Posted on 08/25/2010 7:35:11 PM PDT by DesertRenegade
Ken Mehlman, who was President George W. Bush's campaign manager in 2004, has come out as gay - and wants to be an advocate for gay marriage.
Mehlman, also a former Republican National Committee chairman, told the Atlantic magazine "It's taken me 43 years to get comfortable with this part of my life."
He said friends, family and colleagues "have been wonderfully supportive."
When rumors of Mehlman's sexual orientation circulated years ago, he told several reporters that they were false.
Mehlman and his aides went to considerable lengths to conceal his sexual identity, arranging "dates" with women and photos of him dancing in heterosexual situations.
While he was a top GOP operative, the Republican Party was actively pushing anti-gay marriage initiatives. Mehlman acknowledged that if not for his secret, he might have been a voice for a more conciliatory approach to gays, according to the interview on the Atlantic's website.
"It's a legitimate question and one I understand," Mehlman said. Now, he said, he will openly back gay marriage as consistent with such GOP principles as "individual freedom."
Will we get invitations to the Graham/Melham wedding?
Which one wears white?
I knew it - I just knew it.
We need to purge these mentally ill people from the party.
Great. Just wait until Joseph Farah gets hold of this [pun intended].
"Uncomfortable" ~ means ~ well, it means something I suppose, but these guys are into each other's pants, and elsewhere, so there's something there other than "uncomfortable" for them.
Anyone know if this guy was involved in the White House staff during the Nixon years? Lots of folks noticed the gay blades here and there that had some deal going ~ I've thought maybe Bryce Harlow was their "master" ~ a number of his proteges were definitely on the lowdown.
Joseph Farah: “Meanwhile, the oldest and most prestigious ‘conservative’ weekly in the nation is owned by a corporation run by an activist homosexual.”
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?pageId=192761
i doan care ‘bout no gay man-GIMME mah’lobstah right now!!
This is news?
I wonder if Chuckles Schumer and Anthony Weiner will ever have the courage to admit their perversion?
The left does not want him. The left is severely disgusted at how he worked with Rove to get 40+ Marriage bans in 2004 and 2006.
The left wants to make sure he lives a celibate life.
Snort!
Wow. Is every establishment Republican a homosexual, or does it just seem that way? Gay Old Party, in deed.
Anyway, I think I need to go watch an Electric Six video. Cue the Lincoln dancers on the stripper poles.
Bill Lockyer? Don Perata?
BINGO!
ewwwwwwwwwww lol :)
He was a complete failure as RNC chair. GOP lost both houses of congress during his tenure.
To call him a "weak spokesman" would be an understatement.
Yeah, I was always on those Bad Teacher threads - that was probably a dead giveaway right there!
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