It’s Raining Ken
ABOVE: Dan Blatt (left) and Ken Mehlman (right)
The Internet home of B. Daniel Blatt, America’s Dumbest Homosexual™, has been, since sometime yesterday afternoon, all Ken Mehlman, all the time. Dan has been littering his own site with school-girl mash notes to Ken and has been practicing signing his name “Mrs. B. Daniel Mehlman” on every scrap of paper he could find.
Even better for Dan than finding out that a gay person he has a crush on is Republican is for Dan to find out that a Republican he has a crush on is GAY! As far as Dan is concerned, Mehlman’s conversion on the road to Targé is as close to the homocon rapture as it gets, with the good homocons being whisked away to a paradise of tax cuts and no gay marriage, while us evil homolibs are left behind spluttering and fuming and wondering where all five homocons on earth went.
Of course, it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to see the spin that Danny will put on the Great Revelation (more accurately described as the “Great Yawn-Worthy Confirmation Of What Everyone But Dan And Ken’s Mother Knew”). We’ll hear that this is proof that there’s no contradiction between being gay and Republican. We’ll also hear that Ken will find more acceptance from the five other homocons on the planet than from all the mean homolibs. And we’ll hear that there are more important things than gay marriage (a distant hope for Dan) including huge tax cuts (again a rather moot point for the jobless Blatt).
Dan’s first response to learning that Mehlman is just like Dan (except that Mehlman has worked most of his life and Dan never has) was “BREAKING: Ken Mehlman Comes Out” in which Dan wonders whether he might get a tug of the ol’ pud from Ken:
Let’s see, he’s Jewish, he’s a Republican, he’s good-looking in a nerdy kind of way. So, my only question is, is he single?
Sadly, Dan, he is “single” because he’s gay, and both he and you have done what you can to support the people fighting gay marriage. Ken was even Bush’s campaign manager when the campaign cooked up, with Karl Rove, the idea of putting gay-marriage referendums on state ballots to bring out the neanderthal evangelical vote to vote against gay marriage and for George Bush. So, yes, Dan, Ken is “single,” but I doubt that even he is either so single or so desperate that he would entertain the idea of sex with you.
And what Dan post would be complete without yet another fuckup caused Dan’s trademarked inability to edit the stuff that he writes. Dan quotes Ken saying that he wondered why gays worried about stupid shit like equal rights rather than the War on Terror, and then Dan blarts out this hilarious Freudian slip (now corrected):
“Ken Mehlman & the Politicization of Gay Identity” was Dan’s next post on all things Ken. Here our homocon Aristotle muses about how poorly Ken Mehlman will be mistreated by the homolibs because of his political beliefs. Dan backs this up, in yet another unintentionally comic gaffe, with a link to a post by White Supremacist John Stacey McCain. In the linked post, McCain calls Mehlman a “drama queen,” refers to Mehlman as “she,” and says that gay Republicans annoy him because they are bossy, narcissistic “drama queens” who do nothing but embarrass the manly men in the GOP. Now that is what I call a warm welcome from the right! I suppose in defense of McCain, at least he didn’t call Mehlman a fag or make any Hershey Highway jokes, which means, in GOP terms, that McCain is totally down with the gays.
And that brings us to Dan’s third post on Mehlman: “W: ‘Incredibly Supportive’ when learning Mehlman was gay.” Did I miss something here? Did George Bush make a public announcement of support for Mehlman’s long-delayed confession that he actually liked to play hide the sausage with other guys? I suppose that “incredibly supportive” here means “incredibly supportive for a Republican,” which, in turn, means Bush waited until Ken left the room before calling Mehlman “Helium Heels” and doing an imitation of his lisp.
The thing is McCain is as queer as a three dollar bill. His lust for Palin’s hubby gave him a chubby the size of a baby carrot.
Best title EVAH!!!!
Only one thing – I can’t read Dan’s hilarious Freudian blart, because the quote gets covered up by the “Hall of Flame” box in the sidebar. Not to worry; I’ll just click over to Dan’s joint to see it in its original glory.
And also…since it took Ken until age 43 to determine that he’s gay, does this mean that he never had sex until age 43? Or were all those bathhouse hook-ups just “youthful experimentation” in the same way that that sleazebag GOP congressman who fathered a child in an adulterous relationship during his 40’s made a “youthful mistake”, or like how George W. Bush was a drunk throughout his “youth” until age 40?
For the “party of grownups”, these folks sure remain adolescent for an awful long time.
I suppose that “incredibly supportive” here means “incredibly supportive for a Republican,” which, in turn, means Bush waited until Ken left the room before calling Mehlman “Helium Heels” and doing an imitation of his lisp.
Or W was good with the ball-cupping.
This news will probably keep W busy for a week or so. He’ll have to come up with a new nickname for KM now…
This is actually kind of depressing.
Or, as the good Roger Ailes said (as reported by TBogg):
“Wow. Ken Mehlman’s gaydar is even worse than Arianna Huffington’s.”
Ken’s really a BOY’S toy.
FYWP!
Anyways, just wanted to point out how Mehlman responds to the notion that the GOP is “anti-gay”:
again a rather moot point for the jobless Blatt
Wait…he’s sucking on the teat of state welfare?
Gay PaidRat may be the first gay man I’ve seen who’s secretly straight!
Let’s see, he’s Jewish, he’s a Republican, he’s good-looking in a nerdy kind of way. So, my only question is, is he single?
This is Gay PaidRat’s way of establishing street cred?
Lame. And you’ll note the lack of accent ague over the “e”.
“It’s a legitimate question and one I understand,” Mehlman said. “I can’t change the fact that I wasn’t in this place personally when I was in politics, and I genuinely regret that. It was very hard, personally.” He asks of those who doubt his sincerity: “If they can’t offer support, at least offer understanding.”
Hang on…so we knew before he did? Cuz…was it Bruce Roberts who outted him in 2007?…I sort of suspected long before this.
I suppose that “incredibly supportive” here means “incredibly supportive for a Republican,” which, in turn, means Bush waited until Ken left the room before calling Mehlman “Helium Heels” and doing an imitation of his lisp.
No, it means he didn’t call him a “asspumping cocksucking faggot”.
This was the funniest fucking thing I’ve read in weeks!
One martini for tintin!
I think you may have stumbled on to a key point here Tinitin. My new theory is that Blatt supports the GOP and it’s anti-gay policies because he knows he really has no chance of ever attracting a mate. So as long as gay marraige is illegal he can pretend that it’s not his fault. Also, as long as all other gays remain “single”, Danny can pretend he still has a chance.
Holey moley, that post about McCain just gets worse: McCain himself shows up in the comments to denounce gay rights as something that will never win the support of “Those devout Catholic grandmas and fundamentalist homeschooling kids who slog through the snow as GOP volunteers,” and Blatt and his buddies keep going as if nothing had happened.
Okay, so, kids, maybe this is obvious to the rest of you, but I’m taken aback a little.
I’m talking to a dude on Twitter who used to be a member of the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy (specifically, he worked climate change “communications”), and he told me that my theory (and Dave Neiwart’s) that the mainstream right often picks up talking points from the radical fringe is wrong.
The talking points have ALWAYS been top-down. They’re bounced around the recesses of the internet (like World Net Daily and Free Republic) to see how well they stick, then they’re trotted out by more mainstream Republicans until they become part of the media landscape.
I know that the Republicans had moles all around the internets, but I didn’t think to put together that the radicalization was coming from the top itself. It’s rather scary.
I haven’t seen tsam’s ass yet.
McCain himself shows up in the comments [gibbering crazy judgmental crap] and Blatt and his buddies keep going as if nothing had happened.
Hey, it sounds just like Thanksgiving!
Those devout Catholic grandmas and fundamentalist homeschooling kids who slog through the snow as GOP volunteers,”
What the other McCain doesn’t mention is the devout Catholic grandmas are following the homeschooling kids because they are GILFs
I haven’t seen tsam’s ass yet.
Uh huh.
I know that the Republicans had moles all around the internets, but I didn’t think to put together that the radicalization was coming from the top itself. It’s rather scary.
Even a blind squirrel can stumble over his nuts.
I’m reminded of that Very Special Drawn Together episode:
“What will my parents say when I tell them I’m gay?”
“DUUHHHHH”
I know that the Republicans had moles all around the internets, but I didn’t think to put together that the radicalization was coming from the top itself. It’s rather scary.
I think the mistake may be thinking of “the Republicans” as some sort of unified group. Of course it’s top down – that’s the only structure right-wingers understand. The problem is that right-wingers identify themselves as the top regardless of any facts to the contrary, and so you have thousands of egomaniacal jerkwads playing their own little game of “America’s Next Sarah Palin”.
Let’s see, he’s Jewish, he’s a Republican, he’s good-looking in a
nerdyhorsey/Herman Munster kind of way.Fixed!
I’d just like to comment on this notion that the “real way” to fight for gay rights (much like it was the “real way” to fight for women’s rights) is to support the Neverending War on Terror.
Apparently the best way to show your support for the fundamental rights of all human beings is to devote yourself to stomping brown people in the face. The fact that you have to do it beside people who plan to stomp your face when they get done with the brown people is nothing to be concerned about.
Of course it’s top down – that’s the only structure right-wingers understand.
The master-slave relationship is a classic amongst them
Like, DUH! I already knew that!
I fight for gay rights by testing all glory holes in truck stop bathrooms to make sure they’re the right height.
The real enemies of gay people
Jesus Christ, that one never gets old. Yes, we know gay people have it better in America than they do in the Middle Eastern theocracies. The question is,
1) Thanks to whom? The mere act of sodomy was a crime in Texas as late as 2000, I believe, and still would be if it hadn’t been struck down by the Supreme Court; fifty years ago, you could probably have been lynched for it. So yes, gays have it better here; thank those stupid do-gooder liberals of the kind everyone hates, especially the activists in our courts.
2) If the only way you can make your movement look pro-gay is by comparing it to a Middle-Eastern theocracy, then I feel sorry for your movement, bro. Saying that gays have it better here than in Saudi Arabia is like saying segregation was better than the Holocaust. Soft bigotry of low expectations, and all that kind of thing.
The talking points have ALWAYS been top-down. They’re bounced around the recesses of the internet (like World Net Daily and Free Republic) to see how well they stick, then they’re trotted out by more mainstream Republicans until they become part of the media landscape.
Very interesting, thanks.
I guess that explains PJM; every now and then there’s a moderate, almost liberal article, that appears, and is crucified instantly in the comments section. That would be explained if all they were doing was throwing out ideas to see how well they stick.
I fight for gay rights by inseminating into every young man I can find the seed of knowledge.
I mean, DISseminating. DIS.
T&U –
Now I’m really curious. You guy used to work VRWC, then quit? What happened? Did he have a conscience attack, or was he just in it for the money, or what?
Jesus Christ, that one never gets old. Yes, we know gay people have it better in America than they do in the Middle Eastern theocracies.
Yeah, it’s the same thing with women. I’m supposed to be happy because I get to drive and can leave my hair uncovered while you try to take away my reproductive rights? Fuck you. I’m not going to kiss your ass because people like you may be inclined to throw us a few scraps so we’ll shut the fuck up. It could be a lot worse for me, but you’re still lucky you haven’t been strung up by the balls for all the evil, oppressive shit you’ve supported and done.
Now I’m really curious. You guy used to work VRWC, then quit? What happened? Did he have a conscience attack, or was he just in it for the money, or what?
I’m not sure. He said he did it from 96-99.
He works in renewables now in some capacity, and actually guest blogs at Balloon Juice occasionally.
I’m not going to kiss your ass because people like you may be inclined to throw us a few scraps so we’ll shut the fuck up.
So what will it take?
He came out just in time for Homocon.
I’m…feeling…resentful
He came out just in time for Homocon.
Well, that’s the politics of prancing.
This news will probably keep W busy for a week or so. He’ll have to come up with a new nickname for KM now…
“Blossoming turd”.
This news will probably keep W busy for a week or so. He’ll have to come up with a new nickname for KM now…
“Blossoming turd”.
“Cumstain”
Hang on…so we knew before he did? Cuz…was it Bruce Roberts who outted him in 2007?…I sort of suspected long before this.
I believe Bill Maher outed him back in 2006, on Larry King Live. And Maher stated it as open knowledge for years before that…
Did W have an old nickname for Mehlman? Oddly, there’s a wiki page of Bush nicks. Apparently Richard Armitage was “Tiny”. Tiny Dick Armitage.
It’s older than the Maher tape:
http://www.gaypeopleschronicle.com/stories05/march/0325054.htm
So what will it take?
Abortion on demand; mandated paid maternity (and partner/paternity) leave for all; mandated paid family medical leave for all; mandated free parenting classes; free daycare/daycare subsidies; free health care; a minimum wage of at least $10/hour; more stringent laws to ensure women aren’t discriminated against in the workplace, especially mothers and pregnant women; laws to enforce wage equality; a rollback of welfare “reforms” that allow mothers to stay at home with their kids if they need to and still feed them; comprehensive sex ed that includes extensive rape awareness, including how to be respectful of partners and communicate needs; extensive, nationwide standards and training of law enforcement and other individuals who interact with sexual assault and domestic violence victims; ummmm…I’m sure I’m forgetting something…oh…licensing of midwives, doulas, and other birth professionals and the option to utilize them within the free healthcare system; mandated breast-pumping areas in workplaces and nursing areas in public spaces, as well as laws preventing discrimination against women who nurse in public; a nationwide program geared toward getting girls interested in math and science (we need one regarding reading for boys, too); subsidies for workplaces that allow parents to bring their children to work or have other arrangements that make it easier for families…
Those are just the laws, not even the cultural changes I would like, so it’s going to be a looooooong time before that fucking argument holds any water.
Though I have a feeling that’s not really what you were asking…
Apparently Richard Armitage was “Tiny”. Tiny Dick Armitage.
I do not want to know how this nickname came about, I think.
Though I have a feeling that’s not really what you were asking…
No, I’m cool with all those.
Now show me your tits.
I believe Bill Maher outed him back in 2006
Perhaps the real reason that Ken was having troubles finding girls to date for six months is that he’s gay.
Oh, also, some sort of program to get girls and women, especially girls and women of color into politics.
Now show me your tits.
*sigh* Do I have to start listing the cultural changes now?
Or the politics of oooooo feeling good.
Is this message understood?
Now show me your tits.
It wasn’t “be a respectful partner OR communicate your needs.”
Let’s see, he’s Jewish, he’s a Republican, he’s good-looking in a nerdy kind of way. So, my only question is, is he single?
The bolded part struck me… I imagine Blatt is against gay couples adopting children, so why the hell would this even matter? Isn’t the whole “shacking up with someone of the same religious/ethnic background” thing supposed to be for the kindervolk?
Do I have to start listing the cultural changes now?
You can unbutton as you go.
It wasn’t “be a respectful partner OR communicate your needs.”
I was respectful! I let her list her demands and agreed to them. THEN I communicated my needs.
Perhaps the real reason that Ken was having troubles finding girls to date for six months is that he’s gay.
That’s not it at all- he just couldn’t find a girl with an eight inch cock.
I imagine Blatt is against gay couples adopting children, so why the hell would this even matter?
Goodness knows, the God of the Old Testament never struck down a people for engaging in homosexual acts!
Pardon me, I feel a sneeze coming on….
Ssssssssssssssssssssssssodom! Ssssssssssssssodom!
Sorry.
That’s not it at all- he just couldn’t find a girl with an eight inch cock.
Clearly he’s never been to Thailand.
You live in Idaho or something?
Pardon me, I feel a sneeze coming on….
Ssssssssssssssssssssssssodom! Ssssssssssssssodom!
What the hell have you been snorting?
What the hell have you been snorting?
You really don’t want to know.
You live in Idaho or something?
That’s my own private…knowledge.
vWhat the hell have you been snorting?
AstroGlide.
STOP JUDGING ME!
What the hell have you been snorting?
AstroGlide.
You could just take a Sudafed, you know.
You could just take a Sudafed, you know.
I don’t want to show up on some DEA meth-lab list.
I don’t want to show up on some DEA meth-lab list.
That’s why I hardly ever buy it, actually. Plus, I have to go to Walmart to get it.
Plus, I have to go to Walmart to get it.
Ewww! Right there, that puts you on the list.
A History Of Sluts
Teh Buttsecks
At first, I thought it was a rough translation. Then I read the story.
“”Did you know that for 42 years, this tower has provided amazingly consistent affirmations of Zeppelin’s ruling status?”
LULZ!
Teh Buttsecks
Damn it, the safe word is “Olé!”
The church, in Lövestad in southern Sweden
SWC
…that sleazebag GOP congressman who fathered a child in an adulterous relationship during his 40?s made a “youthful mistake”…
If you’re referring to Henry Hyde, I don’t believe he fathered a child in that affair. Apparently he put his strict Catholicism on hold long enough to put on a condom, or to have his partner use something. Or else he was just really, really good at the rhythm method.
If you’re referring to Henry Hyde, I don’t believe he fathered a child in that affair.
It’s hard to keep track of who banged who and got caught and how with Republicans.
I found a chart of Republican misdeeds once since, like, 1990? It was CRAZY.
That was an awkwardly-worded sentence.
You are perhaps conflating Henry Hyde with Strom Thurmond, whose 16 year old maid had his baby when Thurmond was 22, a matter that was secret for over 75 years.
I found a chart of Republican misdeeds once since, like, 1990? It was CRAZY.
The sad thing is, a Democratic chart would not be much less complex.
I still haven’t forgiven John Edwards. But I don’t feel so bad, because I don’t know how Amanda Marcotte could have missed that.
I don’t know how Amanda Marcotte could have missed that.
Aw, c’mon, Actor. I know you don’t like her, but how is that fair? Do you think it came up in the job interview?
Do you think it came up in the job interview?
I think if you’re as stridently feminist as she is, and she and I are FB friends and she knows how I feel about her, so I’ve watched her posts, I think you do a background study.
Stars got in her eyes, I can understand that. Hell, I would have jumped at the chance, but there was a certain suspension of disbelief on her part. Heck, even Melissa missed it, and I like her. Melissa has at least come out and admitted she blew it. If Amanda did, I missed it.
I still haven’t forgiven John Edwards. But I don’t feel so bad, because I don’t know how Amanda Marcotte could have missed that.
I probably never will.
And, yeah, I don’t particularly like Amanda, but I don’t get it.
If Amanda did, I missed it.
Um, I don’t think I’ve ever seen Amanda admit that she’s wrong, at least in a sincere way.
And I think “stridently” is a little unfair.
Um, I don’t think I’ve ever seen Amanda admit that she’s wrong, at least in a sincere way.
That word. You use it, but I am not familiar with it.
Maybe that’s why Amanda and I aren’t closer 😉
What the HELL is Fuckabee on about?
And I think “stridently” is a little unfair.
I’m looking at her FB status updates, which are her Twitter feed.
Of the last ten items, six have been about American women in society and the burdens they face. I’m guessing, but my sense is that’s not an unusual pace for her.
That word. You use it, but I am not familiar with it.
Hey, you know that thing you were earlier regarding violence toward Muslims? It’s like that.
Maybe that’s why Amanda and I aren’t closer 😉
I just thought it was because she’s way overrated.
> Goodness knows, the God of the Old Testament never struck down a people for engaging in homosexual acts!
Well, according to the OT itself, he struck them down for failing to help the poor. But after he’d already decided to do this, they threatened some guys with rape, and wingnuts ever since have decided that a) rape and consensual gay sex are exactly the same thing, b) that was what they were being struck down for even though it happened *after* sentence was passed, and c) the only verse that actually states what their real sin was is wrong, even though the whole Bible is right, because shut up, that’s why.
Not that I’m defending the OT God, who is IMHO the greatest villain in fiction. I’m aware he’s not exactly pro-gay (see Leviticus). But the Sodom story is NOT ABOUT THAT. It’s about a bunch of well-fed gits who get destroyed for refusing to share their prosperity with the hungry. No wonder wingnuts like to pretend it’s about teh Ghey.
What the HELL is Fuckabee on
about?Fixed!
I’m looking at her FB status updates, which are her Twitter feed.
Of the last ten items, six have been about American women in society and the burdens they face. I’m guessing, but my sense is that’s not an unusual pace for her.
I know. I follow her on Twitter. And I got all pissy about this piece this morning.
I guess I associate “strident” with “radical,” which she is not.
Well, according to the OT itself, he struck them down for failing to help the poor.
I was referring to Genesis 19, where the men of Sodom come to Lot and ask if they may “know” the men who are visiting him. The men happen to be angels, and then blind the men of Sodom.
Jesus, hundreds of years later, is the one who expresses the story of ungenerosity. The OT only mentions that Sodom was a wicked city, committing grevious sins. Abraham tries to bargain with God, if he can find (finally) ten righteous men, that God would spare Sodom.
And then these idiots show up and try to rape the angels and then Lot’s daughters…
At first, I thought it was a rough translation. Then I read the story.
It’s going to take a lot of pull to make that church work, but I believe they have the juice for it.
Eh. I couldn’t stand Huckabee in 2008 – he might not have been the looniest one in their primaries, but he’s the looniest of those who made it to the finish line (e.g. loonier than McCain or Romney).
And every now and then, something like this comes up to remind me of just how much more fucked up this country can get if he makes it into office.
And then these idiots show up and try to rape the angels and then Lot’s daughters…
A Heavenly Tail.
Yeah, back on the “well, X group should join us in hating Y group who probably hate X group more rather than criticizing how much we would love to act like Y group to X group if we could” shit.
It’s always, what’s the word, oh yes, infuriating that the right will fight to the death to slow and retard progress, making life as painful and hideous as they can get away with for minorities as liberals literally have to claw their way out of the swamp to get no shit protections and social changes passed and adopted only for the same fucking dipshits to turn around not five minutes later and begin using the reforms that the liberals shoved down their throats to argue about why they are so awesome and X group should join on the latest crusade against a different hated minority.
I know the right-wingers carefully purge their memories every few days for purity of talking points but that doesn’t mean the rest of us can’t pick up a fucking history book or remember further than a week in the past.
It’s especially annoying when people who fought against a specific right then in a matter of a decade turn around and use the right they fought to the death against as part of their argument for why America is better than whatever foreign country they want to bomb this week.
Hey fuckwits, we have google now. We don’t even have to put down the cheetos to find your exact words and staple them to your lying bigoted faces.
Edwards didn’t cause any significant political damage through his actions, right? He could have, had he been nominated or given any position of power. But he wasn’t, so fortunately his scandals never really became anything more than his scandals. As someone who backed Edwards and even contributed to his campaign and went to see him speak, it makes me sad, but I don’t feel personally affronted by his actions.
Eliot Spitzer, on the other hand…I’m actually not sure if he could’ve done any better than Paterson has. And Cuomo will win this year. Again, probably minimal harm done.
Eliot Spitzer, on the other hand…I’m actually not sure if he could’ve done any better than Paterson has.
Spitzer probably could have kept the legislative branch in a little bit better check. He was elected by a wide margin, whereas they walked all over Patterson from day one.
It’s always, what’s the word, oh yes, infuriating that the right will fight to the death to slow and retard progress, making life as painful and hideous as they can get away with for minorities as liberals literally have to claw their way out of the swamp to get no shit protections and social changes passed and adopted only for the same fucking dipshits to turn around not five minutes later and begin using the reforms that the liberals shoved down their throats to argue about why they are so awesome and X group should join on the latest crusade against a different hated minority.
Have you heard Glenn Beck’s holding a rally in Washington DC in which he’s supposedly going to “reclaim the civil rights movement?”
http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/08/26/bunch.beck.history/index.html
Have you heard Glenn Beck’s holding a rally in Washington DC in which he’s supposedly going to “reclaim the civil rights movement?”
Yup. I’ve only sort of paid attention to it because I’m afraid it might make my head explode.
Chris-
I had heard that as Glenn Beck’s “I am the true heir to MLK Jr”.
…
Because if there was anything that defined the good Dr. King it was his all-consuming hatred and fear of black people and his desire to do anything to remove the taint of black blackity blackness from positions of power in pure white America.
…
Is it wrong for me to wish some form of sentient anal cancer on Glenn Beck?
Also, it says a lot about just how fucked up their mindset is… when, after tolerance and acceptance of a certain group has finally been shoved down their throat, the only way they can find of reaching out to them is to say “hey, we don’t hate you anymore. Let’s get together this weekend and celebrate how much we both hate these people over there, what do you say?” e.g. Muslims in this case.
They just really, really, really need someone to hate. Yet another case of conservatism being a problem for psychologists rather than politicians.
The sad thing is, a Democratic chart would not be much less complex.
I still haven’t forgiven John Edwards. But I don’t feel so bad, because I don’t know how Amanda Marcotte could have missed that.
John Edwards and Bill Clinton. Two excellent reasons why you NEVER vote for any asshole with a southern accent. I never liked John Edwards. I liked his campaign bullshit, at least he pretended to be a liberal. But now we find out he’s just another fucking richie rich narcissist who thinks he needs a harem.
True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar. It comes to see that an edifice that produces beggars needs restructuring.
… hmm, yes, I really am Glenn Beck’s type of person, aren’t I?
Have you heard Glenn Beck’s holding a rally in Washington DC in which he’s supposedly going to “reclaim the civil rights movement?”
The “colored” rally will be held a couple blocks away, but just as good as the “white” rally.
A couple links contra the everything’s-different-now cheerleading attempts of the likes of Gape Hatriot: Joe.My.God’s reminders of just how much damage Mehlman did pre-coming-out (ya gotta love JMG’s tag for Mehlman), and this comment on a MetaFilter thread on Mehlman regarding attempts by the GOP to recruit LGBT support. Dan Blatt likes to pretend that they’re letting him in their Big Tent, but really they’re just stationing him in the glory hole as a jizz-mopper, and they really don’t care whether or not he uses the mop to clean up.
American politics seems to be based largely on the idea that voters are disgusting peons who don’t deserve the scraps they’re handed now, let alone a better life in the future.
For example, stopping Muslim foreigners from murdering us and not discriminating against gay people are not mutually exclusive goals. They aren’t even related at all, and there’s no reason you couldn’t do both.
But if you say “I want a President who will try to prevent foreigners AND natives from fucking with me” you’re being unrealistic, too political. You should just be grateful that Bush is fucking up the Muslims. God knows you barely deserve that much, and if you start complaining too much, not only will the Christians still be assholes, the Muslims will come over here and REALLY fuck you up.
You see the same thing whenever somebody tries to raise the minimum wage; the Republicans always say, “Yeah, you can’t live on $5 an hour, but if you ask for more, companies will start firing people left and right and you’ll be left with nothing at all”.
For that matter, you see the same thing on the left when you complain about Obama. I mean, he may be doing a lot of things that I personally loathe, but my only other choice is McCain, so I should lay off.
I dunno, apparently there is no way that one person could legitimately feel threatened more by Muslim terrorists, and vote in a way that he thinks will mitigate that threat, while another person legitimately feels more threatened by the bigots at home, and votes accordingly.
No, we can only solve a small handful of problems, and if the handful you want to solve is different from Gay Patriot’s, you must be a deranged maniac.
Dang! I had stuff to do and missed a GayPutzRiot AND Ken Meh,man thread. FML
“Hang on…so we knew before he did? Cuz…was it Bruce Roberts who outted him in 2007?…I sort of suspected long before this”
Mike Rogers (who is an obnoxious drama queen asswipe, for any virtues he may have) did the job 04.
Amanda Marcotte should come here and talk about her tits for hours, day after day, forever and ever. That would be so radical.
Have you heard Glenn Beck’s holding a rally in Washington DC in which he’s supposedly going to “reclaim the civil rights movement?”
Please tell me that fat-faced piece of shit didn’t use those actual words.
Eh. I couldn’t stand Huckabee in 2008 – he might not have been the looniest one in their primaries, but he’s the looniest of those who made it to the finish line (e.g. loonier than McCain or Romney).
And every now and then, something like this comes up to remind me of just how much more fucked up this country can get if he makes it into office.
I wouldn’t worry about it. After what they did with Willie Horton, think of what Huck’s opponents could do with that guy Huck let out of prison who went on to kill four Washington state police officers.
WordPress, you and your blockquote can blow me.
You are perhaps conflating Henry Hyde with Strom Thurmond, whose 16 year old maid had his baby when Thurmond was 22, a matter that was secret for over 75 years.
If I could find my conflating, I’d finger the hell out of it.
I keep hoping “Freudian Slit” will catch on.
Hmmmmm. Maybe it needs a catchy slogan?
“More Freud, Less Schaden!”
Sigh.
Poor Weepy-Boy! I guess Nuremburg’s booked up all summer.
RE: “Mehlman’s conversion on the road to Targé” – Tintin
MY COMMENT: Now, that’s what I call A CLASSIC. “Absolutely to die for!”
@actor212: Ezekiel said it long before Jesus did. Since Genesis is vague, the Ezekiel reference is the OT’s only explicit comment on what they were being condemned for.
May Mehlman and Blatt die unloved and alone.
It would be a tragedy if Dan ending up marrying Ken Mehlman. He should save himself for Neal Boortz, and then they could name their child after Andrew Breitbart, making their son Breitbart Blatt-Boortz.
Nobody’s gay for Mehlman…