the '93 Gubernatorial Contest: Candidate Allen & the Pederast

By: tdaschel
Published On: 9/7/2006 10:06:24 AM

I discovered the following on the web: "George Allen is credited with beginning a Virginia Republican renaissance when he started as a prohibitive underdog and defeated Mary Sue Terry, an established, well-financed Democrat, to take back the governor's office in 1993 for the GOP after 12 years of Democratic control."

...nice story, but it obscures a deeper, more disturbing truth.  We all remember Mary Sue Terry's lead in the polls ... and soon before the election, your more irresponsible news outlets were publicizing a story spread by an obscure psychiatrist named William Gray.  Gray was claiming that once upon a time he treated a "lesbian lover" of the Attorney General's, someone he said later committed suicide.  Pressed for details to back up his story, Gray took the opportunity to claim "doctor/patient confidentiality"(!).  What was less publicized was the fact that Gray had lost his medical license in California owing to allegations of child molestation, charges that would be repeated after he set up shop in Virginia.  When Mary Sue Terry learned of the case, she was publicly outraged at the lack of communication between state medical boards.  In short, Dr. Gray had an ax to grind.

I've personally seen no evidence whatsoever of any communication between the Allen campaign and Gray (on the other hand, I've never really looked).  What is beyond doubt, however, is that George Allen benefited to no small degree by this explosive rumor circulated by an enemy of his opponent.  And what happened to Gray?  He relocated to the Philippines following Allen's victory. 


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