I read somewhere the other day that Bill Maher "outed" Ken Mehlman and that Mehlman had stepped down as RNC chairman. It appears that some on the left are trying to tie the two events together, but I feel fairly certain the timing is more of a coincidence, than anything else. I remember meeting Ken Mehlman when my old boss was in charge of his tour of California, meeting big donors all over the state. My coworkers and I speculated then, but no one really cared. Heck, the guy who recruited me into fundraising for the Republicans was openly gay. And Republican.

Other than black Republicans, nothing pisses a liberal off more than a gay Republican. In their narrow little world, a gay Republican must be self-hating. Because how could a gay man possibly hold a traditional view of marriage right? How can a gay man have traditional values? Or believe in smaller government and less taxes. In their world, all gay men and black people must have the exact same worldview and opinions. Or else they're self-hating.

I think the fact that there are more and more gay Republicans in leadership positions shows how big the tent really is, and how at the end of the day Republicans are not angry mobs with pitchforks trying to destroy anyone who is different from them. If anything, liberals who go around "outing" people with malicious intent, just because that person does not parrot their worldview, look more like that angry mob.