The latest GOP sex scandal gets worse

In addition to the Young Republican sex scandal, another GOP sex scandal has been brewing down in Florida.

Bob Allen, a state representative in Florida, was arrested last month in a public lavatory for allegedly offering an undercover policeman $20 if he would allow the politician to give him a blow job. That's right. He was apparently offering to pay the policeman to perform a service that men often pay to have performed on them. But that's almost the cleverest thing he seems to have done that afternoon.

Mr Allen is a married Republican with a child, who was considered by one gay group to be the most homophobic politician in the state, based on his voting record (he also had an approval rating of 92% from the Christian coalition, and he had sponsored a (failed) law called the "sexual predator elimination act").

Strangely enough, he has refused to resign either from his political post or from his job as co-chairman of Senator John McCain's presidential campaign in Florida.

If that isn't enough, you should hear the excuse he came up with.

Representative Bob Allen, blamed the weather and his fear of black men for offering $20 to perform oral sex on a man in a public park. The man turned out to be an undercover police officer, who promptly arrested Allen.

Otherwise known as, the "I'm not Gay, I'm a Racist" Defense.

According to a statement released by Allen, he was intimidated into offering the undercover officer $20 and oral sex. But why was he intimidated? According to Allen, because the guy was big and black.

The Orlando Sentinel reports that Allen, who is white, offered a taped statement following his arrest in which he explained, “This was a pretty stocky black guy, and there was nothing but other black guys around in the park.” Allen then said he feared he “was about to be a statistic” and would have said anything just to get away – including, presumably, offering to give the “stocky, black guy” $20 dollars and oral sex.

The complete police report can be found here.

And Pam Spaulding, who blogs at AMERICAblog, has been covering this:

Allen, who also served as the McCain campaign's co-chairman in Florida, has decided that he would come out of this scandal looking better if he is perceived as a racist rather than a homo. Sweet!

More entertainment on Allen's record can be found at Joe.My.God, including the fact that he is the author of Florida House Bill #1475, the "Lewd Or Lascivious Exhibition Act."

Are you wondering how things could get any worse?

According to the Tallahassee Democrat, the Orlando-based Florida Civil Rights Association called for Bob Allen's resignation because he made "racially insensitive" comments.

"The comments by Representative Allen perpetuate the racial divide, and no one with this view should hold public office. If the situation was the same, but with white men in the park and a white police officer, would Representative Allen would have made the same statement?"

"Representative Allen alleged comments are sending a disturbing message to the black community. Now is the time for House Speaker Marco Rubio, Florida Black Lawmakers, other Civil Rights Groups and Community Leaders to call for Representative Allen to step down."

I'm not sure how Bob Allen can keep his seat after all this and what is McCain's reaction going to be? Just more bad news for McCain's campaign, who is now polling under Obama among registered Republicans.

Of course, this post wouldn't be complete without a clip from the Daily Show:



~BT