Being the manager of George W. Bush's 2004 re-election campaign? Totally homophobic. Using gay jokes to mock a Republican leader who just came out of the closet? Totally hilarious. 
 
 At least that's the message liberal comedian and former Air America shock jock Marc Maron sent on Twitter, after he was unexpectedly seated next to former GOP National Committee Chairman and head of Bush's 2004 re-election campaign Ken Mehlman on a flight. 
 
 The ex-GOP chair announced that he was gay last month, which prompted outrage from liberals who were still angry that Bush opposed gay marriage during the 2004 campaign. 
 
 "Should I Tea Bag Ken Mehlman as he sleeps?" cracked Maron on his Twitter page on Sept. 19, before posting photos of himself showing off his nipples while the Republican leader dozed in the next seat. 
 
 "Ken Mehlman looks so vulnerable sleeping," the comedian mused a few minutes later. "I wonder if he dreams about being part of the c*** that f***** the country." 
 
 Moran also made deft use of airline puns, tweeting that "They just served us nuts. I hope Ken Mehlman doesn't eat mine." 
 
 The comedian isn't the first liberal media figure who has attacked Mehlman after the Republican came out of the closet. 
 
 In one post titled "Repulsive Anti-Gay Quisling Homophobic Scumbag A**hat Closeted Former RNC Chair Ken Mehlman Has Come Out," popular liberal blogger Joe Jevris slammed Mehlman's "crimes against his own people," and wrote that "We can be sure that GOProud and the Log Cabin Republicans are positively drooling over the prospect of welcoming Mehlman onto their boards of directors. VOMIT." 
 
 Gay rights activist and TV pundit Howard Bragman similarly bashed the former GOP chair, saying that he really hopes "there's a special place in Hell for Ken Mehlman," and adding that Mehlman was "as good as a Jew that collaborated with the Nazis." 

 “Live tweeting” by comedians and other celebrities is not uncommon. Louis C.K., for example, just gained some attention by drunkenly live tweeting some pretty raunchy things about Sarah Palin. And, now, thanks to Marc Maron we have the latest noteworthy installment of this new-fangled entertainment form. 
 
 As fate would have it, yesterday on a flight, Maron found himself sitting next to Ken Mehlman, ex-GOP chairman who just came out of the closet and who had made a career of not-at-all supporting gay rights. His tweets and photos included, that came from that awkward situation were hilarious, as Gawker’s coverage can attest. As for the tweets that didn’t make Gawker’s post but are noteworthy all the same, here they are: 
 
 This tweet comes to you from the “Paraphrasing Mehlman” series of quotes. For the complete collection, go to Maron’s Twitter page. 
 
 We asked Maron a few questions about his in-air experiences. Here’s what he had to say to Punchline Magazine today. 
 
 Since your live tweeting has already gotten some attention, what are you concerns about possible backlash in the next few days? 
 
 We’ll see. It was a joke. It wasn’t that loaded. There may be some interesting discussions about the use of Twitter. 
 
 When and how did you decide that the live tweeting this situation would be a good idea? 
 
 Having done political talk radio years ago and having had talked about Mehlman before and knowing what he had done, I couldn’t help myself. I didn’t know what I was going to do but we all know that now. He should be happy I recognized him. 
 
 Any plans on getting Mehlman on WTF? And if so, how would you break the ice of that interview? 
 
 No plans to get him as a guest but I guess the icebreaker would be the usual ‘Sorry for…..’ 

 Last month former GOP National Committee Chairman and Bush campaign supervisor Ken Mehlman came out of the closet. This was news to anyone who didn’t know Mehlman A) was gay or B) existed. I did not and do not care about either. 
 
 Guess who does? Marc Maron! 
 
 Whaddaya mean, who’s Marc Maron? From Air America. You know, Air America? No, not the movie. The national radio network. 
 
 No? Nothing? Okay, maybe this will refresh your memory: 
 
 That’s Maron with the nipple and the facial hair. I guess because he’s not gay or something? And next to him is Mehlman sleeping, which is so gay. Newsbusters has more: 
 
 Being the manager of George W. Bush’s 2004 re-election campaign? Totally homophobic. Using gay jokes to mock a Republican leader who just came out of the closet? Totally hilarious. At least that’s the message liberal comedian and former Air America shock jock Marc Maron sent on Twitter, after he was unexpectedly seated next to former GOP National Committee Chairman and head of Bush’s 2004 re-election campaign Ken Mehlman on a flight… “Should I Tea Bag Ken Mehlman as he sleeps?” cracked Maron on his Twitter page on Sept. 19, before posting photos of himself showing off his nipples while the Republican leader dozed in the next seat. “Ken Mehlman looks so vulnerable sleeping,” the comedian mused a few minutes later. “I wonder if he dreams about being part of the c*** that f***** the country.” Maron also made deft use of airline puns, tweeting that “They just served us nuts. I hope Ken Mehlman doesn’t eat mine.” 
 
 See, because Mehlman’s gay. Unlike Maron, who is not gay. You know he’s not gay, right? Not that it would be bad if he was gay, but he’s not gay. Whereas Mehlman is totally gay. 
 
 Congratulations to Marc Maron for being very funny! And not gay!
– Liberal comedian Marc Maron hit the jackpot on a recent flight when he upgraded to first class … and found himself sitting next to former GOP chairman Ken Mehlman, who recently confirmed he’s gay. Maron live-tweeted the entire experience, starting with a picture of Maron exposing his nipple as Mehlman slept in the background and moving on to paraphrase the political discussion that ensued when Mehlman woke up (“Karl Rove is not evil. He's my friend.”) and, of course, make a few “tea bagging” jokes. Gawker was amused by the whole thing and Punchline Magazine deemed it “hilarious.” Slightly more right-leaning media, however, were not so amused. NewsBusters took Maron to task for “attacking” Mehlman with “gay jokes,” and The Daily Caller didn't seem too happy about the whole thing, either. See all Maron’s tweets here.