[Enchante]

"You can’t blackmail someone who’s openly gay"

HUH?? Well that depends upon the behavior and whether he can keep it in his pants - an officeholder of any sexual persuasion may be susceptible to blackmail if he has committed acts that would harm his public standing if generally known.

[Enchante]

n.b. Of course, Democrats, especially in Massachusetts, may not do any harm to their public standing no matter how egregious the behavior..... Mass. Democrats can survive even being “caught in bed with a dead girl or a live boy” in Huey Long’s phrase.....

[goldstategop]

McGreevey left himself open to blackmail by appointing his Israeli boyfriend, who had no qualifications, his state's 9/11 chief.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[MinnesotaLibertarian]

That’s true, but the post I was replying to implied that there shouldn’t be gay officeholders because they could be blackmailed due to their sexual preference. If their sexual preference is no secret, than obviously that in itself could not be used for blackmail. That would be like blackmailing somebody for their party affiliation, which is known to everyone. Obviously, any person with dark secrets, sexual or not, can be blackmailed.