Ken Mehlman
Posted on 08/25/2010 6:25:02 PM PDT by tcrlaf
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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Didn’t we ‘kind of’ know this a number of years ago?
I glad he’s happy but sad he’s as queer as a three-dollar bill.
I happy if he’s happy.
I’m happy if he’s happy.
WTF is wrong with people.
Far too many mentally messed up people are running things.
No wonder everything is fubar.
Hey Ken, don’t ask, don’t tell. We don’t care.
Twice in one night? That’s pretty good, at your age.
Well, suck here. If the guy doesn’t have a wife (immigrant preferred) and at least one kid, he should be DISQUALIFIED from acting as a conservative representative - period.
There are waaaayyyy too many of the confused kooks that join our side and then decide to play ball for the other side.
Ken Mehlman
Everyone knew he was gay back in 2006 (if not earlier). It was in all the papers. He denied it at the time, but I guess after thinking about it for 4 years or so, he came to conclusion that those reports may have been right after all.
Yes, maybe Ken arrived at this conclusion fairly recently, but most everyone else knew it years ago.
Exactly.
Not a surprise, and who cares? Sheesh. These guys need to get over themselves.
who cares if he did a good job. with sharia law on the rise in this country, i believe it is foolish to come out of the closet.
Waiting for the “shocking, out of nowhere revelation” about Lindsey Graham ... within 3 days after the Nov. elections.
And, like I care?...DUH
The immediate family is always the last to know...
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