Reply #79: I appreciate that, but I think you are overestimating the 'angst' we feel about [View All]

[karlrschneider]

many of the things that you're concerned about. Most of us aren't fragile thin-skinned prancing fairies; on the contrary we're outwardly pretty much like everybody else. And yes, the issues on equality are very important but we don't obsess over minutia like Rudy wearing a dress. By the way,
my mention of Senator Coburn wasn't made in a vacuum - I was his daddy's chief pilot for years and hauled Tommy around the country from the time he was in high school. I consider him to be a friend in some ways and an enemy in others...he well understands that (or so he's said to me) and he full well
remembers the many times I held his life and those of his family in my capable hands. I 'converted' his brother, still working on him. This is all true, there are many DUers who know my history. I may be queer but I'm not a liar.