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(Washington) An online investigative journalism
site Monday suggested that White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan is gay
and was a regular at gay bars in Texas.
Quoting an unnamed source, The RawStory.com reported
that McClellan visited an Austin, Texas gay bar on March 19, 1995. The date was
fixed in the mind of the source because a local memorial service was held the
same day that McClellan attended.
RawStory, which has outed other anti-gay
Republicans, said its source "reserved comment on whether McClellan was
actually gay, but said he was frequently seen at gay clubs." It says that another
source confirmed McClellan was a regular at gay clubs.
McClellan is an Austin native.
“He was often seen in gay clubs in Austin,
Texas and was comfortable being there,” the source told RawStory. “He’s
been seen in places that normal people who are looking for heterosexual
relationships are not seen alone.”
The source reportedly told Raw Story that
McClellan was easy to spot and was well known in Austin. His mother had
been mayor and is expected to run for Texas Governor. She is currently
state controller.
RawStory also says there is a link between
McClellan and the man who posed as a journalist and had been accredited by the
White House. It reports that it has found the man claiming to be Jeff Gannon had
sent McClellan a wedding card when the Bush aide married.
Gannon, who wrote for two conservative web
publications, was exposed last week as J.D. Guckert. (story)
The card to McClellan was apparently signed by Guckert.
McClellan also would regularly call on "Gannon"
whenever the White House press corps would pummel him with hard questions.
"Gannon" could always be counted on to ask a frivolous question.
The White House did not return calls by
365Gay.com seeking comment on the reports.
McClellan was the Administration's "point
man" to the media and frequently defended Bush policies including the
President's push for a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage.
In addition to posing as Gannon, Guckert operated
several gay sex Web sites, some linked to hustling.
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