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[Blind Gossip] His strategy was always to bury the truth about himself. However, he is now shocked to find himself usurped by someone who did not!

This politician may be regretting his initial strategy. He is now huddling with his team to try to figure out if he needs to take a different tack.

He thought that there was absolutely no way he could run as an openly gay candidate, so he is shocked by the fact that Pete Buttigieg is doing so well. Now he’s missing out on all that support so he has to rethink his strategy.

So, since being gay may actually be benefiting Mayor Pete, does our candidate now think that he should state that he is also gay?

Not quite!

He can’t go “full gay” now or else he would be accused of being a liar, so he is thinking of announcing that he is bi. That way he could have a girlfriend, not worry so much about the oppo research about his past, and start courting the pro-gay support (especially the Hollywood money) that is going to Buttigieg.

This just gets crazier and crazier!

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Politician:

[Optional] If you were his campaign manager, what would you advise him to do? Please keep your comments civil.

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  1. PatioPrincess says

    Booker is done and buttygieg has no chance, even he is liked, so old Biden will make way for Trumps next term. Couldn’t be better. Trump doesn’t even have to strategize or really advertize. There are so many clowns running he’s just going to play with them like a cat and a mouse then zero in for the kill with old Joe. (I bet Joe secretly wants to smell Trumps hair)

  2. girlwonder615 says

    Cory Booker

    He has denied it for so long that I don’t think it would benefit him to come clean now…. but he should be honest, so it is a tricky situation!

  3. pewter says

    Booker. Everybody knows anyway…just come out already. Of course, now, with his professed “love” for Dawson, it does make him look like a liar. Probably bi is the best way to initially handle the situation.

  5. Aurelia says

    Corey Booker
    Keep his current status quo with the “love of his life” woman. I believe changing gears now will back fire on him big time.

  8. steffie718 says

    Corey Booker
    I would advise him to NOT come out at all, because there would be too much focus on his sexuality. However, I’d advise him to be super transparent about it when it’s revealed in the media

  10. Gerseychick says

    Cory Booker the worst Mayor of Newark NJ
    What year is it?? Be real
    I Love my girlfriend Rosario Dawson so much…Please, stop liar.

  18. ezilgaloth says

    Politician: Cory Booker

    [Optional] If you were his campaign manager, what would you advise him to do? Please keep your comments civil.

    Anything he does is just going to seem phony. I’d just keep going with what he’s doing – too late to change course on something like that. I hope Pete wins.

  20. Seeall Knowall says

    What’s his name? Corey Booker?!? Lol dude just stay in the closet. It’s hard trying to figure out who’s running for president nowadays… it’s legit a free for all. Actually I’m running next week if I have nothing else to do.

  22. GretaGuesses says

    Hello, Corey Booker!

    Being a nut job should concern Spartacus more. Everyone already knows he’s gay and has a fake girlfriend.

  23. jrizzo says

    Cory Booker, of course

    I’m not sure that’s such a good idea. The people who have been hip will be annoyed, and the general public will definitely sense something is up. I guess I could see it working in his favor but only if he doesn’t “break up” with Rosario Dawson. But no matter what he does, if he comes out, he’s gonna look like he’s riding on Pete’s coattails.

  28. tbunny says

    Cory Booker – I would tell him to drop out of this race because he is simply not going to win this nomination

  29. NYCBunny says

    Corey Booker needs to come out already!

    I’d advise him to have Dawson “slip” and comment on someone he used to date in an innocuous way, like they’re all friends, but make it obvious he and Booker were once involved. Have Booker give a press conference to address the questions and confirm that he’s bi.

  31. annabelle77 says

    Oh, this is too funny. Cory Booker is just now figuring out that lying and having a fake relationship is not working? His shallowness, phoniness, and arrogance are a much bigger problem. Yeah, tell everybody you’re bi now, Cory. That will work. Idiot.

  34. parkland45 says

    Cory Booker. He needs to drop out of the presidential race and then figure out what he wants to do (especially with his girlfriend).

  37. nowyoutellme says

    Booker. I’d tell him not to run; he’s going to lose anyway. Come back in another cycle and out yourself in the meantime.

  38. 8oclock says

    Booker..

    Too late now. He is already using Rosario Dawson as a beard. He would just look like another fake politician.

  39. LizardQueen says

    Cory Booker

    If I were his campaign manager… I’d have to hire my own manager to help me figure that out! LOL! But seriously, I guess he can come out and say he’s bi to buffer anything that may leak out about him as he grows his campaign. That’s all I got!

  41. sogeni says

    Politician: Cory Booker

    [Optional] If you were his campaign manager, what would you advise him to do? Please keep your comments civil. This is a tough one. He’s been lying too long to suddenly come clean.

  44. ezrapl says

    Cory Booker…omg just come clean! People would appreciate it more than if you continue telling half truths.

  49. Monysmom says

    Cory Booker

    I’d have him do a sympathetic interview with a friendly media person and express some “bi” feelings ….

  50. Honey16 says

    Cory Booker

    I would tell him not to do it. Just bc it is working for someone else may not work in his favor. No one will honestly believe he is bi.

  52. Whisper says

    Ted Cruz? Well at least we know what his policies are (awful) which is more than we know about Pete’s (only in America folks LOL). It might help his campaign somewhat but not that much for people who don’t like his politics.

  53. Alllie says

    Cory Booker. he already denied being gay and he is being accused of a bathroom sex assault in 2014 against a guy. He would now have to admit he was lying about it, lying about the bathroom stuff, and having a faux girlfriend. not going to win anyway.

  56. thebutlerdidit says

    Corey Booker is such an odd, inauthentic dude who always turns into a disconcerting try hard, while trying to be “real.”
    I don’t think coming out as bi will help him, but then again, no one is particularly jazzed about his candidacy w/him in the closet playing straight, either. He really offers nothing new, nothing exceptional to the election, I can’t see him busting out, either way.

  57. Someone6251 says

    Corey Booker.

    Doesn’t matter what the left does, Trumps going to win. 🤷🏻‍♀️

  59. Jumerandy says

    Corey Booker. The trouble with Booker is that he has been claiming he is straight for years. Also, last October a man came forward to say that Booker had sexually assaulted him when he was a teen at a political event.

  60. 4girls4 says

    Spartacus
    People might accept Gay as a candidate but not Bi. He’ s a liar and his beard is probably regretting her contract

  62. Conchord says

    This is totally Cory Booker. If I were his campaign manager, I’d probably advise him to get out of the race because he doesn’t stand a chance, out or not.

  64. Baileygirl says

    Corey Booker. He is stuck with the girlfriend and probably has a contract with her. Don’t discuss his sexuality with the press. He has zero chance of being the nominee so it is better that he sticks with the story and then in a few years come out as gay. Most people I know think he is gay and the beard is just a pathetic move but he made it.

  66. amagod121 says

    Corey Booker

    Optional: I’d tell him to get a workable agenda instead of pie-in-the-sky ideas. Being gay or bi shouldn’t be his major worry in this race. Oh, and counting on Hollywood’s help is like asking Dracula to vouch for you.

  67. zappy2050 says

    I did think this was ironic that Cory Booker chose to have a fake girlfriend and Mayor Pete busted out the closet with his husband.

    People don’t understand that people like it when people are honest with them – why does he think that Trump won? He’s awful – but he is honest.

    Not sure if Mayot Peter will win but I definitely see him going the marathon – with mayvbe a vice president position.

  74. Taytay25 says

    Cory Booker

    I don’t know what I would tell him if I was his campaign manager. His campaign is dead in the water at this point.

  77. goodgossip says

    Politician: Cory Booker.
    Optional: Do not come out. Stick to the important issues. Just because you are bi/gay/curious/LGBTQ allie it does not mean you are IT. Sorry but Mayor Pete will not be the Democratic nominee.

  82. yo1774 says

    Cory Booker and it’s too late for that (at least for this campaign).

    The big advantage of Buttigieg is that he is honest. Nobody knew him but the fact that he was the gay major on a pretty conservative state should be a sign.

    Coming out as bi, even if it’s a lie, could help him in the future (avoid some news about his past) but right now it would be just a desperate move.

    The truth it must hurt that someone is not having any trouble with something you put that much effort to hide

  83. I Am PunkA says

    So easy. Corey Booker. The fact he is a liar about himself makes him less trustworthy. Pete is an honest guy at least. Don;t agree with most of his policy takes, but do agree with some of them. And with how he has called out some hypocrites in politics.

  87. gossipzillaisback says

    Obviously Cory Booker. I think announcing he’s bi is a potential strategy… it’s risky because the accusation of hypocrisy would obviously come up, but his campaign is flopping so he should probably take the risk.

  88. Sharper_Teeth says

    CORY BOOKER
    During the Kavanaugh hearing, I was under the impression that he was openly gay, but he’s obviously not open with the public, if true. I don’t remember why I even thought that.

  89. Alexis_Rose says

    Cory Booker

    I would advise him he already made his heterosexual bed. He needs to lie in it. Besides, he doesn’t have a prayer in this election.

  90. NormaDesperate says

    Cory Booker – no surprise here – but he doesn’t have a chance in heck regardless of his sexuality. He totally lacks any “It” factor.

  92. Catman says

    New Jersey’s Cory Booker, as if everybody didn’t already know he was gay! I think it will actually HURT his chances to change his stance (no pun intended!) at this point because it will show that he has lied about it all along. Truth be told, he didn’t have a rat’s * of a chance anyway, especially since Biden has now entered the race!

  98. TonySheridan says

    Corey should just accept the fact that he’s not going to make the cut, and concentrate on being a Senator. He’s young-he can give it another go in 8 years after he’s got his personal life straightened out.

  102. gailpow says

    Politician Corey Booker. Now kicking himself that he even bothered to acquire beard Rosario Dawson as his “girlfriend.”

  105. Violets says

    Cory Booker
    Optional: Covering up one lie with another lie is not the greatest idea. Honesty is the best policy but I think it’s too late for that.

  109. luddite2 says

    Corey “I am ashame of being gay so I had to fake a past sexual assault and now a beard” Booker. What will the boys on the Newark dock say?????

  111. livewyre says

    Corey Booker.

    Oh Corey, you have/had great potential, but lying about who you are is never a good strategy for such an important position upon which people need to believe you. Better to have been silent on the matter than do the Hollywood fake relationship thing. The party needs someone who strong and secure and honest. This isn’t 1990 where such things needed to be hidden.

  113. sunshine702 says

    Corey Booker.

    I would have told him not to lie from the beginning. The bearding was a stupid move.