Sep 08, 2006  |  By: CHRIS CRAIN  | COMMENTS     

the Washington Blade as the “gay newspaper of record.” He responded by the dismissing the Blade as “the New York Post of the gay and lesbian press corps.”

“They’re not credible and they have somebody there who has an agenda which is clearly not favorable to the Democratic Party so we simply don’t give them any credence,” he said. This is, mind you, the same Howard Dean who lent credence to Pat Robertson’s chops as a journalist by appearing on his “700 Club.” Reverend Robertson doesn’t have an anti-Democrat “agenda,” does he Governor Dean?

Now, after a decade of doing this, it’s time once again for me to walk across that graduation stage, but I leave knowing these publications are in very capable hands. Next week will be my last as editor. I am moving to Rio De Janeiro to be with my partner, who is Brazilian and cannot come here to be with me because U.S. immigration laws don’t recognize same-sex relationships.

You can be sure that the journalists at Window Media’s newspapers will continue asking tough questions, pissing off the powerful and winning absolutely zero popularity contests.