McCain-Crist, Yeah, that's the ticket!

posted by EnWhySeaWonk
Sun, 06/22/2008 - 8:09pm

Charlie Flanagan Further to my previous post on this topic, the "Paper of Record" continues to perpetuate the myth that gay, but in the closet, Florida Gov. Charlie Crist might be the GOP Veep nominee. This week it was in their “Questions For” weekly feature in the Magazine. I asked a friend of mine who’s a computer hacker to brake through the Times' Firewall and see if there was more on this article that they didn't publish. Shockingly, he found this revealing earlier draft of the interview:

QUESTIONS FOR CHARLIE CRIST
Is He the Ticket?
Interview by DEBORAH SOLOMON
Published: June 22, 2008
As the popular governor of Florida and a Republican known for supporting relatively progressive causes, you are often mentioned as a possible running mate for Senator McCain. It’s been said that you could deliver Florida for him in the November election and lend him some overall centrist appeal. It’s very flattering that people would even consider the notion of choosing a closeted homosexual.
Is it fair to describe you as socially progressive? I think it is fair to describe me as a common-sense Republican closet-case.
Which implies that some Republicans lack common sense. That’s possible, especially the ones who think I’m really on the short list.
You have supported stem-cell research, unlike most Republicans. I do support that. I think it is common sense to pay attention to what is happening in science. My father is a physician, my sister is a physician and I try to be enlightened on things that might extend and create productive life. Who knows, with enough medical advancement, maybe I’ll live long enough to come out.
This Wednesday, you’ll be hosting your annual climate-change summit meeting in Miami, and you have already signed an executive order to reduce the state’s greenhouse-gas emissions, which is not a traditional Republican goal. Yes, but it should be, in my view, much in the mold of Teddy Roosevelt. Here’s a guy who founded our national parks system and obviously cared about the environment and preserving it. You know, the gays love the environment.
But didn’t he shoot elephants and other big animals? Yes, he did that too. Being a hunter and being a conservationist are not mutually exclusive. Much like being a closet-case and a Republican.
The novelist Carl Hiaasen has publicly asked that you excuse yourself from the vice-presidential sweepstakes, since you have been governor for only 17 months and haven’t accomplished much, in his estimation. I appreciate his counsel, even though my closetedness is a much better reason for me to do so.
If you became vice president, he wrote in The Miami Herald, you would be better remembered for your tan than for your leadership. I hear that too. And that’s also very flattering. But there's no way I'm going to be the nominee. I think the whole closet-thing might be another thing I’m remembered for; not that’s we’d win with me on the ticket.
I trust you use self-tanning lotion and stay out of the sun. No. It’s the sun. And it’s my heritage. I’m of Greek descent. And the gays love the sun.
Your personal life is not that of a typical Republican candidate. For starters, I hear you’re not a property owner. It is true. I do not own property. I just never found a need for it. Now I have the Governor’s Mansion, and I rent a condo in St. Petersburg. Both are very tastefully decorated—let me assure you. [Ed. Note: He rents a condo?]
You were married nearly 30 years ago, but the marriage lasted less than a year. Do you prefer living alone? I got married and divorced because it didn’t work out, due to my love of men. I haven’t found the right one since. It’s really that simple in light of the fact that, you know, they don’t really do it for me.
You can’t find one in all of Florida? Maybe I have. Stay tuned.

Do you have any advice for your fellow Republicans in the meantime? Just lead with common sense. Do what you think is right. Treat others well. Oh and for Pete’s sake, please stop talking about me for V.P., there’s just no chance.
INTERVIEW CONDUCTED, CONDENSED AND EDITED BY DEBORAH SOLOMON
INTERVIEW TRUTHIFIED, FURTHER CONDENSED AND EDITED BY ENRIQUE W.S. WONK

McCain-Crist, Yeah, that's

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 06/23/2008 - 9:05pm.

Shame on you EnWhySeaWonk!

What you are doing is sleazy and libelous. I can only imagine the outrage that your so called slanderous column would generate if it was directed at some unmarried Democratic politician.

You are gay-baiting and being hateful and Room8 deserves better than an ass like you blogging here.

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Is this productive?

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 06/23/2008 - 10:54pm.

I'm not sure that using the term "closeted" in each of your responses is either funny or interesting. It seems a little lame. How old are you?

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Submitted by EnWhySeaWonk on Tue, 06/24/2008 - 11:50am.

Truth is 100% defense to Libel and I'm 37.

The question about his marriage 30 years ago was a wink and a nod to the closet thing. The point is that the interviewer and the New York Times editorial staff know this man is gay, but they keep publishing articles about how he might be McCain's runningmate. The New York Times knows this to be false and should stop reporting it. It's as simple as that. The "Paper of Record" continues printing false stories: don't do it anymore.

If you Google the interviewer, she's been accused by several prominent people of manipulating responses via editing (including the late Tim Russert whose very angry letter to the editor in complaint was published by the Times). She should be even more careful about what she reports. Here's a link about the controversy.

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McCain/Crist Losing for America

Submitted by Xrepublican (not verified) on Tue, 06/24/2008 - 4:15pm.

Poor anonymous at 10:05 pm. Perhaps you should look up that word "liable", maybe you spelled it wrong. Charlie Crist is as gay as Sen. Craig and that is not liable. Why does the party of "family values" have so many people who use hookers while telling everyone how wonderful marriage is (Sen. Diaper Dan Vitter) or Sen. Larry Craig, or .....I could go on and on with "holier than thou republic party cronies", Abu Gonzales (lying to Congress), KKKarl Rove (Lying to everyone). About 75 % of the Republic party are panderers and hate America for our freedoms.

Speaking of Room 8, misinformed people like you should stay at home and STFU. You don't have a clue who is gay and who is not. It really doesn't make any difference except to people like you anyway. It's just better to be honest (something that is not in the Republic party platform) And speaking of hateful, NO ONE is as hateful as the Republic party and their brain dead members.

How many tours of duty did you spend in Iraq? Oh, that's reich, Republic party members are ALL SHOW AND NO GO. Send someone else to fight your oil wars.

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McCain-Crist, Yeah, that's

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 06/25/2008 - 2:11pm.

EnWhySeaWonk, what business is it of YOU what Gov. Crist sexual orientation is?

A lot of elected officials are single. Are they all gay too? Rep. Weiner is single. Is he gay? Is Koch? Bottom line is who cares!

People have a right to keep their private lives private and to be unmarried and run for public office without ass monkey's like you casting aspersion.

Either you are a homophobe or a slanderer. I not really sure which is worst. Either way your an ass.

Get a life.

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Sigh

Submitted by EnWhySeaWonk on Wed, 06/25/2008 - 3:14pm.

My point is missed again. I don't "care" that he's gay. I care that the New York Times is not doing its job. I am gay, not a homophobe. And it would only be slander if it wasn't true, which it is.

I don't accuse Crist of being gay because he's single. I accuse him of being gay because he's gay. Google him. Gay gay gay. I especially like the article about the bartender in the gay bar where he used to hang out talking about how gay Crist is.

As to Weiner, I don't know if he's gay or not (I do like him, though). But whether or not he is has nothing to do with the New York Times, which is what I'm writing about. They are not writing stories about Anthony that aren't true.

Ed Koch, however, is gay.

It is a fact that Crist's gay. It is a fact that John McCain will not pick a closet case as his runningmate. The New York Times knows he's gay, but is reporting over and over that he's in the running to be John McCaing's VP nominee.

Let's review:

Florida Governor Charlie Crist is Gay.
The New York Times knows Crist is Gay.
The New York Times knows John McCain won't pick a closet-case for his runningmate.
The New York Times knows John McCain won't pick Charlie Crist.
The New York Times keeps writing that Crist is in the running to be his runningmate, which it knows to be incorrect.
The New York Times is perpetuating something that it knows to be false.

It is a problem when the "paper of record" prints things it knows are wrong. That's my point, and there's no homophobia or slander to be found.

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Charlie Cristina

Submitted by fair hooker (not verified) on Fri, 07/04/2008 - 8:32pm.

Charlie CRISTODOULOS (REAL FAMILY NAME but he was ashamed of being Greek):

Wow, that was an awful quick marriage as if in case that the Nuclearly Tempered Septuagenarian Arizona Cowboy decides to ask you to drop the soap in front of the VP job. And that was a sweet deal that you got with this new wife having a good income of hair own with her alimony and investments.

So Charlie, is this just a marriage that will last until after the November elections after which you will become (again) allergic to the female anatomy? You last marriage lasted 6 months or so and then several decades later you decide conveniently that you needed to fall in love real quick so as not to let old man McCain notice that you are being "accused" of homosexuality and bisexuality.

Charlie, someday you just got to just come out and say it rather than keep on playing all these games.

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