Mississippi "family values" Repug outed by a receipt from a sex shop in Toronto's gay village

[marmar]

from the Toronto Star:



A purchase made at a gay sex shop in Toronto then billed to taxpayers as a work expense has prompted a Republican politician in the United States to reveal he is gay.

Greg Davis, the mayor of Southaven, Mississippi, is at the centre of a spending scandal after a local newspaper revealed the politician had billed taxpayers for an estimated $170,000, including expensive dinners, a pricey family vacation and purchases at local liquor stores.

But it’s the $67 for unnamed merchandise from Priape, a gay sex shop near the intersection of Church and Wellesley Sts., that has caused the biggest stir for Davis, who has previously run for office on a conservative, family-values platform.

When asked about the purchase last week, Davis told the Memphis, Tennessee-based newspaper The Commercial Appeal, that he is gay and can no longer maintain a separation between his personal and public life. ..............(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.thestar.com/news/article/1104439--sex-shop-purchase-in-toronto-outs-republican-mayor

[JustAnotherGen]

1. I hate

hypocrites.

[distantearlywarning]

2. Just one more Republican hypocrite.

They're starting to become so commonplace as to not be particularly newsworthy anymore.

I myself pretty much figure at this point that any (R) politician who is virulently anti-gay probably has some serious issues with his own cramped closet (Rick Santorum comes to mind...)

[oldhippydude]

5. agreed

a gay friend of mine pointed that out .. told me talk show host Savage was gay, sure fits the M.O.

[DeathToTheOil]

10. Michael Savage?

Hmph. Figures!

[oldhippydude]

11. yes our dear freind

micheal weiner.. have to trust my freind on this as he has much better Gaydar than i do..

[JBoy]

3. Actually, it's the knee-jerk submitting of receipts for reimbursement that's disgusting

When I go on a business trip, I get reimbursed for transportation, accommodation and meals. It would be rare that I would incur a legitimate business expense beyond that.

This sounds like someone used to just giving his pile of receipts to a clerk and getting a cheque.

[mactime]

4. Gay is not the problem

I have no problem with his homosexuality. I have a problem with him attempting to bill the taxpayers for personal spending.

[oldhippydude]

12. bingo

that's the truth, the issue should be fruad.. but its still nice to see a republican busted on hypocracy

[SpiralHawk]

6. How typically Republicon

This -- alas -- is what Americans have come to expect from Republicons.

The usual.

[madrchsod]

7. another dumb ass bites the dust

he actually thought no one would question that receipt.

[DeathToTheOil]

8. K'd & R'd

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9. At least he finally came out instead of spewing denials backed by contorted logic.