"Don't Ask, Don't Tell" let one slip through the cracks here!
As for him having been a Republican, he's obviously just a cheap opportunist who switched parties in order to run for office...Carolyn McCarthy did the same thing. She switched to 'rat, drank the Kool Aid and started spewing their talking points like a lifelong pro.
Al Sharpton talks about hearing GWB give a speech last week (I saw it--it was at the Urban League) and how GWB asked some questions and he wants to answer them.
Crowd roars, but Sharpton digresses for a bit.