Gay Romney Spokesman Quits

Two weeks. It took two weeks for the GOP pundits to drive out Richard Grenell, newly appointed national security spokesman for the Romney campaign. Grenell resigned from the campaign on Tuesday amidst a conservative coalition out to destroy his reputation. Grenell is openly gay.

This is despicable. It's descpicable for those urging him to resign. It's despicable for evangelicals everywhere who refuse to stand up to this bullying. It's despicable for conservatives, as Grenell was a former Bush administration official - a clear sign of how far right the party has shifted in so short a time. It's incredibly despicable for the Romney campaign itself for never strongly backing or defending Grenell and merely offering tepid support after his appointment.

Romney's Etch-A-Sketch Shake Up Begins

Well, it didn't take long for Mitt Romney's Etch-A-Sketch mentality to infect other members of his staff. Take new national security and foreign policy spokesman, Richard Grenell, who joined the Romney campaign Thursday. Grenell removed over 800 tweets from his Twitter account and his personal website has been taken down. Coming under fire for several tweets attacking the media, several prominent Democratic women - including a sexist remark to Rachel Maddow to "put a necklace on" - and even the Gingriches, it seems Grenell was in preemptive damage-control to rid his accounts of anything really incriminating. Hmm, I wonder what he has to hide. Luckily, there's an archive with some of his past writings.