Subscribe to Breaking NewsWithers: Why does the sexuality of a McCain staffer matter?
Never met Mark Buse. Couldn’t pick him out of a line-up. I know he is John McCain’s chief of staff and that means there’s not much we agree on. That’s enough for me. His sexuality, just like the love life of “singer” Clay Aiken, are bits of information that do not need to be added to the flotsam and jetsam in my head.
Yesterday Buse’s supposed gayness became a talking point in the gay blogosphere. When the rumor first hit my email box, I rolled my eyes. Mainly because this type of conversation is as dated as watching a rerun of Beverly Hills, 90210. Isn’t outing a technique we have moved away from?
Aside from the moldiness of it all, why the shock? A gay man shills for the GOP and its candidate? We’ve seen this story before and it ain’t new. Can the choir say former senator Rick Santorum’s communications director Robert Traynham? And who can forget Mary Cheney (love the fact she got paid a whole lot of cash for a book no one read)? Are we so naive that we continue to be shocked when we find there are gays and lesbians who actually are Republican? The horror. The horror.
Yes Virginia, there are gay Republicans; instead of being shocked about that, it might serve us better to come up with reasons on why we disagree with them. And reasons do not include using the terms “Nazi” or “self-hating.”
I’ve said it before and have no problem repeating it. Sexuality does not equal ideology. Never has. Never will
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Please do not knock Beverly Hills, 90210 re-runs.
ReplyIf nothing else it proves that the Republican party adheres to a Do As I Say Not As I Do attitude when it comes to sexuality, morality, and the truth.
Reply“it might serve us better to come up with reasons on why we disagree with them. And reasons do not include using the terms “Nazi” or “self-hating.”
Why not? It wasn’t too long ago, that McCain’s “religious voter” ringleaders (including Dobson, the LaHayes and Tony Perkins) proposed and pushed for the execution of ALL gay U.S. citizens:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=sfN7i3tOguI
With something THAT serious and threatening, the LCR’s ARE guilty by association.
Standing alongside the people who were trying to start up genocide in the USA (sounds “Nazi” to me) - specifically of gay folks, like your own LCR self (”self-hating” is appropriate) - that’s my reason, and it’s beyond good enough.
ReplyI bet 90% plus of people commenting on this blog work for a companies that do not provide health insurance coverage for same-sex parteners. As I always say, introspection is necessary before you critisize others. Often times, you will change your mind before making ignorant, heated comments.
ReplyI don’t wish to offend anyone, but…Is this mean John McCain is Mark Buse’s sugar-daddy?
ReplyBuse is well knows among the gay DC circuit. He and his partner have an open relationship and have a sling set up in their condo. Mark’s online cruise name is “DupontPig200″ and he’s into major kink.
Now who in the world would think such an image might influence someone about supporting gay civil unions or adopting children? Most McCain supporters couldn’t care less if an active and unrepentant homosexual in an “open” relationship has an anal sex sling and wants to care for a young impressionable child.
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