Jeremy Bernard: A historic choice for White House social secretary (openly gay)

WasPost ^ | 2-25-11 | Jonathan Capehart

[STARWISE]

The White House is set to make news and history this afternoon when it announces the new social secretary. Jeremy Bernard, currently the chief of staff to the U.S. ambassador to France, will become the third person to hold the job in the Obama administration. But he will be the first man and the first openly gay person to be the first family's and the executive mansion's chief event planner and host.

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Bernard and his then-partner Rufus Gifford were early supporters of Obama in California. And they raised a ton of money for him through their company, B&G Associates. Gifford went on to become finance director of the Democratic National Committee. Bernard was the White House liaison at the National Endowment for the Humanities before dashing off to his Paris post in November.

Full disclosure: Bernard and I are friends. He will bring a certain warmth and irreverence to the job that will make him a joy for his colleagues to work with. His knowledge of the Obamas and his intense attention to detail will ensure that their vision for the people's house continues seamlessly

[STARWISE]

Such progress from a (p)resident whose 'views are evolving' ... probably end up being a reality show. What a creepy circus.

[STARWISE]

Can’t you just imagine the scenes, the drama ?

[RexBeach]

I’m just so THRILLED for Jeremy! I mean, it’s such a FABULOUS position, er, I mean job.

[Tijeras_Slim]

[RightGeek]

Should fit in well with the first Gay President.

[DJ MacWoW]

And he throws just FABU parties!

This bunch in DC are humiliating the US. And confirming to radicals that America IS the Great Satan.

[Dr. Ursus]

Okay,you sissy-marys-one,two kick!

[PDMiller]

This place just SCREEEAMS for curtains!

[STARWISE]

Your opinion .. however, he was not openly so when he served.

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Bush Campaign Chief and Former RNC Chair Ken Mehlman: I’m Gay - Aug 25 2010,

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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 stated in an interview.

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2010/08/bush-campaign-chief-and-former-rnc-chair-ken-mehlman-im-gay/62065

[DJ MacWoW]

Yeth. They’re crying out for sheers and lush velvet purple draaapes!

[RedMDer]

This place just SCREEEAMS for curtains!

Nightmare! Ahhhhh!

[Antoninus]

If asked for a list of changes that would make this country better and stronger, how many Americans would say: "More homosexuals in leadership roles"?

And yet, that's exactly what the DC elites have given us.

This is not going to end well.

[luvie]

Maybe he can teach Mooochelle how to dress. :)

[CynicalBear]

Two words: Sodom and Gomorrah.

[trisham]

How many homosexuals are now a part of his administration? It seems as though the number must translate into far more than 2%.

[Pearls Before Swine]

Can’t you just imagine the scenes, the drama ?

He'll be the butt of a lot of jokes!

[DJ MacWoW]

I’d bet on that one.

[TonyInOhio]

Barry's handlers must be worried, indeed, about his reelection prospects or they would not be making overt appeals to the Left's social agenda. I believe they see the swing states drifting away over fiscal and economic issues, and can only hope to stem the tide by driving up their numbers within the hard Left base.

If competentcy is the issue in 2012, Barry loses, hence the appeals to ideology and issues.

[Steely Tom]

They’re just setting the table for the all the MSM stories that are going to be written in 2014, 2015, and 2016 about how “the number of openly gay staffers in key White House positions is dramatically lower under President Palin than it was under her predecessor.”