I'm not even a Rudy supporter (I am a Ron Paul supporter) but I can't for the life of me figure out why everyone is so worked up about that. It was a joke. What's the big deal?
We expect the Demonrats to pander to every extreme and bizarre group. Gays are now a key part of their base. But they aren't part of the conservative base. It's one of many things which make conservatives think Rudy is not "one of us." (And he isn't.) The other factor is, as I posted somewhere else, that this is not dignified and mature conduct for the nation's Commander-in-Chief. If I were a soldier risking death every day, I would wonder: Is this what I'm fighting for?
Can you imagine any Republican President before now putting on drag and marching in "gay liberation" parades? Reagan? Nixon? Ford? Bush? Eisenhower? Can you even imagine a Democrat like JFK, Truman, or FDR wallowing in this crap? Of course not. How far are we supposed to sink, anyway?
Once moght have been funny, but multiples?