Although openly gay Massachusetts Democratic Congressman Barney Frank distinguished himself at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland by taking on the anti-American bias of Eason Jordan, CNN’s then-Chief News Executive, he has recently returned to his narrow partisan ways. Earlier this week, he blasted New York’s Republican Mayor Michael Bloomberg for appealing a “state judge’s ruling ordering the city to provide marriage licenses to same-sex couples.”
Frank, however, did not mention that the Empire State’s likely Democratic gubernatorial nominee for ’06, Eliot Spitzer, like New York City’s Republican Mayor, also favors appealing the state court decision. Nor did he attack either of New York’s Democratic Senators (Charles Schumer and Hillary Rodham Clinton) who, unlike Mayor Bloomberg, oppose gay marriage.
Thus, like so many gay activists, Barney Frank’s opposition to Mayor Bloomberg’s decision is mere partisan grandstanding. It’s not the Mayor’s stand that bothers him so much as the Mayor’s political affiliation. That irritating R after his name. Gay City News reporter Andy Humm got it right when he wrote the Frank is “not unknown for his sharp partisanship.”
-Dan (AKA GayPatriotWest): GayPatriotWest@aol.com

My blog-league has already commented (here, here and here) on Human Rights Campaign‘s selection of Joe Solmonese as its new president.
Someone who has spent twelve years working for an organization “dedicated to taking back our country from the radical right wing by electing pro-choice Democratic women to federal, state, and local office” is hardly going to help HRC fulfill its mission to “effectively” lobby a Congress with both Houses controlled by Republicans.
Simply put, how can Solmonese expect to gain access to Republican offices when he has spent so much time working to elect Democrats? Scanning a list of the women Solmonese’s previous employer helped elect shows some of the most liberal members of Congress. Connections to Barbara Boxer and Cynthia McKinney will hardly help him curry favor with America’s majority party.
Aside: would HRC complain if a Republican group has hired as its new president an individual who had worked for a group which discriminated against women by working to elect only men with a certain political agenda?
The selection of Joe Solmonese confirms what I have long observed about HRC. Its claim that it is a “bipartisan organization” is mere window-dressing. Even Log Cabin’s Chris Barron acknowledges that HRC has become a Democratic organization: “The selection of an experienced Democratic activist will allow HRC to solidify and strengthen Democratic support for equality.”
It’s time for HRC to change its mission statement. And time for the gay community to recognize that this group which deems itself “America’s largest gay and lesbian organization” is making no effort to reach out to the political party a majority of Americans chose last fall to run our federal government.
-Dan (AKA GayPatriotWest): GayPatriotWest@aol.com

Man, I love our readers!!! The “Equal” sign becomes the “Pause” symbol as seen on many electronic items. That is probably generous given that HRC now seems to be going in the opposite direction of America.

Christian Grantham broke the news first… he has the official word this morning.
HRC Confirms: Joe Solomonese Is New President and CEO
From an email sent out by the Human Rights Campaign….

“At HRC, he will not only continue building an extraordinary bipartisan political operation, he will also develop innovative programs to talk to America about GLBT lives.
Joe is excited to expand the conversation with America beyond the political to the personal, engaging with communities of faith, communities of color, and empowering all GLBT Americans and their families and friends.”

*choking on my bagel*
Hey Joe…. tip number one…. don’t tell these communities of faith what you did in your former job as the head of Emily’s List. I guess HRC can’t deny anymore that they are a pro-abortion organization when they call PatriotPartner trolling for money again.
Oh, and here’s a great addition to Joe’s resume for Red State America to learn all about. GayPatriotWest found out last week that Ol’ Joe is a board member of “America Votes, Inc.” an umbrella group for all of America’s favorite left wing radical groups. So the new head of HRC sits on the board of an organization whose top contributor is George Soros! At least Log Cabin Republicans won’t be the only gay rights group shut out of the White House.
Yeah, just what the gay community needs right now to earn respect in Majority America… to be expanding their radical ways by hiring a pro-abortionist with ties George Soros to lead their largest and most public organization. Good Lord!