GOP Gay Ole Party

[newsguyatl]

they have...

a gay house majority leader...


a gay chairman of the national party...


a gay spokesman for the white house...


and soon to be gay supreme court justice...


what am i missing here?


seriously, this is too much.

[Neocondriac]

1. hey !

"Any of you homos think about touching me ......I'll kill ya!" lol

[MemphisTiger]

8. Stripes is an absolute classic

[StaggerLee]

48. It is!

I've been meaning to get a copy of that movie. I must've watched it a hundred times as a kid.

"Lighten up Francis."

[kmla]

52. "Lighten up, Francis."

Gotta love Sgt. Hulka....

[mzteris]

2. the sad thing is

they're all ANTI-GAY!

[TheDebbieDee]

3. Spokesman for the White House?

Scotty McClellan is gay?!?!?!

Not that there's anything wrong with it!

[newsguyatl]

4. very

[Riverman]

69. He likes visting gay bars in Austin - does that make him gay or

just curious!

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

5. Roberts is gay?

I hadn't heard that. Is his marriage just for show, then?

[corbett]

66. That's My Guess

His wife looks like cold prune. My gaydar definitely twitched every time I watched him. He's as closeted as they come.

[Marnieworld]

6. I'm up for an old-fashioned "outing" as anyone but really?

Drier I've seen proof on RawStory but the others? C'mon! A link or two please.

[newsguyatl]

7. for starters

http://www.washblade.com/2004/5-28/news/national/bushmu...

http://www.365gay.com/newscon05/02/021405whAide.htm

http://www.wonkette.com/politics/supposedly-gay-republi...

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2005/7/22/05728/6616

[renie408]

19. Links to Nothing

The first link is to a Washington Blade article that doesn’t back any of your claims.

The second link says that Mclellan knew Gannon and had been seen at a gay bar in 1995. It reported rumors, but specifically said that there was no proof Mclellan is gay.

The third is from a blog and looks like it is mostly intended to be a joke. At most, it is rank speculation about Roberts.

The fourth is more rank speculation that thinks that Roberts adopting children and marrying late are proof he is gay.


Those are links to nothing but rumors and jokes. They aren’t proof of anything. Just because you find a website that says, “Roberts” and “gay” on the same page, does not mean it is proof of anything. I can find links to websites that say that aliens built the pyramids. That doesn’t MEAN anything. You provide a link to the New York Times running a picture of Roberts with his tongue down Scott Mclellan’s throat and I’ll believe.

[newsguyatl]

21. see message 11

it's for you too...


oh and while you're at it, 13.

[renie408]

28. Is that supposed to MEAN anything??

"Lighten up"??

If you don't want a variety of reactions, don't post on a message board with a variety of members. I don't think it's that funny or light hearted. Sorry.

[newsguyatl]

29. sorry you don't think it's funny

but this is a message board, with a variety of members and a variety of reactions.

[Name removed]

32. Deleted message

Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[newsguyatl]

34. you got it

[renie408]

33. dupe

[Verve]

43. Just because Roberts was the original 40 year old virgin, it doesn't

him gay.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

68. Link!

[renie408]

9. Proof? Maybe that's what you are missing...

Can you prove any of that? I wouldn't doubt it, but until somebody can prove it, I can't get too excited about it, either.

[newsguyatl]

11. lighten up.

if you wanna go "prove" someone's sexuality, go right ahead.

happy huntin.


in the meantime, i'm MORE than happy to spread the rumors about the rightwing hypocritical homophobes.

[renie408]

22. Are you gay?

I would like to get the opinion of a gay person. To me, this avid speculation about someone's sexual orientation for use as a weapon seems demeaning to gays. It is like Homophobia-by-Proxy. I get that it *might* upset those far right members of the GOP. But is it worth it to fight that dirty? I KNOW, I KNOW...they fight even dirtier. But that does not make it right. I don't care whose side they are on, someone's sexuality is their business.

[newsguyatl]

31. why yes, yes i am.

[renie408]

36. Ok, so it doesn't bother you when people, no matter who they are

or for what reason, use homosexuality as a weapon? As if it is a BAD thing? That would bother me, I think, if I were gay.

[newsguyatl]

37. when it comes to outing

rightwing hypocritical homophobes who work for the enemy?

absolutely not.

but perhaps you'd have to be gay to understand.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

40. I stand with you 100%....

out the fuckers, I say.

[renie408]

45. No

I think I can understand that it would make you bitter for 'one of your own' to be working for what you consider to be the enemy. But it still seems like a personal, private thing to me. It seems to me that giving it this kind of emphasis is belittling (there is a better word for this, but I can't think of it right now) to homosexuals somehow. And it is still low. I think we need to fight like Republicans in that we don't back off, not in that we sink to their level.

But that's just me.

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

39. I say its like outing Jews who worked for the Nazis...n/t

[Duncan Grant]

41. It's the hypocrisy that bothers me most.

If I could out every duplicitous closet case in the GOP I would do it in a heartbeat.

Closeted gay republiCONS exploit bias and ignorance in order to profit financially and politically. This gay man thinks they're scum.

[baby_mouse]

46. It doesn't bother US, dear. We KNOW it isn't a bad thing.

They think it is. It bothers them and them only. And it shouldn't.

It's a win-win.

Their position is an insult to us, pretending that homosexuality is this dirty thing to be ashamed of. It's their closettedness that makes the whole thing "shameful". If they want to be ashamed of it, they can be, though they've no reason to be. We will simply laugh at them. And that's all it is, laughter.

It's only a weapon against them if THEY LET IT be a weapon against them.

The ball's in their court. Either they drop the pretense and adopt sensible positions reagrding gay rights or they sit and suffer.

[renie408]

59. Now THAT I understand.

It is only a weapon if you are ashamed of it and if you are ashamed of it, you are an asshole. THAT I understand. It just seems to me that who a person has sex with is important only to the two of them.

In a weird way, it reminds me of the argument over whether Creation or Intelligent Design are true. What does it matter? It is irrelevent. Neither are science and therefore have no place in a science class.

To me, that is sort of the gay marriage thing. What does it matter that they are gay? They are consenting adults entering into a legally binding,legally recognized relationship. That they are of the same sex shouldn't interfere with their rights as citizens of this country.

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

60. and to spiral off your last point...

these are "gays" trying to take away their own rights and make themselves second class citizens. Imagine a Black person saying they don't deserve voting rights and should be considered 3/5ths of a person? its ludicrous. Thats what these guys are doing...and if the only way to get them out of power is to expose them, then thats the way it has to be.

[UDenver20]

56. Oh lord...

I'm a big old homo and I think its hilarious...

And we forgot that they have a gay prostitute/reporter, too

[baby_mouse]

42. Dearest, take it from this old queen...

Thank you for your support.

BUT... the thing is, it's fine for us lefties to be gay because we're open and honest about it but it's NOT fine for them to be gay because they are all anti-gay and closetted and weird. It's not about sexual orientation, it's about truth or lies...

Us - honest gays
Them - dishonest faggots!

And it is they, THEY who draw the line. We simply dance up and down next to it pointing at it and laughing. They have themselves to blame, no-one else...

It isn't dirty if it's *us* doing it, darling, I know that seems unfair, but really THEY are the ones causing the enormous disparity. You couldn't insult ME by calling me gay, I'd just laugh. How then can I take someone else objecting to being called gay seriously?

[newsguyatl]

44. there it is, folks

[renie408]

I am trying here...but

I dunno, it just feels...icky. Maybe I am the one being some kind of weird version of a homophobe because I think this subject should be off limits in an argument as a weapon. To me, it is..ahem...below the belt to drag personal stuff like this into a debate. If gays are to be equal, I guess that should mean that I need to stop treating the subject with kid gloves. You old faggot, you. (see?? I am getting better already!!)

[baby_mouse]

61. How can it be weapon if there's NOTHING WRONG WITH IT?

bangs head against wall

[comsymp]

70. Everybody's right, everybody's wrong...

In principle, I agree w/ Newsguy... to a degree. The hypocrisy of ppl like Drier does need to be made public, IMO. But even though something isn't "wrong", it can still be icky.

As for the others - McClellan & Co - well, I see a huuuuge difference between outing a verified closet case, and spreading rumors about possible ones based on flimsy "evidence." That, to me, is way beyond icky.

Edited to add that anyone who doesn't believe that outing is a weapon, is being disingenuous at the very least.


/eligible to vote on this

[sui generis]

74. you pretty much nailed it

it's about honesty -

We're not laughing at the fact that they have so many gays in their party, we're laughing at the hypocrisy of it, and the stupidity and dishonesty of the ones who are gay and in that party.

Let's face it, they are either so full of themselves and delusional they believe they can change the party from within (yes Virginia, there is a Santa Queer), or, there are just as many crazy irrational gays (proportionally) in the human population as there are crazy delusional "moderates" who claim to be republican.

They're a bit like those few wealthy Jews who aligned themselves with the German Nationalist party in the early years of WWII hoping to be close enough to the seat of power not to come under its lash . . .

It didn't work out so well for them in the end.

[ticapnews]

10. Don't forget the reporter.... (eom)

[ticapnews]

12. Is it true?

I've said it before and I'll repeat it again. I have learned two things from this Administration.

If you believe something it isn't a lie.
If you repeat something often enough it becomes truth.

I believe these Republicans are gay. Therefore they are gay. I can now repeat that they are gay, knowing that it is the truth.

I think this is a huge step forward for civil rights in this country

[newsguyatl]

13. your other website is missing you

[ticapnews]

15. What other website?

Please enlighten me.

Actually, I gotta head to work. Will have to wait until later to get edumacated.

[renie408]

30. He means the Grown Ups website.

[ticapnews]

67. LOL (eom)

OK...

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

14. damn, its a closeted queens wet dream

[jonnyblitz]

16. that's probably just the tip of the iceberg nt

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

17. I thought you'd be able to come up with a better euphemism then "iceberg"

[jonnyblitz]

20. harris this a family discussion board. none of that..

[newsguyatl]

18. oh, of course

i mean, i didn't even mention senator graham or congressman mark foley for example

the list goes on and on and on...

[jonnyblitz]

23. i never saw them all listed like that...

it gives one pause...hehe..

[newsguyatl]

25. yeh someone should compile a list

and include rick santorum’s communications director, robert traynham...

yep, even rick has some gay around him...

[jonnyblitz]

35. well....we are everywhere...even where we are not supposed to

be or are not welcome. I was in the navy...haha..'nuff said.

it's troubling to see our "uncle toms" helping and supporting the enemy though. that is why i have no compassion for them. let them be outted and embarrassed.bastards.

[AntiCoup2K4]

50. I thought Rick was just into dogs?

[RazzleDazzle]

72. What about Chris Shays?

I was watching him yesterday and kept seeing it, but I don't know how good my Gaydar is these days.

[longship]

24. Of those...

Gay House Majority Leader
Gay National Party Chairman
Probably Gay WH Press Secretary.

Roberts? I don't think so and there's no substantive info to back it up.

Now, I'd go with Mark Foley and a few other CongressCritters, though.

[newsguyatl]

26. i was being more facetious

about roberts...

but still, the rumor's there, so i'm gonna go with it.

[KingFlorez]

27. Their values argument is gone

With their leadership going against what they say they stand for

[Ksec]

38. what makes it bad

is there core belief system that just despises gays

[asthmaticeog]

47. Yeah, those faggots are ruining EVERYTHING.

[baby_mouse]

51. Isn't it AWFUL?

Everywhere we turn there's more hot guy on guy action!

I feel rather spoiled.

[asthmaticeog]

54. I KNOW, it's like you can hardly walk down Pennsylvania Avenue anymore

without getting your cock sucked.

[baby_mouse]

58. Honey, it's enough to turn you STRAIGHT.

Batting the little buggers away like flies these days...

[mikelewis]

49. There's also Gannon's sugar daddy in the white house...

[Julius Civitatus]

53. Some photographic clues...

Here are some pictures of some of the current leaders of the PARTY OF HOMOPHOBIA:

John Roberts, gayest photo ever!


Ken Mehlman... so, so gay


David Dreier... gay!


Scotty McClelland... oh no, you di-in't!

[Oreo]

62. You forgot Jeff Berkowitz - Liaison to the Jewish Community

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...

[sui generis]

75. and those perfectly plucked, arched and slightly penciled eyebrows

dead giveaway. Heck even if he is straight he deserves to be mocked for that.

[tanyev]

55. Rumors about KKKarl, too.

[Generator]

57. Self hatred is the root of all evil

Isn't it? I've read some speculation (no proof of coursre) that Hilter feared he had a Jewish father.

It's too new-agey for these parts-but don't we just project our self hatred out?

[cosmicdot]

63. "don't forget Poland"

this thread made me wonder how Victor Ashe is doing ...

wonder if he's enjoying Poland ...

Ashe being the former mayor of Knoxville, now Ambassador Ashe, and Yale-Bonesman 'friend' of Smirk Bu$h

if you have to ask, kindly google:
"Victor Ashe and George Bush"

aside note:

it's intersting that Al Gore's opponent for Senate in 1984 was ... Victor Ashe ... wonder if Smirk helped him campaign???
http://www.answers.com/topic/u-s-senate-election-1984

[indepat]

64. If your thesis has merit, a whole lot of hypocrisy

[Ian David]

65. Don't forget the gay male prostitute sleeping-over in The White House

Why the fuck wasn't Jeff Gannon enough to sink them!?!?!

If Bill Clinton had a gay male prostitute having Pajama Parties in The White House, there would have been a trial to make the Monica Lewinsky hearing look like traffic court.

[sendero]

71. Perception is reality...

.... and I don't have gaydar but I trust yours

[wiley]

73. Gay versus Homosexual

There are some men, especially powerful ones or those who really want power, who engage in homosexual acts, not always overtly sexual, to reinforce or establish a power structure. They get off on the control and dominance they have over other men, even if it's just a theatrical fantasy that uses paid escorts to enact.

Other times they just want to get off. There are men and women who bind with each other or are just attracted to each other and who sometimes have sex. Consenting adults, whatever. It's when they establish or promote policies that enable them to live out their fantasies or actual sexual orientation, yet deprive others by law or statements of being able to live their lives freely and openly, that they're just wrong. So it doesn't matter if they are gay or homosexual or straight, just that they are depriving others of their rights, or promoting oppression or discrimiination.

That's what Mrs. Doubtfire said,right,puppet?

[terrya]

76. Ah, yes...nothing like good ol' homophobia on DU

Being gay is not a character defect. It's not some cudgel to bash people with.