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Mehlman, Hate Mongering and Coming Out

08/26/10-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire
Tonight, on Countdown, Keith Olbermann and Dan Savage discussed the coming out of Kenneth Mehlman in terms of the constant hate mongering perpetuated by the Republican Party. Olbermann made the important point that the Republican Party is using the same kind of tactics today against immigrants, Hispanics and right now, Muslims that were used back when Mehlman was President George W. Bush’s campaign manager and later as the head of the Republican National Committee. In the second clip, Olbermann discusses the current batch of hate being used to drum up votes for the Republican Party in this election.

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Today, Thomas Roberts, one of the daytime anchors of MSNBC also discussed Mehlman’s coming out. During the interview with GOProud head Christopher Barron, Roberts also stated that he, himself, is gay. He says at one point in this segment “I think for probably most heterosexual Americans this isn’t going to come as a big deal, but I think for millions of gay and lesbian Americans — me included — find this to be kind of a shocking admission, especially when Mehlman’s leadership, in the positions that he held, came at a time when he was part of talks that would have put discrimination into the Constitution.”