Va. Republican Drops House Race Amid Gay Claims

Republican Edward Schrock Drops House Race Amid Gay Claims

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Virginia Republicans scrambled on Tuesday to find a candidate to replace U.S. Rep. Edward Schrock, who ended his bid for a third term amid claims that while he has opposed gay rights he is secretly gay. Schrock, 63, who represents the heavily Republican district that includes Virginia Beach, Va., withdraw from the congressional race late Monday, citing election-year "allegations." His accuser vowed to soon pin such claims against others in Washington.

Well, i have no idea how I missed this one. I caught this one on The Daily Show and looked up some of the relevant links. Ahhh the irony. Schrock was one of the more vocal opponents of Clinton's "don't ask, don't tell" policy back in the 90's. Which is slightly at odds with the fact he served in the Navy for 24 years. But wait, it gets better. He was also one of the senators to vote for the Constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage to protect the sanctity of marriage....did I mention he is married. Wait, it gets better! The "claims" that are mentioned in the above article is a recording of him leaving a message at a gay dating service! Might I add he requested extreme discretion (yet more irony).....and a large "endowment". Hard to type....must stop laughing....irony too much. Anyway if you would like to hear the audio (and you should, cause it is damn funny) you can go to the original accuser and check it out. The senator was apparently outted by a gay activist on his blog called Blogactive. Better yet, the accuser (Michael Rogers) has promised to out even more goverment officials. I, for one, can hardly wait.