And vicious anti-gay Bush partisan Ken Mehlman is gay.  Who could have predicted?

Ken Mehlman, the erstwhile chairman of the Republican National Committee and campaign manager for George W. Bush’s 2004 reelection effort, has come out of the closet as gay in a column published in The Atlantic.

Mehlman came out in a column by Mark Ambinder on the website of The Atlantic, after the blogger who outed former Idaho Sen. Larry Craig (R-ID) and onetime Virginia congressman Ed Schrock revealed that Ambinder was to publish the story. Blogger Michael Rogers was the subject of the documentary “Outrage,” a film about outing gays in government who have used their positions of power to advocate against gay issues, which aired earlier this year on HBO.

Another Bushie who should be driven from polite society.

Bush-Cheney Campaign Manager, ex-chairman of Republican Party Comes Out as Gay [Raw Story]

Our afternoon guest columnist is holstering their weapon, following news reports that suggested otherwise.

Right Wing Extreme has pulled support for the International Burning of the Koran day and will not attend the event. After much thought and prayer the organization’s leadership determined this event does not glorify GOD in way that leads the lost to Jesus Christ. “We also believe the liberal media is intentionally using stories such as the burning of the Koran to distract, divide, and enrage the public says the organization’s leadership.

“Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath” James 1:19

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“When a friend allows you the use of his vacation home,” my mother always used to say to me, “be sure to leave the place better than you found it.” It is a good rule of thumb –I think most people would agree– especially if you ever want to be invited back. Now, as the U.S. begins a slow draw-down of military units from Iraq, its is worth asking the question: are we leaving the place better than we found it? Yes, a hated dictator is gone, but what about… well… everything else?   Read more »

Some time back, we thought we’d be clever and create a “target” map of Sarah Palin endorsements, and then we realized we’re not paid for this gig, so we let somebody else take care of it. WaPo, we think.

Part of the problem is Palin’s strategery, filing some late sure-thing endorsements to up her stats. But this one, on home turf, was by no means certain, and she gets full credit:

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“The New York Police Department has confirmed to TPM that a cab driver in Manhattan was allegedly stabbed by a passenger who asked if the cabbie was Muslim, and says the incident is being treated as a hate crime. The suspect has been charged with attempted murder and other crimes.” [TPM]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGhnuHx2NNc

Yesterday, in an important policy speech, House Minority Leader John Boehn—

Oh, fuck it. Really: Fuck. It. It doesn’t matter. We can no longer care. Not when we’re haunted by visions of Sheryll at every turn, imploring us with her searching brown eyes to throw away our worldly concerns and just dance, dance, dammit! Dance like there’s still a future where you, and I, and fucking little dogs who don’t understand that we’re working can flourish in a world without creepy orange-faced undertakers insisting that we take them seriously when they can’t even do basic math.

A world filled with hope, and dreams, and… Blue shag carpets. But without the spikes. Because they rip our clothes off. And then Sheryll punishes us.

Look out JNOV, the City of Philadelphia is demanding that all bloggers based in the City of Brotherly Love hock up $300 a year for the privilege of writing a blog – even if the blog makes no money.

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