Ken Mehlman gay? Online conservatives don't seem to care much

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...

NOPE: Ken Mehlman gay? Online conservatives don't seem to care much....
NOPE: Ken Mehlman gay? Online Conservatives dont seem to care much.

Mehlman's announcement was no big deal -- and that's a big deal
The reaction to former RNC Chairman Ken Mehlmans announcement that he is Gay has been resoundingly muted. Most Republicans and Conservatives seem neither surprised nor scandalized. The few criticisms that have emerged seem half-hearted and strained. Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council sees confirmation that the Republican establishment is ambivalent on conservative Social Issues, which contributed to the GOPs electoral failures in 2006 and 2008. Anyone who believes...

Party Like It's 1994 1980?
The New York Times discusses the 12-seat Republican Senate pickup in 1980 (link to Hot Air.) In 1980, shocked Senate Democrats lost 12 seats in a rout that ended the Congressional careers of such notable lawmakers as George Mcgovern of South Dakota, Birch Bayh of Indiana, Frank Church of Idaho, Warren Magnuson of Washington and Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin. ... It was a very weird time, recalled Senator Patrick J. Leahy, a Vermont Democrat who narrowly won a Second Term that year. A lot of...

Video: Civil Disobedience in the Age of Obama?
In the next installment of his exclusive interview with HUMAN EVENTS, bestselling author David Limbaugh discussed the recourse Americans have to counter Barack’s Unconstitutional power grabs. Does it involve Civil Disobedience? As Limbaugh observes, while Conservatives adopt peaceful organizing as the vehicle to voice their opposition, leftists have reverted to thuggery and violence as their form of Protest. Can you say, SEIU? But the toolbags in the Justice Dept. aren’t...

Ken Mehlman: I'm 'At Peace' With Myself, There's 'Absolutely' Room For Gays In The GOP
In an interview with the Huffington Post on Wednesday night, former Republican National Committee Chairman Ken Mehlman -- who announced earlier Wednesday that he is Gay and intends to join the fight for Marriage equality in California -- said he wishes he had come out while he was the face of a historically Anti-gay Republican Party platform. Mehlman acknowledged regret that he remained closeted when he led the RNC between 2005 and 2007 -- a time when, as The Atlantic's Marc Ambinder noted ,...

Ken Mehlman, yep, I’m gay
Former Republican National Committee chairman Ken Mehlman came out of the closet and said he’s Gay. Via Marc Ambinder, Ken Mehlman : “It’s taken me 43 years to get comfortable with this part of my life. Everybody has their own path to travel, their own journey, and for me, over the past few months, I’ve told my family, friends, former colleagues, and current colleagues, and they’ve been wonderful and supportive. The process has been something that’s made...

Mehlman coming out raises questions about GOP's gay rights policy
The issue of Gay Rights in the Republican Party is an issue that has divided moderates and Conservatives along with young and old. Now we have learned that the former chairman of the Republican National Committee and 2004 Campaign Manager for President Bush's re-election is Gay. Ken Mehlman told The Atlantic magazine that he is Gay after struggling for 43 years with his Homosexuality. The article published yesterday by Marc Ambinder quotes Mehlman extensively on his experience coming out to...

re: Ken Mehlman
my sense is that it’ll be a lot less of a big deal to Conservatives than it might be to Liberals like (just to choose one name at random) Frank Rich, for whom the political is also the personal. While it’s something that runs counter to the stereotype, most of the Conservatives I know are largely to completely indifferent to a person’s Sexual Orientation. They are the kind of people who might even invite Elton John to perform at their Weddings and not give a second thought to...

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...

I had absolutely no idea Ken Mehlman was gay, or existed
And neither did most other people, as the New York Times ‘ Kate Zernike (of “Jason Mattera’s Brooklyn accent makes him a Racist” infamy ) has discovered : …when Ken Mehlman, who ran President George W. Bushs re-election campaign in 2004 and then became the partys chairman, said in an interview in The Atlantic this week that he is Gay and is working to support a campaign for Same-Sex Marriage, it was met with little controversy. Even the commentary accusing...

A Tale of Two Rallies on the Mall: Clean Conservatives vs. Filthy Libs (Video)
Here’s a look at the National Mall after the massive Restoring Honor Rally yesterday in Washington DC: And, here is a look at the Post-Barackalyptic Wasteland back in January 2009 after the Inauguration of Barack Obama: The litter on the National Mall after the Barack Obama inauguration was incredible. Barack Obama spoke to the need for more personal responsibility. Don’t worry about the trash, someone else will get it. Hat Tip Granny Previously: CLEAN Conservatives vs FILTHY...

Los Angeles Conservatives travel to Washington for historic Glenn Beck rally
Glenn Beck is to Conservatives what Martin Luther King Jr. was to African Americans. This is evident by the tens of thousands of Conservatives making their way to Washington DC this weekend to hear Glenn Beck speak on the anniversary of Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" Speech that took place exactly 47 years ago. Many from Los Angeles are attending the historic event this weekend. "Glenn Beck is a human version of Jesus," Mike Murphy, a retired school principal from Santa Monica, tells...

Conservatives' Comeback Down Under
Paul Kelly, The Australian Australia confronts the palpable fear of weak government as the 2010 battle between Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott has intensified. The result being the first minority government since 1940.

US conservatives rally to 'restore America'
Thousands of Americans gathered Saturday in the heart of the US capital for a rally to "restore America," led by Right-wing icons including Talk Show host Glenn Beck and former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. The rally has attracted controversy because it is being held on the 47th anniversary of Civil Rights legend Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" Speech, at the Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall, where King spoke. Many of those attending Saturday's event belong to the conservative...

Glenn Beck 8/28 rally: How can conservatives help the cause of civil rights?
Glenn Beck is hosting a 'Restoring Honor' rally in Washington this weekend.

Palin: 'Get Back to Protecting Our Constitution'
Sarah Palin says that “a lot of common sense, constitutional Conservatives” will be elected in November. “That’s what Americans are ready for — the kind of change where we get back to protecting our constitution and limiting government,” Palin tells us, backstage at the Restoring Honor event. “That’s what I think we see reflected here, even though this is a rally about restoring honor.” Archive

Progressives Against Progress by Fred Siegel, Summer 2010
or the first two-thirds of the twentieth century, American Liberals distinguished themselves from Conservatives by what Lionel Trilling called “a spiritual orthodoxy of belief in progress.” Liberalism placed its hopes in human perfectibility. Regarding human nature as essentially both beneficent and malleable, Liberals, like their Socialist cousins, argued that with the aid of science and given the proper social and economic conditions, humanity could free itself from its cramped...

Cameron: David Miliband greatest threat to Conservatives
David Cameron believes David Miliband has a better chance than his brother Ed of reaching out to middle Britain Photograph: David Levene for The Guardian David Miliband poses the greatest threat to the Conservative Party of all the Candidates in the Labour leadership contest, David Cameron has said in private remarks that could change the dynamic of the campaign just days before millions of ballot papers are posted. To the likely delight of the older Miliband, who enters the final stages as...

Open Thread with The Professional Left Weekly Podcast: The Worst Lie Conservatives Tell
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Ronald Reagan Honored While Conservatives Wait for Glenn Beck
While Glenn Beck has said his "Restoring Honor" rally at the Lincoln Memorial is not political, the after-party might be. At a "tribute to Ronald Reagan" dinner on Friday night, Minnesota GOP Rep. Michele Bachmann , invited all present to a town hall featuring members of Congress at the Washington Monument after Beck's event. "The left is running screaming for the exits," said Bachmann, who has started a Tea Party Congressional Caucus. "Real Americans are taking the country back," she said....

Restoring Honor " A Conservatives Day in Washington D.C.
I watched most of the rally and did not see one thing that people could get upset about, unless, of course, they don’t think that our founders believed in God. The rally was peaceful, and huge. You can read the coverage in the articles below. Amazingly, I think the Politico coverage, although laced with some derision, is the better. The Washington Post seems to have gone out of its way to distort the real meaning of the rally, which raised over $5 million for expenses and Veterans...

Palin Media Bias Rears Its Head In Hilarious Wishful Thinking
Earlier this week, the Media once again displayed why no one can take them seriously. The Fourth Estate is totally insolvent and is declaring Bankruptcy, morally and otherwise. In this recent instance, having to do with Tuesday nights Republican Primary in Alaska, it was at least quite hilarious. You see, Sarah Palin had endorsed Joe Miller over the Incumbent alleged Republican Senator, Lisa Murkowski. As Jim Treacher at The Daily Caller lays out , and as Ace of Spades also noted, the...

Palin Media Bias Rears Its Head In Hilarious Wishful Thinking
Earlier this week, the Media once again displayed why no one can take them seriously. The Fourth Estate is totally insolvent and is declaring Bankruptcy, morally and otherwise. In this recent instance, having to do with Tuesday nights Republican Primary in Alaska, it was at least quite hilarious. You see, Sarah Palin had endorsed Joe Miller over the Incumbent alleged Republican Senator, Lisa Murkowski. As Jim Treacher at The Daily Caller lays out , and as Ace of Spades also noted, the...