White House Considering Clarke Gay Smear?

[Stevendsmith]

See Atrios

http://atrios.blogspot.com/2004_03_28_atrios_archive.html#108066147545882451

and

Wonkette

http://www.wonkette.com/archives/my_big_gay_national_security_team_014443.php

[prodigal_green]

1. All that does

is give more credibility to homosexuals.

I think it would be a bad move on their part and really show them grasping at straws.

[soleft]

4. I didn't know homosexuals had a credibility problem

:shrug:

[Jane Austin]

10. Great smackdown, soleft!

:)

[keithyboy]

15. They don't. I am sure they don't want Clark or anyone else to begin

the outing of all the gays in the closets of power. this would be an even more stupid move than not testifying under oath before the 9/11 panel. It wouldn't bother most of us here at DU but just think what it would do to the RW base! BRING IT ON!!!

[caledesi]

17. Oh yeah, that is a great quote soleft....brilliant! nt

[prodigal_green]

24. Erp, I didn't mean it that way

OMG, upon re-reading my post, it sounds homophobic. I meant that because the administration is so horribly homophobic, they assume that the rest of the country is too.

But that strategy would likely backfire because Clarke is making them look bad.

Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa!!

[soleft]

25. Gotcha!

:hi:

[ronnykmarshall]

2. That wouldn't suprise me.

[jackstraw45]

3. Ignore their smears and GET BACK ON ISSUE

Don't tell your friends, don't tell your family.

Stay on issue folks.

Bush Lied, people died.

It's true and the White House has no response on the ISSUES.

Tell your friends and family that.

[lancdem]

5. It would backfire badly

Big mistake.

[caledesi]

21. Totally agree....it reeks of desperation.

And oh, BTW, Barney Franks has been voted (what, for 2 years now) the smartest guy in Congress. Eat that!

[DemLikr]

6. Smear Schmear. Seems like a perfect time to highlight the fact that

many effective, intelligent, loyal gay men and women serve at all levels of government, always have, always will...now, BACK TO THE ISSUE AT HAND...Bushco is incompetent and corrupt!

[efhmc]

22. Good one. Can you say, grasping at STUPID straws?

Repukes sure are dumb, aren't they?

[DBoon]

7. what next?

Are they going to accuse him of being French too?

[DemLikr]

8. PLUS...if Richard IS gay, does anyone have his number?

I would love to give him a call, take him to dinner, etc. I'm sure I could find SOME way to thank him for his outstanding service to the country. :loveya: :loveya: :loveya:

[Jane Austin]

13. You guys are cracking me up!

:)

[Florida_Geek]

9. If Clinton put the man in office

then maybe. But IMHO, Reagon/Bush 41 would not allow him at the level he was if he was gay. They would have transferred him to another spot in the government.

But I could be wrong.

[11cents]

19. I think you are

Reagan and Bush didn't give a damn whether one of their aides was gay or not. It's really a mistake to assume from the fact that they were willing to countenance gay-bashing as a political tactic that they were personally prejudiced. It was just chum they threw to the braindead base and which they were both too sophisticated to feast on themselves. Yes, Reagan too. Nancy Reagan, for that matter, was the goddaughter of Alla Nazimova, a great actress and also a great big lesbian.

[Jack from Charlotte]

11. This morning on Imus, Bernard, the right winger........

wondered aloud about Condi's "proclivities," as he put it.

[Jane Austin]

14. Who the hell cares?

I mean really . . . who cares?

[Snivi Yllom]

12. why not, the kitchen sink is being thrown at this guy.

And it will work too sadly enough.

[BOSSHOG]

16. Let the Outings begin

Piss off all the closeted republican homosexuals in Washington karl. You go boy.

[htuttle]

20. LOL! For some reason, after reading your post, I just had a vision of....

...a bunch of missle silos opening up behind Barney Franks' office.

:evilgrin:

[gasperc]

18. nothing is off the table, they invaded Iraq using lies for God's sake

enough said

[Florida_Geek]

23. Remember larry flynt

he probably has more info to release, and would.

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

26. wasn't it bush who was flirting with

that canadian press secretary?

[DoYouEverWonder]

27. And who's that guy in Tennessee

that W goes to see all the time. Victor Ashe?