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Fmr. FL Gov and potential(Democratic?) prospect for the office again Charlie Crist. Finds himself now accused of paying two men to lie about an affair he had with them.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/08/charlie-crist-gay-affair-_n_1582591.html

Good luck with McGreevy 2.0 FL Democrats,

Again I'm astonished that this appears to be mentioned anywhere on this forum.

Jesus.

Shows how intolerant America is if he feels the need to cover up his homosexuality.

Still a bad look though.

Who's Charlie Christ?

My bad lol.Fixed!

Gah! You changed it before I got my chance!

Actually, it's Jesus Charles "Charlie" Christ, who prefeers to go with his middle name.

Dude, it's Greer. Not like he can be taken seriously or anything. All this does is make me respect John Morgan more (for the Porky the Pig comment).

I wonder if Crist is a top or a bottom.

Does this qualify as the least surprising story of the year?

It'd still be more of a surprise than this guy turning out to be gay.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_Vs5570pKw

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Don't forget he was a Republican until two years ago, already struggling to win a primary. As if GOP voters would vote for a homosexual.

1. This was to be expected.

2. Even if he was found in a bed with a live boy, he'd beat Rick Scott.

Yeah, not sure who he thought he was fooling.

His wife(s)?

The rumbles have been there, ever watched the doco 'Outrage' on hypocritical politicians who are gay/bisexual voting against gay/bisexual rights? Crist has his own section...

It really depresses me that people in this thread appear to be taking Jim Greer at his word, about as depressed as I am that people take Glenn Beck seriously...

Jim Greer is hardly a credible source, but if there's a more credible witness then this sounds at least somewhat plausible.

John Morgan or Charlie himself?

I don't believe Jim Greer. But it's true that people have always thought Crist was gay. If he is, I have no problem with it (2 of my 3 best friends are). And it'd be good for the USA to have a gay governor and/or senator. Tammy Baldwin 2012!!

He flip flops depending on what is convenient at the time, like he does with everything else.

Highly recommended to everyone; Crist may be covered more than anyone else in this documentary.

Why is this a scandal among anybody other then homophobes?

I think maybe the coverup. Plus Crist is married.

Hypocrisy is the most desired element in any sex scandal.

A piece of scum.

The two word term I had in mind also has both words start with an "f," with one being the same word in fact, but it involves but one "session."  :)

You didn't get the joke...

Crist is certainly gay, but I wouldn't be surprised if these specific accusations turned out to be bogus. "The most believable lies are the ones that contain an element of truth" and such.

So is Larry Craig.

I don't think Larry Craig is the standard of non-scandal we want to be setting here.

Exactly. He may be gay, but he probably didn't go on a drunken golf cart rampage.

And what's he doing currently?

Here in Maryland, the most active opponents of the gay marriage bill are Democrats, led by POS state Del Emmett Burns

“We're going to put this thing to rest,” Delegate Emmett C. Burns Jr, a Baltimore County Democrat, told The Washington Times. “Once it's put to rest, these politicians who are coming out in favor of this are going to be debunked and embarrassed.”

That may be, but Republican willingness to vote for a "qualified gay candidate" still lags significantly.  Last year, only 54% (http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/2011-07-19-gay-candidates-politics_n.htm) of Republicans said they would be willing to vote for such a candidate for President, compared to 67% of the general population.