I guess Mr. Coale could be described as a "PUMA."

According to Newsweek, he was a Hillary supporter who switched to McCain after the Democratic primary.

John Coale, a prominent Washington lawyer, husband of Fox TV host Greta Van Susteren and a supporter of Sen. Hillary Clinton, announced today that he was supporting John McCain for president. Coale, who traveled with Sen. Clinton, President Clinton and her family through out the primary season, complained of sexism, and said the Democratic Party is "being taken over by the moveon.org types" in an exclusive interview with Newsweek.com's Tammy Haddad.

This really puts Van Susteren's fluffy Sarah Palin interviews into perspective. The interviews, some of which appeared timed during the election to try to rescue Palin's reputation at key moments, included Greta hanging out in the kitchen with Sarah, asking tough questions like "Are you proud of your son for serving in Iraq?" Other questions appeared specifically designed to defuse controversies, such as when it was that Palin first met McCain. Later, Greta went for a snowmobile ride with Todd Palin, after repeatedly referring to him as "the First Dude."

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It gets better (and weirder)...did you know that both Greta and John belong to the same church as Tom Cruise and John Travolta?

Coale's "personal life" is also "unconventional"; he and his wife are both prominent in the Church of Scientology, which the public generally considers a cult. As Scientologists, Coale and his wife are very active in a "religion" that believes - as described by the Dec. 13, 1998 St. Petersburg Times: "And what about the fact they belong to a religion that teaches of Xenu, evil head of the Galactic Confederation? Who flew people to Teegeeack (Earth) 75-million years ago in space ships, chained them to volcanos and blew them up with hydrogen bombs, releasing exploded "thetans" that are now the source of most human suffering?" As the St. Petersburg Times quoted Coale in that article: "I did a lot of drugs back in college," he explained. "Into the '80s, I didn't do a lot of them, but I felt that I wanted to handle this problem, and Scientology handled it." (Coale is now 52; he would have been in his mid-thirties at the start of the 80s - not a kid in college.) Coale and his wife are major donors to the Church of Scientology and employ the mother of the current Scientology leader at their law firm. Both Coale and his wife have attained the uppermost ranks possible for Scientologists - and are hardly casual members.

I won't prejudge Coale's religion, but I wonder what Sarah's evangelical base would think? Beyond that, however, there's something downright disturbing and disgusting about Van Susteren playing such a major role in Palin's media presence on cable TV while her husband is working behind the scenes to get her elected. Another reminder that the days of objectivity in journalism are long gone.