Comments on: Four More Top GOP Outings Could Be in the Offing http://www.pensitoreview.com/2007/09/04/four-more-gop-outings-could-be-in-the-offing/ News and Opinion on Politics and Media Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:50:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: The GOP's "gay problem"... more to come? | Five Before Chaos http://www.pensitoreview.com/2007/09/04/four-more-gop-outings-could-be-in-the-offing/comment-page-3/#comment-708154 The GOP's "gay problem"... more to come? | Five Before Chaos Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:43:37 +0000 http://www.pensitoreview.com/2007/09/04/four-more-gop-outings-could-be-in-the-offing/#comment-708154 [...] I thought I’d take the time and just throw this juicy little nugget from Pensito Review out there. Now, those of you reading this are, by now, not shocked by the almost [...] [...] I thought I’d take the time and just throw this juicy little nugget from Pensito Review out there. Now, those of you reading this are, by now, not shocked by the almost [...]

]]> By: chris http://www.pensitoreview.com/2007/09/04/four-more-gop-outings-could-be-in-the-offing/comment-page-2/#comment-647902 chris Fri, 09 Jan 2009 19:54:41 +0000 http://www.pensitoreview.com/2007/09/04/four-more-gop-outings-could-be-in-the-offing/#comment-647902 You hit the nail on the head with that last paragraph, I've never quite figured out what the problem with the Republican Party is and I think you've got it. It also should be a red flag to the Christian right that they are being used for votes. You hit the nail on the head with that last paragraph, I’ve never quite figured out what the problem with the Republican Party is and I think you’ve got it. It also should be a red flag to the Christian right that they are being used for votes.

]]> By: dan http://www.pensitoreview.com/2007/09/04/four-more-gop-outings-could-be-in-the-offing/comment-page-2/#comment-394616 dan Thu, 04 Oct 2007 22:14:10 +0000 http://www.pensitoreview.com/2007/09/04/four-more-gop-outings-could-be-in-the-offing/#comment-394616 The White House Chief of Staff, Josh Bolten,is surely a candidate, what with his hobby of taking and collecting photos of his boss's hands and his vacation home in gay-friendly Key West. He is even listed in the telephone directory. The White House Chief of Staff, Josh Bolten,is surely a candidate, what with his hobby of taking and collecting photos of his boss’s hands and his vacation home in gay-friendly Key West. He is even listed in the telephone directory.

]]> By: Lorie Price http://www.pensitoreview.com/2007/09/04/four-more-gop-outings-could-be-in-the-offing/comment-page-2/#comment-392666 Lorie Price Sat, 29 Sep 2007 16:40:41 +0000 http://www.pensitoreview.com/2007/09/04/four-more-gop-outings-could-be-in-the-offing/#comment-392666 Does this mean Democrats are finally going to reform all their programs that oppress gay people? After years of paying over 12% of my income in FICA taxes I nsure wish my partner and her kids could receive social security survivor benefits like all my heterosexual siblings do? Why am I a tax slave? Less than? A 2nd class citizen? Does this mean Democrats are finally going to reform all their programs that oppress gay people?

After years of paying over 12% of my income in FICA taxes I nsure wish my partner and her kids could receive social security survivor benefits like all my heterosexual siblings do?

Why am I a tax slave? Less than? A 2nd class citizen?

]]> By: Ocelopotamus — Roundup: Swiftly Tilting Planet Edition http://www.pensitoreview.com/2007/09/04/four-more-gop-outings-could-be-in-the-offing/comment-page-2/#comment-386897 Ocelopotamus — Roundup: Swiftly Tilting Planet Edition Mon, 17 Sep 2007 07:09:24 +0000 http://www.pensitoreview.com/2007/09/04/four-more-gop-outings-could-be-in-the-offing/#comment-386897 [...] THE PINK SECTION: You’ll never catch me repeating gossip … so you better be sure and listen close the first time. (Listen to what Pam Spaulding had to say on the radio machine, too.) [...] [...] THE PINK SECTION: You’ll never catch me repeating gossip … so you better be sure and listen close the first time. (Listen to what Pam Spaulding had to say on the radio machine, too.) [...]

]]> By: Another GOP gay scandal brews in murder-suicide case? - Political Hotwire http://www.pensitoreview.com/2007/09/04/four-more-gop-outings-could-be-in-the-offing/comment-page-2/#comment-385714 Another GOP gay scandal brews in murder-suicide case? - Political Hotwire Fri, 14 Sep 2007 16:40:17 +0000 http://www.pensitoreview.com/2007/09/04/four-more-gop-outings-could-be-in-the-offing/#comment-385714 [...] here is a bizarre story swarming blogtopia, laced with unconfirmed (and confirmed) sources that could lead to another Republican Sexual Hypocrite "outing" and scandal. First, some facts about the weird murder suicide in Orlando in late August that kicked off the whole matter:A Republican political consultant killed in an apparent double murder-suicide in Florida had worked extensively in Alabama politics including a controversial "Adam and Steve" campaign leaflet that parodied gay marriage. Ralph Gonzalez, 39, president of The Strategum Group, was found dead Thursday along with his roommate, David Abrami, 36, and a friend, Robert Drake, 30, according to The Associated Press. A motive has not been determined. Weapons and signs of a struggle were found in the house. ... The Alabama Republican Legislative Committee in 2005 paid Strategum $3,144.06 to print a flier that accused a Democratic candidate for the House of Representatives of supporting gay marriage. The flier depicted two smiling men on a porch holding hands with the caption: "Let Gloria Dolbare know God made Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve!" The Orlando Sheriff's deputies have not released a timeline or official motive -- the bodies that were discovered had been dead for several days. Some articles at the time mentioned a gay love triangle, which caught the eye of several blogs. As Andy at Towleroad noted, Florida Today originally ran the story with the "Lovers' fight may have sparked three deaths." He did a screen cap of it: The newspaper later scrubbed all references to the "lovers' quarrel" from the report without comment. The fact that it gets even more GOP-scandalous - it also ties into a male escort service/prostitution ring - shows it is begging for additional investigation by the MSM, but no one seems to want to touch it. Drama Queen notes:In both Monday and Tuesday's posts, my point was that it's highly suspicious that the traditional media has basically ignored the Florida murder suicide: a sensational story that juicily combines fundamentalist Christian politicians and homosexual consultants, election software tampering and this potential tie to a gay porn-related murder in Pennsylvania.This story is potentially wilder than anything Larry Craig's toe-tapping in an airport restroom. I have no idea what it all means since there are many still off-the-record sources. I'll let Scrutiny Hooligans, Down With Tyranny and Pat Go Bye Bye tell the potentially sordid tale. BlueNC has been on the case for some time now as well. However, you might want to start here for an overview. More after the jump, including an on-the-record tie to a GOP congressman. pam :: Another GOP gay scandal brews in murder-suicide case? The events on the record are noteworthy enough for the MSM to investigate at this point, because the office of right-wing Congressman Patrick McHenry (R-NC) has gone on the record tying the pol to the shooting. Howie Klein, making a serious charge:As we mentioned yesterday, Drake, a former marine, also is alleged to have a strong relationship-- both intimate and business/political-- with right-wing Congressman Patrick McHenry (R-NC). When I spoke to McHenry's office about this they at first insisted they never heard of Drake then, confronted with specifics, admitted they know him. They refused to put Congressman McHenry on the phone. There is every indication that McHenry may have been one of the Republican elected officials who was using the services of the gay prostitution agency connected to Drake. Our pals over at the BradBlog points out the connections between Florida's ultra-corrupt, vote-tampering congressman, Tom Feeney, and Gonzalez and reports the threat to expose the list of Republican elected officials who were using the gay escort service.Where will it go? Who knows, but with a story of this potential magnitude, the mainstream news media, which has the resources to investigate and uncover whether the thick smoke does or doesn't lead to fire, isn't biting. *** Meanwhile, drop by The Pensito Review for a post on the next GOP closet doors that could be kicked open. While we're on GOP topic, look at the yeoman work of this Blender, Tommy Korioth. He said he expected to spend a couple of hours working on a list of the Republican Culture of Corruption, but it took him 3 days. We've got to get this stuff into a searchable Conservative Values Monitor database again. Tags: GOP, Republican sexual hypocrites, Patrick McHenry, (All Tags) Print Friendly View Send As Email Another GOP gay scandal brews in murder-suicide case? | 5 comments by: you @ soon To post this comment click here: Otherwise click cancel. You must enter a subject for your comment the Gay Old Party! They are truly gift that keep on giving. Pam, this is simply an amazing and horrible story. I just surfed Howie, and can't believe how convoluted and crazy the whole thing is. Do please stay on top of this one, and talk about it with the other cool kids out there. Mike Rogers and Michaelangelo S and John A, you're already on top this, right? Pam's House Blend:: Another GOP gay scandal brews in murder-suicide case? [...] [...] here is a bizarre story swarming blogtopia, laced with unconfirmed (and confirmed) sources that could lead to another Republican Sexual Hypocrite "outing" and scandal. First, some facts about the weird murder suicide in Orlando in late August that kicked off the whole matter:A Republican political consultant killed in an apparent double murder-suicide in Florida had worked extensively in Alabama politics including a controversial "Adam and Steve" campaign leaflet that parodied gay marriage. Ralph Gonzalez, 39, president of The Strategum Group, was found dead Thursday along with his roommate, David Abrami, 36, and a friend, Robert Drake, 30, according to The Associated Press. A motive has not been determined. Weapons and signs of a struggle were found in the house. … The Alabama Republican Legislative Committee in 2005 paid Strategum $3,144.06 to print a flier that accused a Democratic candidate for the House of Representatives of supporting gay marriage. The flier depicted two smiling men on a porch holding hands with the caption: "Let Gloria Dolbare know God made Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve!" The Orlando Sheriff’s deputies have not released a timeline or official motive — the bodies that were discovered had been dead for several days. Some articles at the time mentioned a gay love triangle, which caught the eye of several blogs. As Andy at Towleroad noted, Florida Today originally ran the story with the "Lovers’ fight may have sparked three deaths." He did a screen cap of it: The newspaper later scrubbed all references to the "lovers’ quarrel" from the report without comment. The fact that it gets even more GOP-scandalous – it also ties into a male escort service/prostitution ring – shows it is begging for additional investigation by the MSM, but no one seems to want to touch it. Drama Queen notes:In both Monday and Tuesday’s posts, my point was that it’s highly suspicious that the traditional media has basically ignored the Florida murder suicide: a sensational story that juicily combines fundamentalist Christian politicians and homosexual consultants, election software tampering and this potential tie to a gay porn-related murder in Pennsylvania.This story is potentially wilder than anything Larry Craig’s toe-tapping in an airport restroom. I have no idea what it all means since there are many still off-the-record sources. I’ll let Scrutiny Hooligans, Down With Tyranny and Pat Go Bye Bye tell the potentially sordid tale. BlueNC has been on the case for some time now as well. However, you might want to start here for an overview. More after the jump, including an on-the-record tie to a GOP congressman. pam :: Another GOP gay scandal brews in murder-suicide case? The events on the record are noteworthy enough for the MSM to investigate at this point, because the office of right-wing Congressman Patrick McHenry (R-NC) has gone on the record tying the pol to the shooting. Howie Klein, making a serious charge:As we mentioned yesterday, Drake, a former marine, also is alleged to have a strong relationship– both intimate and business/political– with right-wing Congressman Patrick McHenry (R-NC). When I spoke to McHenry’s office about this they at first insisted they never heard of Drake then, confronted with specifics, admitted they know him. They refused to put Congressman McHenry on the phone. There is every indication that McHenry may have been one of the Republican elected officials who was using the services of the gay prostitution agency connected to Drake. Our pals over at the BradBlog points out the connections between Florida’s ultra-corrupt, vote-tampering congressman, Tom Feeney, and Gonzalez and reports the threat to expose the list of Republican elected officials who were using the gay escort service.Where will it go? Who knows, but with a story of this potential magnitude, the mainstream news media, which has the resources to investigate and uncover whether the thick smoke does or doesn’t lead to fire, isn’t biting. *** Meanwhile, drop by The Pensito Review for a post on the next GOP closet doors that could be kicked open. While we’re on GOP topic, look at the yeoman work of this Blender, Tommy Korioth. He said he expected to spend a couple of hours working on a list of the Republican Culture of Corruption, but it took him 3 days. We’ve got to get this stuff into a searchable Conservative Values Monitor database again. Tags: GOP, Republican sexual hypocrites, Patrick McHenry, (All Tags) Print Friendly View Send As Email Another GOP gay scandal brews in murder-suicide case? | 5 comments by: you @ soon To post this comment click here: Otherwise click cancel. You must enter a subject for your comment the Gay Old Party! They are truly gift that keep on giving. Pam, this is simply an amazing and horrible story. I just surfed Howie, and can’t believe how convoluted and crazy the whole thing is. Do please stay on top of this one, and talk about it with the other cool kids out there. Mike Rogers and Michaelangelo S and John A, you’re already on top this, right? Pam’s House Blend:: Another GOP gay scandal brews in murder-suicide case? [...]

]]> By: Jon http://www.pensitoreview.com/2007/09/04/four-more-gop-outings-could-be-in-the-offing/comment-page-2/#comment-385378 Jon Thu, 13 Sep 2007 18:15:13 +0000 http://www.pensitoreview.com/2007/09/04/four-more-gop-outings-could-be-in-the-offing/#comment-385378 Ron: We have a story on Victor Ashe, too. It's <a href="http://www.pensitoreview.com/2006/11/04/is-george-bush-gay/" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Ron: We have a story on Victor Ashe, too. It’s here.

]]> By: Ron http://www.pensitoreview.com/2007/09/04/four-more-gop-outings-could-be-in-the-offing/comment-page-2/#comment-385348 Ron Thu, 13 Sep 2007 15:30:25 +0000 http://www.pensitoreview.com/2007/09/04/four-more-gop-outings-could-be-in-the-offing/#comment-385348 Regarding that rumor about Bush and the Mayor of Knoxville: Check out this site: http://poland.indymedia.org/pl/2004/09/9014.shtml Regarding that rumor about Bush and the Mayor of Knoxville:

Check out this site:

http://poland.indymedia.org/pl/2004/09/9014.shtml

]]> By: Grouchy’s Liberaltopiaâ„¢ » The Tattlesnake — America’s Rasputin and Other GOP Stall-Slammery Edition http://www.pensitoreview.com/2007/09/04/four-more-gop-outings-could-be-in-the-offing/comment-page-2/#comment-385346 Grouchy’s Liberaltopiaâ„¢ » The Tattlesnake — America’s Rasputin and Other GOP Stall-Slammery Edition Thu, 13 Sep 2007 15:21:39 +0000 http://www.pensitoreview.com/2007/09/04/four-more-gop-outings-could-be-in-the-offing/#comment-385346 [...] – The Harder They Fall (in the stall): Buzzflash has a nifty little feature, “GOP Hypocrite of the Week,” which gives a brief glimpse of the latest lying toad from the Party of God caught Red State-handed doing the Devil’s work. Last week they featured an item about Mike Rogers, the intrepid DC investigative journalist who has committed himself to outing “nasty, naughty” Republicans who vote against gay rights in public while indulging in gay sex in private. Rogers’ two biggest take-downs to date are cheesy teen molester Rep. Mark Foley and mega-hypocrite Sen. Larry Craig, whom he outed last year (look how long it took for the Big Media to catch up), but it seems some other prominent GOP politicos are about to face the music. Among 30 Republicans Rogers is investigating, the names of Rep. David Dreier (CA) and Rep. Patrick McHenry (VA) pop out. There have been rumors flying thick and fast regarding Dreier’s sausage packing for years, and pious Stalinist-Christian McHenry’s long been known as a king-size ‘jerkov.’ But there are big fish on another list by Howie Klein, two real whoppers: Sen. Lindsey Graham (SC) and — wait for it — Sen. Mitch McConnell (KY Jelly), the Republican Senate Minority Leader and Gigantic GOP Asshole! Is it possible these two staunch homophobic Bush Christopublicans are stall-slammers of the Craig persuasion? Thank Gee and Jay for Rogers, Klein and Larry Flynt; between the three of them they’re doing the hard job the Big Media used to do before they decided endless reports of ‘he said, she said’ constituted journalism. BTW, here’s a two word hint for Mike’s next investigation: Sam Brownback. [...] [...] – The Harder They Fall (in the stall): Buzzflash has a nifty little feature, “GOP Hypocrite of the Week,” which gives a brief glimpse of the latest lying toad from the Party of God caught Red State-handed doing the Devil’s work. Last week they featured an item about Mike Rogers, the intrepid DC investigative journalist who has committed himself to outing “nasty, naughty” Republicans who vote against gay rights in public while indulging in gay sex in private. Rogers’ two biggest take-downs to date are cheesy teen molester Rep. Mark Foley and mega-hypocrite Sen. Larry Craig, whom he outed last year (look how long it took for the Big Media to catch up), but it seems some other prominent GOP politicos are about to face the music. Among 30 Republicans Rogers is investigating, the names of Rep. David Dreier (CA) and Rep. Patrick McHenry (VA) pop out. There have been rumors flying thick and fast regarding Dreier’s sausage packing for years, and pious Stalinist-Christian McHenry’s long been known as a king-size ‘jerkov.’ But there are big fish on another list by Howie Klein, two real whoppers: Sen. Lindsey Graham (SC) and — wait for it — Sen. Mitch McConnell (KY Jelly), the Republican Senate Minority Leader and Gigantic GOP Asshole! Is it possible these two staunch homophobic Bush Christopublicans are stall-slammers of the Craig persuasion? Thank Gee and Jay for Rogers, Klein and Larry Flynt; between the three of them they’re doing the hard job the Big Media used to do before they decided endless reports of ‘he said, she said’ constituted journalism. BTW, here’s a two word hint for Mike’s next investigation: Sam Brownback. [...]

]]> By: Ron http://www.pensitoreview.com/2007/09/04/four-more-gop-outings-could-be-in-the-offing/comment-page-2/#comment-385328 Ron Thu, 13 Sep 2007 14:14:12 +0000 http://www.pensitoreview.com/2007/09/04/four-more-gop-outings-could-be-in-the-offing/#comment-385328 Years ago, there was a story going around about Bush having a sexual relationship (during his time in the military) with a former mayor of Knoxville. That story was quickly hushed up. The possibility of more outings must have a lot of folks on the Hill shaking in their conservative boots. Years ago, there was a story going around about Bush having a sexual relationship (during his time in the military) with a former mayor of Knoxville. That story was quickly hushed up.

The possibility of more outings must have a lot of folks on the Hill shaking in their conservative boots.

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