so is the outing a done deal? or is it dependent on his vote?
Tell us of a Senator
True to his flag and party
Tell us of a Senator
who sucks a cock so hardy
"It is just a smaller one,"
says this leader from a state
"It's just for all the fun,:
say this leader on a date.
I've grown to hate these liars
who prey upon their brothers
he'll call us brazen criers
and sucks off all the others.
So raise a glass of soda
to this state's very power
the stature of a Yoda
on his knees by the hour.
The reporting will be done between tomorrow and teh day the senator is up for reelection to the Senate.
Who is it? Tell us!
I hope it's a Rethuglican. . . .
There are more than one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Can you at least tell us what party this particular hypocrite belongs to? Is he up for reelection in 2006?
norm coleman
Bravo, out the hypocritical mother-fucker...
it is obviously the fake democrat from wisconsin herb kohl; hopefully he will be defeated in the primary this fall
Jim DeMint?
Dreier is not married, Graham is not married, so they are out. Is Chaffee married? those are the only obvious gay men in the senate. oh....maybe Santorum?
McConnell?
Cornyn?
Stop guessing, it could be ANYONE! I used to be a DC callboy and i swear we could have brought down the house pretty easily.
when i refer to them as little-dicked pricks, i know what i'm talking about!! (snap) This was a decade ago, but i suspect nothing's changed.
man, we outta get the "boys" of today together before NOVEMBER and shake things up!!!!
Oh my...
Well, that's one way to boost readership, I suppose.
*pops popcorn as the world gets ready to tear you to shreds*
Redstate > here
Oh please. If you've got info like this, the most opportune time is any time. You think something like this isn't going to make headlines 99% of the time?
This is a good thing. We need to know who to properly demonize!
I admit, though, I'm surprised that you guys might think so.
In any case, it's good to see people trying to put the shame back into being gay! This whole "public acceptance" thing is just . . well . . . too gay.
With crap like this threat, it's no wonder there are no serious politicians left.
Who in their right mind would serve a nation full of dullards like this.
Michael Rogers:
Did you ever think that the Senator that voted for Alito are both gay? Thereby, supporting one anotheer secret.
Utterly pathetic. So what can't be won via the ballot box must be taken through attempted blackmail.
The left grows more and more unhinged everyday. No shame, no decency, no morals.
I don't blame you for emabrrassing him in this way, Mike. I'd get pretty ticked off too if the only place my boytoy took me for some fun was the Union Station restroom...
Welcome to permanent minority status--the new left, the new hatred--what remains interesting is the homophobia here. give it up.
A married closet gay senator ....
wild guess... orrin hatch
This, I admit, is moderately slimy as political blackmail and dirty tricks go in Washington. Not quite as bad as darkly accusing your opponent of being a shameless extrovert and practicing neopotism with your sister-in-law. But it doesn't exactly build confidence in me that those who oppose Sam Alito have anything left to say. Do you realize how desperate this sounds?
and, moreover... do you have proof?
This isn't a very original strategy. In fact, it's a rather obvious ripoff of Alan Drury's 1959 novel, Advise and Consent.
You lib pigs are such hypocrites. You cry like stuck pigs when someone from the right "threatens" or "outs," yet you do it with aplomb.
No wonder you idiots can't win elections.
You are sick and demented. Wastes of space, air, and water.
Mr. Gonzalez can prosecute you for this.
It was 10 years ago in DC...rules out Allen, Chaffe...not married (rules out frontrunner Graham...)
Michael,
Joe McCarthy would be proud of your tactics. It's refreshing to see the "witch hunt" is alive, well, and living on the Left.
Pathetic. You are beneath contempt.
You have to be joking. If you have photos, that threat might mean something. Pointing a finger without proof will just make you look like one more malicious nutjob in a great sea of fellow nutjobs, driving centrist voters into the Republican fold.
Please please let it be Brownback! would that be the funniest or what? Probably Norm Coleman and his teeth...McConnell would be disturbing on sooooo many levels.
Anonymous,
Shhhhh!!!! Don't give these idiots any ideas! Watching them implode is soooo much fun!
And rules out all the female GOP Senators, obviously....
Sounds like a guy who's been around awhile.
Drier is NOT a senator people...just a very festive congress"man" from Orange county California.
I am a little more than amused at the charge of "blackmail"...come on folks where the hell do you live? Have you noticed the junta in DC? Have you listened to the evangelical "christians"...don't think so. In any case any politico in DC elected or otherwise should understand that they cannot toss crap on any community..gay, african american in new orleans or anywhere in this county and not expect a tad push back. As they say in the south..ya lay down with dogs be prepared to get up with fleas.
So love for some scratchin....
Hey, I think if MR has the goods on some dude, he should make it public.
Ms Talent from Missouri.............
Larry,
What's it like being a mental patient? Here's a strategy you might employ, and I promise you it works better than attempted blackmail:
Win an election.
Of course there's a "junta" in Washington and the race is fixed and yada yada yada. A Democrat wins election, all of democracy is saved. A Republican wins, well it was fixed. Biggest loser mentality I can think of. Remarkably, if a Democrat wins in 08, I guess the forces of evil were magically repelled...for four years until the country votes in another Republican.
You guys really are the fringe on a number of levels. So when you're finished villifying someone for being gay (chew on that hypocrisy for a while, homophobe) enjoy President Jeb Bush's admin.
sure if they are up for re election in November ! Need six seats in the Senate for an old fashion impeachment trial. Got any goods on the house boys..sorry...couldn't help myself...need a good 20 seats there to start impeachment proceedings....whatever it takes after all we have had two..yes two elections stolen..one in Florida in 2k and one in Ohio in 04..push back now!
Wow, Mike! More posts on this topic in one day than there have been in months! You've truly hit a nerve...look at the panicky little wagons start to circle—I for one prefer to see the Tighty Whities on the defensive for once.
A guy who is a gay senator? Hilary Clinton is the closest fit? Or is it closet fit?
commence the outting now...put a damper on the SOTU.....
WAAAAAAAAAH...they stowe dee ewection.
Keep stomping your feet. NOt too hard, though. Wouldn't want the tin foil to fall off your head.
I am conservative and could care less if someone else is gay. Don't care, does not influence my vote.
What I find fascinating is how the left would seek to do personal harm to a man because he is gay, which is at the very least "anti-gay", which is what you accuse the right of being, which means you are projecting, which is psychotic.
Either way, if you want to bring forward the allegation against a sitting US Senator without hard evidence, you are going to draw extreme legal and media fire from the right and the left who will equally see you as a threat. It is a club afterall.
Is he hot?
Nope, can't be Hillary. He already came out of the closet.
Not surpising: the content of this blog.
More surprising: Don't Democrats read this thing? Don't any of you think this is terrible? Aren't any of you concerned that folks like Michael are pushing your values toward the fringe?
No? Then why should the average American support your party? I think that's a fair question.
Yanno, if "Mr. Senator" takes this threat seriously, he'll just resign and the GOP can field another "outsider" candidate.
Sean in Dallas:
"Tighty Whitey" is a stereotypical comment, which in this case is clearly a clearly racist comment, What I can't understand is why someone on the left would make a racist comment unless they were racist at heart, which is what you accuse the right of being, which means you are projecting, which is psychotic.
Wow, the decreasing emphasis on basic education has been a boon to the ranks of the conservatives.
What a sick and twisted threat. May you never fall pray to extortion. And you're for privacy, I guess, as long as people do what you want.
Interesting to expect a [identified in the update as] Republican senator to cast the only vote against cloture from his party, and this in order to _avoid_ potential scrutiny?
So fighting back against hypocritical gay politician that gains his power off of demonizing gays themselves makes someone a Nazi? I don't think so. The Nazis called a group of Polish concentration camp escapees "terrorists" in their media during world war II. Look it up.
I love this blog. The only place on the Internet where progressives (and gay men) fight back. Hopefully the announcement will be bet with a massive heart attack, denyingthe world of another self-hating queen.
I love it! Pull the trigger!
It's always fun to see the clowns come by when there's a story like this. It always hits a nerve with them and they end up attacking Michael for a while then they scatter like roaches trying to clean up their own little private log cabin indiscretions. Michael said he'd publish the name when he feels like it. It's going to be at a time and place of his own choosing. But you tools are fun to watch with the ad hominem attacks... right out of the Karla Rove/Ken Mehlwoman's playbook.
Gee, seems like an awful lot of red blooded/stated MERICAN MALES read this gay site don't it?Comon all you neoconaziclosetqueens, keep on bleeting. OUT THE MOTHER (oops, daddy)FUCKER! Just in case you christofacist fucktards missed it, it ain't cause he's gay, it's cause the low life scum/cum suckin waste of protoplasm is a HYPOCRITE. So fuck you very much.
Well it could be Sen. Kohl, though he is a Democrat.
But if the GOP wants a culture war BRING IT ON!!
It's also fun to play the "Danite's" like the fools they are. Dubya and his minions got them all fired up over the marriage amendment didn't he. Well, some of the closet queens in the Capitol are going to feel the same heat from those same fucktards when their closet door is busted open. They're better than the folks with torches and pitchforks going after Frankenstein's monster. A conservative self-loathing closet queen gets run out of town by these freaks, yeah, there's a possibility they'll be replaced with another conservative, then again, maybe not. Gonna be a fun time watching it all happen though! But I can wait. It doesn't have to happen tomorrow.
I feel in love with the Advise and Consent series that was mentioned many replies back on this thread. Allen Drury made an impact on my reading habits and so I use his name as my blog cover name.
But none of his creations could ever come near the horrible actions that the GOP undertakes daily against gay people in America. No other group would get treated this way in our country today without total hell breaking loose! That is why this site is right on target and getting more readers every day.
These bastards that want to ruin my life and those of my gay brothers through undermining the Constitution must understand that we too know how to use the forces of the media and internet. We can subject them to the same type of action they use against us.
Only history shows that we will win, and they will wind up in the trash bin of history.
Recall that we once had to fight to marry someone that wasn't our own color...we will win this one too!
I say out them if they vote in any way that harms gays and lesbians. They have no right to live a closeted life and to hurt those who choose to live out in the open. If they're closeted but supportive, leave them alone. But Mike isn't targeting the closeted supportive politicians so go for it and don't stop with just one!
I noticed one thing about this: Republicans and Conservatives tend to attack Mike Rogers using the anonymous messages.
Hey fags, have some balls by identifying who you are! Or go get some drinks at JR's for all I care!
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The only person it could be is John Ensign (R-NV), who's up for re-election this year (I can only assume that's why you're bringing this up now and not waiting later). He couldn't vote for the filibuster today because he was in that car accident, so that would be why Michael didn't threaten him today, but he is expected to vote tomorrow. One would assume that Michael would out the likes of Santorum, Hatch, Lott, etc., whenever he had proof. Also, while Michael says he would out anyone who voted for Alito and FMA, he would have no problem outing anyone who previously voted for the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) as well. All of the other married male GOP Senators up for re-election this year voted for DOMA (Talent as a Congressman, the rest as Senators), except George Allen (VA Governor at the time, plus since he's a frontrunner GOP prez candidate, Michael would have outed him already if he had proof) and Ensign, who was a Congressman at the time but did not cast a vote.
Ridor they always do that. Most of the people who post anonymously here and attack Michael are the same ones sitting behind their keyboards and monitors rooting for the EYE RACK EEE war, all the while too chickenshit to actually volunteer themselves while they fatten up their asses eating the same brand of cheap Ding Dongs that two of their heroes eat (Jonah "Doughy Pantload" Goldberg and his mother "Jobba The PizzaHutt"). Oh dear, did I just do an ad hominem attack there? Oh well, all's fair and all that...
I'm curious, does anyone here think it was wrong for the newspaper in Washington State to out the closeted Mayor West who was a vicious enemy of the gay community while trying to get into the pants of 18 yr old boys??
Angry Citizen, I think he should've been outted just for being a vicious self-loathing queen who apparently hated gays and lesbians. Now the other thing, he should go to jail if the kids were under 18, and also if he threatened/blackmailed them somehow to have sex if they were 18+ years old.
Mike's work on several other outing efforts have demonstrated that he doesn't make idle threats. Often.
The congressman in Virginia retired rather than fight the news. The problem was that no national media paid attention. There remains a conspiracy of silence in the media, which is cowed by the right wing.
Dreier, Melman and others have a free pass on this which allows them to avoid questions of their lack of integrity demonstrated by their utter hypocrisy.
Mike needs to find a way of forcing the world to pay attention. Very difficult. While the media in the Senator's home state will pay attention, the TV networks, the New York Times or the Washington Post will not. And yet all too often, that's where our national discussion begins. I don't know how to change it, though there are surely people who do. Even if you march up and down Pennsylvania Avenue with poster pictures of him with his dick out being sucked off by a rent boy, the media would ignore it. No question. His wife would prefer to avoid the scandal. Evidence will get him out of the race, as with the Virginia guy, but alone will not provoke the national discussion of the grotesque hypocricy of the Republican party.
Gee, people don't take the gay community seriously?
Can't figure out why.
The left --- you can tell they REALLY hate you when they call you a fag, right?
Oh Mike... you definitly got the right people pissed on this one. Look at how the trolls have come to "attack" if thats what you want to call it.
They should never have re-ignited the culture wars!
Out them all, and like the roaches they are, we can watch them scatter when the light turns on!
Love the rethugs outrage at picking on a gay Senator given their electoral strategy is based on increasing hate towards gays. I'ld out any queer senator voting against queer rights in a second. Why should out of the closet gays be the ones to pay for the self loathing of a closet case?
Only in the land of Bush could people who favor firing soldiers because they are gay scream blackmail about the concept of outing a gay-bashing Senator. Surely if the don't ask, don't tell, don't get caught, policy is appropriate to apply to gay men and women in the armed services it can be applied to those serving in the legislative body that enacted the policy into law to prevent Clinton from allowing all Americans to serve.
Personally, as a conservative, I say go ahead, out him. If he's cheating on his wife, he deserves what he gets. A Republican will most likely win his seat when the time comes, anyway. Of course, his kids will have to go through hell for a little while, as in, probably the rest of their lives, but that's what they get for being the progeny of someone who has a different opinion than you, right? Right?
I don't think many people who post here are truly aware of just how deep and wide this battle has become. And just how important blogActive has become in this battle.
These are dark times. We have Quislings in both the Republican and Democratic parties. And the most extreme factions of the Religious Right have a sympathetic ear in the White House.
The most obvious media, such as the New York Times, will ignore our stories only for as long as we allow them to ignore our stories.
Is it possible that gay men and women might willingly participate in a sit-in in front of the New York Times in Manhattan, or in front of the Associated Press offices in Washington, D.C.?
You have nothing to lose except your status as second-class citizens. Frighten the goddamn horses. You deserve to be free.
Yawn.
The only Senate water sport that really offends me is PISSING AWAY MY MONEY.
Stop doing that, and they can go down on sheep for all I care.
You're absolutely right -- it is a declaration of cultural war to oppose gay marriage. Whoever this senator is, he is shirking his Constitutional duty to support it -- in spite of the near certainty that a majority of his constituents oppose gay marriage by a significant margin too. He's a US Senator, damn it, and it's his job to coerce the people into positions they don't share.
But hey, you've got dirt, and you've gotta blackmail where you have the ability, right? Much better to spend your efforts there than to make an effort to persuade your countrymen to your point of view.
From the Buckle of the Bible Belt here:
I say out the f#ckers! I've been listening to Falwell's whine of "culture war" since 1980!
Bottom line; like we sez down hea': "if you stir the sh!t; you best be prepared to lick the spoon."
It's time for a can-o-whupass and some closet busting (Flash to image of Elian Gonzolez with a gun pointed at him.)
I will not sit in the back of the bus so some Senator or politician takes away my equal rights as a citizen of this country.
Every member of the GLBT and their supporters better have themselves prepared for November 2006 ~ 'cause the sh!t is goin' down: Alito in, Roberts in, Wiretapping = what ever the f#ck they want to calling it; Frist re-introduces "The Marriage Protection" amendment as a smoke screen.... and the beat goes on.
Keep up the good fight Mike ~ there are still some warriors out in the fields gather the troops.
And to the ney sayers, trolls and freepers ~ Mike never outs without hard evidence. te, he, he.
Please leave Lincoln Chaffee alone. He may be a closeted gay guy, but of the lot of Rethuglicans, he's been the most likely of our allies. Actually, he's better at times than Hillary.
By the way, if only I were 21 again, I'd go to Washington, meet and meat some hypocrites, get evidence, and immediately forward it to Michael.
By the way, here's the list of Democrapic traitors voting yes to end debate and stop the filibuster:
Democrats Yes
Akaka, Hawaii; Baucus, Mont.; Bingaman, N.M.; Byrd, W.Va.; Cantwell, Wash.; Carper, Del.; Conrad, N.D.; Dorgan, N.D.; Inouye, Hawaii; Johnson, S.D.; Kohl, Wis.; Landrieu, La.; Lieberman, Conn.; Lincoln, Ark.; Nelson, Fla.; Nelson, Neb.; Pryor, Ark.; Rockefeller, W.Va.; Salazar, Colo.
They must pay the price for this vote, i.e., out them (either from office or the closet or both)
Interesting post, the National review has an interesting response from section 22-3252 of the District of Columbia Code:
(a) A person commits the offense of blackmail, if, with intent to obtain property of another or to cause another to do or refrain from doing any act, that person threatens:
(1) To accuse any person of a crime;
(2) To expose a secret or publicize an asserted fact, whether true or false, tending to subject any person to hatred, contempt, or ridicule; or
(3) To impair the reputation of any person, including a deceased person.
(b) Any person convicted of blackmail shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or both.
This type of stuff is what lost you my mother who voted Demorcratic in every election since 1948.
Until you can convince the majority that you are correct and that you deserve power again, you aren't going to get it. Acting in this way doesn't cut it, but go ahead if you want. Personally I think a game of Pinball is a better way to vent.
hmmm the here republicans are already blowing their gaskets, pun most certainly intended. As always they miss the point entirely.
This is just slimey to be honest. I'm a Dem, I'm furious about what happened, but unless someone is honest about their own sexuality and is a hypocrite, then this kind of outing and threatening is frankly, pretty gross.
If you are basing this on rumours with no proof and no SWORN proof then it's just stupid. And even if the person did do this, it's still pretty damned sleazy. This just isn't right. And besides, if you wanted to pressure someone then do it all the way, rather than basing it on vague threats. WE lost the vote. What good will this do now? WHAT POSSIBLE GOOD DOES THIS DO? Put up or shut up.
Only one?
C'mon, Mike, it's GOTTA be MORE!
You morons better think long and hard about this...makeing threats to a sitting US Senator is a crime. Damn how unhinged can you people become.
Dude,
Thanks ever so much for confessing to felony blackmail, conspiracy and attempted extortion (the NRO guy missed a few relevant statutes) before such a wide audience. I've archived your webposts, and forwarded them to the relevant authorities.
Your Friendly Neighborhood Freeper
Your Friendly Neighborhood Freeper
What happened to that liberal tolerance and respect for civil freedoms? Oh, wait. The cancer of communism, even relapsing in South America today, cheered on by leftists all around the world shows us where their true values lie.
I hope you enjoy pursuing your gay lifestyle in prison.
Dear DUNCE who runs this blog, Thanks for putting your address on the opening page... sure will make it easier for the FBI to find you this morning...Hahahaha!
LMAO!!!!
I also have breaking news. I have gained information that several senators, although they were once fetuses themselves, now openly advocate the mass slaughter of fetuses. I will publicize the names of these senators unless they promise to have gay sex with each other, thus setting up another glorious round of blackmailing from half wits.
More hot rumors: Apparently, there are some senators that, while favoring taxes against the rich, are actually very rich themselves and hide their tax money in sub-S corporations and various other shelters. If these senators do not promise to join my baseball roto league, I will out them all. Oh the hypocrisy!
What I find so interesting about the comments on this site is that only the individuals on the left feel the need to resort to meaningless expletives to add power to their arguments. One person suggested that a lack of basic education was the reason for the rise of conservatism in American, but the conservatives, whether they post anonymously or not, are the ones capable of making a statement without peppering it with four-letter words.
As for me, I support Judge (now JUSTICE) Alito, the DOMA and other legislation that is aimed at protecting traditional families. As a gay, Roman Catholic, who struggles every day to avoid the temptations that confront me, I know it's difficult for people to deal with the fact that "gay lifestyles" are harmful to children, families and communities.
It's a difficult row we have to hoe. We can either submit to our baser instincts and hope that everything we have been taught by Christian religions is wrong, that God doesn't care and that we can "do whatever feels good" because God loves everyone, or we can accept that, while God is a merciful God, he's also a just God. He will expect us to answer for our actions, good and bad.
It is we, in choosing to ignore his commandments, that separate ourselves from Him, not the other way around.
If you spent more time trying to engage people in your ideas, trying to explain where perceptions are wrong and where your ideas are right, you may win elections. If the best you can do to you opposition is to insult and villify them, you will never succeed. Of course, when likening someone to you is considered an insult, you start from a bad position.
More hot rumors: Sources tell me that there is a senator out there woh believes driving teenage girls into lakes and leaving them to drown in Buicks should be a crime. Unfortunately, this senator committed that very crime some years ago! Mr. Senator, if you do not deliver the maltese falcon by midnight, I will expose your horrible secret, and once the people find out, the only way you'll ever be able to gain reelection is if all the people in your state are pure, A-1 knuckleheads. Hypocrisy! HA HA HA!
Mark: HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Michael, if you do this you are going to ruin bathroom cruising for people like commenters Mark and Keith forever!!!! Please think of what you are doing.
The keepers of the Wikipedia entry for Muhammad do not allow a picture to be associated with it.
Looking through the history it appears that several people have tried to put an tried to add a picture to the entry, but it gets deleted immediately. See the discussion about the "controversy" here.
The image (though removed from the article) still exists in Wikipedia's image archive here.
Should they be forced to remove this image?
Another rumor: There is a blogger on the internet that believes racism, homophobia and various other parochial beliefs is bad. That's not news, but wait: he once said he believes all gay people should represent [their] own... it's the least [they] could do." When this kind of gender stereotyping hits the blogosphere, the cries of hypocrisy will flow like KY Jelly at a homosexual house party. Mr. Blogger, if you do not sing "I'll Do Anything for Love" by Meatloaf while gurgling cherry flavored Capri Sun, I will out this hypocrisy to the entire internet. Hypocrisy!
In response to Aaron: Thanks, apparently I win.
I think it's Ted Kennedy. Oh wait he's on your side already...my bad.
In response to Keith: Enjoy the spoils of victory, mate.
Aaron: Thanks. That's very charitable of you.
What the hell are you waiting for, Mike?? OUT HIM NOW! This is the opportune time. It's not as if we can't still refer to it when the guy's up for re-election.
How pompous they get, Mike. And all threatening, too. As if you were the same stripe of coward they all are.
Take care, my friend, and watch your back.
Put me in a witness box.... Please let me raise my right hand, affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth and NOTHING but teh truth -- ON the record, in a court room transcript. BRING IT ON!
Well, Michael, since your hero Bill Clinton saw no need to actually uphold that same oath, I don't think most Americans will accept your claim without independent evidence to back it up.
Out the motherfucker no matter how he votes!
out the motherfucker when the time is right, mike. you rock.
Whoa! These righter wingers are really freaking out. And all of you with the comments of "you better have evidence" obviously haven't followed this blog before--as that is precisely what Mike will have. As for Keith, I feel sorry for your tortured being. Free yourself from that catholic baloney like I did. Religion is simply another political mechanism to control poor folks like you.
Go, Mike! And, ooooh, I'm sure you are scared of the FBI coming after you!
Where do you guys get off claiming the right to speak for all gay people? (And that is what you are doing). Your blackmail is no better than someone elses duplicty. You're an asshole.
You guys are just too funny.
Every time you empty-headed radical left-wing nuts try to smear your political foes you lose two, not one, vote(s). One voter abandons the Lack of Ideas Dimocrat Party for the RIGHT side of the ledger.
KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK !!
~(Ä)~
The one who is "anonymous" hasn't the guts to reveal his/her name? He probably is a closeted bigot.
I say this little lickspittle should just spill his information and be done with it. What does anyone have to fear?
But then, you don't actually have anything. Do you, MR?
What a pathetic little clown.
Ah David...
You know, I really pity people whose lives are so empty, so devoid of any greater meaning, that they feel the need to attack and slander religions.
In fact, David, I did turn my back on my Church, for twenty years. I decided that the Church was wrong to condemn me for what I am.
After twenty years of misery thinking that my pleasure was all that mattered, I returned to the faith in 2005 and my life has been better every day since.
I am not tortured, I am challenged. I know it's very hard for people with such an empty worldview to understand challenge, but I do. I don't look at the tension in my life as a bad thing, but as a gift. How many people live lives that lack any great challenge, anything to overcome.
Instead, God gives me the grace and strength to overcome every day. God has taught me, that in spite of that fact that I don't condone what you do in bed, that doesn't mean that I think you are an evil person. There is nothing I would like more than to be at the Paschal banquet with everyone who posts here.
I know that we disagree. Some of those disagreements come from deeply held convictions. Some of us, myself included, believe that there are fundamental, concrete morals that are immutable. Others embrace a culture or moral relativism. In those instances, we will never reach an understanding. However, there is no reason for either side to resort to name calling, insults or threats.
On other issues, we see the same needs, we differ on the way to achieve those needs. In those instances, it's incumbent on both sides to be civil and try to deal with those questions.
Regardless, I do hope that your life finds a meaning beyond yourself. If you already have, please forgive my ignorance and presumption. I merely expressed my opinion on the basis of past experience with people who have expresed the same sentiments.
God bless.
Right on, Mike. Bring that shit.
We Democrats must demand that when Bush nominates replacements for Stevens, Ginsberg and Souter that the nominee only be confirmed if the nominee commits to upholding our fundamental constitutional rights to bestiality and interspecies marriage.
Mike
Good for you - I am still amazed (and mention this frequently in discussions with Democratic members of the Senate) that there were 4 gay and lesbian members of the US Senate when it passed DOMA and ALL 4 VOTED IN FAVOR OF DOMA!
Your work has amazing effects - not only did David Dreier finally oppose a homophobic piece of legislation after you outed him (he voted against the Federal Marriage Amendment last time) but also, depsite being designation by Denny Hastert to be the acting majority leader in the US House after Delay stepped away, the Republican caucus revolted - I guess they read the blogs also and had no desire to be led by a gay man. Thanks to your efforts, Dreier paid a high price for his hypocrisy. Keep on going Mike - you're a hero!
Okay, let me get this straight.
Rogers raises a GOP outing possibility (and I don't mean a picnic) and that triggers
--attacks on him
--attacks on gays
--attacks on liberals
--attacks on Democrats
Seems like a bit of an over-reaction, dontcha think?
What are y'all afraid of? The smartest thing would be to ignore the site entirely if you thought so little of it and its claims. Silent contempt. Instead, you go ballistic.
In-ter-esting, ver-ry in-ter-esting.
more power to you Mike. The volume of responses, and the vitriolics only prove the power of exposing this hypocrisy. I'm tired of being polite and having the entire gay community being used as a wedge issue to scare people into voting against their own best interests. And yes, these are very dark times. This administration thinks it can only win by scaring people - truly a fascist tactic for anyone who knows their history. And someone SHOULD PLEASE organize the DC callboys, complete with hidden video cameras and microphones. We need our own Sugar Daddy version of Linda Tripp and a willing publisher. We didn't start this culture war, but we'll sure as hell finish it!
Hey Scoop...nobody cares.
Despite the fact that little Mikeys threat is extortion and illegal, I think it's hillarious that the Democrats are SO desperate that they're willing to employ a tool (no pun intended) like Michael whats-his-face (who is this clown?) to do their smearing for them. Gee, a closet gay Republican Senator, wow. He must be the first. Ever. And, crickets...Hey Mike, if you're really interested in doing something good for the Gay community - stop making Gay's look like idiots.
Nice to see Dems live in the gutter. Wasn't it President Clinton who decried the "politics of personal destruction?"
There is no upper road for the modern left to take.
You all have reduced yourselves too far.
Hell of a positive message there, I'm sure your going to win all kinds of elections this way.
Dirtbags.
Via National Review's The Corner:
As set forth on Lexis - Nexis, section 22-3252 of the District Columbia Code provides:
(a) A person commits the offense of blackmail, if, with intent to obtain property of another or to cause another to do or refrain from doing any act, that person threatens:
(1) To accuse any person of a crime;
(2) To expose a secret or publicize an asserted fact, whether true or false, tending to subject any person to hatred, contempt, or ridicule; or
(3) To impair the reputation of any person, including a deceased person.
(b) Any person convicted of blackmail shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or both.
It appears the author of the BlogActive post has threatened, with "intent to . . . cause another to do or refrain from doing any act," to "expose a secret or publicize an asserted fact, whether true or false, tending to subject any person to hatred, contempt, or ridicule."
I'm assuming the D.C. Code applies because the BlogActive website lists a D.C. post office box for contributions.
Of course, whether the legal definition of blackmail has been satisifed, that was clearly the intention of the threat.
It is rather pathetic that you can't influence anyone with valid ideas and have to resort to shrill threats, but I guess this is just oen more bulletpoint showing that radicals on the far left are completely devoid of anything at all constructive.
How's Howard Dean doing these days?
"Norm got a free ride from the press. Anybody who hangs around the St. Paul Grill knows Norm’s habits. Everyone knows that his family situation is, shall we say, very interesting" garrison keiller
I read recently where the term douchebag may be going out of style. Having read this little bit of childish blackmail, I think you are poised to give it new life.
The power you think you have will end up burning you too, and I hope it hurts when it happens.
They just don't seem to ever understand:
The VAST majority of Americans are decent, hard-working people who deplore the constant smear tactics employed by the Democrat Party.
Have you ever wondered where was the N.O.W. while BillyJeff's hit man Little Jimmy Carville was slandering Paula Jones, etc., etc., etc. ??
Naaaaaaaaaaa. Because slimy people get their little pleasures from such machinations. How sadly pathetic.
BUT NOT FOR THE MAJORITY OF AMERICANS !!
Ever time you little whiny weeners act in such ways, the GOP picks up voters and votes.
BUT YOU STILL HAVEN'T FIGGERED IT OUT AND WE LOVE IT !!
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If you want to out someone because of their vote on cloture or on Alito's confirmation, you should announce the Senators name while this fight is still in the news. In a few months the story might end up being about what your motivation is.
Good Work Mike!
WHAT!? Another Senator who is into sodomizing! Fire his ass! The gay lifestyle is sickening. You will be doing America a huge favor by letting his 'extra curricular activities' be known.
It doesn't matter whether he's Republican or Democrat. It matters that he's engaging in this sick, perverted gratification while in office.
Contrary to popular belief, America does not like nor will it accept the gay lifestyle. Ever. I say, go for it.
The comments of the Rethugs here are truly an example of hypocrisy exposed and "IOIYAR". You're all up in arms over this but we never hear a peep from over the Swiftboating of Kerry, Murtha or McCain, the Clintons, the ‘Left’, the Gays.
Coulter, Malkin, O'Reilly are quite popular in your circles and they have made a living with this kind of dreck. Don't you ever try to lecture us about morality without cleaning up your act first.
You're presented with a page out of your own playbook. You've perfected this into an artform, enjoy the spectacle. Hypocrites
You are doing excellent work... the outraged neocons posting here are proof you're effective.
I say, don't delay, out that gay-bashing fag today.
Other GOP closet cases:
JEFF GANNON (nee' Guckert)
GEORGE W BUSH
KARL ROVE
SCOOTER LIBBY
SCOTT MCCLELLAN
KEN MEHLMAN
RALPH REED
ANN COULTER (t-girl)
BILL OREILLY (vibrators)
It *is* very entertaining to watch the right wingnuts lose their shit while watching the left do something they (the right)invented themselves. I stand highly amused.
Boy you people are perverts. Always interested in what other people are doing with their sex lives, and always fixated on sex parts and seedy bathrooms and stuff.
Now excuse me while I take a shower after reading a bit of this garbage (no peeking!!) and watch the Alito confirmation vote.
if this is the Senator from Californial, we already know about him...
BLACKMAIL by any other name is still blackmail.
You are saying, "Vote as I want, or I'll ruin you."
Tha'ts blackmail. Simple.
I won't agree with Willem that the right started this behavior. I will, however, agree that the right has signed on to this.
However, going back to the 90's, opposing political sides have had members who will sink to the lowest level to defeat an opponent.
Did I mention that was the 1790s? Aaron Burr didn't go the prison for killing Alexander Hamilton because they disagreed on management of the Bank of the United States. Burr published dreck in a Washington rag that accused Hamilton of having an affair with a married woman. Hamilton challenged Burr to a duel and, well, the rest is history.
To a degree, this type of mudslinging has been with us since the beginning of the Republic. That said, the left, commencing in 1981 with the election of Ronald Reagan and reaching its peak in the 1987 treatment of Robert Bork and the 1991 treatment of Clarence Thomas, made this kind of thing a part of their standard playbook.
Both sides are reaping a whirlwind of hate. Both sides have put hate above policy, hate above principle and hate above debate. Hate drives extremists on both side. While we hate one another, we open our nation to the hate of others to everyone's detriment.
I love watching liberals gay-bait. Off the rails is too kind for where you find yourself.
Congratulations, Justice Alito!
The conservative nutcases' knickers are really in a twist about this! Out him and you're a "McCarthyite," or you're "anti-gay," or whatever, when the fact is that some sick psychotic closeted faggot is yet again working for the GOP and harming gay people. Did others see the reports showing that Republican supporters are more likely to be racists? Racist and anti-gay sums so many of them up, so tear those closet doors off their hinges and out all the sick closeted faggots! Let them all have their own public "Brokeback" moment. And closeted Republican queers, just remember, wife or no wife, had Alito been on the court instead of O'Connor, and had Kennedy not startedt to move away from his right-wing past, "Lawrence v. Texas" might not have been decided the way it was and even you could be jailed for sucking dicks in Union Station or whatever dank, dark spot you can find to get your rocks off. Sick and pathetic. Out them all!
Oh and another thing---
If Ann Coulter is gay, I will be first in line volunteering to cure her.
It's the least I can do for y'all.
What ever happened to, "let us not become the evil that we deplore"??
I understand your reasoning, but VERY MUCH despise your tactics. Don't stoop to their level.
why have we lost sight of why politicians - representatives - exist? they are supposed to represent us, the citizens, in government. they're supposed to express the views of their constituents, and vote in the interest of their constituents on matters before congress or the senate. that's the minimum of their responsibilities, and if they fail to do that, then they should be gone.
so the matter of "blackmail vs accountability" depends largely on who this person is, or represents.
if he's voting based on his personal views or for political expediency, then expose him. if he's accurately representing his constituents, it's blackmail.
end of discussion.
"The only person it could be is John Ensign (R-NV), who's up for re-election this year (I can only assume that's why you're bringing this up now and not waiting later)."
Well, he was rear-ended Monday.
Alito is CONFIRMED.
I do so like the 'we learned it by watching you' defense, especially when the differences in action are so clear to anyone with a moral compass worth a shit. Let me explain it for the slow. The bad behavior listed as coming from Republicans by some of you lacks the extra legal status that would make it near equivalent. In other words, blackmail is an actual felony.
You all defending this action as I described are part of the reason why the people keep giving the left the finger come election time. Lest you forget, this country forgives adulterers, even gay ones. We learned that one by watching our creator.
Why are these nasty, mean and vitriolic straight people doing hanging around this web site?
If they are so hot for truth, fair play and abiding by the law, why don't they demand the same of Bush, Gonzales, etc. and also demand that Rove stop his baiting tchniques!
Sheesh!
did Chaffee just effectively out himself?
Bullshit to all those crying about blackmail. I don't care if it's blackmail. It's just desserts as well, and make no mistake, everyone I know is sick and fucking tired of the hypocritical religious bullshit. The holy rollers never seem to remember that the pendulum always swings back, just be sure it doesn't hit you in your armegeddon loving head on its way. Just remember that sooner or later there is gonna be a democrat in the oval office and he is gonna use all those extra-legal powers to try and destroy you religious kooks and guess what? It'll be your fucking fault for keeping quiet in the first place. Nutbags.
Sling away blog brother, expose this hypocritical motherfucker I say. To the barricades!
This blog is interesting in several different veins. First, it is a gay person trying to erase the stigma of being gay while simultaneously capitalizing on the stigma of being gay. Secondly, it is an attempt to directly coerce a politician's vote- a federal crime. Finally, it is presented without any evidence whatsoever and bigots accept it as gospel.
It will be interesting to see what comes of this. I predict that the poster will slink back into oblivion.
Oh and...
Ha ha. If this is blackmail, then Dobson should be doing a life sentence for blackmailing the entire Republican party into shitting on sanctity of marriage during the Schiavo debacle among thousands of other examples of right wing blackmail.
All right, get those fucking fags back in the swish closet, where those queer cocksuckers belong. GodDamn, that's right, GODHATESFAGS! I'm so glad I found this website, one that puts the shame back in butt piracy, where we can call a shrimper a shrimper and throw his polesmoking pussyboi ass back on the fence with that little assfag Matt. Yeehaw, I'm so glad that fagbashing is back, I kind of missed a little of the ultraviolence on skinfluters, who should be ashamed of their strumpery before God, because GODHATESFAGS!!!
Oh, if he's a Democrate, please disregard the above message.
Jeez, Mike........looks like all the bugs have come out of the wood work....I say nail him to the cross.
Keith:
Tortured? You must be one of those Opus Dei guys.
Thanks for the usual "I'm not perfect, just forgiven" condescending declaration that because I don't huddle in a controlling religious entity like the catholic church (with its Pope Prada and his first assistant Father Gucci) that my worldview is "empty."
You can click back over to Justice Sunday any time now.
David,
To set the record straight, you called me tortured, not the other way around. 
I am not, as you suggest, "...one of those Opus Dei guys." I've never even met one of them, to my knowledge.
I never declared that I was forgiven. It's not for me to decide if I am forgiven or not.
I wasn't being condescending, I was being honest, something that we don't get much these days. I honestly think its sad when people are convinced that, in their own mind, they know more than institutions that have been in existence for a very, very long time.
I do find it ironic that someone who is quick to attack the Catholic Church as a "...controlling religous entity..." Immediately embraces the Government and the Supremem Court as an entity of great virtue when they impose law without the voice of the governed.
I remind you that the US is established on the consent of the governed. Judicial fiat, be it Roe v. Wade or the MA State declaring "gay marriage" constitutional when 70% of the "governed" are in opposition is nothing more than a "controlling political entity."
Reading this thread has been very entertaining.
Until recently, I was an independent voter, and voted for the candidate that appealed to me, in whichever election I was voting in.
I almost can't imagine voting for a Democrat ever again. You people have gone crazy.
You're not making gay people look to good, either.
Try making a principled argument. If you are not articulate enough, but still feel your point is valid, hire someone to do it for you.
That's rich. Accusing liberals of being homophobes. All it takes to get a Republican to suddenly claim to give a rat's ass about gay rights is when one of his own is about to get outed. Not that he actually cares about gay rights, but it could have political consequences. That's what matters. Don't insult our intelligence with your feigned concern about ethics. We're not as stupid as the people who vote for Republicans.
Gay people never look good. They look sickly.
It's really very simple if you think about it. Whether conservative or liberal, special interest groups go out of their way to support/oppose legislators. Keep on talking like you do, Mr. Pat Robertson. You're making the case that nothing is out of bounds when opposing an opponent.
If the self-hating closet queens in Congress and state legislatures want to continue hiding their identities, all the while voting to restrict, if not take away completely, the rights of another American, then it's time to hand them over to the American Inquisition. Name their names. Simple. The "god-fearing" people will be more than happy and eager to pick up the torch and burn them at the stake for us.
P.S. Why don't you "anonymous" posters leave your email? Show a little backbone to go along with your opinion.
Well, Alito is in. I guess it's time for you to put your money where your mouth is. Personally, I don't agree with your tactics and if it's not illegal (blackmail) then it is definitely unethical.
So, I guess it's time for you to destroy another human being's life. I hope you sleep well at night.
Keith:
I've got it all wrong: you are a comedian aren't you!
Belief in the catholic church because it is a long-standing institution? It was standing for quite some time when they declared Galileo an heretic. The examples are legion (legion, that's a concept your longstanding institution likes).
When are you going to be on a Comedy Channel special? Great material!
gay conservative = asshole. out him, mike.
Would that be the Senator who's wife is a Cabinet Secretary?
Wait...I thought *Republicans* were the ones who were gay-bashing hate-mongers.
What's all this, then?
Unfortunately, David, you are grossly uninformed, so debating you would be an exercise in futility.
Rather than do any real research, you have accepted as (if you will pardon the pun) gospel all of the negative things you've been told about the Catholic Church throughout history.
You won't, I suspect, admit that the Church was the sole guardian of western knowledge through the Dark Ages. You won't, I suspect, acknowledge that the Catholic Church never subscribed to any flat-Earth theories. You won't, I suspect, acknowledge that the Church had already convened an Eccumenical Council to address the very abuses that Martin Luther opposed. You won't admit any of this because it doesn't fit your view or religion in general and the Catholic Church in particular as being the root of all evil.
In fact, there have been abuses in the Church. I don't deny them. I wish they hadn't happened, but with every one, attempts have been made to correct them.
The most recent scandal is one you probably won't want to discuss. It has been limited almost exclusively to the United States. It has been much more limited than those enemies of the Church would have you believe. It has also been the result of a cult of homosexuality in the priesthood. Seminarians have been pressured to engage in homosexual acts. Men who have never intended to subscribe to dogma or doctrine have become priests and abused their positions. Of course, this must be the fault of the Church, no? Forceing priests to be celibate (there are SO man young women claiming that they were abused) must be the cause. Not allowing gay men to become priests (but wait, these are gay men who have become priests) must be the cause.
Of course there are gay priests, very good gay priests. There are, I have no doubt, many gay men who found that the priesthood has given them the fulfillment they need. They have been, and continue to be, important members of their community. This is not, however, because they are gay. It's because they are good priests. It is in SPITE of the fact that they are gay.
lol one of the nazis wants ann coulter.
she has a penis, you closet case.
enjoy!
Keith:
I was wrong again. You really are just a homosexual who is a self loathing homophobe.
I have no problem talking about the catholic churches scandal in which rather than dealing openly with an issue of sexuality it simply ignored the issue, and the unfortunate victims of the issues symtoms.
But it is of no use to reason with someone who is self-hating about something that touches on the very essence of who they are.
So as you would say: God Bless you, and good bye!
Keith:
I was wrong again. You really are just a homosexual who is a self loathing homophobe.
I have no problem talking about the catholic churches scandal in which rather than dealing openly with an issue of sexuality it simply ignored the issue, and the unfortunate victims of the issues symtoms.
But it is of no use to reason with someone who is self-hating about something that touches on the very essence of who they are.
So as you would say: God Bless you, and good bye!
Let's see ...
There's the right-wing Republican Senator from a mountain state who settled a sexual harassment suit with
a male staffer.
And there's the moderate Republican from the Midwest who's been in the Senate forever.
Not that there aren't some Democrats who might be suspect, too ...
As a straight, pro-gay guy, I have no problem with the outing of homophobic politicians who are gay.
It's about the hypocrisy. These politicians are contemptible, not because they are gay, but because they are part of the Hate Machine.
Just waiting for the shoes to drop
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Its not illegal or unethical to out republicans who are closet cases.
the gop is going to use the anti gay marriage amendment again this year to sway voters and keep the house. its an effective red herring issue.
thats unethical as hell.
out this bastard now, please!
Last comment and then I'll leave it alone, and only because some still seem not to 'get it'. While I would have found the outing of a closeted gay man against his wishes an objectionable act, at least that would have been preferable to the tactic being employed here.
On the one hand, there is the truth, if it is that, which is being exposed, however unfortunate. The exposer is acting as judge, which is unfortunate, but perhaps not overly so. On the other there is the promise of the continuation of a lie for a payment with the judgment still present. It's not exactly hard math.
I don't mind hardball. I especially do not mind hardball against hypocrites. The MOST effective tool to use against hypocrites IS the actual substance of their hypocrisy. So, I support outing hypocrites who make noise against something only to be "guilty" of that same something through and through.
It is best to time the outing(s) at a time when it would be well nigh impossible for the party to find a credible replacement. The opponent must receive an insurmountable advantage due to both the facts of the outing AND the timing of the outing.
The bitter irony in all of this is the intolerance and rigidity of your ideology. How are you different than those you oppose?
Hey, allendrury:
I hope you achieve the right to marry as you wish. I hope that a person's sexual identity becomes no more of a public issue than their preferred copulative position. I find discrimination based on affectional preference to be every bit as rational, and fair, as discrimination based on nose size. And I vote R every time.
Point is, reaction to this kind of tactic isn't always based on homophobia. Sometimes it's just a visceral recognition of, and disgust at, slime.
being strongly gay-rights, I support the right of the homosexual to keep his sexual orientation a secret.
if you're pro-gay-rights but think it's okay if he's outed, you're a hypocrite.
if you're anti-gay-rights, you're an imbecile.
so --- anonymous sez 'win an election'
what are you talking about ????
Repuglicans haven't WON any recent presidential elections ---
You mean STEAL an election, through rigged voting, dienfranchising voters & political brouhaha...
You Repuglicans are gonna go down in flames through your own corruption, scandals & other scum suckin crap that comes so naturally to people whose only concerns are money and power.
Like a closeted politician is any news?
I agree with your outing policy and voting in favor of the FMA definitely qualifies someone as a target for outing. But voting for Alito? That alone is not a good enough reason. If the senator voted against the FMA, we should give him/her a break.
Gabriel, you need a "good enough reason" to tell the truth? Because it's the truth isn't good enough for you?
Oh, wait -- I forgot: being gay is a horrible, unspeakable thing.
The values of some people...
I just love how the all the rightwing nuts out there forget what was done to President Clinton over a str8 blowjob. Hell yes out the traitor bastard!!! Dems have been the "kinder, gentler" party for too damn long...all we get from our compassion is a kick in the teeth. Let's get down in the mud with these bullies and FIGHT!
Whne you lie down with dogs, you get up with fleas.
GayGreg, sit down. What are you going to fight with? Fake nails and blue eyeshadow? Please.
Keith, I do feel sorry for you. It's fine that you want to remain committed to the Catholic Church. It's unfortunate that you can't be true to yourself. It's doesn't have to be a black and white issue. You don't have to sleep around with every guy, and you don't have to be celibate. Why not try to find a meaningful relationship. Frankly, it is no different than the straight married Catholics who are comfortable with their sexuality, but still want to have sex without having 20 kids (i.e., use birth control), which is forbidden in the Church. Just a suggestion. But it's your choice, and you can go on making believe that everything is okay, and suppress the God given gift of your sexuality. And when you say something like a good gay priest is good in SPITE of being gay, it does sound a tad self-loathing.
As for outing, I have gone back and forth on this issue. With regards to the hypocritical closet cases who continually vote anti-gay and/or spew anti-gay speech, I don't see why one should be worried about their privacy. The fact is they have little or no regard for the millions of people that they attempt to take away rights from. The problem is where to draw the line. I don't know if Mike's criteria is the correct one. In fact, I don't think anyone could come up with a good line. And even if you did, I don't think that outing is effective. In other words, if we find out that a pathetic closet case is gay, I don't see how that helps us. Who would want to be associated with such a person.
Regarding blackmail, I assume Mike has consulted a lawyer to determine whether or not his actions are illegal.
Regarding politicians or celebrities who want to stay in the closet. Keep in mind that exposing hypocrisy is here to stay. Now sexual orientation has entered the fray. So whether outing is right or wrong, I would suggest to those want to remain in the closet to stay celibate, if their position of power or fame is that important to them, especially those who feel the need to be anti-gay.
George Deeming:
You believe that any election that a Republican wins is stolen (the only truly verifiably stolen presidential election in history was the 1960 election of JFK. Illinois was fixed.)
GWB, like it or not, received MORE votes that Bill Clinton in both 2000 and 2004. In fact, Bill Clinton NEVER received a majority.
That, however, is not germaine. The Presidential Election rules are VERY clearly spelled out. Prior to the election (you Gore supporters may not remember this) GORE was actually pointing out the Electoral College rule. His internal polling showed that he was going to take the college but might lose the popular vote.
The situation in Bush/Gore wasn't even unique. Both in 1824 (Adams won only 30% of the popular vote) and in 1888 (PResident Cleveland out polled Benjamin Harrision 48.6 to 47.
. The only thing that was unique was that the Democrats tried to change the rules after the fact. Gore and Co tried to changed the established rules for "determining intent" in a select number of Democrat stronghold counties. The Supreme Court (7-2) struck down the recount strategy and (5-4) ended the recounts.
There is no basis to the claims that anything happened in Ohio (Bush carried the state by 118,601 votes). This is just a conspiracy theory because people don't like losing close elections. It's based on a claim that Kerry's exit polling showed he was going to win. Exit polling in infamously inaccurate.
If you want to win elections, you need to get out of places like this and listen to the American people. 70% of Americans oppose gay marriage, however, very few advocate any kind of violence against gay people. The Democrats remain wedded to this as an issue when most Americans are against them.
67% of Americans SUPPORT limitations to abortion. Yet, the Democrats insist on making abortion a litmus test for the Supreme Court.
A recent poll showed that 2-1 Americans are opposed to judges imposing law, rather than elected officials enacting law. Yet the Democrats, realizing that their legislative agenda is far out of the mainstream, insist on creating a "Judocracy" to eliminate dissent from the party line.
This is why the Dems are losing elections. Moveon.org, the DailyKos and Howard Dean are the reason you are being marginalized.
By 1992 lots of folks back here in WI knew then Sen. Kasten (R) was into boys, and that sure pissed off the GOP in the state. Lets out these guys and see how the rank and file in the GOP, who love to burn crosses, carry the knowledge with them in an election year!
This IS fun!!!!!! BRING IT ON!!!!
What I don't get is why somebody who practices gay sex should automatically be for gay marriage. Marriage takes guys off the market, right? Why support something that reduces the pool of possible dates?
I'm straight, and if somebody suggested outlawing straight marriage, I'd be all for it!
You guys need to think about what you really want, sex or marriage. Because believe me, it's one or the other.
Thank God that O'Connor is no longer around the Supreme Court to defecate on the United States Constitution. You can bet your ass that Justice Alito will not declare bestiality and interspecies marriage "fundamental constitutional rights."
Pat,
Thanks, that's a nice sentiment, but I don't agree with you. You can't be a little pregnant, and you can't be Catholic without accepting the doctrine and dogma. John Kerry isn't a Catholic. He's a guy who says he's a Catholic.
I don't have a problem with people wanting to use birth control or live by any other set of rules they want. I have a problem with people claiming that they're Catholic.
You can't be Catholic and pro-choice. The two are mutually exclusive. Same for being a practicing homosexual or divorced or using abortifactant or barrier birth control. It's against the rules. Don't like the rules, I hear the Episcopals have room.
What I don't get is why somebody who practices straight sex should automatically be for straight marriage. Marriage takes girls off the market, right? Why support something that reduces the pool of possible dates?
I'm gay, and if somebody suggested outlawing divorce, I'd be all for it!
You guys need to think about what you really want, sex or marriage. Because believe me, it's one or the other.
I'd check with an attorney first Mikey. Seriously, it would be the most prudent thing to do before you go getting yourself into trouble.
Disgusting. No wonder the left is losing power--and thank God it is.
You will get a donation from me when you post the name.
To those of you that are adamant that this amounts to extortion, you will have to tell us who is being extorted to shift the debate. Personally, I am in favor of outing anyone in public office as Repubicans and Conservatives have oft reminded us that "character" is the prevalent factor in choosing leaders. Bill Clinton lied about his blowjob and they screamed for impeachment. If we have a Senator lying about his blowjobs - both giving and receiving - I say bring him to the court of public opinion. See, in the case of Barney Frank, Democrats and progressives were accepting and forgiving. But, pity the Republican who is found out. He will be pilloried and exiled by Repugnants and Conservatives.
Wow, you're a fucking idiot. Way to advance our cause.
Right-wingers have spent decades using anti-gay hatred to twist election outcomes. Just look at the 2004 presidential race. It is hilarious to see how they freak out at the idea of gay people using the republican party's anti-gay hatred against republicans. Frist intends to stir up hatred again this year by trying to convince the public that gay people are out to destroy marriage. I suggest you out this guy on the same day Frist re-introduces the Federal Marriage Amendment.
So, what does this make you? Larry Flynt in drag? Idiot.
What does the Alito vote have to do with outing a Senator? Because you decided that the "gay" choice was to vote against Alito? That makes no sense. Really. Save it for something that matters.
"Why are these nasty, mean and vitriolic straight people doing hanging around this web site?"
Hmmmmmmmmm ...
Keep your friends close - your enemies closer!
hahahahahahahahahaha ...
Reading these left-wing whack-job posts is just too fucking funny to pass up.
Thanks for the chuckles, chuckers.
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Is this US Senator the junior member from a sun-belt state? In the velvet corridors of his state capital there has been talk for years about a, perhaps this, married man.
yeah, it looks like this is a really interesting blog.. i'll have to come here more often.
But this threat seems completely fake. If it is true that you outed other congressmen in the past, then you are smart enough to understand the law and would already know that threatening Senators to get them to vote a certain way is a crime.
So... the only rational explanation is that the letter you displayed was never actually intended for any individual Senator and instead is used to excite your fans, anger the right, get more traffic to your site, etc. I'm not saying there isn't an element to your cause to scare all the closet Congressman out there, but I doubt you're threatening a specific individual. Otherwise, you'd be treading through dangerous legal waters..
Besides, the bit about the Union Station bathroom just sounds too crazy to be true. I imagine even George Michael would prefer a location less frequented by the public.
Hats off to you, though, cuz it looks like you're creating a lot of attention for yourself.
For those of you all concerned about possible 'blackmail', how would blackmail (if it really is that) be any different than when lobbyists offer tens of thousands of dollars to persuade senators and congressmen on various bills? Using force is not okay, but bribing them is somehow okay?
You Republicans are all morons.
You call this a crime, but what about YOUR crimes? Torture, treason in the White House, illegal wiretaps, lying to start an illegal war, a massive bribery scandal.
You neocon fascists can all go straight to Hell. You'll love it there, you can listen to Hitler.
My money says he never releases the name anyways. Anyone else calling his bluff?
This is a rule of law nation. when you transgress the law that is known as a crime. What the owner of this blog is doing is black-mail and a type of bribery. That is illegal. It doesn't matter who did what to whom.
I believe this is just a publicity stunt to gain traffic and increase readership. Why? Advertising on the site. Traffic pays.
The Union Station bathroom? Are you serious? The story would have more plausibility if you'd have left that part out.
It seems your story is falling into a MILLION LITTLE PIECES. Where's Oprah when you need her? eh?
Keith, why don't you try coming to a Metropolitan Community Church for help in becoming an ex-Catholic current Christian? That is, if you believe that God didn't make your sexuality as a birth defect.
Union Station? Is that one of the big junction metro stations in DC?
Love watching the right melting down over some hate-filled Senator getting outed...
Go get em Mike! Politically aware members of the GLBT community are supporting you on this...
And to the self-hating Catholic, damn dude, you are fucking PITIFUL! You've been drinking the Kool-Aid for too long... It's time to stop hating yourself, and start hating that "Church"...
Who said anything about anyone committing a crime? This guy should be outed if he is gay but votes against the gay community.
As for his family, if he has one, any problems that this causes for them is because of him and him alone.
Sad state of affairs. Most Republicans don't rightly care if someone is gay or straight. that's their business.
Democrats, however, are willing to throw everything at them if they have viewpoints that run counter to theirs, or if they are perceived to have strayed from the plantation of of "communities" and "minorities" that are chained to the party based on an enforced perception that they are downtrodden.
Keep playin' in the sewers, hope you find solace there. Out anyone you like, most people, at least on the Right, quite honestly do not care.
forcing someone to do something against their will by black-mailing them is a crime.
Theo - not trying to be rude or anything but are you really that stupid? You really can't see that a crime is being committed here? Seriously. Look it up if you have to. It's a crime.
"This guy should be outed if he is gay but votes against the gay community."
Stupid and small minded. Whoever he is, he is a Senator beholden to his state, not his sex life.
I think I like the "lick the spoon" line best...I'll have to remember that one...
Ya know, all these social-reactionaries who want to drive everyone back into the closet sure didn't have any issues screaming for news about the blue dress...of course, they just hate it when you turn their own dogs back on them...
Do it...do it often...
Despite all the faux outrage by righty trolls, the ethics are pretty simple: yes, it is wrong to randomly violiate private citizens' privacy - and that includes sexual activity*. It's quite different when you're dealing with people who are actively trying to target and harm you for certain private behaviors and activities they themselves engage in. It's called self-defense. We recognize it as a valid defense to a murder charge. Context counts and motive is everything.
*Of course, these same outraged conservatives are simultaneously cheering the confirmation of someone who is opposed to the Lawrence ruling - which grows out of Griswold and Roe - about which their constant refrain is, "Roe, Delenda Est". Fuck 'em...they don't get it both ways...live by the sword, die by the sword.
Well done, the trolls are freaking and that means you've hit the button.
Wonder how many of the trolls are in the closet...50%...75%?
Keep on yowling trolls, it'll make the announcement all that sweeter.
p.s. Someone forgot to add Co