For anti-gay slur, Steve Lonegan should quit the race

Back in 2006, when Steve Lonegan (R) was mayor of Bogota, he turned to a Republican councilman and called him a "fundamentalist faggot piece of shit," according to the councilman, and a witness who testified under oath, Bogota GOP chairman Andrew Fede.

Lonegan denies it, now that he is running for Congress. But there is no evidence he denied it in 2006, when the charges first surfaced. And even this month, his campaign spokesman didn't deny it when confronted with the quotes, and conceded that Lonegan used "some naughty words."

To believe Lonegan, we have to believe his fellow Republicans hatched a fake plot to get him more than a decade ago. Please.

A more likely explanation is that Lonegan knows this quote makes him radioactive in New Jersey. He should quit now, and end the drama.

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