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Bush Campaign Chief and Former RNC Chair Ken Mehlman: I'm Gay
The Atlantic ^ | 10/25/2010 | Marc Ambinder

Posted on 08/25/2010 3:58:16 PM PDT by LonelyCon

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.

Mehlman arrived at this conclusion about his identity fairly recently, he said in an interview. He agreed to answer a reporter's questions, he said, because, now in private life, he wants to become an advocate for gay marriage and anticipated that questions would arise about his participation in a late-September fundraiser for the American Foundation for Equal Rights (AFER), the group that supported the legal challenge to California's ballot initiative against gay marriage, Proposition 8.

"It's taken me 43 years to get comfortable with this part of my life," said Mehlman, now an executive vice-president with the New York City-based private equity firm, KKR. "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 me a happier and better person. It's something I wish I had done years ago."

Privately, in off-the-record conversations with this reporter over the years, Mehlman voiced support for civil unions and told of how, in private discussions with senior Republican officials, he beat back efforts to attack same-sex marriage. He insisted, too, that President Bush "was no homophobe." He often wondered why gay voters never formed common cause with Republican opponents of Islamic jihad, which he called "the greatest anti-gay force in the world right now."

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bush; gaymafia; gayoldparty; gop; homosexualagenda; kenmehlman; mehlman; rino; rnc
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To: EternalVigilance
The stench of the rotting corpse of the formerly grand old party continues to grow stronger.

Conservatives need to start over with the criteria we demand for leadership in the GOP and at all three levels of government. True and traditional values that we believe in and hold dear. And it starts with God, and family, and re-establishment of the proper role and dimension of government based on the Constitution. I am so sick of pretenders and liars and that includes most of those in power today.

81 posted on 08/25/2010 9:13:04 PM PDT by vox_freedom (America is being tested as never before in its history. May God help us.)
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To: Spunky
Why is it so many guys are queer?

OK, I'll try a short sentence answer:

Because evil is precipitated and caused by forces opposed to God's truth, values, and ultimately salvation.

82 posted on 08/25/2010 9:16:25 PM PDT by vox_freedom (America is being tested as never before in its history. May God help us.)
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To: LonelyCon
LOL. We knew that. It's yet another reason why the party went into the toilet starting in 2004.

The RNC is so far from conservative, it's sickening.
83 posted on 08/25/2010 9:56:35 PM PDT by Antoninus (It's a degenerate society where dogs have more legal rights than unborn babies.)
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To: BlueCat
This is not news. We’ve known it all along and so what? He is a brilliant strategist and did a fantastic job. He is one of any number of gays that do great work for the party. I wish him well.

You're right. He did do a fantastic job--for the Democrats. Everything the homosexuals touch in the GOP turns to cr@p. Have you noticed that we went from controlling everything in 2004 when Mehlman was made RNC Chair to controlling NOTHING today?

Fabulous job!
84 posted on 08/25/2010 10:02:04 PM PDT by Antoninus (It's a degenerate society where dogs have more legal rights than unborn babies.)
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To: LonelyCon
Privately, in off-the-record conversations with this reporter over the years, Mehlman voiced support for civil unions and told of how, in private discussions with senior Republican officials, he beat back efforts to attack same-sex marriage.

We either need to purge this party or abandon it. Guys like this CAN NOT be our leaders.
85 posted on 08/25/2010 10:03:31 PM PDT by Antoninus (It's a degenerate society where dogs have more legal rights than unborn babies.)
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To: LonelyCon

They’re called The Stupid Party™ for a reason.

He’s another useless open borders RINO.


86 posted on 08/25/2010 10:15:55 PM PDT by primeval patriot
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To: manc

Thank you, manc, for clarifying what it is all about.

That, and nothing more.


87 posted on 08/25/2010 10:46:15 PM PDT by little jeremiah (.Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.)
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To: Antoninus

Exactly. At least they’re revealing themselves; may they all do so. It’s very hard to fight against evil if it is disgused or hidden.


88 posted on 08/25/2010 10:50:01 PM PDT by little jeremiah (.Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.)
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To: little jeremiah

it makes me laugh at how the dopes say this is about love etc.
Well I love my pets, family and some friends but I do not feel that I should be having sex with them.

All about how they get off sexually and because of that they think they should be married????? They’re nuts and so is anyone supporting their agenda.


89 posted on 08/26/2010 4:29:02 AM PDT by manc (WILL OBAMA EVER GO TO CHURCH ON A SUNDAY OR WILL HE LET THE MEDIA/LEFT BE FOOLED FOR EVER)
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To: Clintonfatigued

Yes he has an excellent point there.

Gays (and most feminazis) are AFAIK silent on radical Islam. They ought to be even more worried about it than the average person.

No Republican politico is gonna prevent a gay person from having a relationship. Jihadists on the other hand would like to kill them all.


90 posted on 08/26/2010 6:43:46 AM PDT by Impy (DROP. OUT. MARK. KIRK.)
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To: April Lexington
Is there no limit to the rot that permeates the Grand Old Party?

Of course not. It is by design that our political elite is made up of perverts and other various weak willed types. The puppet masters keep them in line with threats of bringing down their house of cards.

91 posted on 08/26/2010 6:43:47 AM PDT by riri
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To: fatima

Oh my...that is Kelly McGilis?


92 posted on 08/26/2010 6:53:47 AM PDT by riri
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To: riri

Yeppers.


93 posted on 08/26/2010 7:40:20 AM PDT by fatima (Free Hugs Today :))
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To: Antoninus

He was the campaign manager for the GWB election. As I recall, since that election, we were able to get two members on the Supreme Court. As you may also recall, John Kerry had a shot at winning and may have pulled it out but for Bush’s stealth reelection campaign, a feat for which Karl Rove was given all of the credit, which was total hogwash. Look at the man’s bio for crying out loud. I’m sure you are savvy enough to know that campaign managers have more to do with elections than the figureheads at the RNC. Have you looked at the list of the heads of the RNC? What, exactly, have they done? It’s been over fifteen years since anyone at the head of the RNC had any real “play” in elections.


94 posted on 08/26/2010 8:23:13 AM PDT by BlueCat
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To: BlueCat
I’m sure you are savvy enough to know that campaign managers have more to do with elections than the figureheads at the RNC.

Our last two figureheads at RNC have been a homosexual and a liberal black man.

What does that tell us about the leadership of "our" party? I am *done* supporting such people.
95 posted on 08/26/2010 8:53:04 AM PDT by Antoninus (It's a degenerate society where dogs have more legal rights than unborn babies.)
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To: Antoninus

You’ve made my point.


96 posted on 08/26/2010 9:31:49 AM PDT by BlueCat
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To: BlueCat
You’ve made my point.

No, you've made my point.

Instead of promoting good, solid conservative values, and convincing others to share them, the GOP is attempting to be a doppleganger of the Democrats.

That strategy is a proven failure.
97 posted on 08/26/2010 9:39:26 AM PDT by Antoninus (It's a degenerate society where dogs have more legal rights than unborn babies.)
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To: Antoninus

The RNC doesn’t even write the platform. As the head of the RNC, neither Ken Mehlman nor any other head of the RNC had anything to do with the direction of the Republican party. It does nothing more than raise try to raise money. The job is a reward during a year in which a Republican President is in power as a political favor. In other years, delegates vote on the leader. If you don’t like the way the party is going, blame it on the Republican President, who is the de facto head of the party. Right now, there is no leader. The RNC does nothing, but Ken Mehlman’s tenure at the RNC was after he had a long career as a successful Republican Operative, thus President Bush gave him a job.

To Wit:

Function
The Republican National Committee (RNC) serves as an umbrella organization over state committees, providing continuity between election cycles. Every four years, the RNC organizes the Republican National Convention.
At the convention, delegates from each state and territory meet to nominate the Republican candidates for president and vice president, agree on the official Republican Party platform and adopt rules and procedures for the party.

Misconceptions
The Republican National Committee (RNC) is often conflated and confused with Republican state parties, campaigns and elected officials. While the RNC is clearly affiliated with state parties and campaigns, it often has little, if anything, to do with their tactics or organization, or the individual votes of a Republican elected official.


98 posted on 08/26/2010 11:05:21 AM PDT by BlueCat
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To: LonelyCon
Mehlman arrived at this conclusion about his identity fairly recently, he said in an interview.
LOL!

Whoops, sorry.

Just couldn't help laughing when I read this. Wondering how, exactly, he "arrived at this conclusion".

LOL!

Whoops. Again. Sorry.

I know this is serious stuff.

99 posted on 08/26/2010 11:07:33 AM PDT by samtheman
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To: fatima

Who is Kelly McGillis?


100 posted on 08/26/2010 11:11:20 AM PDT by samtheman
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