"So People Change"
 I'm delighted to have just received an email from distinguished blogger and gay ex-pat Brit conservative Andrew Sullivan, who surely must receive hundreds of messages every day. After reading his blog item Brent Bozell's Gay Problem, in which he thrashes Bozell for stereotyping all gays as political liberals, I sent Sullivan this:
Well, Bush as late as the 2000 campaign had the same problem you're dinging Bozell for, at least according to Mark Shields at cnn.com:
On February 17, Bush was asked on Columbia's WMHK, a Christian radio station, whether he would hire gays. Bush's reply: "An openly known homosexual is somebody who probably won't share my philosophy." This had to surprise gay conservatives who favor tax cuts.
Sullivan wrote me back within the hour:
and yet he's now praising the openly gay head of his AIDS commission. so people change. andrew
Point taken. However, read the repulsive Mr. Bozell's piece for yourself. Stereotyping gays as liberals is hardly the worst of it.
11:39:00 PM 
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