I assumed Ken Mehlman was gay because my gay friends told me he was gay. I didn’t really give a shit, and I still don’t. But George W. Bush was only reelected because Karl Rove engineered it so that numerous anti-gay initiatives would appear on key ballots in 2004, including in the decisive state of Ohio. Ken Mehlman was Bush’s campaign manager in 2004, so his success was predicated on gay-bashing. Ironically, Mehlman outed himself because he now wants to openly advocate for gay marriage. Good for him. It’s never a bad time to start doing the right thing. But it’s hard to overlook just how severely Mehlman sold his soul to the devil. If the former RNC chairman totally renounces his past and becomes a Democrat, then maybe I can forgive him (although New Orleans never will).
