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It was one of the more noted political antics of this last primary cycle:

Ben Quayle, the son of a notorious former vice president and now a family values Congressional candidate, was a few years ago a writer for an ultra-skanky nightlife web site, then called DirtyScottsdale and now called TheDirty.com.

As an indication of the national interest in the story, Politico followed it intensely.

… and treated the incident prominently in its wrap-up today as well.

The revelation was compounded by the callow Quayle’s handling of it.

He lied at first, denying any involvement.

Then he reversed himself, admitting he had written for the site, and to this day has kept the story alive by not coming clean entirely, as the latest Politico story makes clear:

At first, Quayle denied ever writing for the site, telling POLITICO “I was not involved in the site.” Then he backtracked and admitted to writing under a pseudonym, though he denies Richie’s accusation that he wrote as Brock Landers, a reference to a fictional porn star in the 1990s film “Boogie Nights.”

(It makes no sense for him to admit to writing for the site but not under the pseudonym.)

Here’s my question:

Did the Arizona Republic ever mention the scandal in the paper?

Online, the paper reprinted the first two Politico stories.

But I never saw, and can’t find online, an actual Republic story that detailed the incident for readers.

Am I wrong?

If I did in fact miss one mention of it in print, it still begs the question of why it wasn’t in every story the paper ran that mentioned Quayle.

With the Republic, you never know.

It could have been a decree from on high.

Or it could just be incompetence.