The latest in closeted anti-gay republican scandals: Alabama Attorney General Troy King is denying allegations of having a gay affair. The rumor mills have been buzzing over the past week with the story that King was caught in bed with a young male assistant by his wife Paige Troy, leading to his banishment from their Montgomery home. Not to be too accusatory, but I don't have a single doubt in my mind that the rumors are true.
King was an earlier supporter and had strong ties to John McCain. But I don't even consider that to be an issue at all, why would it be McCain's fault he accidentally made friends with a closeted gay? This connection does matter to his bigoted republican supporters. Which is why McCain removed several references to King from his website this past Friday, as reported by The Pensito Review.
It is funny that McCain's campaign thinks they can just delete their press releases from their website and everything will be okay. As if people only use the search on johnmccain.com, and never use google.
I think The Frank Rule applies to Troy King, but I hope fellow bloggers and other media focus on bringing down King for his hypocrisy (and if they go so far as to mention his connection to McCain: to focus on McCain's reaction rather than trying to hit McCain for being connected to a closeted gay man. Let's not be brought down to the same level of the republicans we fight against.)
For reference:
Links to were johnmccain.com previously referenced Troy King: 1 (dead), 2 (dead), 3 (blank).
The caches of each of those respective pages care of google.com:
1 ("State Attorneys General Support McCain")
2 ("McCain Campaign Unveils Alabama Campaign Committee")
3 ("John McCain 2008 Announces Alabama Leadership Team")