In the era of "gotcha politics"; the aftermath of the Mark Foley page scandal; and with just weeks before an important election, the national Democrats' earlier warnings of "outing Republicans" has apparently ensnared one of its first victims in Oklahoma. The Oklahoma Political News Service recieved a tip with this link, suggesting that Senator Coburn's Legislative Director Roland Foster is gay. We have a pretty good idea where the tip came from since the link was on this rabidly partisan Democratic site last week. The pro gay site compassionately describes Mr. Foster as a "self loathing homophobe who happens to be gay." In what can only be described as a mean spirited attempt to show hypocrisy within the Republican ranks, the "outing" actually demonstrates that the "party of tolerance" can also skillfully use a wedge issue when they see an advantage to it. The site lists the irrelevancy of Mr. Foster's Congressional salary and the email addresses of the entire Coburn staff so you can, "Tell the team at Coburn's office what you think of Roland Foster being a gay man." Posted at 10/23/2006 04:47:00 PM