Cynicsm for Fun and Profit

Glenn Greenwald is dis­cussing the stun­ning hypocrisy of Republicans, as they decry the viciously par­ti­san Democrats for out­ing a gay Republican — osten­si­bly because drag­ging per­sonal sex­ual con­duct into pol­i­tics will drive good peo­ple from gov­er­nance. Color me cyn­i­cal, but why is this such a shock? This is the same crowd that spent a large chunk of …