RNC Chair Candidate Ken Blackwell Believes In Gay "Cure"

Yes, that's what Ken Blackwell, the sketchy former Ohio Secretary of State who now has a good shot at running the Republican National Committee, told me a few months back, among some other very interesting and kooky things. It's a far cry from the days when the RNC was led by the 38-year-old "bachelor" of questionable sexual orientation, Ken Mehlman, but, according to The New York Times, Blackwell, a failed Ohio gubernatorial candidate who compared homosexuality to arson and kleptomania at the height of the campaign, may well be the RNC's next chair.

Because of the much-publicized racist eruption by one of the other six candidates over the holidays, Blackwell's supporters' efforts seem to be part of a twisted, laughable attempt to make the RNC appear "diverse" because Blackwell is African-American, even though he is a lockstep, antigay religious fundamentalist. The homos, after all, can still be publicly kicked around with glee:

Read the whole story here.

Comments

[psbintl]

This is so hard to believe! How can such ignorance prevail in this government?

UGH!!!

[Tom95134]

Just as Michael Jackson believes there is a Black "cure".

[NYC07]

Is he speaking from his own personal experience ??

[RODERICK098]

There are so many closeted self loathing gay Republicans. Some one should write a book about them.Its getting to be when you meet a Republican that you think ''they must be in the closet'' so why not come out of the closet, stop hating themselves and everyone else and start enjoying their lives

[swo68]

Ya, that's a partisan issue.

[planetjeffy]

Dear GOP,
For your next leader, I urge you to elect (anoint?) Mr Blackwell.­..especial­ly if he is the Mr Blackwell who came out with the worst dressed list every year. If his antigay viewpoint does not cancel out (the problem Pubs have with) his heritage, then I urge you to select the guy from VA who mailed out the ra icist cds. In fact, they would probably make great co-chairs, especially if the guy from VA is gai.
Sincerely,
Every Dem Alive

[AngryCitizen]

This ignorance is nothing short of stupefying. Next, he will assert the world is flat.

[truthglow]

He also believes in STEALING votes. In fact, he is an EXPERIENCED vote STEALER!!!

[MajorKong]

Me thinks Ken Blackwell doth protest too much.

[tel8034]

McCain and the RNC actually thought that adding Palin to the ticket would attract the majority of the female vote ..........­..........­...... THEY WERE WRONG.

Now the RNC believes that Blackwell (subliminal name and all) as the RNC chairman, will attract a large portion of the minority vote (AA, Hispanic, Asian and Native American) in future elections.­..........­.... THEY WILL SURELY PROVE TO BE WRONG WITH THIS AS WELL.

The RNC has yet to realize that they have no "Obama-like" person among their ranks ..........­.... First of all there are NO Republicans as BRILLIANT as Obama.....­..........­....... And they haven't realized yet (or even accepted) that the Obama win had nothing to do with the color of his skin.

[JackNasty]

Are we just going to just sit back as a nation and allow
people to live their lives the way they want to?

http://www.bettybowers.com/bigots.html

[dolphy]

Why is Blackwell not in jail yet?

[Querent]

Too bad the Greedy Oil Party is too racist to elect a Black Chairman. Either Ken Blackwell or Michael Steele would help keep the goopers down for a long, long time. By the way, do you have to flunk an intelligence test to be a Repug national committeman?

[meede]

In answer to your question, you would have to expand on it -- You would have to flunk an intelligence test to be a REPUG period!!!

[johnfoirdfw]

The GOP, doing it's best to bring us back the the middle ages...

[Ponderus]

Did it work for "him" or is Miss Blackwell still doing shows at the nearest Ohio truckstop?

[cautionbug]

Do i have this right? The competition for RNC chair is a show-and-tell of whose more racist, homophobic, politically corrupted/owned or rich and can out-hate the other guy?

[Querent]

That's right, brother. Well, they have to be representative of their party, don't they?

[Carolab]

Look what J. Kenneth was "hiding":

http://www.freepress.org/departments/display/19/2006/1848

[PhilipTaylor]

How about the guy who just retired from F OX?

That would be a change that puts "Am erica First" in clu elessness!