This Associated Press story:

A Democratic congressional candidate has told police he was assaulted near downtown Spokane after making sexual advances to another man. David R. Fox, who moved to Spokane from Port Angeles recently to run against Republican U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, told police he wasn’t injured in Sunday’s altercation. But he is pressing charges against the man.

Before whatever phase of history we’re in, this candidate would’ve never drawn attention to a crime connected to his sexual interest in another man. In 2010, he’s pressing charges, because—duh—making a sexual overture is not a get-out-of-assaulting-me free card.

Full story here.

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10 replies on “Proof of Progress”

  1. I’m sorry he struck out erotically. But, hey, savvy free publicity. It must be lonely in Spookaloo.
    By standing up, he staked out masculine territory against his female Rep. rival.
    I wonder how that plays with woman-hating male Repubs…

  2. It’s not going to matter. McMorris Rogers could be caught having sex with the corpse of Dixy Lee Ray and she would still get 60% of the vote in Spokane.

  4. I love the ending of the story:

    Fox has come to the attention of law enforcement several times in the past year in Clallam County and Spokane.

  8. There seems to be a pattern of all these Washington Republicans end up getting robbed or getting their asses whooped trying to get gay sex in Spokane. When will they learn that they just need to go down to People’s Park?

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