Tag Archives: Ken Mehlman

Newly out and still not sorry for damaging the lives of millions of LGBT Americans, Quisling Ken Mehlman is co-hosting a fundraiser for Randy Altschuler, the “family values” candidate for the U.S. House on Long Island. Altschuler, who has also been endorsed by Newt Gingrich, says that his family values will have the “single greatest influence” on his voting record, …

“It pisses me off that people will put their ambition ahead of the truth, and then, when it’s convenient, play the gay card and hope that everybody [can] raise money and get money and then expect everybody to say, ‘Everything is great.’ You do have to show moral courage in coming out when you work in politics. And if the …

On SiriusOutQ at 2pm today, Michelangelo Signorile hosts a special discussion on the ethics of outing. The show will be broadcast live from the convention of the National Gay & Lesbian Journalists Association, which is taking place this week in San Francisco. Our panel includes Mike Rogers of Blogactive, who was at the forefront of reporting on Senator Larry Craig, …

After reading last night’s JMG post about his Hardball appearance, HRC head Joe Solmonese sends us this clarification on his position on Ken Mehlman. “As the community has digested the news of Ken Mehlman’s coming out, I believe it’s important for us to move forward and use this opportunity to expand the circle of Americans supporting marriage equality. Last night …

“We all bear responsibility for the choices we make, especially when one chooses to improve one’s own life at the expense of others. Mehlman’s plea for understanding that it was ‘very hard, personally,’ rings hollow when compared to the lives of those who chose to live their lives honestly, even when that choice ended careers or divided families. “Choices have …

Joe Solmonese: “The past is the past. We certainly don’t have the luxury at this point in our movement to turn away any offer of help.” No mention from either of them on the trail of hate crimes, homeless teens, suicides, and broken families left in the wake of vicious Mehlman-led anti-gay ballot measures in twenty-one states. The past is …

The avalanche of prominent Republicans endorsing marriage equality continues today as former McCain campaign manager Steve Schmidt jumps on the bandwagon. Schmidt is now listed as a co-sponsor of Ken Mehlman’s AFER fundraiser. “There is a strong conservative case to be made in favor of gay marriage,” former McCain campaign manager and fellow same-sex marriage fundraiser Steve Schmidt told the …

Thanks to everybody who sent the clip this weekend. Obviously I had a LOT more to say, but thanks to Paris Hilton and the Titanic, they cut our segment very short. But do check out how the LCR idiot tries to spin Ken Mehlman as a some kind of superhero gay mole working within the GOP. What a fuckload of …

This weekend the New York Times reported that Wall Street financier Paul Singer, who calls himself a “Barry Goldwater conservative,” has secretly donated millions to LGBT causes. Singer will be hosting the upcoming Ken Mehlman fundraiser for AFER in his Manhattan home. But Duncan Osborne reports on his blog Herd & Scene that Singer has also been a heavy backer …

“Mr. Mehlman’s recent revelation that he is gay is actually good news for the party. He joins a growing chorus of elected Republican officials and well-known Republicans who support full civil rights, including former Vice President Cheney, former Solicitor General Ted Olson, former First Lady Laura Bush, as well as my former State Department colleagues Ambassador John Bolton and Ambassador …

Well…THAT could have gone better. The host apologized to me twice, but they just spent too much time on that Titanic segment so we got what, two minutes? (She was very sweet to me, I should say.) But I had SO much more to say. Rats. RELATED: That Log Cabin guy is quite the tool, eh?

New York Times op-ed editor Tobin Harshaw has compiled bloggers’ reactions to Ken Mehlman’s coming out, quoting Pam Spaulding, Melissa McEwan, and this here website thingy on the left, and the usual Quisling apologists on the right. Pam Spaulding nails it: “While it’s nice that Ken has finally come out of the closet as an advocate, it’s really hard to …

Tomorrow morning at 9:30am I’ll be on MSNBC Live with host Alex Witt to discuss the Ken Mehlman story. Also on the show via satellite will be Charles Moran of the Log Cabin Republicans. The segment should run about fifteen minutes. Guess I better go get my hair did.

GOProud is talking to Ken Mehlman about bringing him on. Jimmy LaSalvia, executive director of GOProud, said the organization recently talked with Mehlman, but declined to elaborate on the nature of their discussions. When asked if GOProud had offered Mehlman a position on its board, LaSalvia declined to comment. He also declined to say whether GOProud has offered Mehlman a …

Ken Mehlman is running around telling the world that he only JUST realized that he is gay, despite the fact that his homosexuality has been common knowledge around Washington DC since the days of the virulently anti-gay 2004 George W. Bush campaign. The Atlantic’s Marc Ambinder: “People were suspicious of Mehlman’s sexuality for years. Who knew? The people who ‘knew’ …

“We respect Ken Mehlman’s right to his personal life. Supporting gay marriage, however, is a very different and very public matter. The fight over same-sex marriage really isn’t about Mr. Mehlman’s personal life. Marriage, as a public legal status, is a man and a woman for a reason: It is the only civil institution that brings together the two halves …

“What’s important is that Ken has joined the fight and is willing to lend his considerable talent and influence to advance equality. While the past cannot be overlooked, our future is far more important and with more and more people like Ken joining our movement, that future holds great promise.”- HRC spokesman Michael Cole, quoted in Pink News.

Last night Michelangelo Signorile and Log Cabin Republicans’ R. Clarke Cooper appeared on CNN to discuss the Mehlman story.

Mike Rogers on Ken Mehlman: “All I ask are three simple things. First he should spend time with the parents of a child who killed himself after 2004, after that horrible election. I think that he needs to take the fabulous $3M condo he bought in Manhattan and donate that back to the cause that he worked so hard against. …