Will We Ever Have A Gay President??

[Parche]

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[bigwillq]

1. We probably already have (nt)

[Parche]

2. Are You Thinking Buchanan?

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:hi:

[bigwillq]

3. Don't have anyone in mind specifically

But I am sure there have been some that have gotten freaky behind closed downs.

[leftyclimber]

4. Rumors abound about Lincoln...

I think a better question might be "Will we ever have an out gay president?"

God, I hope so. I'd like to think we, as a country, are better than the shit we get shoved down our throats by the noisy stupid people.

[YDogg]

6. the original log cabin republican?

[YDogg]

5. yeah. prolly.

[pitohui]

7. i thought we'd had several EOM

.

[terrya]

8. An openly gay one? That will happen around 2772.

[Chan790]

9. I'm going to get killed for this but...

if you're asking my opinion, I think we'll have an openly-gay president before we'll have a woman president. I'd wager 50/50 odds they'll be the same person.

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[LostinVA]

14. Bush is not gay

He's straight. My condolences to straight people everywhere.

[abq e streeter]

17. Just trying to be funny-no put down of gay people intended, or inferring that Bush is or isn't

But I join you in condolences to the entire planet that this fucking jackass is president.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

19. He's not gay; but he's sure not straight...

He's as crooked as they come. :hi:

[LostinVA]

21. He's definitely crooked

Just not gay.

:hi:

[madinmaryland]

25. He's not straight either.

:shrug:

[LadyoftheRabbits]

11. Well, we're only now...

... getting around to having a woman or black man likely becoming president. It might be a while. :(

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[LostinVA]

13. Ugh -- Bush is not gay

Thankfully, the mods are usually good at locking threads calling him gay.

[pitohui]

15. it's victor ashe and yes, he's gay

pretty well known around knoxville

i've never understood why you're not allowed to tell the truth on this particular subject, not like it's a big old secret or anything

it is possible to be gay and be a bad guy, gay men are part of the human condition, just as it's possible to be black and be a bad guy, charles taylor being a great example...

i guess it's like we weren't allowed to notice that reagan had alzheimer's in the 80s

at a certain point, you need to trust your own lying eyes instead of what's PC to say

[LostinVA]

16. Victor Ashe is gay

Bush isn't.

[havocmom]

20. Let's think back to the tenure of 41 and the toy boys in the WH with W

and rethink that whole theory.

[LostinVA]

22. Here's a website for you

www.abovetopsecret.com

People can post all sorts of crazy theories there.

[OmahaBlueDog]

27. ..and then there's the whole "Skull & Bones" thing

[Xipe Totec]

18. And have to repaint Airforce-1? No way!

[Robeson]

23. We have. His name was Lincoln.

[Tektonik]

24. I don't think it'll happen in my lifetime which saddens me

I don't think CA would even vote for a gay governor atm.

[Lex]

26. President James Buchanan.

Some background:

For fifteen years in Washington, D.C., prior to his presidency, Buchanan lived with his close friend, Alabama Senator William Rufus King. King became Vice President under Franklin Pierce. He took ill and died shortly after Pierce's inauguration, and four years before Buchanan became President. Buchanan and King's close relation prompted Andrew Jackson to refer to King as "Miss Nancy" and "Aunt Fancy," while Aaron V. Brown spoke of the two as "Buchanan and his wife." Further, some of the contemporary press also speculated about Buchanan and King's relationship. Buchanan and King's nieces destroyed their uncles' correspondence, leaving some questions as to what relationship the two men had, but the length and intimacy of surviving letters illustrate "the affection of a special friendship", and Buchanan wrote of his "communion" with his housemate. Such expression, however, was not necessarily unusual amongst men at the time. Circumstances surrounding Buchanan and King's close emotional ties have led to speculation that he was America's first homosexual president.

The only President never to marry, Buchanan turned to Harriet Lane, an orphaned niece whom he had earlier adopted, to act as his First Lady. "I feel that it is not good for man to be alone", he wrote, "and should not be astonished to find myself married to some old maid who can nurse me when I am sick, provide good dinners for me when I am well, and not expect from me any very ardent or romantic affection."

[GoddessOfGuinness]

28. That's interesting...

Thanks for the info.

It's remarkable that this wasn't flung around during Buchanon's campaign; or if it was, it's amazing that history seemed to forget about it.

[quakerboy]

29. If the country survives long enough

sure, we will have an Openly Gay president someday. If we vote in McCain and play Germany in WWIII, it becomes a bit less likely in my mind, however.

[BreweryYardRat]

30. Well, if I ever run for the job, we'll have an openly bisexual one.

The odds of me running, however...

[SeattleGirl]

31. Sure. When my great, great, great, great, great grandchildren

vote him/her into office.

[YankeyMCC]

32. If we survive as a nation

and remain a nation of laws and equality under those laws, eventually we'll have a President of every variety of human type and demeanor.