TX Gov. Rick Perry - Coming-Out Rumors?

[derby378]

There appears to be a story floating around on the Internet that the wife of Governor Rick Perry (R-TX) has now left the Governor's Mansion in Austin after catching her husband in bed with another man.

Any truth to this, or is it just rumor? Links will be greatly appreciated!

[eleny]

1. There was a thread about this in DU yesterday

[el_gato]

2. i've been hearing things

I heard his wife moved out of the Guv's Mansion last week.

[LeftCoast]

3. Haven't seen a single link

So far it seems less substantiated than your typical Drudge Report...

[Lisa0825]

4. I heard that rumor last week!

I was at the kickoff party for Richard Morrison, and one of the intro speakers alluded to it, but it was quite cryptic, so i had no idea what he meant. So afterwards, I asked a couple of folks who are very active in Texas Democratic Party circles, and the both said, that yes, he was caught with a man, and they were just waiting for the news to hit the press... if anyone will print it, that is.

[LeinesRed]

5. an interesting item on Buzzflash.com

check it out...it is somewhere on the site. It refers to a governor and a divorce in the works!

[Catholic Sensation]

6. the question i have is: who cares?

So the governor could be gay. The only person who I can see caring is that asspile Rick Santorum.

[el_gato]

8. the only reason it is an issue is because of the phoney "family values"

constantly pushed by the republican hypocrites
otherwise i wouldn't give a rats ass either

[derby378]

9. Because if it's Perry...

Texas does not recognize same-sex marriages or civil unions, even though some churches do perform these ceremonies for couples. It'll likely put more pressure on Texas Republicans to relent on same-sex unions if "Our Beloved Governor" has been outed himself.

[Stuckinthebush]

10. The irony is...

that DUers wouldn't care if he was gay. The beauty of this community is that we don't hold that against him. However, his core constituency would turn red with a mixture of anger, horror, and confusion.

That image is enough to hope that the man is engaging in extra-marital relations with another man. If it causes his core voters to reassess their mixed up philosophies, then it is a win for the GLBT community.

[derby378]

11. A few DUers might...

...or they might just view it as just another bubble in the overall Repub hypocrisy melange.

[aquart]

7. Gov. Goodhair? And in Texas, too.

Don't care if it's true. I'm just gonna sit here and smile.

[Sagan]

12. Please Please Please.....

If it's true, I will make the lives of my Republican friends miserable... Oh, please.....

Guess that's kind of bad karma, huh? God, I'm conflicted.

:)

[Gato Moteado]

13. a friend of mine told me....

...that he used to see perry in oil can harry's (an austin gay bar) quite frequently some years back. don't know how true it is.

[derby378]

14. Here's a pic

of Perry with his alleged lover, TX sec. of State Geoff Conner:

/photo_view

[Champion Jack]

16. The guy that looks like Bill Murray?

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

21. Goodhair and The SoS? Both repukes?!

Oh man, this is way to good to be true. Looks like all those parrelels with Nazis were more accurate than they were given credit for, but in an entirely unexpected way.

I would hope that every GLBT person in Texas would ring the gubner's mansion and chant "Come out! Come out! Wherever you are!"

The Tex. Repuke Party people must be eating Ativan by the fistfull right now...

[wellstone_democrat]

26. I would have bet on Dewhurst

something sneaky looking about old "family values" Dave Dewhurst.

Fine with me if Perry gets caught "betraying" the base of bigots he endlessly panders to in this state. Just fine. I'll enjoy it.

[Taeger]

15. If your wife leaves the mansion ...

You'd better have a mistress to move in. That's what Guliani learned ;-)

[4morewars]

20. I think the mistress moved in.....

...before his (second)wife moved out , if I remember correctly. But wait, there's more !!! Guiliani's first wife was his cousin !!! Talk about family values !!!!!!

[murielm99]

17. I don't care if he's gay.

More power to him!

But just imagine how much press this would be getting if Perry was a Democrat.

Stupid corporate media!

[DiverDave]

18. Wait a minute

You mean, this is about a republican? a man of "family values"? a man who, by proxy at LEAST, says that gays should not have any rights?
This from a man who supports, presumably, the ban on gay unions/marriage?

I'm shocked, SHOCKED!! I tell you!!

/sarcasm off

I just don't get it. How can you support the disenfranchisement of a whole group of peoples based on their lifestyle choices IN THE BEDROOM
and do the same yourself?
Hypocritical to the extreme, course, he is a rePUKE.
As we all know, he is above the common person.

[Bridget Burke]

19. He gladly signed the Texas "defense of marriage" bill....

Yes, it's the hypocrisy.

[calimary]

27. This would be MOST useful if, indeed, bush starts referring to Kerry

as the guy from the Gay-Marriage State.

I would hope that Kerry would fire back with this, and with a mention of dick cheney's daughter.

Are we gonna fight, or are we gonna fight?

[MrSlayer]

22. Aren't there sodomy laws in Texas?

I thought I read somewhere that it's illegal to have a consenting gay relationship but not illegal to have sex with a horse in Texas. Is this true? And wouldn't it be funny if they arrested him for this?

[Tansy_Gold]

23. IIRC, SCOTUS overturned the Texas sodomy laws

If by some bizarre turn of events this rumor proves true, I would hope that maybe Gov. Goodhair and at least some of his republican ilk would learn the lesson that people are people are people, regardless of the color of their skin or the name of their god or the gender of their loved ones.

Am I holding my breath that any of this happens? I don't think so. . . . but it would be nice if it did.

Tansy Gold, the straight but not narrow minded

[calimary]

28. You suppose that's why bush is afraid of horses?

[no_arbusto]

24. It seems like there are a lot of gay Republicans

There have always been rumors about Drudge and Rush, and now possibly Perry. It wouldn't bother me one bit if most of them weren't such rabid bigots.

A wise man once told me "Whatever they hate the most, they probably are." I believe psychologists call it "Freudian projection" or something like that.

[Mountainman]

29. I remember something about that. I think is is called reaction formation

I think it goes like this. If there is something about you that you don't like or are afraid of you project just the opposite trait. Many times the person will attack others that have that same trait.

[Champion Jack]

25. There's more here:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Texas-Democrats/message/5821