John McCain's Chief of Staff is gay (just outed by Signorile & Rogers)

[Mabus]

When the first source on today's Roy Cohn Award recipient came forward approximately six months ago, he and I decided to wait and see where the presidential election went and how this person's boss performed. Dismally.

First a multiple choice question: Which nominee for President of the United States is homophobic and has a gay chief of staff at his Senate office in Washington, DC?

A. John McCain
B. Barack Obama

If you guessed "B," you're in the wrong spot. You belong here. If you guessed "A," congratulations, you passed with flying colors.

Mark Buse is not just a Chief of Staff for a homophobic United States Senator, but he is helping that Senator get elected to the White House.

Rest at: http://www.blogactive.com/

more at: http://www.signorile2003.blogspot.com/

[tblue]

1. I bet you $1 Mark Buse is gay. Though he may be the last to know.

Not all Repugs are gay homophobes. But, I'm willing to bet, all gay homophobes are Repugs.

[Mabus]

3. He is. I'm listening to the two Mikes talk about the sorted details

Learning more as the show continues.

With that in mind, and after confirming the information with two other sources, I decided it was time to present Buse the Roy Cohn Award for working against the interests of the lesbian and gay community while living as a gay man.


So, when the source an I talked again, I got some details. The main source (I have since confirmed the story with two others and Mike Signorile has the ex-boyfriend on the record) talked to me about how he met Buse at a number of gay parties, including one at Buse's house. Parties at the Buse residence, according to the source, would sometime become sexual in nature as the evening went on. The source told me, Ironically, that Buse and his partner of over ten years had a sling hanging in, of all places, the closet.


http://www.blogactive.com/

[tblue]

8. Bwaaaaaaahahaha! Told you!!!

[petersjo02]

12. That would be "sordid" details,

although many would appreciate having them sorted, too.

[Mabus]

14. LOL

I must of been channeling a passing freeper.

:blush:

:rofl:

[Ichingcarpenter]

2. Looks like they have enough witnesses and facts to out him

What a hypocrite, there something truly psychologically wrong with
Log cabin republicans, its like a black man joining the KKK because he
owns a white sheet manufacturing plant

[Mabus]

4. John McCain's Gay Chief of Staff, Mark Buse (videotaped by his ex-boyfriend)

Signorile mentioned he had a video of Mark's apartment on his blog. Then they joked about where Buse could put the award Rogers gave him.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzylwR5NX-Q&eurl=http://www.signorile2003.blogspot.com/

[DURHAM D]

5. What's your point?

Sounds and looks to me like Buse is already out. Just because the author of the piece doesn't socialize with Buse doesn't mean he isn't out. Nothing here - move along.

[Mabus]

7. Buse is working to help elect two anti-gay politicans

Including one that believes that LGBT people can be "cured" with conversion therapy. That's pretty fucked up.

[Nye Bevan]

6. So what? Both McCain and Obama oppose same-sex marriage

Should no gay people work for either campaign, in order to avoid being outed as hypocrites?

[Mabus]

10. Oh give me a break

Buse is an anti-gay gay man working as a Chief of Staff to a major political candidate for president and working with those who foment hate against LGBT people. He has McCain's ear and helps set the agenda.

Is Obama's Chief of Staff actively courting the anti-gay vote? Is he gay?

[cali]

15. if you can't see the difference between Obama and McCain on GLBT issues, well,

you need a lot of education.

[JackBeck]

9. Aravosis was on top of this back in July.

http://www.americablog.com/2008/07/mccain-hires-another-senior-gay-staffer.html

Guess he didn't want to name names.

[Mabus]

11. The name is out there now

We had company most of July and I didn't get to check out Americablog as often as I usually do.

[Toucano]

13. Rethuglicans would be a extinct without the Roy Cohns of the world helping them out. n/t

[Mabus]

16. And that is why I support Mike Rogers and Mike Signorile

outing the hypocrites who value power and money more than human rights.

[tanyev]

17. Kick.