Mike Jones, the self-described gay escort who claimed to have had a sexual encounters with evangelical leader Ted Haggard failed his on-air polygraph test.
Story at A New Dawn Breaks For Pastor Ted.
As I said in my post yesterday --
Ted Haggard Buzz Kill: Stay Focused! -- we cannot let stories like this get away from our need to concentrate on the election.
I'm a constituent of Marilyn Musgrave so you bet I have a dog in this fight when it comes to the oppressive forces of the radical religious right. But we do ourselves and our movement no favors by exclaiming nothing but rumors -- as salacious as they may be -- or worse yet, organizing the "facts" into the schema we so desperately want to be true.
A hastily written press release or poor choice of words while TV cameras glare in one's eyes does not assume guilt.
A healthy dose of skepticism and a step back would do us all a world of good.
Now, get back out there and help support our candidates in the last weekend before the election.