OK, I don't think there any chance that Charlie Crist will be the GOP's VP nom, but this is getting way ridiculous.
The dude's never been married, has had several politically convenient engagements, has had ex-boyfriends and lovers talk to the press, and now... a mysteriously disappearing Charlie Crist sex tape that only Roger Stone has seen!
Yes, Roger Stone has apparently tipped off Politics1 that he is in possession of a hotel elevator video surveillance tape of the Florida guv making out with his beard fiancee. Rated PG and completely unfit to be shown to anyone besides Roger Stone, this tape is proof positive that Charlie Crist is straight.
It might be a little suspicious that it's Roger Stone calling a web journal to tell them about this sex tape. It might be somewhat suspicious that only he happens to have a copy of a hotel surveillance tape, or that he has a copy at all. It might also be suspicious that he doesn't want anyone to see it but wants everyone to know about it, all at the exact moment that Crist's sexuality might be the only thing preventing him from being the VP nom in a month. But, hey, that's how life works.
(If you're unfamiliar with him, read up on Roger Stone. Short version: there's nothing under his hat but tomfoolery like this.)
This whole thing, though, only fuels the rumors that Crist is gay. If he weren't hiding anything, then, um, why the need to call Roger Stone?
Gay Republicans talk all the time about how Republicans are actually accepting of queer people because of gay staffers in high levels, like Rick Santorum's former comm director Robert Traynham. Why not prove everyone wrong about their homophobia and pick an openly gay VP nom? LCR could then educate us all about how gay accepting John McCain is.
But making a circus out of Crist's sexuality only attracts more attention to this whole thing. I never would have cared about Crist if he weren't pulling stunts like this.
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J. Edgar Hoover was gay, republican and an oppressor of gay people. Why would a gay republican Veep be an improvement? You can put a tutu on a mule, but it still cannot pirouette.
Robert Ganshorn | July 11, 2008 11:56 AM
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Which is why I'd suggest that Crist probably wasn't behind this trick. If I was in his shoes, I'd be mortified.
Bil Browning | July 11, 2008 12:24 PM
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Crist announced July 4, Friday that he and his girlfriend of 9 months the "wealthy NYC socialite" Carole Rome are engaged to be married.
So, Cirst doesn't sound like a guy willing to admit a word of truth if he can get the VP spot.
Whatta Wiener Würstchen!
Yo Sista | July 11, 2008 12:50 PM
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Crist announced July 4, Friday that he and his girlfriend of 9 months the "wealthy NYC socialite" Carole Rome are engaged to be married.
So, Crist doesn't sound like a guy willing to admit a word of truth if he can get the VP spot.
Whatta Wiener Würstchen!
Yo Sista | July 11, 2008 12:56 PM
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Hey! My sister showed up! Hi! He is a Wiener Würstchen! (If I knew what that was... your big brother can't keep up with the kids!)
Yeah, totally agree now that you mention it, Bil.
Alex Blaze | July 11, 2008 1:57 PM
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I've been around LCR guys enough to know first-hand that this is true, Bil. Moreover, when the pro-gay staffer disappears for some reason, the access that LCR once had to the staffer's boss often disappears.
When Pete Wilson was governor of California, he had a very close staffer named Otto Bos --- who was not gay himself, but was an unusually courageous straight ally. LCR seemed to have a relationship with Pete Wilson like two peas in a pod, until one day Otto Bos had a fatal heart attack while playing tennis. After that, Log Cabin hardly got a meeting with Pete Wilson for the rest of his time in office.
Robert! You know your political mascots better than that! Try this: You can put a tutu on an elephant but it still can't pirouette.
(OTOH, have you ever seen the original Fantasia?)
A. J. Lopp | July 11, 2008 10:03 PM
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Oops! My first quote above was by Alex, not Bil.
A. J. Lopp | July 11, 2008 10:06 PM
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Allen, you are dating yourself by remembering Fantasia. I was afraid that some one would provide a link to a dancing elephant in Fantasia! OK, remembering the Democratic symbol of a chicken we could try putting a tutu on it. You live in the country, do you have a chicken we might choke so that we can put a tutu on her, or him?
Robert Ganshorn | July 12, 2008 6:45 AM
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What's all this stuff about tutus? I'm proud to date myself by remembering what tu and tu is for.
Don Sherfick | July 12, 2008 8:38 AM
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Yes, Robert, I do live in the country (sometimes on weekends) and I do have a chicken ... but you're not touching her, because she has been some of the best sex I've had in recent years ...
(* I'm just joking! ... Now ... Don't look at me like that! ... Honest! I'm joking! ... Hey, you don't touch the cow, either! ... *)
A. J. Lopp | July 12, 2008 12:36 PM
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