Gay Louisiana Congressman Jim McCrery has just been praised for his outstanding fundraising prowess, as he helped raise over $15 million for the Republican National Committee. Within the Republican Party, this means that he will now be promoted to some sort of important position regardless of his legislative ability. That is the reason the U.S. has so many rich morons in positions of power, which is not to say that Congressman McCrery is a moron, just a hypocrite, as he has voted against his own rights and interests so many times we have lost count, but always very quietly:
Republicans on and off Capitol Hill consider [McCrery’s] low-key personality and his work out of the spotlight as a major reason he has been so successful.
Perhaps after The Advocate outed him in 1992, he decided that was a good time to adopt that “out of the spotlight” approach so he could still show his face at D.C. gay bars without being recognized.
Milestone for McCrery [The Hill via BlogActive]
Family Values Congressman [The Advocate via BlogActive]
Cullan
What a sad, sad man. I’d feel sorry for him if it weren’t for the fact that he’s actively punching us in the gut.
Will
I will never understand “Gay Republicans” . They are like communism. They look good on paper but in REAL LIFE it just doesn’t work.
Jonathon
We should be shouting about this man’s sexuality from the rooftops. Someone please call the moonbats at FRC, FOTF, etc. and tell them that a “fag” is serving as a Republican in Congress. They will probably take it from there.
PS: Will, “communism” has never existed in real life. Don’t confuse the Soviet and Chinese experiences of totalitarianistic socialism with Marxist communism – they are very, very different.
Jon
There is a difference between a gay republican who votes pro-gay, and a guy like this who is gay and votes against gay rights. I understand the former, not the latter