Outing the Out of Touch By MAUREEN DOWD

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http://select.nytimes.com/2007/06/10/opinion/10dowd.html?th&emc=th

Outing the Out of Touch
By MAUREEN DOWD
Published: June 10, 2007
WASHINGTON

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Be honest. Who would you rather share a foxhole with: a gay soldier or Mitt Romney?

A gay soldier, of course. In a dicey situation like that, you need someone steadfast who knows who he is and what he believes, even if he’s not allowed to say it out loud.

Hypocrisy is the homage vice pays to virtue, as the gloriously gay Oscar Wilde said. And gays are the sacrifice that hypocritical Republican candidates offer to placate “values” voters — even though some candidates are not so finicky about morals regarding their own affairs and divorces.

They may coo over the photo of Dick Cheney, whose re-election campaign demonized gays, proudly smiling with his new grandson, the first baby of his lesbian daughter, Mary.

But they’ll hold the line, by jiminy, against gay Americans who are willing to die or be horribly disfigured in the cursed Bush/Cheney war in Iraq.
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1. Colin Powell was discussing this

on NBC this AM.

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2. k

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3. Great post Rodeo, Maureen has a style of writing that really grabs

the readers. All her articles are interesting, points to be made and the writing style that gets people's attention and they read them. Not a boring lady at all. She is also as interesting and outspoken in interviews.

One of my favorites. Good read. By the way, you probably know the link won't do any good for those w/o a subscription.

Kick.

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