... Bob Corker is gay. He may not know it yet, he may never know it, he
may go to his sarcophagus wrapped in denial, but his fascination with
Ford's prowess and good looks gives him away, as does his political
affiliation. All Republican political figures are gay, especially the
men. ...Republican women--those masochistic saints--are more like
Joan Allen playing Pat Nixon under layers of frosting, their rigid
smiles forged by years of living a lie with a man infatuated with other
men and too timid to take out a subscription to Details magazine, lest
he be exposed. The closet in which he dwells doubles as a panic room
with a convenient minibar, so that if he ever stumbles or strays, he
can blame it on the creme de menthe, not the burning yearning of his
heart. ...
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