Last week, Bill Maher made an appearance on Larry King. On his show, he discussed his plans to out certain prominent Republicans. As King sat there dumbfounded, over the fact that a GOP leader could possibly be homosexual, Maher blurted out that one of the people he was referring to was Ken Mehlman. King, who apparently has been living in a cave for the last half-dozen years seemed dumbstruck by the revelation.
So CNN got out the bleach.
When the West Coast aired the show, the outing of Ken Mehlman was cut from the feed.
To make matters worse, CNN excised the comment from the transcripts. From their website:
MAHER: Well, there's a couple of big people who I think everyone in Washington knows who run the Republican...But, CNN is not stopping there. They have issued a cease-and-desist order to You Tube and bloggers who posted the unedited interview.
KING: You will name them?
MAHER: Well, I wouldn't be the first. I'd get sued if I was the first. (A PORTION OF THIS TRANSCRIPT HAS BEEN REMOVED)
KING: ... why would someone who is gay take public anti-gay positions? Why would you do that?
MAHER: Because, Larry, hating yourself is the greatest love of all. Self-loathing.
KING: Great way to close out this segment. It's poignant.
(Click on the above form to enlarge it.)Fortunately, not everyone is so easily cowed. The Huffington Post still has a copy of the video running.
For the before and after video and transcript, point your browser here.
As for Maher's promised outing of GOP operatives on his show...well, that never happened. In fact, he didn't even mention his appearance on King.
Gee, do you suppose that he just forgot?
2 comments:
BP: they choose it because it's hiding in plain sight, where all the rest of the compensating white men with ED and "mommy-issues" hide!
Mehlman goes to ground quite frequently, doesn't he? There's a candidate who has ducked the question, as well. Although not a Republican, he could easily be mistaken for one. And there have been rumors around town (his) that he's a "sexual suspect". Not hard to understand what that means...
Now that that progressive (*cough*) country of South Africa has okayed gay marriage, can we be far behind?
Yes, indeedy, we can!
Naomi
I do believe that as the GOP shifted further and further to the right, the Log Cabin Republicans were getting more uncomfortable with their party.
But, you are right Bretton, how could any gay man...or should I say self-respecting gay man...stay in the GOP.
Sorry, but after the delegates at the GOP convention turned their backs when Kolbe spoke, that should have been when gays left the party in droves.
Who knows...maybe they did.
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