long is the same reason Mehlman did: for a job. I had an early calling for the teaching profession. I didnt just play school. I taught an imaginary class from the age of 7 through the age of 13, anywhere from two to four hours at a time, five to six times a week. I had a blackboard on the wall. I made roll sheets, each class having about 30 Students, every Student given a name, and attached to a...

Gay Conservatives -- What Else Is New?
This must be a slow news week because many media outlets are reporting that Ken Mehlman, former chairman of the Republican National Committee (2005 to 2007) and President George W. Bush's Campaign Manager in 2004, is Gay. Mehlman, who came out publicly in an interview with The Atlantic's Mark Ambinder , admits it took him longer than it should have to feel at ease acknowledging his Sexual Orientation. "It's taken me 43 years to get comfortable with this part of my life," Melhman said. He...

Weekly Reader: North Korea, Ken Mehlman, & the Bearded Lady
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