Charlie Crist Isn't Gay, Okay?

Florida's bachelor Governor Charlie Crist is getting married, and to a woman, too. That's how badly he wants to be vice president. I hope John McCain is happy now.

I hope Crist isn't making a mistake by trying too hard. Men don't want anything they can get too easy. On the other hand, men lose interest quickly.

Of course, the human heart is curved like a road through the mountains, so what do I know? Maybe it's love. And maybe it's just a joyous coincidence that Crist has found it at exactly the same time that McCain is looking for a running mate.

Sometimes things just work out.

It's like that federal ban on off shore drilling. When Crist ran for governor in 2006, he supported it. Now John McCain wants it repealed and (weird!) two weeks ago, Crist realized that he did too.

Florida is a swing state -- Haha! Get it? -- and Crist has a popularity rating of something like 70%. He also gets a lot of the credit for delivering the state to McCain in the primaries. There's only one nagging thing keeping him from being the obvious choice for the vice presidency: He comes off kinda gay.

But then, suddenly last Thursday, after thirty years of the single life, Crist discovered that he couldn't live without a woman named Carole Rome, a divorced mother of two. It sounds improbable to me, but then so did the Sex and the City movie. If those nice monsters can find love, why not?

Maybe it's not all politics of the most ghastly, obvious, self-hating, the fix-is-in, trick-the-rubes kind. Maybe I'm too cynical. Maybe love is real and coincidence is an illusion. Luck -- who said that? -- is believing that you're lucky.

Maybe what we're smelling is the powerful odor of synchronicity.

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Here's the part that Tennessee Williams would have really liked: Gov. Crist's intended, Carole Rome, inherited - and runs -- one of America's oldest Halloween costume companies. The woman marrying the gayish governor from the sultry southern state actually makes beards.

Comments

[deeppeace]

Brilliant piece! He's getting the marriage thing out of the way now so it doesn't get in the way during the November election. oooooh I can't wait! Okay, all you who know better... ready to come out?!

[dgscol]

Being gay is a matter of mental habit.

[recruitgal]

You mean like total ignorance..?

[RRonin]

Maybe he's not gay, maybe he's metro...I'm sure metro looks gay in Omaha....

[longislandlol]

Oye Vey, how gay!

[Exit]

There is nothing wrong with being gay. That said Crist is definitely gay. He is just doing this to try to be VP.

[jimmy2001]

You're right is just trying to get the VP spot, even though we joke about him being gay , we like him down here in FL because he is progressive and reflects the will of the people, if given the chance i think he would make an excellent VP.

I'm a Democrat by the way, hence the acceptance of him whether he's gay or not.

[sharonh]

An excellent VP who will sell himself for a top spot? That is not progress. The Republican agenda notwithstanding, your political party has no determination over whether you accept gay people or not. You just can't lump people like that. Don't vote Republican.

[Jebbushnot]

Tampa, Florida
What exactly has Charlie Bush done? Took Jeb's deficit from one billion to 5 billion. Cut 244 Million from the schools.
Unemployment is about 7%. Over a thousand teachers laid off. .....His only goal is to move the burden of taxation from the Wealthy to the poor and the near poor. The debt shows that there is not enough money from those groups and thus the big debt....answer...punish those who get govt. assistance and build new prisons for the new laws that provide for prison time.

[jubo]

But a Gay Republican? Think there are Jews in Aryan Nation?

[doug108]

Oh, bullshit. He's obviously gay.

[iswideopen]

And to whom is Charlie Christ attempting to appeal? You mean to say his own republican party would reject him if he were gay? Wow, what a shame. Could they be considered "bigots". (LOL).

[incontempt]

Isn't the republican mantra against gay marraige? whats the diff...male or female?

[Dutchy]

While the sense of schadenfreude may be for want of a better word, delicious. I feel that these are unfair attacks, he is not, as far as I can ascertain, anti-gay in the same mould of Sen Craig (ID-R) and others like him. So whether or not he comes out or not, this level of innuendo is just cruel and unbefitting of us all.

[doctorwang]

What level of innuendo would you suggest?

[markie1111]

goodness, if only it wasn't innuendo.

[starrianna]

Can't we dig a little and find out who all he has been sleeping with the past 30 years?

[indypete]

Dig into his personal life? What do you think we are... republicans?

[SwingVoter]

This is what the media should go after, to get the truth: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afawZWEtCKc

[doug108]

It IS why. Because I don't know if this is true or a lying 527. We NEED an impartial, courageous media.

[laffinatlibs]

Of course you have proof he is gay, right???
Of course you don't, you just attach his name to a deviant lifestyle and its a big joke to you libs.

[starrianna]

So now you're protecting gay people?

Anything to defend a conservative corrupt retard.

[Exit]

You are a Republican and don't hate gays? They are going to pull your voter card.

[DMSmith]

Sorry laffin', someone lying about who he is - if that's what he's doing - in order to become Vice President, is most definitely not a joke.

We've seen all too well what lying in public office can result in.

Your missing the point MAY be a joke, however. A very, very sick one.

[recruitgal]

Being gay doesn't make you part of a 'deviant' lifestyle. We don't care if he's gay. The man can sleep with whomever he likes. 99% of the people on this board would agree with me.

But he represents a party that has lost sight of it's original purpose, and has become almost entirely about waging war, cutting taxes for the wealthy and representing those all-important 'values voters', who spend huge amounts of their time obsessing about what other people do with their bodies. So forgive us if we think it is a little strange, and oddly convenient that this 'engagement' came out of nowhere...

[Annette]

Back when I was in college one of the things the Republicans were proud of was that they stayed out of your personal life. Their mantra was low taxes and good for business.
Now they want to decide who you can sleep with, offer low taxes but huge deficits (borrowing from the "Godless Chinese") and they are horrible for business.

Sad little creatures aren't they.

[springsm]

I think Laffin, that you prove the point of Crist getting married (or is this a rumor). If he wants to be considered for vp to mccain he can not be gay. Right? So it is the conservative's he is trying to please..which is too darned bad. "Deviant" lifestyle....is a tell all word, Laffin. is it not? Or should I ask..."when were you handed the choice to be gay or straight?". I feel sorry for you. It is no joke. A gay man should be able to live in the open, not play heterosexual to appease a bigoted scared political party.

[Leatherhelmet]

Wow. This blog is wierd. Progressive sites like to play the gay card, don't they?

[indypete]

Wow, back at ya... you just don't get it, do you? Maybe the helmet's too tight.

[zizyphus]

Maybe because it's only a big deal to the Reptilicans. We like gays.

[Annette]

Actually we don't care if anyone is gay. It is only the bible thumpin Republicans who give a darn.

We do however enjoy watching the Repubs jump up and down and have a hissy fit when it becomes obvious that some of their own are the thing they fear most.

[NyPrincess]

Chris, this post is hysterical!

[truthynesslover]

Typical republican closet case.The halloween costumes for life is a nice touch though dont you think?How could he resist?I know I couldnt!