Letters to the Editor
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He SHOULD resign -- from the GOP.
Then he should declare himself either an independent or a Democrat, start caucusing with the Dems, and run for re-election as a Dem. He won't stand the chance of a meatball in a dog pound, of course, but he could make all sorts of good, wholesome trouble for the Republicans in the next year and a half. And in his speech declaring his decision he should come out of the closet, apologize to the many gay people he has directly or indirectly harmed with gay-baiting rhetoric and an anti-gay voting record, and promise that he's finished with that sort of behavior. But he should remind his constituency that a man of his age was raised to understand that if he was gay, he must deny it, must pretend to be straight, and must prove his heterosexual bona fides by attacking gays and declaring his revulsion at every possible opportunity. He should go on to say that he is a Republican because he believes in fiscal responsibility, not bedroom policing, but he said what he needed to in order to get elected, and now deeply regrets it. And then he should meet the Dem leaders and hit the ground running.