GAYS IN THE MILITARY: NO PROBLEM-- CAN MITCH McCONNELL GET A SECOND CHANCE NOW?

some things never change

The far right's evangelical bigotry ministry's biggest fear about gays in the military has come true: there's nothing to it. Which makes these shamen, TV preachers, and self-proclaimed arbiters of their own psychotic vision of moral turpitude irrelevant. And that's bad for business which is, after all, the only thing any of them are all about.

"Since the British military began allowing homosexuals to serve in the armed forces in 2000, none of its fears-- about harassment, discord, blackmail, bullying or an erosion of unit cohesion or military effectiveness-- have come to pass, according to the Ministry of Defense, current and former members of the services and academics specializing in the military. The biggest news about the policy, they say, is that there is no news. It has for the most part become a nonissue."

If only they knew back in the day! Maybe Mitch McConnell could have gone on to be a military hero (rather than Bush's closeted Lord Chief Obstructionist in the U.S. Senate). Instead he was kicked out of the armed forces in 1967-- after a mere 10 days at Fort Knox. Since he refuses to allow public access to his discharge papers, the exact cause of his speedy departure from the military has always been shrouded in secrecy, although "groping a private's privates" has been bandied around for decades.

Of course, the thing is that's exactly what gay Republican closet cases could be expected to do. Maybe the U.S. should allow gays in and look a little more closely about allowing Republicans in. Oh, I forgot, most Republicans are just chicken-hawks and they don't volunteer anyway. Luckily, I guess.


UPDATE: NOT ALL KY REPUBLICANS SEEM THAT HAPPY WITH THE OLD KENTUCKY HOMO

With Miss McConnell's approval ratings in a nose-dive and a tailspin (like below 40% now, according to Frankfort rumors I'm hearing), some of the local wingnut bloggers are getting ready to back Larry Forgy for McConnell's senate seat next year.

Its time for Kentucky Republicans to nominate a US Senate candidate who can win in 2008. Mitch McConnell failed Kentucky's conservatives by undermining Governor Ernie Fletcher and backing former Louisville Rep. Anne Northup. Now his reelection numbers are well under 50 percent, and its time for the Republican Party to nominate a candidate who has a real chance to win in 2008. That candidate is Larry Forgy. Forgy is a Franklin County attorney and President of Health Kentucky, a non-profit that gives free health care to underprivileged patients in the Commonwealth. In 1995, he was the Republican nominee for Governor and received nearly 49 percent of the vote. Forgy can win in 2008. Kentucky Republicans need a nominee who will stand up for our conservative values, our veterans, our schools, and not just Anne Northup and George W. Bush.

McConnell never lifted a finger for Forgy and he let his campaign against Patton die on the vine-- and then 9 years later did the same thing to Forgy's sister when she ran against Rep. Chandler. The Forgy clan has long memories and they're hoping to do Miss McConnell some real damage-- maybe with a little help from the Club For Growth, whose Kentucky chapter has just one reason for existence: helping to rid Kentucky of Communist China's favorite senator.