Gay Republican set to become House Majority Leader

[julialnyc]

Gay Republican set to become House Majority Leader
http://rawstory.com/news/2005/Gay_Republican_eyed_to_become_House_0928.html
AP is reporting that Rep. David Dreier (R-CA) is expected to at least temporarily succeed House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-TX) as majority leader, following DeLay's indictment.

RAW STORY revealed Dreier was gay and lived with his chief of staff last year. LA Weekly then outed him, and he promptly disappeared from the television news show circuit. Our story, which originally ran Sept. 20, 2004, follows in full.

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A Republican congressman from California who has repeatedly voted against gay rights measures is said to be gay himself, and at least three MediaNews Group newspapers are said to have instructed its reporters not to ask questions about the congressman's sexuality or how it relates to public policy.



Brad Smith, Dreier’s chief of staff with whom he is said to have lived, is paid an unusually high salary relative to the chief of staffs of other powerful congressmen, including Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert.

After RAW STORY ran an article suggesting that Congressman David Dreier, R-CA, might be gay, Hustler Magazine revealed that they planned a major expose exploring the conflict between the congressman’s sexuality and his positions on gay rights.

Michael Rogers, the gay activist who outed Dreier Thursday on his site, blogACTIVE, said he “was especially interested in talking with Brad Smith about his living arrangements with the Congressman here in DC."

much more.....

[Not Me]

1. kick

[bushisanidiot]

2. Bwahahahaha!! The gay-obsessed freeptards are gonna love this!

what a circus the gop is!!

rofl!

[julialnyc]

4. too much fun!

[RagingInMiami]

3. This is going to be fun to watch

[PittLib]

57. Hi RagingInMiami ...

I trust you made it home safely? It was nice meeting you in DC ... and I'm looking forward to seeing the pictures of Chuck and me.

[Arkana]

5. Dreier is GAY?!

Oh, my God--that sound you just heard is every Freep down in Freeperville's head exploding.

[SammyWinstonJack]

55. Are there no gay Freepers? I bet there are, at least a few, anyway.

:yoiks:

[Arkana]

71. They're all self-hating--I've seen a few FR threads

where they've "confessed their sins" and asked for "salvation."

[SammyWinstonJack]

74. HA! I thought so!

:yoiks:

[julialnyc]

6. quote

"Brad was like an invisible presence," she said. "They really have the routine down slick."

[WA98296]

7. Like a House of Cards

[julialnyc]

8. his boyfriend made some sweet cash!

Smith’s high salary has also raised eyebrows. During the last reporting period, Smith made $156,600, just $400 shy of the highest paid White House staff member, Assistant to the President Karl Rove, who made $157,000. It is also $400 less than President George W. Bush's chief of staff, Andrew Card, who receives an annual salary of $157,000.

By comparison, the chief of staff to Bill Young, who chairs the even more prominent House Appropriations Committee, makes $151,956, more than $4,600 less than Smith. The chief of staff to Republican James Sensenbrenner, Jr., who chairs the House Committee on the Judiciary, made $126,000. The chief of staff to the chair of the House Ways and Means Committee, made $100,696.

[julialnyc]

12. this whole thing makes me think of another person

Gannon


Seems like there be many "boyfriends" in the republican party (I just wonder who was Jeff's)

[Tesla]

30. He dosen't want a boyfriend, he can have them all !!!!!

[julialnyc]

31. or they all can have him

militarystuds.com

[MADem]

17. And lucky Brad does not even have to pay rent!!!!

Talk about fringe benefits all round!!!!

[julialnyc]

19. plus he gets paid more

than Andrew Card

[FreedomAngel82]

38. Wow

Why did he make so much money?

[julialnyc]

he is his chief of staff

and he makes more than Bush's chief of staff

[julialnyc]

42. self delete (double post)

don't know why it keeps doing that today?

[The_Casual_Observer]

9. Yet another dangerous maniac put in charge.

I don't care if he is gay or not, but that one's agenda might even be worse than delay.

[julialnyc]

10. I don't care that he's gay, I care that he's a hypocrite

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Congressman regularly voted against gay rights

The 52-year-old single congressman voted for the Marriage Protection Act in July, a measure that would have stripped federal courts of jurisdiction over challenges to the Defense of Marriage Act, which bans the federal government from recognizing gay partnerships. Dreier did not vote on the latest amendment to constitutionally ban gay marriage, and said he was against it.

Dreier, a Christian Scientist, also voted for the original Defense of Marriage Act in 1996 and a measure that banned gays from adopting in Washington, D.C. He has a 92 percent favorability rating from the Christian Coalition, and was elected with Ronald Reagan in 1980.

Hustler sent Dreier a letter Sept. 7 asking to interview him about the “intersection of human sexuality, national politics and the conservative agenda.” They have not received a response.

When asked if he was heterosexual on a Sirus Radio interview Aug. 31, Rep. Dreier refused to answer.

“I’m not going to talk about that issue,” Dreier said. “That’s really not what I’m here about.”

[joanne]

11. Where is Phyllis Schaffley when you need her?

This is just too funny.




:beer: :popcorn:

[Theres-a]

14. Yoiks!

:yoiks:

[mzmolly]

13. Much as I hate to say this ...

are we in the middle of a perfect storm? :shrug:

[julialnyc]

I know and Fitzgerald hasn't even been the story yet

N/T

[julialnyc]

16. self delete (double post)

N/T

[malaise]

61. Looks that way

It's all downhill for the Rethugs from here. Looks like Cindy, Katrina and Rita have opened the floodgates.

[REACTIVATED IN CT]

15. We need a "smilie" for Freeper Heads Exploding n/t

[joanne]

18. Will this do?

:nuke:

[Lugnut]

20. How's this one?

[joanne]

22. Great one!

:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

[CitrusLib]

37. Perfect!

[QuettaKid]

45. How'd you do that? Can you make it

so the freep head is holding the "get a brain morans" sign?

[julialnyc]

21. quote

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Viewed as shining star of House Republicans

Congressman Dreier is viewed as the Silicon Valley's man in Washington and an affable star of the House Republican leadership. In a July profile published by the San Jose Mercury News, the paper said he had become a leading public face for the party.

"More eloquent than understated House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., and more ingratiating than tough-talking Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas, Dreier has emerged as the House GOP leadership's public face on television," a reporter wrote.

Charlie Black, an adviser to the Bush re-election campaign, told the paper the Bush attitude is, ''Get him on every show you can.''

[baby_mouse]

23. Ahhhhh, delicious...

:)

[julialnyc]

24. for some reason I don't think it will end up being him

all I've read is that Hassert is pushing him. with all this flying around the net they might change support

[Stinky The Clown]

33. Who else? Blunt? He's being investiagted too.

Some many opportunities, no good candidates.

[Helga Scow Stern]

35. They want him because he's as vicious as DeLay.

[dhinojosa]

25. THE FUNDIES HAVE BEEN BETRAYED

Every contract with the devil must end in payment. Fucking idiots.

[The Witch]

29. send this to the Xian organizations!

Watch them X themselves!

[Helga Scow Stern]

26. Drier is a mega-creep, every bit the bully, like DeLay.

He is a good friend of Schwarzenegger, who is set to turn California red and re-elect himself with the help of voting machines.

[leftchick]

27. apparently hastert hasn't gotten the news!

what a maroon!

[The Witch]

28. Mike Rogers, we needja now!

Kick his ass! I've read up on him. He is a slimy lounge lizard.

[StefanX]

32. Another homophobic homosexual

Creepy.

[FreedomAngel82]

41. I think it's strange

how he's homophobic of himself. :eyes: It's sad now days to be a member of the republican party you have to be anti-gay.

[ourbluenation]

34. temporarily Drier cuz he' s no threat to Delay as majority leader

next in line would have been Roy Blunt so there's no way it will be him or Delay will never get it back...if he's not washed up.Make sense?

[FreedomAngel82]

36. This is going to get good

:popcorn:

[Tom Joad]

39. This is rightfully a scandal, because putting a sexual partner on payroll

is a conflict-of-interest. In most cases, especially if they live together, then they share the wealth, and here it says they did.

[StefanX]

40. Call Hastert's office at 202-225-2976

Call Hastert's office at 202-225-2976 and thank him for standing up to the radical religous right by recommending a gay man as majority leader.

via http://www.haloscan.com/comments/stevenewsblog/112793174004724958/#221584

[Garbo 2004]

43. Yeah, folks should talk up the bravery of the Repubs for not only having

a gay man at the top of the RNC but now as majority leader.

Oh the hypocrisy... LOLOL We know the pols know and don't care, it's all inside baseball to them. But given their party platform, the whipping up of fear and hate against gays...ooohweee.

[deadparrot]

44. Anyone braver than I want to wade over and get the freeps' thoughts? nt

[julialnyc]

48. not pleased

[deadparrot]

49. Yeah, I'd think not.

You know, because the biggest problem with Dreier is that he's living with his CoS. :eyes:

[ourbluenation]

51. They don't scare me - here you go...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1493006/posts

Some of the highlights, or lowllights as it were...

I could tell you exactly why he "lurches Left" but it might make many posters upset.

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"The rumors are spreading that he is gay, are they credible?"

Not that there's anything wrong with that, of course.....

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He does dress pretty.

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I don't trust David Drier worth a damn. He's too clever by half. He's a do nothing on illegal immigration. What a pussy compared to Tom Delay. What a downgrade. I guess he can do the Majority Leader job full time since he has no family life due to his uhhhhhh tendencies.

[deadparrot]

53. I thank you.

Without you brave souls, where would I ever get my freeper entertainment? ;)

[julialnyc]

56. here's one from over there

"We're not called the Stupid Party for nothing."

[nadinbrzezinski]

46. Popcorn anyone

:popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn:

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[TechBear_Seattle]

47. What is so heartbreakingly sad about this is....

That gay-hating Republicans seem to have more gay folks in their leadership than our presumed allies, the Democrats. (Although, granted, Dems at least have some that are open about it.)

[Vinnie From Indy]

50. That sound you hear is millions of fundies heads exploding.

Wow!

[Matariki]

52. Wow, bush has the most diverse cabinet ever

and now this. the irony is gonna kill me.

[Ksec]

54. Hypocrites of the highest order

That party is done. The terrible karma finally caught up with them.
I just love karma. Dont you?

[julialnyc]

58. read between the lines on yahoo

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050928/ap_on_go_co/dreier_profile

[no name no slogan]

59. Well that's just FABULOUS

If you were getting promoted, wouldn't you be gay, too? A big promotion is a great cause to be happy! I bet this Dreier fellow is the happiest, gayest man in DC right now.

[julialnyc]

60. I think the net gossip put an end to him

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1493056/posts#comment?q=1

[julialnyc]

62. for those who don't have the stomach

"Congressman McHenry (R-NC) just said on Fox News that Speaker Hastert requested Roy Blount to serve temporarily as House Majority Leader. According to McHenry, the request came at a meeting of the GOP House Conference."

[julialnyc]

63. more freeper noise

"He was on Bill Maher's show recently wearing a pin-striped suit that would have looked better on Michael Jackson (or Richard Simmons). He also spent most of his appearance arguing that there was no excess government spending, that the deficit spending was justified based on current economic performance, and the real solution to cutting spending was eliminating "waste, fraud and abuse".

[julialnyc]

64. announced

drier and blout will tag team delay's role

[spunky]

65. Am I the only one who finds it odd that people here make such a

big deal about someone being gay? Should it really matter?

It kind of makes us look a bit hypocritical.

:hide:

[julialnyc]

66. the hypocrisy behind drier is what is the big deal not him being gay

N/T

[AnnieBW]

72. It's Not That He's Gay

It's the fact that he's gay and votes with the gay-bashing Fundamentalists to the detriment of his own people.

[julialnyc]

67. rawstory is updated

http://rawstory.com/news/2005/Gay_Republican_eyed_to_become_House_0928.html

[jarnocan]

68. Maybe the first gay president???

If the Bush regime is impeached, would he become our temporary president?- interesting. Can't be worse than what we have now. I really think that if itr happens the guys will clean house to some extent and cooperate to lead US out of the crisis.
I think it would be good for both parties, really.
Oops sory I forgot about Lincoln, and perhaps there have been others.

[Czolgosz]

69. So are the Republicans already backing away from their closeted leader?

And slipping Roy Blunt into the position instead?

[struggle4progress]

70. If he really loved his chief-of-staff, he would marry him. It sounds ..

.. like an exploitative relationship to me ...

[mom cat]

73. Get the Inquirer to cover this too!