Upon reflection, (and a phone call from concerned family members--thanks for reading, Mom!) I've found myself wondering if I've gone too far. Might my characterization of the relationship between the Holy Terrors and the G.O.P. as being akin to prostitution be a tad unfair and unreasonable?
Hill Republicans Air Out the Closet
Foley Scandal Points Up Acceptance And Anxieties of Gay Staffers
By Jose Antonio Vargas
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, October 20, 2006; Page C01
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"You have to separate the marketing from the reality. The reality is, these (Republican Congress) members are not homophobic. For the most part, they're using this marketing to play to our base and stay in power. They have to turn out the votes," said David Duncan, once a board member of the Lesbian and Gay Congressional Staff Association and a former top aide to Rep. Robert Ney (R-Ohio), who last week pleaded guilty to corruption charges linked to the Abramoff scandal.
Andrew Sullivan, the openly gay conservative columnist, calls the Republican leadership "closet-tolerant."
"They're tolerant of gay people but they have to keep quiet about it because their base would go crazy if they ever express it. That's the bottom line," Sullivan said. "They have this acute cognitive dissonance, which is a polite way of saying hypocrisy."
Naw. "Pimps" and "Whores" pretty much covers it.
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