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Manhunt Founder’s Donation to McCain Not Returned
September 23, 2008 | 9 Comments
[Editor's note: Gay Porn Times has recently signed a deal to provide LGBT content to industry publication XBIZ.] A controversial personal donation made by Manhunt.net co-founder and CEO Jonathan Crutchley to John McCain‘s presidential campaign was to have been returned, according to published reports. Records now show otherwise. Manhunt is one of the industry’s largest gay networking websites. It earns an estimated $30 million per year from a primarily gay male customer base, according to an Out magazine profile. The Politico.com blog examined last month’s campaign finance records and there is no record of the McCain campaign returning Crutchley’s donation. “So, if [Politico] is correct, Crutchley’s donation still sits in McCain’s coffers, working hard to defeat gay rights,” wrote gay blogger Andy Towle… CLICK HERE for the full story at XBIZ. [Image © Out.]
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You expect a campaign that doesn’t bother to properly vet its vice-presidential candidate to return gay-website checks in a timely manner? It’s just another screw-up.
Still, backlash part deux, here we come.
Will when McCain is being outspent 4 to 1 by Obama he needs every homophobic bigots dollar he can get! Yes I mean Crutchley!
Fucking figures. Like the press will report on this, though. He could kill someone in front of them and they wouldn’t write about it…..
Regardless of whether the money was returned or not… that donation was made with gay dollars. Intent was there, regardless of how you spin the story or what Manhunt says to keep its customer base.
How do I feel about fueling a political machine that aims to take our equal rights away and slams us deeper into debt and conflict? Pretty sick. As a consumer you can make that choice… and on election day you can make the choice.
Think of that when you’re logging on to get off.
While we’re on the topic take a look at what’s going on in California: The battle over Prop 8.
http://www.protectmarriage.com
http://www.noonprop8.com
its no question who the Republican’s support.
A tempest in a teacup. Lots of Manhunt’s employees support Democratic candidates. This one guy doesn’t. I don’t care. It’s everyone’s right in America to be wrong and support bad candidates. I’m not gonna punish all those Democrats at Manhunt for this one guy’s bad judgment.
I think McCain has had his chips!
I think McCain has had his chips!
Sometimes it may not seem like it, but the world is about more than gay rights. Harping on that is the same as those people who base everything on whether you’re pro-life or pro-choice. I’ve moved beyond all that.
Hmm wonder if the above message is from Mark Buse McCains GAY Chief of Staff
also uses the screenname dccouple2play ,,LOL