—Rich Tafel (pictured), the former Log Cabin Republicans executive director (1993-2002), taking a slightly different approach on former RNC chairman Ken Mehlman coming out than LCR’s current leadership. Tafel says he met Mehlman in 2000 when he was heading to the Bush campaign and attacked Tafel for “not being supportive enough” of the then-governor.
—R. Clarke Cooper, LCR’s current chief in a previous and updated statement
[via Washington Blade]
hephaestion
Rich Tafel is right. Rich is also terribly hot; I saw him once on 17th Street in DC and he was handsome as hell in person.
But I still can’t comprehend how ANYONE can be a Republican.
BobLoblaw
“[Ken] made a very sincere declaration of apology and regret for the impact of the 2004 campaign had on the gay community.” Ahahahahahaha. Where can I find that declaration, other than Cooper’s ass?
Dan
Ken Melhman is the Jeffrey Dahmer of politics – he used and abused the gay community for personal gratification. He has yet to apologize for all the gay kids who killed themselves while he made money creating an anti-gay environment by pushing anti-gay amendments. He is evil.
tjr101
It seems like they only gain their sanity after leaving the posts. Those that are currently still in the LCR unfortunately are quite delusional.
Cam
The two former people who ran Log cabin seem to have been true believers, the one there now is just a stooge trying to stay in good with his political buddies. Remember, the other former head of Log Cabin, Patrick Guarino took a bunch of crap for refusing to endorse Bush during the election because of the anti-gay campaign. This current leader would have been holding fundraisers for Bush.