Why is he even on this list?

He must be an imbecile to make that an issue with such personal activity in his background. There is always some ferret in the press who will find things out, and there is always someone in the government who has a grievance and will leak stuff to the ferret.

WHOOPS! BUSTED! Right-winger gay-basher mayor of Spokane caught hunting gay-boy-toys for oil-parties! The more they act like they hate gays the more they. . .well, you know the rest. We can now call Mr. West the neighbor in American Beauty. Hey Jim, it's okay, God still loves you along with 6 to 10 percent of the population you used to hate and try to run out of town. People like this make it too easy. . . Once and for all kids, the louder they scream the more fear and insecurity they hide. Hey Jim, closets are for clothes. . .

Rough story. Classic case of do what I say, not what I do. I'm really not sure how anybody could defend Jim West's staggering hypocrisy - it even trumps the hypocrisy of Republican leaders with gay children such as Cheney and Keyes who claim to love their kids, yet enjoy the political gains of gay bashing.