Mitch McConnell's possible court-martialed for sodomy (DailyKos)

[torius]

Old article but I only saw it recently, just thought it was interesting. McConnell now lives the life of a wealthy right-wing homophobe, maybe to stop people from prying.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2013/02/24/1189537/-The-Strange-and-Possibly-Sordid-Story-of-Mitch-McConnell-s-Military-Service

[RockRaven]

1. Long been rumored his wife is a beard...

Mixed ethnicity marriages aren't so popular in Tennessee GOP circles after all... but more popular than homosexuality.

[unc70]

2. Not Tennessee. Kentucky

[RockRaven]

3. You know, I knew that and still totally wrote the wrong thing. No idea why. My fault.

Now I'm gonna get rightfully slammed by the good people of Tennessee. I apologize folks... but I'm not sure that assessment of your states GOPers is any different.

[unc70]

5. I'm from North Carolina

We have our own bigoted GOP problems. I live in Chspel Hill. I do visit TN a lot, a week or more most months.

[Haggis for Breakfast]

9. Supposedly, the same rumors have floated in Alabama, too

Jeff Sessions has been the source of a lot of speculation for years.

[Liberty Belle]

4. If true he could be being blackmailed.

I think a lot of them are, some over sex, some over Russian mob money.

[smirkymonkey]

6. K&R

Just open the door and the skeletons will come tumbling out.

[ProudLib72]

7. Oh boy, I am definitely KnRing this one!

[KCDebbie]

8. I read a snippet years ago that Mitch McConnell wasn't allowed to JOIN

the military BECAUSE he was gay...

[Drahthaardogs]

15. He had polio, right?

Was that later in life?

[KCDebbie]

17. I'm all confused now, but I thought he suffered from Polio as a baby turtle...

And I thought I'd read that he was able to avoid selective service or the draft by presenting himself to the board as a "homosexual"...

[calimary]

10. Most intriguing!

Dayum! An awful lot of fascinating reading tonight.

[get the red out]

11. IDK

I have also read that his Dad's political connection may have got him out. Can't find a link, it has been a while, I think it was in the Louisville Courier Journal during one of his re-election campaigns. Wish I could find it.

[TomSlick]

12. As best I can figure, McConnell got an honorable discharge after five days of basic training.

Following is a cite in the Wikipedia article. Cheves, John (October 22, 2008). "McConnell received honorable discharge from military". Bluegrass Politics. Archived from the original on January 21, 2018. Retrieved February 3, 2015.

A site called Quora (for which I cannot vouch) suggests McConnell received a medical discharge for an eye condition. [link:https://www.quora.com/Did-Mitch-McConnell-serve-in-the-military|

While 1967 was before my time as an Army JAG (I would have been in kindergarten at the time), I am confident he did not get an honorable discharge after a court-martial for sodomy. It is possible that if a young trainee was caught in homosexual act in his first five days of basic training, he might have simply been quickly discharged. However, that seems unlikely.

[tavernier]

13. I agree

Any intelligent gay man wouldn’t touch him with a ten foot pole... no pun intended

[TomSlick]

14. GROAN!

True. But groan.

[UTUSN]

16. Whatever he does/is, I'll never forget Turtle for these things:

* ITEM: When Coup 2000 was finalized, how he marched triumphantly to take power.

* The incredible travesty of the GARLAND nomination.

* Just *him* - all of him, all of his anti-democratic (small "d&quot tyrannical self.