We Don't Get Ourselves Dry Cleaned.

I Was Still Closeted, But From The Day I Decided To Run For Office, Knowing That I Was Gay, I Decided That I Would, Of Course, Still Be Closeted But That I Would Work Very Hard For Gay Rights. It Would Be Totally Dishonorable, Being Gay, Not To Do That. So I Had That As Kind Of A Secondary Agenda.

Excessive Partisanship Is The Problem. There Has Never Been A Democracy In The History Of The World In A Polity Of Any Size Where You Didn't Have Political Parties. Even Sometimes Over The Objections Of The People Who Started It.

What's Troubling Is That The Republicans To Defend Mr. Delay Are Weakening The Ethics Process.

I Had Always Been Interested In Politics. I Had Assumed - For Two Reasons, Being Jewish And Being Gay Back In The Late '50s, Early '60s - That I Would Never Be Elected Or Anything, But I Would Participate As An Activist.

Moderate Republicans Are Reverse Houdinis. They Tie Themselves Up In Knots And Then Tell You They Can’t Do Anything Because They’re Tied Up In Knots.