Riding Bareback to Victory

Blogactive says that George W. Bush's pick to be head of the Republican National Committee, Ken Mehlman, who was also El Presidente's campaign manager during the late unpleasantness, is rumored to be G.A.Y. But keep reading the link above for the outing of Dan Gurley, RNC National Field Director and Deputy Political Director, who apparently likes it bareback with multiple partners. Check out the "screen capture" of his profile on gay.com. Under the category "Politics," Gurley self-identified himself as "Leaning right." Cute. (No smart remarks now, though several occur to us.)

The most pertinent thing to know about Gurley, not seen on the link above, is his past work as the spearpoint (ahem) of North Carolina Republican politics. He was director of the state Republican Party in 2000 and then served as Chief of Staff for our own ex-Congressman Cass Ballenger. Gurley caught the flak when Ballenger confessed to the Charlotte Observer that he got to feeling a little bit "segregationist" when he had to deal with African-American Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney of Georgia. Gurley explained to the AP at the time, "There's no question in my mind that the comment there is not a reflection of his general view, it's only a reaction to the pushiness of somebody like McKinney."

We expect that approximately now Gurley is telling some Republican right-wing hack in D.C. that advertizing for unprotected sex in gay chatrooms "is not a reflection of my general view but only my reaction to the pushiness of several somebodies who always want me to lean to the right."

Which do we focus on first? That God's Own Party on Earth has Satan-lovin' gays working to promote family values? Or that a deeply closeted man like Dan Gurley would loan his balls to the gay-haters?

It's too early in the morning for this kind of cognitive dissonance!