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Outing myself

October 6, 2006 - 11:22 am - by Roger L Simon

I just read David Corn’s post about The List. I hate to admit it, but it gave me a crise de conscience, although I cannot say I am really a Republican. I only voted for Republicans twice in my lifetime (once each for Bush and Schwarzenegger). Still… despite the fact that I have been married three times (to women) and have three children (of my own seed, as far as I know), I cannot cover up any longer. This dual life has become intolerable. I am gay!

There. I’ve said it. Doesn’t that make you feel better, David? (Can we get back to serious issues now?)

UPDATE: I think I’ve opened a can of worms here.

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73 Comments, 73 Threads

  1. 1. ras

    No, I’m Spartacus!

  2. 2. RandMan

    I’m a lesbian trapped in a man’s body….

    (groan)…. sorry RLS readers……

  3. I am a gay man trapped in the body of a homosexual.

  4. 4. Terrye

    Me too!

    And I do a mean Ethel Merman impersonation.

    I wonder is David Gay? How can we know really?

  5. 5. Svolich

    I realized my truth while listening to Tammy Bruce a few months ago. I’m a hot urban co-ed lesbian, trapped in a middle aged straight married suburban dad’s body.

  6. Thank you Roger. Now I have the strength to our myself as well. For decades I have been a lesbian trapped in a man’s body. I can’t help it. I have this deep need to pursue every beautiful woman I see. What can this be other than latent lesbianism?

  7. 7. tim maguire

    I’m not a gay man, but I’ve played one in several bedrooms.

  8. 8. Percy Dovetonsils

    While I do enjoy watching the Home & Garden channel and the occasional gladiator movie, I don’t get the whole Judy Garland thing. At all.

    So where do I fit in on Corn’s list?

  9. 9. Buddy Larsen

    i don’t get it, how can everybody be gay with the world situation as it is? i’d say, “morose” makes more sense. with maybe a moment or two off on saturday nites.

  10. 10. Lem

    Ok, I might as well turn the page.

    I’m a gay virgin. ;)

  11. 11. RebeccaH

    I’m a teenaged boy trapped in the body of an elderly woman. Let Mr. Corn sort that one out.

  12. I’m James Brown, bitch!

  13. 13. Jagcap

    I’m really a Republican. Campaigned for Bill Weeks against Gerry Studds when I was in high school on the Cape. Voted for anyone who ran against Ted. Didn’t get the chance to vote against the swiftly decorated, swiftly departed… but I woulda!

    And… and… and… I’m straight!

    There! I’ve said it!
    I feel so much better…

  14. 14. Morgan

    I’m a wheel of cheese trapped inside a thin wax coating, but I usually pass as a doorstop. Oh the shame!

  15. Pheh. You call yourself gay, you fedora-wearing breeder?

    I’m so gay, David Gest punched me in the shoulder and told me to “butch up.”

    I’m so gay Architectural Digest has featured my gilt-framed restraining orders from Liza Minelli, Cher, Madonna, and Eartha Kitt.

    I’m so gay I was kicked out of the West Hollywood mens chorus for “excessive fruitiness.”

    Remember that tiger attack on Sigfried and Roy? I was at that show, and it occured when Sigfried stopped and told me to “tone it down, pansy.”

    I’m so gay Andrew Sullivan supports an anti-me marriage constitutional amendment.

  16. 16. Jagcap

    Wow.
    That’s gay.

  17. 17. Shawn L.

    Mike Silverman: “I am a gay man trapped in the body of a homosexual.”

    Next time, use a lubricant.

  18. Well, that didn’t take long to utterly degenerate.

  19. 19. Old Dad

    I’m a Lithuanian…

    There, I’ve said it.

  20. 20. OldCoot

    I’m curious about how many of you like to watch gladiator movies?

  21. 21. Fausta

    The mind boggles.

  22. 22. Pastor_Jeff

    Oooh, baby. Give me some hot shawarma, pounded kibbeh, and smooth, creamy hummus.

    I think I’m a lebanese trapped in an American’s body!

  23. 23. D Anghelone

    Kernels of truth in the can of Corn.

  24. 24. oceanaris

    and what’s wrong with Gladiator movies?

    Steve Reeves

  25. 25. Barry Dauphin

    Well as long as there aren’t any covert operatives on Corn’s list, it must be OK, since he wouldn’t want to out any of them. Is it typical behavior for the co-author of a recent book to change the subject so quickly?

  26. 26. ddh

    I’m Marie, Queen of Romania.

  27. 27. EDH

    Artist: Engelbert Humperdinck Lyrics
    Song: Lesbian Seagull Lyrics

    Over rocks and trees and sand
    Soaring over cliffs
    And gently floating down to land
    She proudly lifts her voice
    To sound her mating call
    And soon her mate responds by singing
    Caw Caw Caw
    Come with me

    Lesbian Seagull

    Settle down and rest with me

    Fly with me lesbian seagull

    To my little nest by the sea
    With me that’s where you belong with me
    I know I can be strong when you’re with me
    She skims the water
    At the new time to seek
    Her fish and she emerges
    With one squirming in her beak

    She plays among the waves
    And hides between the swells
    She walks the beach at twilight

    Searching for some shells
    Come with me

    Lesbian Seagull

    Settle down and rest with me

    Oh fly with me lesbian seagull

    To my little nest by the sea

    With me that’s where you belong with me
    I know I can be strong when you’re — you’re with me

    And in the evening
    As they watch the setting sun
    She loooks at her as if to say
    The day is done
    It’s time to find their shelter

    Hidden in the dunes

    And fall asleep the
    Music of the moon
    You and me

    Lesbian seagull

    You just watch the world oh my

    Just you and me lesbian seagull

    Side by side with me ’till we die
    (‘Till we die)
    You and I
    We can make it if we try
    Our love will keep us flyin’ high

    Until we die…

  28. 28. Joe Schmoe

    Prison doesn’t count, right?

  29. I am not now nor have I ever been a member of the communist party.

  30. 30. Tim

    “Prison doesn’t count, right?”

    Well, that all depends if you were the initiator or the initiated.

  31. 31. AST

    ROTFL.

    We are all gay politicians and staff now, but NOT pederasts or pedophiles.

    OK, not really, but I AM the descendant of polygamists.

    It strikes me that teenagers today aren’t nearly as innocent as we were even 20 years ago. They take a lot of this stuff pretty lightly. I see stories all the time about gay clubs in high schools, or rather requests for gay clubs being litigated. It’s easier to establish a gay student club than a religious club. That doesn’t make Foley’s IMs any less disgusting, but it would support the plausibility of the prank story.

  32. 32. Rhod

    Laughing out loud. Can’t stop…”kernels of truth in the can of Corn”, and “prison doesn’t count, right?” are beyond hilarious. Thanks, everyone, for the laughs.

  33. 33. marioshko

    So david corn has a list.

    He reminds of a republican that also had a list. Is he from Winsconsin too? Does he have 2 million names in the list too?

    Anyone from the state dept.?

    Is “the use of unfair investigatory or accusatory methods in order to suppress opposition” going to be called “cornism”?

    Dr. J.
    A “Democrat” like Roger.

  34. 34. estel

    I’m a freak for modern architecture, I collect furniture and decorative arts from the mid century era, I do all the cooking for our family of four, my wife and I have been fighting for a year over the right toilet for our bath remodel…….
    Ohhh nooooo…I’m gay…..GAY I TELL YOU!!

  35. 35. RBMN

    I hate to perpetuate a stereotype, but my personal (limited) experience is: the average gay American is smarter and has more money than the average straight American. So it certainly wouldn’t surprise me to learn that lots of gays and lesbians are “closeted” Republicans–talk left, vote right. These days, Republicanism is probably the more dangerous cat to let out of the bag…er, closet.

  36. 36. Ray Zacek

    I am Joe McCarthy reborn as an editor for The Nation and I have a list of all the closeted gays now active on Capitol Hill.

  37. 37. Connecticut Yankee

    Speaking of dangerous cats– my three felines just came out of the closet as Mets fans. They go to baseball reeducation camp tomorrow.

  38. 38. yadid

    et tu rogerus?

  39. 39. Fausta

    First Roger, then Gerard, now The Anchoress!

  40. Well, what’s wrong with you? You an Outophobe?

  41. 41. PeterUK

    Estel,
    Only one real test,do you leave the toilet seat up?

  42. 42. ElMondo

    “I’m curious about how many of you like to watch gladiator movies?”

    Actually I like ‘em quite a… HEY!!!

  43. 43. effinayright

    The term “cornholed” is taking on a whole new meaning…..

  44. 44. Buddy Larsen

    Mr. Uk, leaving the lid down means it won’t fall on your head while you’re getting rid of that one-too-many bottle of Ripple.

  45. I knew it all along. It was the hat.

  46. 46. Lem

    Corn is reminiscent of Kerry and Edwards using Chaney’s lesbian daughter as a political pawn.
    http://tinyurl.com/63beg

    BTW. As a by-lingual American and in the interest of diversity, I think I should also come out in my native tongue.

    You soy pato. ;)

  47. 47. Pastor_Jeff

    All right, since everyone else is coming clean…

    I am J. Edgar Hoover.

  48. 48. Sally-O

    I have in my possession a lengthy list of ostensible gays who feign “homosexuality” in order to gain favor from the liberal gay establishment. I have photographs (and instant messages) of Rosie O’Donnell consorting with Barney Frank, and that, my friends, is just the tip of the iceberg.

    Andrew Sullivan? Straight as an arrow. Chris Matthews? You guessed it!

    I will be distributing all of this to the media at that moment before the election which I consider most opportune.

  49. 49. Tully

    Ich bin ein Spartacus!

    Corn is just scum.

  50. 50. Ray Zacek

    I am Nancy Pelosi and as Speaker I will clean up the House, or have my maids clean it up, or the sissy boys.

  51. 51. Connecticut Yankee

    Next step is for Corn to out E.T. as an illegal alien.

  52. 52. Ray Zacek

    I always suspected E.T. was a little overly friendly with that kid, Elliot, if you know what I mean. There was a subtext there.

  53. 53. dougf

    Thanks everyone. This was a most excellent thread. LOL funny in most instances. Special thanks to Roger for putting Mr. Corn in his proper historical position.

    Always hated that guy. Now I have a more than sufficient reason. The many anologies to a certain Senator from the past are also very appropriate.

    History repeats itself the first time as a tragedy, the second time as a farce.”

    Why did I do to get stuck in the farce enactment?

  54. 54. ElMondo

    “UPDATE: I think I’ve opened a can of worms here.”

    (from link) “His addiction to Bauhaus architecture?”

    Bauhaus? Bauhaus???

    Okay… I can handle you either being gay, straight, or addicted to car parts, it’s all about what floats your boat in the bedroom. Or the living room. On the floor. Whatever. It’s all good. I can handle and in fact openly approve of the bald look, because it’s sleek, aerodynamic, and makes it harder to catch fleas (maybe I should shave my head…). I can hack the inspiration of vast quantities of ganja because, well, you know, when they hand it to you and it’s lit and they’re all just staring at you… it’s not a peer pressure thing, you know, it’s just not wanting to be different. I can handle you living in LA because any town that can combine bohemian ethic with bourgeoisie lifestyles gets a thumbs up in my book. Same with you being a Democrat: Any philosophy that can combine proletariat sensibilities with bourgeois activities with no trace of irony earns my unqualified admiration.

    But Bauhaus architecture?? Is he serious?? You realize, of course, that Bauhaus is just the gateway drug into Post Modern architecture, which itself is the entry drug to Constructivist art, thus beginning the slippery slope towards Futurism, then Dadaist tendencies, thus resulting in your metal and glass house being composed of strong horizontal lines with no corners whatsoever, kitschy retro 60′s throwback furniture, previous props from the set of Down with Love, and conscious non-sequitor conversations, such as

    “What color is the sky?”

    “Elephant.”

    Seek help, Roger. Renaissance architecture may be a bitch to clean – need a toothbrush to do it, and by the time you’re at the end, it’s time to start over at the beginning, all those nooks and crannys and crenellations, oy! – but mentally it’s a far safer place. Plus, your furniture won’t look so severe.

  55. 55. Robert

    I’m not gay. However, I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night.

  56. 56. Connecticut Yankee

    Speaking of a certain Senator from the past, “Tailgunner Joe” may acquire a whole new dimension of meaning.

  57. 57. HA

    Roger,

    This finally explains the whole Valerie Plame affair. It was all a tragic mistake! Poor Valerie just ended up on the wrong list! Corn put her on his “to be outed” list instead of his “anonymous anti-Bush leaker’s” list.

  58. 58. ddh

    I’m so gay, I’m the fourth man.

  59. I’m Henry VIII, I am.
    Henry VIII
    I am
    I am.

  60. Appropos of nothing:
    “I’ve Got A Little List”.

  61. 61. estel

    To Elmondo. Renaissance architecture? Bauhaus is a clean, tranquil, MANLY architecture. A “machine for living” in the words of LeCorbusier. Renaissance architecture it very completely totaly very absolutely very gay.
    But then as previously disclosed, so am I.
    I am very conflicted.
    Oh, and I leave the seat up.

  62. 62. ElMondo

    “Bauhaus is a clean, tranquil, MANLY architecture. A “machine for living” in the words of LeCorbusier. Renaissance architecture it very completely totaly very absolutely very gay.
    But then as previously disclosed, so am I.
    I am very conflicted.
    Oh, and I leave the seat up. “

    LMAO!

    ——

    Hey, wait a minute! A “MANLY” architecture?? Then why is it the one guy I know into that stuff is basically the asexually budded love clone of Dieter from Sprokets? Everytime I try to point out the stark desperation of his monocromatically concrete abode and the harsh emptiness it imparts to his surroundings, I get a lecture about the banality of my conventional life and some musings about his fascination with “textures”.

    Don’t get me wrong, it ends up being a fascinating conversation – have you ever contemplated the texture of a suede leather jacket? You see shapes after the first hour – but manly the conversation is not. I try to keep “Dieter” away from my other friends I watch football with.

    Although after a few beers, I think I can get one of them to stare at a suede coat for an evening…

  63. 63. LC Chairman eDog

    I admit it. I enjoy a backrub and hugs from another guy after the third hit of ecstacy. But beyond that, you know, stubble.

  64. 64. triticale

    Yeah, what’s wrong with those movies? I’m glad I ate her.

  65. 65. maria horvath

    I’m a little teapot, short and stout.

    Not that there’s anything wrong with that.

  66. 66. Macker

    Whiskey Tango Foxtrot!

  67. 67. Brown Line

    Since we’re outing ourselves, I have a confession to make: I’m a middle-aged Catholic! And my wife and I make passionate love at every opportunity! And the Pope says it’s OK!

  68. 68. Buddy Larsen

    Great Caeser’s Ghost, brown line, Have You No Shame?!

  69. 69. Gwedd

    Oh Dear Lord….. I’ll never again be able to look at a can of “creamed corn”…. and consider buying it… sigh…

    This all must be incredibly amusing to the fellows over at GayPatriot…

    Lastly, that stuff at Frat parties doesn’t count either, right??? Right???????

    Respects,

  70. 70. klrfz1

    Sometimes I go to a small tile covered room where only men are allowed and expose myself. There, I’ve finally said it. What a relief!

  71. 71. Gottafang

    There was once a study that said 40% of all men have homoerotic fantasies.

    The other 60% lie about it.

    I’m Spartacus. No, really. So stop it, Mary.

  72. 72. qqcifer

    I’m straight. But I still just saved a bundle on my car insurance by switching to Gayco

  73. 73. Sage

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