Lindsey Graham (R) Gay?

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Lindsey Graham Gay? Conservative Group ALIPAC Demands Senator 'Admit Homosexuality'

William Gheen, head of the conservative, anti-"amnesty," anti-illegal immigration group Americans for Legal Immigration PAC (ALIPAC), spoke at a Greenville, S.C. Tea Party rally this weekend and called for Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) to "come out of that log cabin closet."

According to Gheen, being gay is "a secret that Lindsey Graham has."

Gheen told the crowd: "I hope this secret isn't being used as leverage over Senator Graham, so today I think Senator Graham, you need to come forward and tell people about your alternative lifestyle and your homosexuality."

"Barney Frank is more honest and brave than you," Gheen continued, referring to the openly-gay Massachusetts congressman.

ALIPAC has posted the video titled "US Senator Graham is Gay" on YouTube, where various news outlets have covered it.

At one point, the video contained the tags "queer" and "fag," which Gheen told HuffPost were the result of a hacked YouTube account. When Gheen was informed of the keywords, he replaced them with less incendiary language.

The group defended itself Monday, and in fact doubled down on calls for Lindsay Graham to admit his homosexuality.

In a statement, ALIPAC alleged that a "brief clip of Gheen's speech, which is out of proper context, has already gone viral on YouTube and been reported by Keith Olberman on MSNBC without proper permissions or attributions."

"US Senator Lindsey Graham is gay and while many people in South Carolina and Washington DC know that, the general public and Graham's constituents do not," Gheen said in the statement. Though Gheen claimed, both in the statement and at the Tea Party rally, that he does "not care about Graham's private life," he again said that Graham must declare his supposed homsexuality "so the public can rest assured he is not being manipulated with his secret."

"I need to figure out why you're trying to sell out your own countrymen and I need to make sure you being gay isn't it," Gheen said over the weekend.

Anonymous rumors of Sen. Graham's supposed homosexuality have swirled around Washington before. In the run-up to Justice Sotomayor's confirmation hearing, Graham asked Sotomayor to explain uncredited comments about her past behavior. A blogger reactd by asking Graham to respond to anonymous speculation that he was gay.

UPDATE:

Former CNN anchor and former ALIPAC partner Lou Dobbs is "calling for William Gheen to resign after his comments/actions on Sen. Lindsey Graham's sexuality" via Twitter.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/20/lindsey-graham-gay-conser_n_544554.html

Teabaggers
I think maybe the gent (William Gheen) protest too much .... oh no

 

[JollyRoger]

The guy is from South carolina and hasn't even "hiked the Appalachian trail" or had the nerve to heckle the President. Gheyer than the tooth fairy.

 

[warpus]

Aren't all <queers> gay?

Moderator Action: Edited for trolling

 

[JollyRoger]

That's why they are trying to sell out their own countrymen. It's just what gays do. We should be more tolerant of such deviancy.

 

[sumit1207]

He does look and sound like an old lesbian.

 

[mariogreymist]

That's it...go after the only Republican in the Senate with an IQ over 90. That will take Conservative politics in the right direction in the US!

 

[Cutlass]

that would be funny, true or not.

 

[JollyRoger]

How long before we see the Graham (D) graphic on Fox News?

 

[Cutlass]

How long before we see the Graham (D) graphic on Fox News?

24 hours tops.

 

[mariogreymist]

Next week, he'll demand that Obama admit to being black, just so we can get it out in the open.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

Why does it matter if this politician is gay or not?

 

[Zelig]

Why does it matter if this politician is gay or not?

It only really matters when politicians are gay homophobes.

 

[Bill3000]

Why does it matter if this politician is gay or not?

Because gay people aren't generally supported to elected positions by conservatives?

 

[Formaldehyde]

Someone should tell the conservatives that DADT only applies to the military. Now, if it came out he wasn't really a Christian...

 

[mariogreymist]

Why does it matter if this politician is gay or not?

He's a member of the conservative (Republican) party in the US, and his district is in a notoriously homophobic area. If he were confirmed to be homosexual, he would be unelectable. This would mean the Republicans would have to nominate someone else. Given that Graham is also pretty centrist, as modern Republicans go, it would almost certainly be far - right wingnut. That's what the guy making this demand wants - people who think US school children should take science lessons from the Bible.

 

[emzie]

It's none of my business.

 

[Karalysia]

The Tea Party is doing exactly what I predicted. Splitting the Republicans.

In Florda Crist is going to run as an independent because he's going to lose the GOP primary to Rubio.

In Arizona McCain may lose to Hayworth in which case McCain could run as an independent.

In their hysterical attempt to move the GOP to the right the teapartiers are going to marganlize themselves. Its fantastic.

 

[mariogreymist]

Now all we need to do is find a good left wing version, and both enemies of democracy (R and D) might be ousted.

 

[civ_king]

I thought women were lesbian not gay?

 

[SchoolzSoKewl]

Haha wow it's like Republican middle school.
"Man that kid Lindsey is so gay."
"Oh I know bro, HIS name is Lindsey!"
"Hey Lindsey loves boys, you're gay, why don't you just say it!"