Charlie Crist and the Pink Elephant in the room

America Blog  Jul 17 08

I've beaten around the Bush a bit too much about Florida Governor Charlie Crist and the question of whether he could ever really be John McCain's choice for vice president. Chris Cillizza at the Washington Post penned a piece today presenting the case for Charlie Crist, while (intentionally, I suspect) ignoring the most important negative in Crist's portfolio. Namely, lots of people think he's gay. Cillizza hints at this in his piece, but implies that this won't be a problem because Crist is now getting married. To a woman. But I don't think that's going to help things much. Lots of gay men get married, are married, but they're still gay, and often get into trouble as a result. Full story...

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