For people like me with a slight anarchist streak that loves to see smarmy, self-righteous politicians squirm, this is going to be divine:

The Republican governor of Florida, Charlie Crist, who is strongly considering a run for Senate, will be outed in a independent film being released today.

The film, Outrage, tracks the outings of prominent gay political figures, such as Crist and former Republican National Committee Chairman Ken Mehlman. It’s being produced by Magnolia Pictures and will appear in Landmark Theaters across the country.

“Using some firsthand accounts of former sexual partners, old campaign footage (to occasionally humorous effect) and commentary from gay political media watchdogs, the film makes the case for each man’s homosexuality, and presents his lifetime gay rights voting record,” according to one reviewer. “In each instance, the disconnect is staggering.

“The usual suspects are all there: Craig, Florida Governor Charlie Crist, former New York mayor Ed Koch, former New Jersey Governor Jim McGreevey, former Rep. Ed Schrock, even dusty McCarthy relic Roy Cohn.”

Someone buy some popcorn and Junior Mints. Wonkette dishes:

Charlie Crist, the governor of Florida, is known for precisely two things: being orange, and having a dreadful porn mustache in the 1970s, which was the style at the time. Everybody likes to make jokes about how (allegedly!) gay he is, jokes that were only made more hilarious by his engagement to a lady right around the time last year that John McCain was supposed to pick him as his running “mate.”

But Crist got passed over and he still had to marry that woman. And people shook their heads sadly over what a mess he’d made of things, having to marry some broad and put his suspiciously long bachelor days behind him.

It’s that last part that’s actually kinda sad. In order to groom himself to be seen as a potential heavy hitter in the national GOP, Governor Crist felt like he had to marry a beard in order to hide his sexuality. Although it’s a bit tragic, what’s really sad is that the GOP has become a party filled with ignorant homophobes.

Update: To dispel any confusion, my main reason for posting this was to point to the hypocrisy of Republican leaders who embrace anti-gay policies as a way to achieve political power while secretly hiding their own gayness from the world and their constituents.