Gay Activist Rogers Vows to Take Down Republicans- More Outings!

[Bonnie]

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Gay Activist Michael Rogers vowed on Tucker Carlson that there will be more Republican outings in the coming days and that this will bring down the Republican Party at midterms!



And, of course, he explains why this is all necessary!
From Tucker Carlson on Thursday October 5, 2006:


CARLSON: Accusations about Mark Foley‘s X-rated e-mails to underage pages first surfaced on the Internet on blogs. My next guest is a blogger who has been writing about former congressman Foley for over a year now and reportedly has warned of more revelations to come.

Joining me from Washington, Michael Rogers, gay activist and blogger.

Michael Rogers, thanks a lot for coming on.

“Radar” magazine had an interesting item last night, writing about a site called stopsexpredators.blogspot, which appears to be the original site on which a number of these exchanges first surfaced. It‘s not clear who runs this site, it‘s not clear who owns it, what the purpose of it is, but it‘s clearly an orchestrated effort to torpedo Foley.

Are you behind this site?

MICHAEL ROGERS, GAY ACTIVIST & BLOGGER: I am absolutely not behind the site stopsexpredators.blogspot.com. Absolutely not.

I did receive the e-mails a little bit before they went up on Stop Sex Predators, and the Stop Sex Predators site administrator apparently, from an Gmail account, claiming that, told me about them, that they were posted there as well. And then when I had first received them I made sure that I immediately confirmed that they had been handed over to the proper law enforcement authorities prior to my obtaining them.

CARLSON: So it sounds like you were one of the very first people in America to see these exchanges. Where do you think came from? Who was behind this?

ROGERS: Well, I think that “The Hill” reported on that today. It‘s clear that it was a GOP operative. And, you know, as we see, that‘s because the GOP is pretty much falling apart at the seams on this. And the greatest kept secret for the GOP for the past six or seven years has been the extraordinary number of closeted men who have been helping to facilitate that anti-gay agenda.

And I know that there are a lot of my friends on the Republican side who are fed up and have been feeding me information on people like Mark Foley for well over an year. It‘s been known on my blog where I reported about him I guess last March of 2005. So...

CARLSON: ... you believe that Mark Foley was outed, his behavior was revealed to the world by gay Republicans bitter at the fact he was not publicly identifying himself as gay?

ROGERS: I‘m saying it was gay Republicans. It was people who are—I would think have something against Mr. Foley.

We see in “The Hill” that it was a GOP aide.

CARLSON: Right.

ROGERS: So clearly—and we have now known while people are claiming that this was released now, these are the folks that have sat on these for well over a year, and in some cases folks have been known, I guess, five years ago talking about this. So what I would say is I think what‘s happening is we‘re finding a crowd of people who are looking to point fingers at people who are in Congress and staff members in Congress who are—they want to point, you know, all these gay folks.

And what I would say is this: if gay men and lesbians are such a trouble inside of the Congress and they believe that it‘s such a problem, when I report on more of them before this next election, what are going to say about them? Will they join me in having them resign from the House?

CARLSON: But doesn‘t—I mean, look, don‘t the people have a right, A, to lead private lives of their own choosing, and B, to have their own political opinions without being harassed about their private lives by other people?

ROGERS: Absolutely, Tucker. And the only thing that I come into in terms of my reporting on hypocrisy is when those private lives are in direct conflict with the public lives and the public persona that they lead.

For example, if you are a gay man and you vote for the Defense of Marriage Act and refuse to support a repeal of Don‘t Ask Don‘t Tell, and serve as a Boy Scout leader—this has not been known, that Mark Foley is listed on the Boy Scouts Web site as a Boy Scout leader. And when that happens, you have to realize that these closets are just—they‘re perpetuating all of this.

And I think that what we‘ve seen is, time and time again, there is no—the lies—clearly someone is not telling the truth. There are so many stories, the spinning that goes on.

My question is this: we have—we‘ve seen the family values crowd that this is affecting. What is Lou Dobson—I‘m sorry, what is James Dobson, what is Tony Perkins going to tell his constituency and their constituencies when folks like Ken Mehlman are depending on that 72-hour turnout?

CARLSON: Right.

ROGERS: I think this is a serious, serious problem for the Republican Party. I think that what we‘ve seen happen today is that the House will flip to the Democrats. That‘s my prediction.

CARLSON: Yes. I mean, this clearly hurts the Republican Party.

I—you know, there‘s a lot of talk about how the Republican base, the fabled base is so intolerant of homosexuality. I don‘t know. I‘m not sure that‘s exactly right.

ROGERS: I agree.

CARLSON: There are a number of conservative members of Congress who have gay staffers, openly gay staffers, and that doesn‘t seem to be a problem for them or for the staffers.

ROGERS: And Tucker, there are a number of gay Republicans and Democrats in Congress who I have not identified because they don‘t spend their days beating up lesbian and gay individuals. There are Republicans and Democrats that I have no interest on reporting on whatsoever because they‘re not hypocrites.

It‘s not about being gay. It‘s about being hypocritical. It‘s about saying I want to live by a different set of rules than everyone else. And that to me and I would hope to the American people, be it whether or not you‘re hitting on 16-year-olds online...

CARLSON: Right.

ROGERS: ... or you‘re deciding to restrict rights of the very community that you‘re asking to harbor you secretly, it‘s unacceptable. And I‘m
certainly going to continue to speak out about that.

CARLSON: All right. Mike Rogers, thanks very much.

ROGERS: Thank you, Tucker.
Hat Tip Larwyn

 

[NATO AIR]

*&# a return to the sex wars?

Can we please have martial law and let the military take over now? We're fighting multiple wars that we're not winning by any means, have serious infrastructure problems (education, healthcare, massive government debt) and the american "brand" is at an all-time low worldwide,

AND ALL THESE IDIOTS CAN DO IS ARGUE ABOUT SEX?

My God. Both parties make me want to

 

[nt250]

What a fucking moron.

It's OK to be gay in Congress as long as you're a Democrat. And this idiot has the nerve to call anybody else a hypocrite.

 

[roadhouse158]

You know..Who cares if the entire Republican Party is gay? Somehow if your against gay marriage, your against gays. What a crock. I have no problem with gay people, however I am against gay marriage...Why? Marriage is a RELIGIOUS CEREMONY ONLY. It's not a Government policy. All religions are against homosexual marriage. What's going to happen? The government allows gay marriage, then a gay couple sues a church for discrimenation cause they want marry them? Good lord. Gay couples do have a priviledge to seek benefits with their "partner". Heterosexuals can't. Get over it. You can't have everything. Why would you want to take part in a Religous ceremony anyway? If your gay and a Christian, you should already know why you can't be married. If your not religious, then you shouldn't even care about this ceremony. Everyone is so Narcissistic today. If they can have it so can I

 

[Nuc]

Live by the sword, die by the sword.

The Republicans use homosexuality as a rallying point for their conservative wing and as a real vote getter. Now it's biting them in the ass.

 

[musicman]

*&# a return to the sex wars?

Can we please have martial law and let the military take over now? We're fighting multiple wars that we're not winning by any means, have serious infrastructure problems (education, healthcare, massive government debt) and the american "brand" is at an all-time low worldwide,

AND ALL THESE IDIOTS CAN DO IS ARGUE ABOUT SEX?

My God. Both parties make me want to

Can't go along with you on this, NA. This isn't "sex wars", nor is it "THESE IDIOTS [ARGUING] ABOUT SEX". That's an awfully easy and feel-good position to take, but it just doesn't square with the facts. The Democrats, along with their propaganda arm - the MSM - and their not-so-behind-the-scenes puppeteer - Soros - have levelled deadly serious charges against the Republican Party in the heat of a nip-and-tuck election campaign. What the hell are the Republicans supposed to do - sit still and be quiet? Take the "high road"?

Incidentally, the ones I hear making the most noise over the last couple of days are the Democrats. What a shame they haven't been able to find the quiet serenity of the Republicans, as this matter goes before the Ethics Committee. It's as if Republicans are quite content to let the actions of ALL CONCERNED speak for themselves at this point. Why should that rattle the Democrats so? Hmmm...

 

[NATO AIR]

Can't go along with you on this, NA. This isn't "sex wars", nor is it "THESE IDIOTS [ARGUING] ABOUT SEX". That's an awfully easy and feel-good position to take, but it just doesn't square with the facts. The Democrats, along with their propaganda arm - the MSM - and their not-so-behind-the-scenes puppeteer - Soros - have levelled deadly serious charges against the Republican Party in the heat of a nip-and-tuck election campaign. What the hell are the Republicans supposed to do - sit still and be quiet? Take the "high road"?

Incidentally, the ones I hear making the most noise over the last couple of days are the Democrats. What a shame they haven't been able to find the quiet serenity of the Republicans, as this matter goes before the Ethics Committee. It's as if Republicans are quite content to let the actions of ALL CONCERNED speak for themselves at this point. Why should that rattle the Democrats so? Hmmm...

I certainly can agree this was leaked strategically. But the prospect of empowered individuals and groups like Rogers and his bunch going after politicians and others is just too much for me to stomach right now. Clinton was certainly a dirtbag, but we played into his hands (and the media's) by parading these purported victims out for them to ridicule and snark at.

And its not the GOP going after folks. This is the Dems through and through, but it will turn into a witchhunt and people & groups will start acting on their own supposedly to help the GOP, chasing down philandering democratic congressmen. It always plays into the media's hands, always.

 

[musicman]

I certainly can agree this was leaked strategically. But the prospect of empowered individuals and groups like Rogers and his bunch going after politicians and others is just too much for me to stomach right now. Clinton was certainly a dirtbag, but we played into his hands (and the media's) by parading these purported victims out for them to ridicule and snark at.

And its not the GOP going after folks. This is the Dems through and through, but it will turn into a witchhunt and people & groups will start acting on their own supposedly to help the GOP, chasing down philandering democratic congressmen. It always plays into the media's hands, always.

I'm actually pretty serene about the whole thing myself, NA. I'm confident that those who've have behaved like slime are going to be exposed as slime. And, for them, I think it's going to go VERY badly. In fact, I dare even hope that the consequences of this thing are going to be so dire for rank political opportunists, the tenor of future political discourse is going to improve - if only for SURVIVAL'S sake. Call me a cockeyed optimist...

 

[KarlMarx]

All he's going to prove is that the Republican Party is a "big tent" party. We're more like average folks than those snooty blue blooded DemoRATS

If Congress were a Monopoly board, the Democrats would have all the blue squares like Park Place (like Nancy Pelosi, John Kerry, Ted Kennedy to name a few millionaires that are Democrats) and the Republicans would have everything else!

 

[musicman]

All he's going to prove is that the Republican Party is a "big tent" party. We're more like average folks than those snooty blue blooded DemoRATS

If Congress were a Monopoly board, the Democrats would have all the blue squares like Park Place (like Nancy Pelosi, John Kerry, Ted Kennedy to name a few millionaires that are Democrats) and the Republicans would have everything else!

Huh-uh...huh-uh...BIG TENT...huh-uh...

 

[musicman]

Call me a cockeyed optimist...

Huh-uh...huh-uh...COCKEYED...huh-uh...huh-uh...

 

[Avatar4321]

Live by the sword, die by the sword.

The Republicans use homosexuality as a rallying point for their conservative wing and as a real vote getter. Now it's biting them in the ass.

Hardly, its just showing, as usual, the Democrat hypocrisy on the issue and provides evidence that Republicans arent the "homophobic hatemongers" Democrats want to claim.