Family values-- specifically, the gay porn kind

To be honest, I'm pretty sick of doing stories on 'family values' hypocrisy from the right. Even choosing a couple of lowlights is hard because of the sheer variety-- contorted language like 'tax relief''? The orgy of special interest money? War profiteering in Iraq as they've cut veterans' benefits? Aggressive courting of bigoted and militant 'Christians'?

At least you can still divine the truth by remembering a few simple maxims:

* If they say one thing, the opposite is true.
* If they accuse others of it, they're doing it themselves.

Last week, you'll remember, the RNC, headed by Ken Mehlman, was running that race-baiting 'bimbo' ad against Rep. Harold Ford (D) down in Tennessee. One of the barbs in that ad was the claim that Ford had taken political contributions from "porn movie producers."

But it seems there is plenty of porn movie producer money to go around.

It turns out that the Republican National Committee is a regular recipient of political contributions from Nicholas T. Boyias, the owner and CEO of Marina Pacific Distributors, one of the largest producers and distributors of gay porn in the United States. This recent article on Marina Pacific's new marketing campaign form XBiz, a porn industry trade sheet, notes that, in addition to producing its own material, the "company acts as a distribution house to hundreds of lines, mostly gay, 40 of which can be purchased only through MPD."