Ken Mehlman: ‘I Am Sorry’ For Helping Bush Exploit Anti-Gay Sentiment, ‘I Wish I Had Spoken Out’

[kpete]

Ken Mehlman: ‘I Am Sorry’ For Helping Bush Exploit Anti-Gay Sentiment, ‘I Wish I Had Spoken Out’
By Igor Volsky on Mar 2, 2012 at 9:46 am


Former RNC Chairman Ken Mehlman has issued what may be his first public apology for his role in fomenting anti-gay sentiment during President George W. Bush’s 2004 re-election bid:
As for his role in the 2004 Bush campaign and its exploitation of marital politics, Mehlman is candid — and remorseful.

“At a personal level, I wish I had spoken out against the effort,” he says. “As I’ve been involved in the fight for marriage equality, one of the things I’ve learned is how many people were harmed by the campaigns in which I was involved. I apologize to them and tell them I am sorry. While there have been recent victories, this could still be a long struggle in which there will be setbacks, and I’ll do my part to be helpful.”

MORE:
http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2012/03/02/436154/mehlman-sorry/

[Ian David]

1. Fuck you, Ken Mehlman

[snooper2]

4. I don't understand, is showing your right nip a new way of flipping people off?

[warrior1]

7. That's Marc Maron

[Ratty]

13. Marc Maron: story here

Hilarious.

Best tweet: "Ken Mehlman looks so vulnerable sleeping. I wonder if he dreams about being part of the cock that fucked the country?"

http://gawker.com/5642206/comedian-live+tweets-sitting-next-to-ken-mehlman-on-a-plane-exposes-nipple

[Arugula Latte]

17. Oh my gawd ...

That is absolutely hilarious. Modern technology leads to some mind-blowingly weird situations.

[joeybee12]

20. Exactly...what a filthy coward...nt

[bullwinkle428]

2. The question is, will he still take money from Republican candidates to promulgate this shit

in a future election cycle?

[LuvNewcastle]

3. Well, at least he had his 'seat at the table.'

[Botany]

5. Will you apologize for helping to rig the 2002 election in New Hampshire too?

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That whole phone jamming thing that you paid for and was run by James Tobin?
The same guy who called your office multiple times as he was jamming phone
lines of the democratic party and union workers so as to hurt their get out the
vote effort .... what say you to that Kenny?

Or the 2004 mailer in West Virginia which showed men kissing and told people
John Kerry would take their bibles and guns .... does that now bother you?

Or please come visit a friend's son who is dying from brain cancer he picked
up in Iraq as his unit was exposed to the KBR "burn pits" .... would that
trouble you just a little?



you remember this flyer Ken?

[PA Democrat]

6. So which of the hateful homophobic Republican candidates is he supporting?

[UTUSN]

8. Yeah, things that ought to be no-brainers IN REAL TIME can't be made-up for later

Andrew SULLIVAN and Tweety, take note (for their Shrub-worship on whatever issue at the time).

[Arkana]

9. Having a Lee-Atwater-on-his-deathbed moment, I see.

[Greybnk48]

10. You sold your soul Mehlman. Sorry, no do-overs.

There's no such thing as "retroactive courage."

[RainDog]

11. asshole

give back the money you earned if you're so sorry, scumbag.

[Arugula Latte]

12. Wah Wah Wuuuuuuuuuh.

[BigDemVoter]

14. FUCK YOU, KEN MEHLMAN

Apology NOT accepted.

[bigwillq]

15. When it mattered, he didn't say anything.

Shame on him.

I say the same about folks like Obama, who still haven't seen the light on equal rights even thought they one day may. Yes, folks are free to change their minds, but they had a chance to speak out then and now and haven't. A shame indeed.

[gratuitous]

16. All right, a decent first step

But you still have much to atone for, Mr. Mehlman. What are you doing now to undo the mischief you fomented? How will you make it up to your victims?

[AlinPA]

18. His apology is phony.

[Ikonoklast]

19. Stick your ex post facto 'apology' in your ear.

In hindsight, you are still a hypocrite and an enabler, and will live the rest of your life as one.