Thursday, October 26, 2006
Shimkus Chief of Staff is gay...
One name we haven't heard about in Foleygate is Craig Roberts. Roberts is Chief of Staff for Rep. John Shimkus. What's interesting here is that Roberts, a gay man working for a homophobic House member, has yet to be mentioned in the news at all. Shimkus, of course, is on the House Page Board and was one of the first members of the House to learn about the emails and, as we now know, he was involved in the effort to coverup the information.
Shimkus, as you may recall, was the GOPer on the Page Board who CONCEALED from the Democrat on the Page Board the very existence of the emails.
I have heard over and over from some of these guys how they are 'working from within the party to make things better for gay people.' In some rare cases, it's true -- and I don't report on those guys here. That clearly can't be the case with Shimkus' staff. According to the HRC Scorecard, his rating dropped eight percentage points from the 108th congress:
Thanks, for nothing, Craig.
I have written a letter (PDF) to the chairs of the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct to encourage them to take a look at this guy.
And I'm not sure which is worse... To be a closet case and work against us, or to be out as a gay man and work for a dope like this. If anyone doubts Roberts is gay, click here.
Shimkus, as you may recall, was the GOPer on the Page Board who CONCEALED from the Democrat on the Page Board the very existence of the emails.
I have heard over and over from some of these guys how they are 'working from within the party to make things better for gay people.' In some rare cases, it's true -- and I don't report on those guys here. That clearly can't be the case with Shimkus' staff. According to the HRC Scorecard, his rating dropped eight percentage points from the 108th congress:
Thanks, for nothing, Craig.
I have written a letter (PDF) to the chairs of the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct to encourage them to take a look at this guy.
And I'm not sure which is worse... To be a closet case and work against us, or to be out as a gay man and work for a dope like this. If anyone doubts Roberts is gay, click here.
By: Michael Rogers
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