Round 'em Up and Send 'em Back....Except the Cute Ones

I'm sure you've read about Pinal County, Arizona Sheriff Paul Babeu and his gay scandal.  Babeu is a Republican who is running for a newly-created Arizona congressional seat.  He's also a hard-liner on immigration and the Arizona co-chair of Mitt Romney's campaign.  You might remember him from this McCain ad in 2008:


He also recently spoke at CPAC on the dangers of illegal immigration:


One little detail he had never revealed to Republican voters was the fact that he is gay and was allegedly in a long-term relationship with an allegedly undocumented immigrant from Mexico named Jose.  That's Jose above, with Sheriff Babeu's hand stroking his hard, muscular, undocumented chest.  They make a hot couple.  According to the Phoenix New Times, Babeu's lawyer threatened Jose with deportation after he refused to sign an agreement promising never to speak of the years-long relationship.  Babeu denies this.

Babeu apparently has no record as an anti-gay politician, although gay issues don't come up much in a Sheriff's race.  No one can say how he would have voted on gay issues if he had been elected to Congress without being outed as gay, although as a right-wing Republican, it's hard to imagine him being a strong voice for equality.  The problem for Babeu, of course, is the hypocritical contrast between his hard line on illegal immigration and his (alleged) hard-ons with one hot immigrant.

This is allegedly a pic from Babeu's Adam4Adam profile.  The tattoo's a bit dated, but built and bald is a hot combination.

After all this hit, Babeu called a press conference at which he came out as gay and admitted to a relationship "of a personal nature" with Jose.  He denied that his lawyer threatened Jose with deportation and he said it was "almost a relief" that his orientation was out in the open.  Here it is:
   

One final note.  Dan Savage posted this tweet from the Babeu for Congress campaign manager.  I will post it without comment: