We see Crist often, and my wife has long insisted he's part of a closet

[Sancho]

gay community in St. Petersburg. If so, what would happen if Crist was outed and Gallagher was found guilty of ethics violations? Interesting...

Here's some recent links to SP Times articles with some clips about Crist...what do you think?

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To tricky question, Crist has brief reply
The state attorney general says he's not upset when a speech attendee asks if he is gay. His answer: "I'm not."

http://www.sptimes.com/2005/01/15/news_pf/State/To_tricky_question__C.shtml
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ST. PETERSBURG -- Away from the million-dollar condominiums and high-rise towers, another sign of metropolitan life is emerging.
Gay men and women are thriving in St. Petersburg - whether it's revitalizing downtown neighborhoods, starting new businesses or mustering a political force. The trend has fueled an economic resurgence in a dozen American cities over the past 15 years.

http://www.sptimes.com/2006/08/07/Southpinellas/How_a_city_grows_gay_.shtml

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The short-term job came with little responsibility, as the state was shifting to a downsized Cabinet and an appointed commissioner reporting to a new Board of Education.
Crist still found a way to grab headlines. He publicly blasted Florida Atlantic University for allowing a student play, Corpus Christi, which depicted Jesus Christ as gay. Outraged professors at FAU and elsewhere accused Crist of trying to stifle academic freedom.
http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sptimes/access/1086411001.html?dids=1086411001:1086411001&FMT=FT&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Jul+31%2C+2006&author=STEVE+BOUSQUET&pub=St.+Petersburg+Times&edition=&startpage=1.A&desc=In+race+for+governor%2C+a+contrast+in+image+%2F%2F+CHARLIE+CRIST+Series%3A+PUBLIC+LIFE
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Republican gubernatorial candidate Charlie Crist told a radio talk-show host on Friday that civil unions between gays are "fine."
Crist, the front-runner for the Republican nomination, added that he has not decided whether Florida should lift its long-standing ban on allowing gays to adopt children. He hasn't yet "reached a conclusion," he told Miami radio talk-show host Jim DeFede.
"Haven't taken a position yet," Crist told DeFede.

http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sptimes/access/1085556031.html?dids=1085556031:1085556031&FMT=FT&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Jul+29%2C+2006&author=STEVE+BOUSQUET&pub=St.+Petersburg+Times&edition=&startpage=4.B&desc=Crist%3A+Gay+civil+unions+%27fine%27

[nosillies]

1. Here's the freeper take on it

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1451077/posts

Yes, sometimes some of us have to suck it up and enter their lair.

Interesting how when it's a "good republican" most of them don't seem to mind and think that politicians' private lives are nobody's business but their own. HYPOCRITES!!!

And yes, I've always thought he was pretty metro, but as I usually have to turn away when I see him, I haven't had a chance to tell if he's full-on femme.

[Herman Munster]

2. questions about Crist's lifestyle are popping up

http://gainesville.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060813/LOCAL/208130324/1078/news

TALLAHASSEE - It doesn't sound like an ideal resume for a job applicant hoping to lead a state of 17 million-plus. Single with no children at the age of 50, he is a renter who has never had a home mortgage or property insurance to pay. His work experience is largely limited to government. He drives a Jaguar but has few investments.

Even with a background that may seem foreign to most people of similar age, Republican Attorney General Charlie Crist is waltzing toward victory in the GOP gubernatorial primary on Sept. 5. Polls show Crist up by 20 or more percentage points in his race against Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher. That lead is slimmer in presumptive races in November against either Democratic opponent, U.S. Rep. Jim Davis, D-Tampa or state Sen. Rod Smith, D-Alachua.

Democrats are already teeing off on the topic, tying Crist's personal history to remote issues such as this week's news report that Crist was unaware of the dates and scoring of the FCAT. "Let's see. He doesn't own a home, doesn't pay property taxes, doesn't understand windstorm insurance and doesn't know simple facts about the FCAT, so how can Crist expect Floridians to elect him governor?" Florida Democratic Party Chair Karen Thurman said in a statement last week. "There's a basic level of knowledge a governor must have, and Crist doesn't pass the test."