Blue America Welcomes Russ Warner
"Everyone" knew Mark Foley was a closet case for years and years before it came out he was making inappropriate impositions on the young male congressional pages. "Everyone" knew he was living a double life before he got drunk and tried breaking into the boys' dorm one night. "Everybody?" Well, his constituents didn't know, silly. Inside the Beltway, the constituents aren't anybody. But Speaker Hastert (R-IL) knew and Tom Reynolds (R-NY) knew and John Shimkus (R-IL), John Boehner (R-OH), Roy Blunt (R-MO) and Rahm Emanuel (D-IL) all knew. And the media knew. But there was a an effort-- sometimes active and sometimes passive-- to cover it all up and put electoral priorities above the welfare of the pages. Nice place, Washington, isn't it? Today at Firedoglake we have a Democratic challenger, Russ Warner, who's going up against another "alleged" closet case-- a hypocritical and powerful Republican incumbent, David Dreier, who "everybody" knows about. His closet-casedness has been documented by Larry Flynt, the L.A. Weekly, Wikipedia, and all over the blogosphere. But his constituents... last they remember is that he was dating Republican "fag-hag" Bo Derik and... Bush's sister. But don't expect Russ to talk about the allegations or the open secret. If you want to hear the issues in the race for CA-26, Russ will be with us at FDL at 11am, PT (from YKos). And if you would like to see a bluer California, Russ Warner is a great bet.







Lindsey Graham is also closeted. It's amazing how many self-hating gay people drive the republican party. But it also kind of explains the uber-macho iconography (Reagan on a horse, Bush on the flight deck, etc.).
Closet gays are pedophiles?
Que Rush Limbaugh:
"This sort of thing is going to backfire on the Democrats, it's going to result in an eventual landslide loss for them."
I am beginning to suspect Bush (Rove) has stuff on the Dems they would prefer not get out into the open at this point.
Why else would they just let this Bush flip them off every time they attempt to apply restraint to the big bad Boosh?
Good Luck Russ...Dreier is a hard core repug ....and has a large following from So Cal...the red belt of a blue state.Which still puzzles me.
dinkface @ 3:
He may be right. Scary thought.
Rove can't afford to go after too many people,one of these days someone is going to come out with the dirt on that wierdo.
mudshark @ 7:
He can't? What about all those missing millions? Or is it billions?
David Dreier - Now there's a name, that in & of itself, just screams out for a tube of K-Y Jelly.
I really like our 2008 candidates. A great field. Good luck to Russ. I hope he gets a lot of donations and volunteers
L.A. Confidential @ 8:
Now that you mention $............he'll have no problem buying his little boys w Limpbaughlls in Haiti
Hell even the "Father of Reaganomics" is in a panic.
Except for a well-connected few graduates, who find their way into Wall Street investment banks, top law firms, and private medical practice, American universities today consist of detention centers to delay for four or five years the entry of American youth into unskilled domestic services.
Meanwhile the rich are getting much richer and luxuriating in the most fantastic conspicuous consumption since the Gilded Age. Robert Frank has dubbed the new American world of the super-rich “Richistan.”
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article18109.htm
Hopefully more people will finally snap out of this greedy hedonistic stupid/dishonest roller coaster ride to hell and start creating a responsible economy.
There's a difference between being a closet-case and a pedophile. If it's a matter of him simply being gay, then who cares? Why would Warner lower himself to make personal attacks instead of taking him apart over policy? It would only make himself look bad. Personal attacks is the territory of Republicans. Now if this Dreier guy is a pedo, that's an entirely different matter.
Also last I checked, Dems are supposed to be on the side of gay rights. Not publicly exposing gay people during political debates. That's tacky and wrong no matter who it is.
insinuating some one is this or that w/o facts is for the repug's...Russ shouldn't stoop to that level..and should turn it around and embarass the hell out of them with it..
are we talking about catholic priests or our politicians?
I doubt Dreier is a pedo.....NOW Rove sets of my gaydar.......and then some.
Andrew @ 15:
I agree. Exposing the Ted Haggards of this world - the closet cases who have gained power, wealth and political influence by bashing gays - is one thing. Flaming hypocrites like Haggard deserve to pay a steep price for the lives they have damaged and the self-serving amorality of their lies.
But how does it advance anyone's rights to go after any Republican who is gay and closeted? That's demonizing any gay person who isn't liberal. It isn't right.
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Rahm Emanuel didn't know jack stop lying.
Is Mr. Warner is a cradle progressive or a convert progressive? He seems like a really good man, but I would like to see us focus on finding cradle progressive candidates, as convert progressive candidates has a tendency to backslide. On the other hand, if we are looking to just enlarge our numbers in congress, convert progressives would be fine, but if we are looking to advance the progressive adgenda, we should definitely look more at cradle progressives.
Look, as long as Republicans are world class hypocrites on issues concerning gay and lesbian people, they are always going to be fair game for this kind of crap.
What do these sick Log Cabin republicans do, meet in secret hideouts wearing white hoods, and, pink undies?
If these congressmen knew, why didn't they publicly speak out when Foley was caught?
Oh! I know! It was because of the possible political "fallout".
I thought "Honor" and "Integrity" where leadership qualities?
If a kid gets a size eleven arsehole, so be it, republicans MUST stay in power at all cost. Rich people's tax base depends on it.
Alecia @ 21:
I've known Russ for years and would be thrilled to have him in the Congress. Even though I am not from his state. He's definitely what you would call a cradle progressive. He owns his own small business and his stands seem to me to be on par with most progressives.
I find the threads in this comment section that talk about Drier being gay odd - especially because Russ has never mentioned this nor would he stoop to that. That is so not his style. If it's an open secret that Drier's gay, so be it. It's his , Drier's, issue to live with and he has to live with himself and his hypocrisy. Until he's out, you can point out his hypocrisy but so what. His hard core supporters will continue to believe otherwise.
I live in IL 10 - Mark "Mr. Naval Reserve so I am so pro military" Kirk's district and for years many of us have suspected that he's in the closet. But in the end, his action is just sad. Nothing more.
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