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AMERICAblog: Wouldn't it be cool if McCain picked a closeted gay as his VP?

  • Rob Mule · 1 year ago
    Corporate Media scripting: Crist isn't gay like Appalachians aren't racist....
  • FNReedie · 1 year ago
    I saw this on another site ... but its worth repeating:

    POP QUIZ KIDS:

    ROUND ONE:
    Q:Who is HRC's Michigan State Campaign Chair?
    A: Jennifer Granholm

    ROUND TWO:
    Q. Who is the Govenrnor of Michigan?
    A. Jennifer Granholm

    ROUND THREE:
    Q. Who voted to move MI Primary, in violation of DNC Rules and aware of the sanctions to be imposed?
    A. Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm

    BONUS ROUND:
    Q. Which Michigan Super Delegate endorsed Hillary Clinton LAST FALL?
    A. Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm.

    Any one else see a pattern here???

    It's so Karl Rove.

    (Originally from MI VOTER over at http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/05...)
  • blackwolf · 1 year ago
    Hey John, are you hitting the bottle again?:)
  • tlsintx · 1 year ago
    what a terrific disaster Crist would be...

    but then, i can't think of ANYONE who'd make a good vp for McWorsethanW.
  • tlsintx · 1 year ago
    oh wait...John, were you talking about Mittens?!?!?!
  • RenoAnne · 1 year ago
    As long as Grampa picks a Republican as his running mate, chances are he'll be picking a closeted homosexual.
  • RenoAnne · 1 year ago
    John or anyone else -

    If we click on the Grampa McCain ads on this site, will it cost him money?
  • John Aravosis · 1 year ago
    I believe so.
  • decotodd · 1 year ago
    I actually think it is cool that he'd pick a gay as his VP. But it does raise interesting campaign dilemma for the Dems -- how do you raise the issue in a tasteful way and not alienate the gay base? If Crist was like one of the closet homophobes constantly voting against gay interests, the hypocrisy makes him wide open to criticism. But I don't think Crist is that kind of pol.
  • lost_nacf_gop · 1 year ago
    Aw, yer pickin' on poor ol' Lindsey Graham again, aintcha? He's another "surge is working" parrot, too.
  • Soundboy_jeff_meanie · 1 year ago
    wait a minute... are you implying that crist is gay?

    ... I thought he just liked restroom sex with men, like so many others in the GOP.

    can't we give them their own label other than 'gay'? I mean, it makes me feel guilt by association.

    can't we, just this once, accept the "I'm not gay, I just like occasional sex with men... exclusively." excuse? Do we really have to include him in our family?
  • grandma · 1 year ago
    Too single ?

    On a related note, McCain is doing veep interviews this weekend. I'm not sure any of them are serious picks. Jindal is too young; Crist is too single; Romney is electoral poison.

    http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily...
  • jr · 1 year ago
    "I'll find you a Victor Iseman"-John McCain to Charlie Crist
  • lucky hussein · 1 year ago
    Would be even better if Obama was openly gay the whole time; talk about a milestone :)
  • brilliantatbreakfast · 1 year ago
    I wonder if the people who think Obama isn't loyal enough to this country are going to think the same thing of Bobby Jindal. Or is it OK to be brown-of-complexion if you're a Republican too. Wow...Crist AND Jindal -- I guess McCain can't say anything about identity politics anymore.

    Soundboy_Jeff: How about "Roy Cohnians"?
  • Soundboy_jeff_meanie · 1 year ago
    jr
    "I'll find you a Victor Iseman"-John McCain to Charlie Crist
    ---

    "find me a Reichen Lehmkuhl and I'll follow you anywhere" - Charlie Crist to John McCain
  • davidkc · 1 year ago
    Everyone here in Florida knows that Crist is gay. I know a lot of folks involved in state politics and they tell me its the worst-kept secret in Tallahassee -- everybody knows. The local media do a lot of tongue-in-cheek jokes about it, although they never come out and say it, but I suspect that the national press would not be so reluctant. You can bet that right now Crist is giving large amounts of hush money to a number of men around the state.
  • Soundboy_jeff_meanie · 1 year ago
    brilliantatbreakfast

    Soundboy_Jeff: How about "Roy Cohnians"?
    ---

    or "J Edgar Hooverians" maybe?

    we could just call them 'Hoovers' for short... maybe that's too visual though.
  • kirkaracha · 1 year ago
    I thought he just liked restroom sex with men, like so many others in the GOP.

    No wonder their convention's going to be in Minneapolis.
  • PeteWa · 1 year ago
    Ken Mehlman?
    Lindsay Graham?
    Bob Allen?
    Mark Foley?
    Karl Rove?
    Larry Craig?
    Charlie Crist?
  • dommyluc · 1 year ago
    Wow. You mean Tom Cruise is in the running for McCain's VP? Whoda thunkit! Won't the fundies go crazy due to his Scientology?
  • Bostonian_Queer_in_Dallas · 1 year ago
    This is actually pretty likely if Charlie Crist gets it. Okay...let's start a "rentboy retirement fund" to pay off the hooker Charlie has been riding recently. I think it would be a well spent million. Just time the press conference for October 31st. Something like...
    "Hello. My names is Jason Hotwhore. I am a male prostitute. Governor Crist, who is running for VP, is a total bottom...that is a man who likes to get fucked by other men. I have been charging him $350 per hour for this service."

    Can you imagine the exploding jesus heads?
  • Bush_Bites · 1 year ago
    Sounds like Hillary's following the Florida-Repub playbook now.

    The next Democratic donnybrook will be in a Washington ballroom.

    Busloads of Hillary Clinton supporters will swarm a meeting next week at a D.C. Marriott, where Democratic Party elders hope to forge a compromise over Florida and Michigan's now-voided convention delegates.

    "We really don't know what to expect, but we do know that the Clinton people are very organized," said a senior Democratic National Committee source.


    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/05/22/clinto...
  • Jim Olson · 1 year ago
    Shouldn't this meeting be held in a secure, private location? Neither candidate should have supporters present; just let the DNC do its job, and only have the people present necessary to make a decision?
  • Dave of the Jungle · 1 year ago
    Clearly, there are abundant supplies of closeted gay Republicans in Congress but what would John Hagee do?
  • Dave of the Jungle · 1 year ago
    Bobby Jindal? Condi Rice?
  • Soundboy_jeff_meanie · 1 year ago
    Dave_of_the_Jungle

    Clearly, there are abundant supplies of closeted gay Republicans in Congress but what would John Hagee do?
    ---

    Dave, did you mean 'what' or 'who'?
  • Dave of the Jungle · 1 year ago
    Bwa ha ha...
  • missmarple · 1 year ago
    To add to the list - how about David Dreier?
  • johnosahon · 1 year ago
    i hope he chooses that florida governor. i hope he gets caught in a washroom in october.
  • Andrew A. Gill · 1 year ago
    In that Ellen clip, is it just me, or does McCain look like he's trying to get away from Ellen? Homophobia much?
  • DCinDC · 1 year ago
    OT : For Republicans, Judicial Appointments Matter More Than Iraq

    When it comes to how they will vote in November, Republican voters say that the type of Supreme Court Justices a candidate would appoint is more important than the War in Iraq. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 44% of Republicans pick the economy as the top voting issue, 30% name judicial appointments, and just 19% pick the War in Iraq.

    http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/...
  • mauro7inf · 1 year ago
    NO, IT WOULDN'T. IT WOULD BE VERY BAD. Crist has a reputation in Florida (or so I hear) for actually being generally reasonable and is fairly popular. If he were chosen, independents might be more easily convinced to vote for McCain, because Crist is all right (and not in the Bush-loving way, so much). We should push for McCain to choose Cheney again and guarantee us electoral victory in all 50 states (but not in DC ^^).
  • Bostonian_Queer_in_Dallas · 1 year ago
    I want McBush to choose pretty Mitty. The Prom Queen with magic underwear! The Baptists would explode...they hate Mormons worse than faggots! Pass the fuckin popcorn.
  • tlsintx · 1 year ago
    can't imagine Crist could pass the vetting test...

    way to go Ellen. we're all just human beings here...
  • Rob Mule · 1 year ago
    Let's outsource the Veepstakes with Bobby Jindal for Vice Paki!!!
  • warsaw · 1 year ago
    Ellen should push Hillary on gay marriage, DOMA, DADT, and her refusal to tell voters that if they intend to vote for her because she's white or a woman, to take their votes to the Republicans where they traffic in gender and racial politics. Ellen is a straightforward woman who knows how to deal with guys like McCain but she needs to give Hillary some real heat about how she's sold gays, blacks and young women down the fucking river with her genital and color obsessed, immoral campaign.
  • tlsintx · 1 year ago
    right on! love your profile pic, btw.
  • RoyMurtishaw · 1 year ago
    McCain-Graham 08