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FLORIDA REPUBLICAN: I'M NOT GAY, I'M RACIST! In what's rapidly turning into the grand unified Republican scandal of 2007, GOP State Rep. Bob Allen today explained his recent arrest for paying $20 to preform oral sex on an undercover cop by explaining that the guy was big, and black and he thought he "was about to be a statistic." Really. "This was a pretty stocky black guy, and there was nothing but other black guys around in the park," said Allen. This has been reported in a lot of places, but I haven't seen anyone make the point that this is pretty revealing about Republican principles. Allen, who has vowed to run for reelection, thinks that the cost of appearing to be ridiculously racist is worth it if he is not seen as soliciting a man in a park. Sadly, he's probably right. It also manages to wrap up almost every kind of Republican scandal of the last few months: corruption (he asked the police if it would help that he was a state legislator), sex, racism, and the collapse of McCain's campaign (Allen was co-Chair for him in Florida).
--Sam Boyd
COMMENTS (7)
Quick, give this guy a megaphone.
Posted by: CJR | August 6, 2007 4:47 PM
subtitle this: yes, there is a god, and she has an incredible sense of humor.
aimai
Posted by: aimai | August 6, 2007 5:21 PM
Yes, I want them to interview this guy about how he is being railroaded on every major network. He deserves a full and fair hearing.
Posted by: emerald | August 6, 2007 5:31 PM
Words fail me.
Posted by: Col Bat Guano | August 6, 2007 5:45 PM
he left out that he was fleeing from an assemblage of illegal-looking immigrants only to find himself in a bathroom with a stocky man seemingly of african ancestry.
Here is the part I like: he does not offer the man all the money he has. No. He offers this stocky african-looking chap $20 AND the blowjob.
Our legislative friend has broken one of the bedrock rules of transactional engagement: never bargain against yourself. Save the blow job offer until the $20 is rejected. Sheesh.
Posted by: eric | August 6, 2007 6:21 PM
Sounds like he's genuinely gay afterall and genuinely philo-Black in his sexual tastes (no pun intended) altho he wants his voters to think he's afraid of Black men rather than a cock-sucker.
Posted by: Nantucket | August 7, 2007 1:10 AM
How in the name of all that's virtuous did this "man" get elected to public office? Oh, that's right! He's a Bush Republican.
Posted by: osage | August 7, 2007 9:24 AM