Kentucky senator announces he's gay

[sasquatch]

In what is a first for Kentucky politics, a senator has said that he's gay. <snip>

here's the link
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=410&ncid=410&e=/ibsys/20031002/lo_wlwt/1813313

Well I'm afraid that's all for him in Kentucky politics:(

[youngred]

1. link doesn't work

interesting though!

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

2. Link doesn't work

[Sticky]

4. Here's a link

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ibsys/20031002/lo_wlwt/1813313

Hmmmm....what better time to release something so shocking. }(

[Dr Fate]

3. Can you post his name & party?

For his sake, I hope he's DEM...

[Sticky]

6. This link has a little more info

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/po/20031002/co_po/kentuckystatesenatorrevealsheisgay

Kentucky State Sen. Ernesto Scorsone publicly announced that he is gay on Tuesday in Louisville, saying his sexual orientation is unrelated to his job as senator.

snip>

Scorsone, who ran unsuccessfully for Congress in 1998, is seeking re-election next year to his 13th Senate District seat in Lexington, but he said he wouldn't rule out another bid for Congress.


He has been in the state Senate since 1996. Prior to that, he served 11 years in the state House

[cally]

5. Is this the first openly gay Senator?..nt

I too hope he's a Dem for his sake.

[Scairp]

10. It won't matter

Kentucky is full of "Wallace Dems" and they will bounce him out of office so fast it will make your head spin.

[kentuck]

7. My God! There goes the neighborhood!

:)

[FlashHarry]

8. Not McConnell???

Damn!

[MaineDem]

9. That was my first thought too

Oh well...

:)

[mndemocrat_29]

15. That was who I thought too, when I read the header.

[Bake]

25. I would've bet on McConnell

I lived in Louisville for almost 20 years, starting back when McConnell (a/k/a Howdy Doody -- tell the truth, doesn't he look like Howdy Doody????) was Jefferson County Judge Executive. It was commonly discussed, and sworn to by many, that McConnell was gay.

Personally, I wouldn't care whether it was McConnell or the state senator or whoever. It shouldn't matter. The point is that it WOULD matter to the wingnuts who keep electing McConnell.

Bake

[sfecap]

11. He'll never come out...

...but it's known, allegedly.

[dusty64]

19. Not to mention the

MANY rumors about hatch. I guess its a common "secret" he is into bondage and young boys, thats OK, he's a rightwinger.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

12. I will not

make jokes about Kentucky's two-letter code.
I will not make jokes about Kentucky's two-letter code.
I will not make jokes about Kentucky's two-letter code.
I will not make jokes about Kentucky's two-letter code.
I will not make jokes about Kentucky's two-letter code.
I will not make jokes about Kentucky's two-letter code.
I will not make jokes about Kentucky's two-letter code.
I will not make jokes about Kentucky's two-letter code.
I will not make jokes about Kentucky's two-letter code.
I will not make jokes about Kentucky's two-letter code.

[karlschneider]

13. I'm jelly-ous you thought of it first.

:D

[are_we_united_yet]

16. Ohhhhhh.....

hahahahahahah

[jsw_81]

24. KY?

[karlschneider]

14. Here's a little more information. Yes, he's a Dem

http://www.congress.org/congressorg/bio/?lvl=L&chamber=S&ID=3682&submit=View+Member

[JI7]

20. not much surprise then

if he was republican iw ould wonder why he was republican in the first place.

[CMT]

17. Oh gee, saw your headline and thought McConnell came out of

the closet.

[sasquatch]

22. McConnel only wants to see Clinton's penis.

So that makes him Bisexual.

[Vikingking66]

18. brave man

If I were in his shoes, I sure as hell would keep my mouth shut.

[sasquatch]

21. Me too especially in Kentucky

That's apart of the south. Now people here and everywhere keeps telling me this is the "New South", but they still retrograde back to the old south.

[pezcore64]

23. Oi...

Since I'm from kentucky....

Id just like to say that, regardless of what you've heard, we all arent racist non-shoe wearing hicks. You'd be suprised how open kentucky has become. Only the older generation still have their old beliefs intact the strongest. ;)