This wouldn’t exactly be news, if not for the homophobic remarks Paladino made last Sunday (and continued to make while ostensibly apologizing to the gay community on Monday).
As Ben Yakas of Gothamist puts it: “Carl Paladino has a serious problem with grown men jiggling and grinding against each other in bikini-type outfits. But only in public, see? Because he has no problem with them doing it inside the confines of a club”—as long as they’re paying rent.
To make matters worse (better?), Cobalt wasn’t the only gay establishment helping to pay Paladino’s bills earlier this decade. The Daily News says that Buddies II, a bar billing itself as a place where “
All of this raises an interesting question: is being a hypocrite better or worse than being an overt homophobe? Maybe we should ask Ann Coulter, who was one of the few people defending Paladino earlier this week. According to Coulter, Paladino didn’t mean to attack all gay people; instead, he was only targeting “gay left-wing activists.” Ah, there’s the explanation: all of Cobalt and Buddies II’s patrons must have been homosexual members of the GOP!