Ken Mehlman Comes Out, Wants Us to Love Him

Ken Mehlman, the mealy-mouth architect of George W. Bush's toxic 2004 re-election campaign has come out of the closet.  You remember 2004 as the low point of gay hate as an official Republican campaign strategy.  He played a large role in all those damnable state constitutional amendments that taught so many people that our relationships have no value.  Fuck Ken Mehlman.  Here's his statement: 

 "It's taken me 43 years to get comfortable with this part of my life. Everybody has their own path to travel, their own journey, and for me, over the past few months, I've told my family, friends, former colleagues, and current colleagues, and they've been wonderful and supportive. The process has been something that's made me a happier and better person. It's something I wish I had done years ago. I wish I was where I am today 20 years ago. The process of not being able to say who I am in public life was very difficult. No one else knew this except me. My family didn't know. My friends didn't know. Anyone who watched me knew I was a guy who was clearly uncomfortable with the topic."

This is, of course, utter horse shit.  He took his boyfriend to Bush inaugural events and Mike Rogers called him on it.  He's been out among his Republican friends for years.  It just sounds more palatable to talk about his tortured "journey."  Gay hate is passe in right-wing circles now, and he's joining Beck, Coulter and O'Reilly as rats abandoning a sinking ship. 

I'm all for everyone having their own journey, God knows I had mine, but I have no sympathy for fags who screwed us for profit by day and screwed their boyfriends by night.