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Ken Mehlman: I Am Sorry For Helping Bush Exploit Anti-Gay Sentiment, I Wish I Had Spoken Out
By Igor Volsky on Mar 2, 2012 at 9:46 am
Former RNC Chairman Ken Mehlman has issued what may be his first public apology for his role in fomenting anti-gay sentiment during President George W. Bushs 2004 re-election bid:
As for his role in the 2004 Bush campaign and its exploitation of marital politics, Mehlman is candid and remorseful.
At a personal level, I wish I had spoken out against the effort, he says. As Ive been involved in the fight for marriage equality, one of the things Ive learned is how many people were harmed by the campaigns in which I was involved. I apologize to them and tell them I am sorry. While there have been recent victories, this could still be a long struggle in which there will be setbacks, and Ill do my part to be helpful.
MORE:
http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2012/03/02/436154/mehlman-sorry/
Ian David
(69,059 posts)snooper2
(30,151 posts)warrior1
(12,325 posts)Ratty
(2,100 posts)Hilarious.
Best tweet: "Ken Mehlman looks so vulnerable sleeping. I wonder if he dreams about being part of the cock that fucked the country?"
http://gawker.com/5642206/comedian-live+tweets-sitting-next-to-ken-mehlman-on-a-plane-exposes-nipple
Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)That is absolutely hilarious. Modern technology leads to some mind-blowingly weird situations.
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)bullwinkle428
(20,629 posts)in a future election cycle?
LuvNewcastle
(16,847 posts)Botany
(70,550 posts)Last edited Fri Mar 2, 2012, 01:46 PM - Edit history (1)
That whole phone jamming thing that you paid for and was run by James Tobin?
The same guy who called your office multiple times as he was jamming phone
lines of the democratic party and union workers so as to hurt their get out the
vote effort .... what say you to that Kenny?
Or the 2004 mailer in West Virginia which showed men kissing and told people
John Kerry would take their bibles and guns .... does that now bother you?
Or please come visit a friend's son who is dying from brain cancer he picked
up in Iraq as his unit was exposed to the KBR "burn pits" .... would that
trouble you just a little?
you remember this flyer Ken?
PA Democrat
(13,225 posts)UTUSN
(70,721 posts)Andrew SULLIVAN and Tweety, take note (for their Shrub-worship on whatever issue at the time).
Arkana
(24,347 posts)Greybnk48
(10,170 posts)There's no such thing as "retroactive courage."
RainDog
(28,784 posts)give back the money you earned if you're so sorry, scumbag.
Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)BigDemVoter
(4,153 posts)Apology NOT accepted.
bigwillq
(72,790 posts)Shame on him.
I say the same about folks like Obama, who still haven't seen the light on equal rights even thought they one day may. Yes, folks are free to change their minds, but they had a chance to speak out then and now and haven't. A shame indeed.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)But you still have much to atone for, Mr. Mehlman. What are you doing now to undo the mischief you fomented? How will you make it up to your victims?
AlinPA
(15,071 posts)Ikonoklast
(23,973 posts)In hindsight, you are still a hypocrite and an enabler, and will live the rest of your life as one.