South Carolina's
lieutenant governor, Andre Bauer (the man who would be governor
should philandering governor Mark Sanford resign), is not
gay.
South Carolina's
lieutenant governor, Andre Bauer (the man who would be governor
should philandering governor Mark Sanford resign), is not
gay.
In an interview with
The State
to talk about the very real possibility that Bauer might become
the state's governor should Sanford step down, Bauer brought up
the subject of his sexual orientation.
The 40-year-old
bachelor has dodged the gay rumors before, and this time, he
says he wants to put them to rest once and for all.
"One word, two
letters. 'No.' Let's go ahead and dispel that now," he said
in the interview.
"Is Andre Bauer gay?
That is now the story. We're a long way from where we were a
week ago. We have diverted what the real topic should be here:
Is the governor capable for carrying on the duties for which he
was elected?"
Sanford made headlines
last week when he admitted to ducking his staff and his wife to
keep secret a trip to Argentina to visit his lover.
Though Bauer has not
called for Sanford to step down -- he says it's not his call --
he has admitted to discussing with state Republican leaders the
possibility of not running for governor in 2010 in exchange for
taking over the governor's mansion now.
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