I have an idea that the "tone" on Washington may change VERY quickly

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Does anyone remember when Lee Atwater sent a memo to the RNC raising money and intimating that Tom Foley was gay? Barney Frank's response was to send a letter to Atwater saying that if he wanted to spread gossip about who was gay then Frank would be glad to oblige and Atwater immediately apologized. The damage was done however and Foley was finished (Foley was from the Spokane district, BTW,heh heh)

So hot on the heels of Ed Klein's book about Hillary being a Lesbian we see not only the right wing distancing themselves from the book (while discussing it all the same) I see sly references on two blogs about the President's gayness. Wonkette makes two overt references (gayest President ever and discussing his bald man fetish) and Talking Points talks about Rove saying "The President and his partner..."

All that talk about Ken Mehlman and should he be outed are leaks from gay Washington saying "Cut it the fuck out" and now with the whisper campaign against Hillary starting it seems the genie may be out of the bottle.

I would expect either the White House to change its tone of rhetoric quickly or the Gannon story to reemerge. It seems to be the unspoken deal profferred in these shots across the bow of the President.

BTW, the closet is the whole reason for this. Foley was vulnerable because he lisped (no, really) and there were rumors in Washington of one of the most prominent Democrats being gay. Atwater used that rumor to "smear" Foley. If there is no closet then there is no smear. Foley wasn't gay, he was actually a happily married man who didn't even cheat on his wife. The gay Democrat was David Boren of Oklahoma, now deceased. Closeted gay Democrats have a very tough time rising to power because Liberals are seen as "faggy" anyway. It is why if you want power in Washington and are gay you almost have to be a Republican. Ask David Brock, or Karl Rove, or Ken Mehlman, or Lee Atwater.

Weird isn't it?

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1. Fight'n BACK!

[CBGLuthier]

2. David Boren?

Uhhm, I will admit the way he runs OU makes him seem at least brain dead but he is not deceased.

Oh and he doesn't seem to be gay either. Although those accusations were made here back in the 70's.

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3. Oooops

about the deceased thing.


I know some staffers. The gay thing isn't a rumor. Doesn't make any difference to me at all except that the closet is really annoying for everyone involved.

Everybody always gets the rumor wrong by JUST missing the subject of the gossip. Like the Mets rumor about Mike Piazza, Piazza wasn't the gay Met. The press couldn't say who the gay Met was or even if there was a gay Met because then people just keep asking is it so and so? how about so and so? until you have to lie or tell the truth.

It is annoying.

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4. Did you mean the late Mike Synar?

on edit - meaning thinking about an Oklahoman democrat who has since passed away.

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5. I agree the closet is the problem - same as Charles and Camila - IMO

Let people love who they love. The Queen should have let Charles marry Camila in the first place - even if she was divorced - instead of making him marry a woman he didn't love.

However, I would just LOVE IT if it came out "W" was really gay. All those stupid Republican homophobes would find a way to rationalize it I'm sure - but it would be so fun to watch them squirm!!

[blm]

6. Or David Dreier. Or Lindsey Graham.

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7. I didn't know about Graham

Dreier is barely in the closet. In California he is trotted out to show "big tent" and compassion. Its why he was so important to Ahnold.