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Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Media Charlie Crist Has a Gay Rights Problem?

Posted by Dan Savage on Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 11:26 AM

Pat Buchanan was talking with Chris Matthews about Florida Governor Charlie Crist on MSNBC's Hardball yesterday. Crist, a Republican, is running for the U.S. Senate, and he's drawn a primary challenger from the right. Will Crist be the next Republican to be Scozzafava'd? Buchanan said that it was a real possibility. Crist isn't popular with the Republican base and "gay rights issues" were a particular challenge for Crist because the GOP's base—Republican primary voters in Florida—are strongly opposed to gay rights.

But Crist, a married man (a legally married man), opposes gay rights. Crist backed efforts to ban same-sex marriage in Florida, he has defended Florida's ban on adoptions by same-sex couples (even as Florida places children in foster homes headed by same-sex couples), and has said that "a traditional family provides the best environment for children." (A statement that isn't supported by the facts—see here, here, here, here.)

So when Buchanan says that the GOP base has a problem with Crist where gay rights are concerned, gee, it kinda makes you wonder what Buchanan could possibly be referring to.

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Republicans eat their young.

Posted by Vince on November 4, 2009 at 11:35 AM

@1: Mr. Poe is hoping so.

I personally willl not rest until Charles Crist is President of the United States and Mr. Poe, with his cute little Dior necktie and beautiful snow-white mega-peen, is the First Lady of the land.

Posted by baconpussy on November 4, 2009 at 11:45 AM

This is the worst-kept "secret" in the whole world right about now. Everybody knows about it, but nobody's talking about it. I have friends in Florida, and whenever the subject comes up, it's all "wink-wink." What a fucking load of hypocrisy.

But yeah, old Charlie definitely has a "gay rights problem" alright.

Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty

on November 4, 2009 at 11:45 AM

Crist looks sorta gay and that gives real Americans the creeps.

Posted by now you know on November 4, 2009 at 11:51 AM

I too have friends and family--who do not understand our "western US values"--and they totally will crack jokes about Crist and how the state legislators are fucking with him and how "he'll fuck em back, hard! ha ha!" but they continue to support him. Thanks for bringing this movie back out there--it got such a low distribution and while playing sporadically on HBO the DVD is not out for another 3 months--I think I'll send it out to my southern people for late Christmas gift. A must see!

Posted by markus Davidius on November 4, 2009 at 11:57 AM

I live in Florida and most of what I hear from the unending supply of right-wing nuts is that they dislike Crist because he's too liberal, not because he's gay. Whenever issues about his sexuality come up, they act like they've never heard about it before (even when it's common knowledge that they HAVE heard about it).

Florida sucks.

Posted by Urgutha Forka on November 4, 2009 at 1:08 PM

urgutha, it's the same phenomenon with the repugs and "libertarians" calling obama a socialist and an elitist when what they really mean is that they think he's an upitty n****r who doesn't know his place. it's denial, pure and simple.

Posted by ellarosa on November 4, 2009 at 1:23 PM

For my dime, "Patricia Buchanan" saying that anyone has a 'gay problem' is the pot calling the kettle puce.

Ms. Pat has an over-compensation issue.

Posted by Esther Blodgett on November 5, 2009 at 1:46 PM