AMERICAblog: Gay man to head RNC? I meant that. I had been hearing the rumors that a highly placed individual in Shrub's hedge was gay. I had always figured it was Ari: only a very closeted man could lie like that. Now the rumor mill is fingering (heh, heh) Ken Mehlman. This blog rated high in one of the indices with that rumor.

I find the element of hypocrisy in this just as delicious as any of the rest. There is very much an element to the preachings of Messrs. Cheney and Keyes that people who practice Republican Values (TM) don't have these kinds of things in their lives. That didn't quite work out the way they planned (I've said it before, there is some kind of weird Freudian mojo going on in the Cheney household and it would be an excellent subject for a book).

But I think the progressive community should go lightly on this matter. Don't get me wrong, I think what we need now is some down and dirty fighting in order to get back in the swing. I think it is extremely important that we convey to the electorate just how inhumane some of these purported values are. It's just that there are quite a few dangers in this particular course of action.

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