RNC Chair Candidate Blackwell Believes In Gay Cure

[pab]

Posted: 1/13/09 at 10:53am

"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:

Another candidate, Chip Saltsman, the Tennessee party chairman, was roundly criticized for distributing a holiday CD to party members that included a parody song called “Barack the Magic Negro.”

Some Republicans argued that electing a black chairman could prove helpful as the party struggles to rebuild."

RNC Chair Candidate: Homosexuality is a compulsion that can be contained, repressed or changed.

Updated On: 1/13/09 at 10:53 AM

[Reginald Tresilian]

Posted: 1/13/09 at 10:58am

Go for it, RNC!

[PalJoey]

Posted: 1/13/09 at 11:09am

I have a foolproof Idiot Cure I'd like to put Kenneth Blackwell through.

[papalovesmambo]

Posted: 1/13/09 at 11:26am

well, he's black and you know how those people feel about the gays.

[South Fl Marc]

Posted: 1/13/09 at 12:28pm

The Log Cabin Republicans should be ... so proud.

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 1/13/09 at 1:06pm

They're not allowed to feel pride, Marc...just self loathing.