Another leader fails the morality litmus test...
Sen. Ensign drops his GOP leadership post after admitting affair
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2009/06/sexpoliticsensignclinton.html
Lame. So he's admitted to what probably most every other member of the HOR and Senate have done. Power, privelege, and p***Y go hand-in-hand.
Too bad he's not a Dimocrat, he'd be given the keys to the executive wash room and Teddy's Oldsmobile.
When did he become a contender for 2012? Why is any sitting legislator hinting at an election for higher office 3.5 years away when they've got far more important things on their plate right now?
Quote from: Conan71 on June 17, 2009, 02:35:24 PM
Lame. So he's admitted to what probably most every other member of the HOR and Senate have done. Power, privelege, and p***Y go hand-in-hand.
Too bad he's not a Dimocrat, he'd be given the keys to the executive wash room and Teddy's Oldsmobile.
When did he become a contender for 2012? Why is any sitting legislator hinting at an election for higher office 3.5 years away when they've got far more important things on their plate right now?
Sullivan already has dibs on Teddy's Olds so thats off the table.
Quote from: Trogdor on June 17, 2009, 07:30:33 PM
Sullivan already has dibs on Teddy's Olds so thats off the table.
That's gonna leave a mark for sure....
Olberdoosh! http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22425001/vp/31416401#31416401" frameborder
Those Gang Of Pirates need to quit embarrassing themselves....
OP-ED COLUMNIST
A Nation of Candidates
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/20/opinion/20collins.html?_r=1&emc=eta1
By GAIL COLLINS
Published: June 19, 2009
The saga of Senator John Ensign of Nevada, who resigned from a party leadership position this week because of a sex scandal, contained one surprising piece of information.
Obviously, it was something other than the fact that a U.S. senator, who is extremely vocal about family values, had a messy affair with a former campaign staff member.
What struck me was that virtually every story about Ensign's fall from grace included a reference to his having been considered a possible contender for his party's presidential nomination in 2012.
Who knew? I have to admit, I had trouble even putting a face to Ensign's name. Since then I have learned, however, that he is the only veterinarian in the Senate.
The Republican Party has finally turned into a big tent. Everybody's a presidential contender! Being a Republican senator is pretty much an automatic qualification. After all, there are only 40 of them. Once you've eliminated the ones with sex scandals and the guy from Kentucky who uses a teleprompter in debates, there's hardly enough left to fill up a stage at the Iowa State Fair.
One of the reasons that Republican presidential hopefuls are proliferating like rabbits is that the usual suspects — the names that come to mind when you ask people who they think will run against Barack Obama in 2012 — are such an underwhelming crew.
Mitt Romney is pushing himself as the party's lead attack dog on the Obama health care plan. But every time he shows up on television, we are reminded of a truth we learned during the last presidential campaign: There is something about Romney that causes people to want to change the channel; or, if they are in a senior center in Florida listening to a candidate forum, wander off in search of a second helping of Jell-O.
Bobby Jindal of Louisiana was supposed to be the next G.O.P. hope until he made that one big speech on TV. Instantly, he turned into the Fred Thompson of the new election cycle. (Just wait! He's the one! He's coming! He's here! ... That's it?)
Mike Huckabee now has a TV show where he discusses current events, plays with a rock band, sings with the new "American Idol" ("The Huckabee household has been rooting for this guy all season!") and talks to a "Biggest Loser" trainer on his special feature, "Get Healthy With Huck." I know Huckabee is pretending to be a candidate for the presidential nomination, but really, I think he's found his permanent niche.
The two biggest names are Newt Gingrich and Sarah Palin, one of whom has too many ideas while the other has no ideas whatsoever. But they are bound by the fact that neither one of them is actually ever going to be nominated for president even if we have another Ice Age and the only Americans left alive are them, Dennis Kucinich and that woman who was Miss California until Donald Trump fired her.
Gingrich's romantic history makes Senator Ensign look like a monk. (Last time around, we were so hoping that he and Rudy Giuliani would survive till the end of the primaries so we could say the three major Republican contenders had had a total of eight wives.) And he's basically spent the last decade as a talking head. When it comes to career preparation for a presidential race, the worst two options are mayor of New York City and Fox News guest commentator.
The Palin family, meanwhile, seems less likely to replace the Obamas in the White House than to replace the Gosselins on "Jon & Kate Plus Eight." (Have we mentioned that Sarah's new grandson is naked in GQ this month?)
Recently, during a dust-up with David Letterman, Palin once again violated the cardinal rule for famous parents who want to shield their children from the media, which is, of course, don't talk about your children to the media.
She is perhaps the only celebrity in America who does not understand that if a late show host makes a tasteless joke about your daughter, the worst possible response is to complain loudly until it's certain the entire universe knows your child was insulted, all the while making the joke sound even more offensive than it was.
It might also have helped if your husband had refrained from volunteering your 18-year-old daughter, the mother of the GQ baby, to be the anti-teen-pregnancy ambassador for a clothing manufacturer.
We would worry that all this was a bad signal about how much restraint and judgment Palin might use in the White House. But fortunately, there's that Ice Age rule.
Maybe the Republicans were too hasty in wiping Ensign off the list. It's possible that in 2012 the party will feel as though it needs a standard-bearer who knows how to deworm a poodle. Lord knows there are worse possibilities.
Charles M. Blow is off today.
This happens to be another strange Republican lost in the woods.
Had he been a dim, the idealogic rigid at TNF would be all over it like the flies they are on that important Barbra Boxer thread.
Should South Carolina Impeach Governor Sanford?
http://baldwinparkdemocrat.blogspot.com/2009/06/should-south-carolina-impeach-governor.html
By his actions, or lack of actions, Governor Sanford has broken his covenant with the people of South Carolina. They should seriously consider whether he should remain in office as their elected leader.
STEWIE!!!! http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=231545&title=governor-mark-sanford-is-missing
NBC to Air Remake of 'Sanford and SonS'
"IT'S THE STORY OF A MODERN-DAY JUNKMAN WHO ABANDONS HIS FOUR SONS ON FATHER'S DAY, IN ORDER TO PULL A DISAPPEARING ACT ... SO THAT HE CAN BECOME A WALKING SYMBOL OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY."
Mebbe Sanford did a quick five-day spin dry at a private rehab down in Argentina.
I wouldn't have a problem with this so long as he'd have turned over power to #2 in charge and let his chief of staff know his whereabouts. Other than that, the media doesn't have a right to demand to know where a governor is every single minute of the day. He's got a right to time off, but this was more like a twist-off. There's most definitely a screw loose, probably another damn wake-n-bake. You know just keeping up the bozone layer.
He's a weirdo. He went in the woods and came out reintarnated.
Reintarnation: Coming back to life as a hillbilly.
JUST IN! AND ANOTHER UNETHICAL ETHICS POLITICO!
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31522908/ns/politics-more_politics/
Gov. Sanford admits to extramarital affair
Relationship revealed after S.C. governor's mysterious trip to Argentina
What a POS. Guilty of foreploy!
Foreploy: Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of getting laid.
GOPeed.
"the 49-year-old governor said at a news conference where he choked up as he ruminated with remarkable frankness on God's law, moral absolutes and following one's heart."
GHACK! GHACK! HUUURRRRLLL!!!
I guess his staff was relieved he was in Argentina with a woman instead of trolling for gays on the Appalachian Trail.
Olberdoosh and Pedantic Matthews will have a lot of fun with this tonight.
Quote from: Conan71 on June 24, 2009, 02:53:07 PM
"the 49-year-old governor said at a news conference where he choked up as he ruminated with remarkable frankness on God's law, moral absolutes and following one's heart."
GHACK! GHACK! HUUURRRRLLL!!!
I guess his staff was relieved he was in Argentina with a woman instead of trolling for gays on the Appalachian Trail.
Olberdoosh and Pedantic Matthews will have a lot of fun with this tonight.
Argentinian post surgical woman?
WHAT A HYPO CRITTER!!!!!
Sanford Was Harsh Critic Of Clinton Affair, Called President A Rascal
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/24/sanford-was-harsh-critic_n_220325.html
You can't make this stuff up. No one would believe it.
in re: Sanford on Clinton/Lewinsky
The ones who bellow the loudest in outrage are usually the ones doing the same thing.
Quote from: Conan71 on June 25, 2009, 09:32:06 AM
in re: Sanford on Clinton/Lewinsky
The ones who bellow the loudest in outrage are usually the ones doing the same thing.
And of course this morning someone sent me an email titled 'Sanford and Sin' and the theme song to 'Sanford and Son' immediately entered my brain...ahhh!!!!
Quote from: Hoss on June 25, 2009, 10:06:43 AM
And of course this morning someone sent me an email titled 'Sanford and Sin' and the theme song to 'Sanford and Son' immediately entered my brain...ahhh!!!!
"LAMONT!!!!" "Quit diddlin' yo Aunt Esther!!!"
Where's her pic? Can't wait.....
COLBERT!
http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/231842/june-24-2009/mark-sanford-does-something-interesting
Looked like Colbert was channelling Letterman at the start of that clip
Quote from: Conan71 on June 25, 2009, 01:07:56 PM
Looked like Colbert was channelling Letterman at the start of that clip
The Rigid Barbarian is still hitting on that stupid Palin whining?
Next we'll find out the Argentina Babe was a nazi.
The linkage between these holy rolling right wing freaks is humorous.
LARRY CRAIG: I DID NOT MEET GOVERNOR SANFORD IN BUENOS AIRES
"I am not his Maria."http://www.legitgov.org/shulman_craig_not_meet_sanford_250609.html
Satire by R J Shulman
COLUMBIA, South Carolina - (PTSD News) - Idaho Senator Larry Craig is denying rumors that he was the object of Governor Mark Sanford's affections in Argentina. The South Carolina governor admitted today that he has had a yearlong affair with a woman in Argentina. South Carolina's largest newspaper, The State, published alleged e-mail exchanges between Governor Sanford and the woman named Maria. "I love my wife, I am not gay, and I abhor the bathrooms at that Buenos Aires Airport," Craig told reporters in Boise today after the news broke that he may be romantically involved with Sanford. "While I sometimes I go by the name of Maria," Craig said. "I am not his Maria."
Governor Sanford admitted in a news conference that he had escaped to Argentina to participate in an extramarital affair over Father's Day weekend, abandoning his wife and four children. "I thought it was strange that Sanford admitted an affair with a mysterious woman so quickly," said political analyst Frank Billious, "the fact that this so-called woman has not surfaced adds to the suspicion that Sanford has not come clean. Now, if he claimed he went to Argentina to meet with some old Nazis who had escaped there from Germany, I would believe that of a Republican -- but not that he was meeting a woman."
The Post Times Sun Dispatch has obtained flight records from Aerolineas Argentinas and discovered that a Maria L. Craig flew from Minneapolis to Buenos Aires on the same day Governor Sanford left South Carolina for South America. Adding to the rumor that Craig is involved with Sanford is the word of Raul Talamante, a washroom attendant at the Buenos Aires Airport who claims to have seen Craig and Sanford emerge from a bathroom stall. "There was some mighty tapping going on in there," Talamante said, "I thought the pipes were going to explode."
If Governor Sanford is telling the truth, he will be only the second Republican politician of the many who have been unfaithful to their wives to have had an affair with someone of the opposite sex.
"There may be some hope for the GOP," said RNC Chairman Michael Steele, "in that we may have finally purged the party of homosexuals."
25 June 2009
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Didn't have a thing to do with Palin. I'm a fan of Colbert. Re-watch the first 30 secs, all of Letterman's mannerisms. Might be his haircut that started that comparison for me.
http://www.twirlit.com/2009/06/25/maria-belen-shapur-photo/
Hottest search term on Google as of 3 p.m.: "maria belen shapur photo"
Here's his mysterious love interest
(http://www.freakingnews.com/pictures/31500/Senator-Larry-Craig--31600.jpg)
Quote from: Conan71 on June 25, 2009, 03:39:10 PM
Here's his mysterious love interest
(http://www.freakingnews.com/pictures/31500/Senator-Larry-Craig--31600.jpg)
*chortle*...
24 hours later, still no pic? Hmmmm....watch, she's really a tranny.
NOW HE'S UP SH!T CREEK!
Governor Used State's Money to Visit Lover
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/26/us/26sanford.html?_r=1&th&emc=th
Quote from: FOTD on June 26, 2009, 03:54:21 AM
NOW HE'S UP SH!T CREEK!
Governor Used State's Money to Visit Lover
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/26/us/26sanford.html?_r=1&th&emc=th
Wow.. he better resign.
Would you be saying that if he were a Dim?
My original thought was he'd used tax payer money to go spend father's day weekend away from his kids with his Argentinian trollop until I read the body of the story. If he had an affair which was incidental to his trade mission in Argentina earlier in the year and it was a legit business trip, I don't see the big deal. If you are going to apply the standard that anyone who cheats while on a business trip should lose their job, the corporate world would collapse.
Now, if it can be proved that he created an official business trip to go bang this woman like a screen door in a tornado and bilked taxpayers out of the cost, he needs to be removed from office and prosecuted.
Quote from: Conan71 on June 26, 2009, 09:00:11 AM
Would you be saying that if he were a Dim?
Hell, I'd be saying that if he was from the planet Xenu...
The problem was the quote he made about President Clinton and saying he needed to resign during the DressGate scandal. Makes him look a little hypocritical, dontcha think?
Those living in glass houses, you know...
Quote from: Hoss on June 26, 2009, 09:46:16 AM
Hell, I'd be saying that if he was from the planet Xenu...
The problem was the quote he made about President Clinton and saying he needed to resign during the DressGate scandal. Makes him look a little hypocritical, dontcha think?
Those living in glass houses, you know...
Try again Hoss, you are smarter than that.
"Hypocrisy" the cornerstone of partisan politics. If we applied a standard of removing all hypocrites from politics, our political system would become a vacuum.
President Clinton lowered the bar of the public moral expectation for all leaders. If Clinton didn't resign, why should Sanford?
Quote from: Conan71 on June 26, 2009, 09:53:57 AM
Try again Hoss, you are smarter than that.
"Hypocrisy" the cornerstone of partisan politics. If we applied a standard of removing all hypocrites from politics, our political system would become a vacuum.
President Clinton lowered the bar of the public moral expectation for all leaders. If Clinton didn't resign, why should Sanford?
Did Clinton use the taxpayer money to transport himself to the location of said sexual act? If Sanford did that, then you betcha he should resign.
My problem is with Sanford's patently 'holier-than-thou' attitude, and the Republicans' attitude about sexual deviancy in general. If you go out on a bully pulput and subscribe to the notion of fidelity as part of your talking points, wouldn't it behoove you to 'practice what you preach'?
And with reference to WJC, this has been going in the White House FOREVER. Thomas Jefferson wasn't immune from it and he was just our third president. JFK wasn't either. The only reason people blame Bill is because the 24/7 news cycle made him the poster boy for Presidential infidelity. Let's not act like it hasn't been going on for two centuries.
Quote from: Hoss on June 26, 2009, 10:21:02 AM
Did Clinton use the taxpayer money to transport himself to the location of said sexual act? If Sanford did that, then you betcha he should resign.
My problem is with Sanford's patently 'holier-than-thou' attitude, and the Republicans' attitude about sexual deviancy in general. If you go out on a bully pulput and subscribe to the notion of fidelity as part of your talking points, wouldn't it behoove you to 'practice what you preach'?
And with reference to WJC, this has been going in the White House FOREVER. Thomas Jefferson wasn't immune from it and he was just our third president. JFK wasn't either. The only reason people blame Bill is because the 24/7 news cycle made him the poster boy for Presidential infidelity. Let's not act like it hasn't been going on for two centuries.
We know it's been going on for two centuries. If President Clinton hadn't been such an arrogant sociopath, he wouldn't have managed to so publicly stain the office of President. (Pun semi-intended).
Sanford is a sanctimonious donkey. But look at the essence of what you are saying: "moral hypocrisy should be grounds for dismissal for a Republican". Should we dismiss other kinds of hypocrisy in our elected officials? Should we give Democrats a free ride on it simply because they aren't beholden to some moral code? Can we find anyone who isn't a hypocrite in elected positions? If the standard becomes that hypocrisy is grounds for removal from office every state legislature in the country and our US HOR and Senate will look like the rapture just happened.
Oh, and FWIW, Republicans not being tolerant of sexual deviancy is painting with a broad brush. I don't have a problem with it, in fact, I rather enjoy it. ;)
Quote from: Conan71 on June 26, 2009, 10:36:26 AM
We know it's been going on for two centuries. If President Clinton hadn't been such an arrogant sociopath, he wouldn't have managed to so publicly stain the office of President. (Pun semi-intended).
Sanford is a sanctimonious donkey. But look at the essence of what you are saying: "moral hypocrisy should be grounds for dismissal for a Republican". Should we dismiss other kinds of hypocrisy in our elected officials? Should we give Democrats a free ride on it simply because they aren't beholden to some moral code? Can we find anyone who isn't a hypocrite in elected positions? If the standard becomes that hypocrisy is grounds for removal from office every state legislature in the country and our US HOR and Senate will look like the rapture just happened.
Conan, Conan, Conan
You're reading into too much what I'm saying.
ALL public officials doing this should be held accountable. The reason I find it so offensive in this case is because of the personal (not necessarily political) hypocrisy of the Governor. If he had never said 'Clinton should resign', I would not be all over him like I am now. Hell, Newt never got this kind of vitriol from me because he was not as much of a moral 'high-roader' as alot of Republicans are. Once again, it comes right back around to 'those living in glass houses'.
And re-read my statement:
QuoteRepublicans' attitude about sexual deviancy in general..
I know most Republicans aren't as Puritanical as some appear to be, but they have aligned themselves with that sect (the Evangelicals) who essentially do all the moral huffing and puffing. But when you get right down to it, they're all mortal men, just like us. ;D
Hoss, I'm simply sick and tired of the moral equivalency game, it's old and tired. You know what pisses me off? Hypocritical Democrats who come out publicly in support of gays and gay agendas or minorities and minority agendas, but have no trouble singling out and ruining gay or minority people's lives when it suits them politically.
I really could care less if Sanford is being a hypocrite. Did he break the law or didn't he? If he broke the law, impeach him and prosecute him, if not, they can wait till the next election and vote him out.
Quote from: Conan71 on June 26, 2009, 01:47:41 PM
Hoss, I'm simply sick and tired of the moral equivalency game, it's old and tired. You know what pisses me off? Hypocritical Democrats who come out publicly in support of gays and gay agendas or minorities and minority agendas, but have no trouble singling out and ruining gay or minority people's lives when it suits them politically.
I really could care less if Sanford is being a hypocrite. Did he break the law or didn't he? If he broke the law, impeach him and prosecute him, if not, they can wait till the next election and vote him out.
It's the cummulative effect, Conan. After a while, it's really humorous. We could play who's next. But few remain.
Michele Bachman gets caught with a dildo belt while going through airport security?
Quote from: FOTD on June 26, 2009, 02:09:15 PM
It's the cummulative effect, Conan. After a while, it's really humorous. We could play who's next. But few remain.
Michele Bachman gets caught with a dildo belt while going through airport security?
Thanks for that mental image I'll try to be getting rid of the rest of the day.
Quote from: Conan71 on June 26, 2009, 01:47:41 PM
Hoss, I'm simply sick and tired of the moral equivalency game, it's old and tired. You know what pisses me off? Hypocritical Democrats who come out publicly in support of gays and gay agendas or minorities and minority agendas, but have no trouble singling out and ruining gay or minority people's lives when it suits them politically.
I really could care less if Sanford is being a hypocrite. Did he break the law or didn't he? If he broke the law, impeach him and prosecute him, if not, they can wait till the next election and vote him out.
And I'm right there with you. It pisses me off when ANY party does it.
And as far as Sanford, I didn't call for his resignation until the rumor about him using taxpayer money to go to Argentina came up, which would be breaking the law. If he did that, his a$$ needs to either resign or be impeached. If it didn't happen that way, his conscience and the South Carolina gubmint needs to hash out what happens next. At the least, he left the state for multiple days without informing the Lt Gov (or so has been reported) and that should be grounds for a reprimand of some sort I would imagine.
Hoss, no argument there. If he created an economic development trip just to go get a hot piece, then he's legally a fraud and he needs to be punished. If the hot piece was incidental to the trip, different story. I would assume that's going to be investigated heavily.
He's a flake and he should have let 2nd in command know that he was going to be in charge for five days. I'd say this makes room for one more person on the GOP ballot in '12.
Quote from: FOTD on June 26, 2009, 02:09:15 PM
It's the cummulative effect, Conan. After a while, it's really humorous. We could play who's next. But few remain.
Michele Bachman gets caught with a dildo belt while going through airport security?
Someone pass me the mental bleach, please. :'(
Quote from: Conan71 on June 26, 2009, 02:20:40 PM
Someone pass me the mental bleach, please. :'(
I'm just laughing insanely right now thinking of someone on the forum here just going to town with Photoshop and Google Image search for 'michelle bachman'....wow, I'm crying now I'm laughing so hard! My coworkers think I'm even more nuts!
Quote from: Hoss on June 26, 2009, 01:36:33 PM
I know most Republicans aren't as Puritanical as some appear to be, but they have aligned themselves with that sect (the Evangelicals) who essentially do all the moral huffing and puffing. But when you get right down to it, they're all mortal men, just like us. ;D
You mortals just crack me up.
I think moralists enjoy deviance because it is deviant. It balances suppression. Think of it as the Yin and Yang of Taoism.
Mark Sanford Jokes
Late-Night Jokes about Gov. Mark Sanford's Sex Scandal
By Daniel Kurtzman, About.com
http://politicalhumor.about.com/od/sexandpolitics/a/mark-sanford-jokes.htm
"Gov. Mark Sanford disappeared...and it turned out he was in South America. And then it turned out he was down there because he was sleeping with a woman from Argentina. Once again, foreigners taking jobs that Americans won't do." --David Letterman
"Gov. Sanford may have broken the law because he left the country without transferring power to his lieutenant governor. Yeah, apparently Sanford violated South Carolina's sacred bros before hoes law." --Conan O'Brien
"How dare this man, a married man, in this economy, outsource to a foreign country when there are plenty of slutty women living right here in the United States. Am I right, fellow Americans?" --Jimmy Kimmel
"Did you hear about Mark Sanford, the governor of South Carolina? He mysteriously disappeared last week and nobody knew where he was. Today, Sanford admitted to having an affair in Argentina. I'm like, great, now we're outsourcing mistresses." --Craig Ferguson
"Good for her I say! Good for you! Finally! I never understood why these women had to stand by their douchebag at the press conference. He's like, 'Oh I did this I did that then I took off her dress and then we went to Hooters'...I think what the wives should do is just wear a t-shirt that says 'I'm with stupid.'" --Craig Ferguson, on Mark Sanford's wife not appearing at his press conference
"The past couple of years there have been a whole bunch of scandals involving governors. You know things are bad when the most normal governor of the last decade was Jesse 'The Body' Ventura." --Craig Ferguson (Watch video clip)
"Last night, we talked about the strange disappearance of South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford. The media reported he was hiking the Appalachian Trail and forgot to tell anyone, including his wife and sons, over Father's Day weekend. We here reported that he had actually gone into the woods to chase a coyote and f*** it. It turns out, we were both wrong [on screen: a report saying Sanford had been in Argentina]. I apologize to you, sir, for implying that you were a coyote f***er. Clearly, you went to Argentina to have dirty, dirty sex with a capybara, a giant rodent indigenous to the Argentine region." --Jon Stewart
"Oh. Marital infidelity. You are just another run-of-the-mill human being whose simple moralizing about the sanctity of marriage is only marred by the complexities of their own life. Well, just another politician with a conservative mind and a liberal penis." --Jon Stewart
"Needless to say, this not great news for the Republican party. So many prominent Republicans have been caught in these situations lately: Mark Sanford, Larry Craig, David Vitter, John Ensign from Nevada. And do you want to know why this is happening? The gays. They've destroyed the institution of marriage and now this is what we get" --Jimmy Kimmel
"Well, you know what they say, in the way that no man can resist the wiles of an exotic Argentine woman, those same women are equally tantalized by middle-aged, fiscally conservative Episcopalians."--Stephen Colbert
"On Sunday was National Nude Hiking Day. It's not a great sign when your spokesman doesn't know where you are, realizes it's national Nude Hiking Day, and thinks, well that's probably where the governor is!'" --Craig Ferguson
"Apparently the governor said he wanted to do something exotic. Clearly what he meant was he wanted to do someone exotic." --Craig Ferguson
"Anybody here from South Carolina? Their governor down there, Mark Sanford disappears. He's gone for four days. The first time he said he was hiking the Appalachian Trail. Okay, I'm just dumb enough to believe that. Then he says, 'No, no, no, forget the Appalachian Trail. I was in South America.' Now, I'm not sure I'm with him. Today he said he woke up in Las Vegas, hung over with a tiger and a baby." --David Letterman
"But now it turns out that he was in Argentina with another woman. A married guy, got a family, he's in Argentina with another woman. And here's what I want to know -- why can't he be like our former governor and use a local escort service? What's the problem?" --David Letterman
"Today the governor of South Carolina, Mark Sanford, who's the head of the Republican Governors Association, held a press conference to reveal he had an affair with a woman from Argentina. People were shocked because Republicans traditionally don't do well with Hispanic women." --Conan O'Brien
"Mark Sanford, the governor of South Carolina -- this just keeps getting weirder. He was missing for five days. He finally showed up. He claimed that he was just hiking in the Appalachian Mountains. Then just today, he revealed that he was not hiking in the Appalachian Mountains, he was in Argentina the entire time -- in Argentina, where he was having an extramarital affair. Wow! It all seems insane until you realize who his mistress is -- Carmen Sandiego." --Jimmy Fallon
"Anybody here from South Carolina? Well, their governor, their Governor Mark Sanford just disappears for four days. Literally, takes a hike. He's out. And now, he's back. And he says, 'Well what's the big deal? I was just on a vacation to clear my head.' You see, we never had that head-clearing problem with Bush. You know what I mean?" --David Letterman
"This is a big story because his wife, the governor's wife, had no idea where the guy was for four days. And today he gets a call from Bill Clinton saying, 'Hey, who's your travel agent? Who, where, how do I -- how do I get in on this?'" --David Letterman
"People are calling him a hypocrite, because he's another family values politician having an affair, but I don't see it in political terms. I'm just embarrassed for my gender. Ladies, if you want to know what it's like being a guy, think about the fact that there's a man, the governor of a good-sized state, who asked himself, 'Hmm, can I sneak off to Argentina for a week with my lover without anybody finding out?' And somehow came up with the answer 'yes.' I hope that gives you a sense of what we're up against." --Jimmy Kimmel
More Bad News for the Religious Right: God Admits to Affair!
By Don Davis
"WHADDYA' WANT FROM ME; IT'S BEEN OVER 2000 YEARS SINCE I LAST HAD SEX WITH THE VIRGIN MARY."
OP-ED COLUMNIST
Genius in the Bottle
By MAUREEN DOWD
Published: June 27, 2009
WASHINGTON
As in all great affairs, Mark Sanford fell in love simultaneously with a woman and himself — with the dashing new version of himself he saw in her molten eyes.
In a weepy, gothic unraveling, the South Carolina governor gave a press conference illustrating how smitten he was, not only with his Argentine amante, but with his own tenderness, his own pathos and his own feminine side.
He got into trouble as a man and tried to get out as a woman.
He wanted to get his girlfriend a DVD of the movie "The Holiday," presumably the Cameron Diaz-Kate Winslet chick flick about two women, one from L.A. and one from England, who trade homes and lives. He was fantasizing about catapulting himself into an exotic life where stimulus had nothing to do with budgets.
With Maria, he was no longer the penny-pinching millionaire Mark, who used to sleep on a futon in his Congressional office and once treated two congressmen to movie refreshments by bringing back a Coke and three straws.
No, he was someone altogether more fascinating: Marco, international man of mystery and suave god of sex and tango.
Mark was the self-righteous, Bible-thumping prig who pressed for Bill Clinton's impeachment; Marco was the un-self-conscious Lothario, canoodling with Maria in Buenos Aires, throwing caution to the e-wind about their "soul-mate feel," her tan lines, her curves, "the erotic beauty of you holding yourself (or two magnificent parts of yourself) in the faded glow of night's light."
Mark is a conservative railing against sinners; Marco sins liberally. Mark opposes gay marriage as a threat to traditional marriage. Marco thinks nothing of risking his own traditional marriage, and celebrates transgressive relationships. He frets to Maria in e-mail that he sounds "like the Thornbirds — wherein I was always upset with Richard Chamberlain for not dropping his ambitions and running into Maggie's arms."
Marco, the libertine, wonders how they will ever "put the Genie back in the bottle." And in the sort of Freudian slip that any solipsistic pol like Mark would adore, Maria protests in Spanglish: "I don't want to put the genius back in the bottle."
Mark is so frugal for the taxpayers that he made his staffers use both sides of Post-it notes and index cards, and once brought two (defecating) pigs named "Pork" and "Barrel" into the statehouse to express his disgust with lawmakers' pet spending projects.
Marco is a sly scamp who found a sneaky way to make South Carolina taxpayers pay for a south-of-the-border romp with his mistress.
Mark is so selfish he tried to enhance his presidential chances by resisting South Carolina's share of President Obama's $787 billion stimulus package, callously giving the back of his hand to the suffering state's most vulnerable — the jobless and poor and black students.
Marco is generous, promising to send a memento of affection that Maria wants to keep by her bed.
Mark hates lying. As he said of Bill's dalliance with Monica, "If you undermine trust in our system, you undermine everything."
Marco lies with brio, misleading his family, his lieutenant governor, his staff and his state about his whereabouts, even packing camping equipment to throw off the scent from South America. He told whoppers to his wife, a former investment banker who managed his campaigns and raises his four sons (solo on Father's Day). She put out a statement quoting Psalm 127 to snidely remind her besotted husband "that sons are a gift from the Lord."
Jenny Sanford told The Associated Press on Friday that Mark had told her he needed time to be alone and write, so she was stunned to learn he was in Argentina on a "Roman Holiday." Before he left to "write," she warned him not to skip off to the other woman.
Mark, who disdains rascals, agreed that he wouldn't. Marco, who is a rascal, skipped off.
Mark went back to work on Friday, giving his cabinet a lecture on personal responsibility and comparing himself to King David, who "fell mightily ... in very, very significant ways but then picked up the pieces and built from there."
Actually, the one thing David didn't do after his adulterous fall was build, because he was forbidden by God to construct his dream temple in Jerusalem.
Sanford should give his piety a rest. He told his cabinet that the Psalms taught him humility. (There's a chance that a younger Argentine boyfriend of Maria's also taught him humility, by jealously hacking into her e-mail account and leaking the governor's missives.)
Sanford can be truly humble only if he stops dictating to others, who also have desires and weaknesses, how to behave in their private lives.
The Republican Party will never revive itself until its sanctimonious pantheon — Sanford, Gingrich, Limbaugh, Palin, Ensign, Vitter and hypocrites yet to be exposed — stop being two-faced.
Is there a John Edwards and mistress sex tape?
http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2009/06/28/2009-06-28_aides_tale_of_john_edwards_sex_tape.html
Quote from: guido911 on June 28, 2009, 12:05:00 PM
Is there a John Edwards and mistress sex tape?
http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2009/06/28/2009-06-28_aides_tale_of_john_edwards_sex_tape.html
Where's the similarity between the two?
Edwards=has been
SavageSanford (brain fart, sorry)=coming has been
Quote from: FOTD on June 28, 2009, 03:00:59 PM
Where's the similarity between the two?
Edwards=has been
Savage=coming has been
Who is Savage?
Quote from: guido911 on June 28, 2009, 03:14:00 PM
Who is Savage? Sanford....brain fart....sorry
Perhaps a slip...subconsciously thinking of our former Mayor
This story won't die, dang.
Ensign Acknowledges Mistress Payment
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/senate/ensign-acknowledges-mistress-p.html?hpid=topnews
Sen. John Ensign (R-NV) has acknowledged his parents gave his mistress nearly $100,000.
Yum...
In other news:
(http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/5535/oboner.jpg)
Just a funny pic
Quote from: FOTD on July 09, 2009, 03:52:02 PM
This story won't die, dang.
Ensign Acknowledges Mistress Payment
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/senate/ensign-acknowledges-mistress-p.html?hpid=topnews
Sen. John Ensign (R-NV) has acknowledged his parents gave his mistress nearly $100,000.
Yum...
Wow, his parents paid for his mistress, I never got anything like that from my parents
I like that his lips are parsed as if saying "daaamn" and the Frenchman (?) is looking at him apparently smirking. However, the president appears to have fine taste in, ummm, women.
"Damn Sarkozy, take a look at that smile!"
Here she is from the front:
(http://ryanjames.us/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/Face.jpg)
Reports are that she is 16-17 years old.
You should pay more attention to the admonition on your tag line from Mr. Osiris. ;)
What...you guys are like 16 and projecting your pubescent thoughts on everything.
Nonetheless, cute girl.
Quote from: waterboy on July 10, 2009, 07:54:51 AM
You should pay more attention to the admonition on your tag line from Mr. Osiris. ;)
What...you guys are like 16 and projecting your pubescent thoughts on everything.
Nonetheless, cute girl.
You've got to be kidding. Is you OSS so bad that you can't even take a joke about him?
Quote from: guido911 on July 10, 2009, 08:34:24 AM
You've got to be kidding. Is you OSS so bad that you can't even take a joke about him?
Can't be any worse than your ODS.
It was just for laughs. Funny pic indeed. But truly there are those who will use it to make him look like Clinton with a good tan. In fact Yahoo ran an explanation of what was really happening in the pic.l
Quote from: waterboy on July 10, 2009, 04:18:08 PM
It was just for laughs. Funny pic indeed. But truly there are those who will use it to make him look like Clinton with a good tan. In fact Yahoo ran an explanation of what was really happening in the pic.l
I cannot even believe this crap is a "story". Drudge is still running that idiocy as if its some sort of a scandal.
Tom Coburn has their backs! (see Lying Christians thread....)
http://www.tulsanow.org/forum/index.php?topic=13858.0
OT: Guido....make money! BUY OSIRIS! (OSIR)! Seriously!
Quote from: guido911 on July 09, 2009, 04:19:19 PM
In other news:
(http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/5535/oboner.jpg)
Just a funny pic
How quickly we forget....
David Brooks: A Republican senator put 'his hand on my inner thigh' for a 'whole' dinner party.
http://thinkprogress.org/2009/07/10/brooks-republican-senator-thigh/
BROOKS: You know, all three of us spend a lot of time covering politicians and I don't know about you guys, but in my view, they're all emotional freaks of one sort or another. They're guaranteed to invade your personal space, touch you. I sat next to a Republican senator once at dinner and he had his hand on my inner thigh the whole time. I was like, ehh, get me out of here.
Quote from: FOTD on July 12, 2009, 08:28:09 PM
David Brooks: A Republican senator put 'his hand on my inner thigh' for a 'whole' dinner party.
http://thinkprogress.org/2009/07/10/brooks-republican-senator-thigh/
BROOKS: You know, all three of us spend a lot of time covering politicians and I don't know about you guys, but in my view, they're all emotional freaks of one sort or another. They're guaranteed to invade your personal space, touch you. I sat next to a Republican senator once at dinner and he had his hand on my inner thigh the whole time. I was like, ehh, get me out of here.
That's nothing. Guido had his hand on my butt during the last TulsaNow gathering at Napoli's. He was impressed with my bodybuilding regimen.
Okay, now this is well beyond toe tapping:
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Herman Thomas had an enviable political record as a black Democrat elected and re-elected in a county overwhelmingly white and increasingly Republican. The respected circuit judge once was the Democratic Party's choice to be the first black federal judge in south Alabama.
Then his career collapsed under allegations that he brought inmates to his office and spanked them with a paddle. Later, an indictment accused him of sexually abusing male inmates in exchange for leniency. The trial on charges of sodomy, kidnapping, sex abuse, extortion, assault and ethics violations is set to start Monday.
The case has shocked his friends and former colleagues.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/05/herman-thomas-exala-judge_n_309929.html
There was no indication of any wrongdoing. He was just helping her with her homework...
More family values: ex-S.C. GOP official caught with stripper in cemetery
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/77908.html
Quote from: FOTD on October 29, 2009, 12:59:44 PM
There was no indication of any wrongdoing. He was just helping her with her homework...
More family values: ex-S.C. GOP official caught with stripper in cemetery
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/77908.html
What's the big deal? Doesn't everyone drive around with sex toys and sexual enhancement drugs?
What is the possible relevance to my life of an Ex South Carolina legislator possibly having sex with an 18 year old stripper? Democrat, Republican, Jewish, Catholic, gay, straight, with or without toys . . .why do I care?
Quote from: Conan71 on October 29, 2009, 01:03:36 PM
What's the big deal? Doesn't everyone drive around with sex toys and sexual enhancement drugs?
The adult in him loves the drugs but the kid in him loves the sex toys.
Quote from: Townsend on October 29, 2009, 02:37:38 PM
The adult in him loves the drugs but the kid in him loves the sex toys.
That's funny on so many levels. Thanks for the chuckle. I'm needing the humor this week!
Quote from: Conan71 on October 29, 2009, 01:03:36 PM
What's the big deal? Doesn't everyone drive around with sex toys and sexual enhancement drugs?
Only soccer fans, Conan.... only soccer fans.
Drew Carey has a padded "sex dungeon" in his househttp://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/blog.php?b=6940
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Eric Massa (D-NY) to retire amid allegations he sexually harassed a male staffer.
(http://www.monroerisingimages.com/massa.JPG)
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0310/33864.html
Quote from: guido911 on March 03, 2010, 01:54:08 PM
Eric Massa (D-NY) to retire amid allegations he sexually harassed a male staffer.
(http://www.monroerisingimages.com/massa.JPG)
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0310/33864.html
I guess that makes him a RIPO.
Republican in Pants Only
Quote from: Trogdor on March 03, 2010, 03:09:51 PM
I guess that makes him a RIPO.
Republican in Pants Only
Snap!
Quote from: Hoss on March 03, 2010, 03:29:47 PM
Snap!
Thats the sound it made when your Demoqueer was poppin the staffer on the rear with a towel after the shower....
Quote from: Breadburner on March 03, 2010, 03:50:39 PM
Thats the sound it made when your Demoqueer was poppin the staffer on the rear with a towel after the shower....
That was freakin over the top funny.
How's this for fair and balanced?
Sources: Lawmaker At Gay Club Before DUI Arrest (http://cbs13.com/local/ashburn.arrest.dui.2.1534505.html)
Now usually I wouldn't post stuff like this at the state level, especially given that it isn't our state. But this guy being a) a Republican and b) a staunch anti-gay anything advocate just begged exposure (no pun intended).
Quote from: Hoss on March 04, 2010, 09:06:42 AM
How's this for fair and balanced?
Sources: Lawmaker At Gay Club Before DUI Arrest (http://cbs13.com/local/ashburn.arrest.dui.2.1534505.html)
Now usually I wouldn't post stuff like this at the state level, especially given that it isn't our state. But this guy being a) a Republican and b) a staunch anti-gay anything advocate just begged exposure (no pun intended).
Well, you know what they say about folks who protest too much ...
Quote from: guido911 on March 03, 2010, 01:54:08 PM
Eric Massa (D-NY) to retire amid allegations he sexually harassed a male staffer.
(http://www.monroerisingimages.com/massa.JPG)
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0310/33864.html
Wow, all of a sudden that word 'sexually' appears NOWHERE amid the charges filed. Harassment? Sure.
A little "premature", eh Gweed?
;D
Blog post about Massa while in the Navy.
http://www.boblonsberry.com/writings.cfm?go=4
Quote from: guido911 on March 04, 2010, 02:03:48 PM
Blog post about Massa while in the Navy.
http://www.boblonsberry.com/writings.cfm?go=4
I bet he was in a submarine with seamen......
Quote from: Breadburner on March 04, 2010, 02:50:26 PM
I bet he was in a submarine with seamen......
...and retired as a Rear Admiral. (I know, that was awful)
Quote from: guido911 on March 04, 2010, 03:00:49 PM
...and retired as a Rear Admiral. (I know, that was awful)
I thought he was a Pilot?
Massa to resign on Monday. Spitzer, Paterson, Rangel and now Massa. What is up with New York?
Jim McCrery, Charlie Crist, David Dreier, Ken Mehlman, Larry Craig, Lindsey Graham, Andre Bauer, Roy Ashburn....and those are just the most recent.
What is up with closeted, anti-gay, right wing politicians? The breath taking hypocrisy is mind blowing.
Quote from: azbadpuppy on March 07, 2010, 10:53:58 AM
Jim McCrery, Charlie Crist, David Dreier, Ken Mehlman, Larry Craig, Lindsey Graham, Andre Bauer, Roy Ashburn....and those are just the most recent.
What is up with closeted, anti-gay, right wing politicians? The breath taking hypocrisy is mind blowing.
Wow. I hadn't heard about Crist or Graham.
Quote from: we vs us on March 07, 2010, 12:33:06 PM
Wow. I hadn't heard about Crist or Graham.
It's because they haven't been caught in public with their pants down.....yet.
And have you seen or heard Crist or Graham? It's humorous thay they even try to deny it- or it would be humorous if they weren't such lying, cowardly hypocrites.
Quote from: azbadpuppy on March 07, 2010, 10:53:58 AM
Jim McCrery, Charlie Crist, David Dreier, Ken Mehlman, Larry Craig, Lindsey Graham, Andre Bauer, Roy Ashburn....and those are just the most recent.
What is up with closeted, anti-gay, right wing politicians? The breath taking hypocrisy is mind blowing.
Are you accusing these men of sexually harassing male staffers or political corruption? If not, nice try at changing the subject.
Quote from: guido911 on March 07, 2010, 01:15:19 PM
Are you accusing these men of sexually harassing male staffers or political corruption? If not, nice try at changing the subject.
Actually the thread was originally about failed morality and the overall hypocrisy predominant within the Republican party- much more in keeping with my posts than yours. Your attempt to try and deflect is very transparent, and very predictable.
If I were you, I wouldn't be accusing anyone here of trying to change a subject...
Quote from: azbadpuppy on March 07, 2010, 01:39:12 PM
Actually the thread was originally about failed morality and the overall hypocrisy predominant within the Republican party- much more in keeping with my posts than yours. Your attempt to try and deflect is very transparent, and very predictable.
If I were you, I wouldn't be accusing anyone here of trying to change a subject...
You mean by rumor-mongering about the sexual preferences of men through apparently your own gaydar?
Quote from: guido911 on March 07, 2010, 01:56:39 PM
You mean by rumor-mongering about the sexual preferences of men through apparently your own gaydar?
Now thats the funniest thing I've read in a while.
Yes, you are absolutely correct, because clearly I am the only person that has ever accused any of these men of having sex with other men. The other men that actually
have had sex with them, or have caught them trying to have homo sex would beg to disagree with that.
Sorry, your attempts at discrediting are feeble. There is too much evidence out there, and too many parties involved to keep it in the closet.
To keep on topic, I will also state my belief that it is very important to out these so-called 'moralists' for the hypocritical, lying cowards they truly are.
Quote from: Hoss on March 04, 2010, 09:06:42 AM
How's this for fair and balanced?
Sources: Lawmaker At Gay Club Before DUI Arrest (http://cbs13.com/local/ashburn.arrest.dui.2.1534505.html)
Now usually I wouldn't post stuff like this at the state level, especially given that it isn't our state. But this guy being a) a Republican and b) a staunch anti-gay anything advocate just begged exposure (no pun intended).
Well DUH! He was doing "research"...
I'm still waiting for Sally Kern to get spotted staggering out of TNT's.
The state senate must be really boring.
http://www.sunshinestatenews.com/story/sen-mike-bennett-caught-looking-porn-senate-floor
Here's yet another......
This one brings hypocrisy and self-loathing to a whole new level. George Rekers- Baptist minister, founding member of the 'Family Research Council' (along with James Dobson), an officer of NARFA (a group who's mission is to turn gay people 'straight'), and who has testified against gay adoption in two states- was seen at Miami Airport with his "travel assistant" whom he found on rentboy.com.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20004264-503544.html
Hmmm, I didn't see 'baggage handler' on the rent boy's resume. Maybe that's just implied.
Quote from Dr. Rekers:
"My hero is Jesus Christ who loves even the culturally despised people, including sexual sinners and prostitutes. Like Jesus Christ, I deliberately spend time with sinners with the loving goal to try to help them."
I think that quote was taken straight from the Lonnie Latham playbook on what to say when caught red handed with a male prostitute.
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-john-ensign-resign-20110421,0,2208750.story
Of course, Ensign's complaining he's the victim. So typical of right to lifer fundamentalist Family value hypocrites.
http://www.capecodtoday.com/blogs/index.php/2011/05/17/sch-had-10-year-old-child-by-maid-new-ge?blog=109
republican values..bangs his housekeeper and had a kid 10 years ago,nice. And it's not their job or place to preach morality and values, their job is to properly administer government policy and wisely spend the public's money, which they DON'T do.
But keeping the maid around his wife for 10 years is plain TACKY. Meg Whitman shoves her maid, Arnold bangs his. Rich white Republican maid "owners" need to treat their help better. Wonder if Arnold's maid was an undocumented worker too...
The impregnator Gropenator caught a few, didn't he? This wouldn't disqualify him but the there's the issue of being born on foreign land.
Quote from: Teatownclown on May 17, 2011, 01:53:18 PM
http://www.capecodtoday.com/blogs/index.php/2011/05/17/sch-had-10-year-old-child-by-maid-new-ge?blog=109
republican values..bangs his housekeeper and had a kid 10 years ago,nice. And it's not their job or place to preach morality and values, their job is to properly administer government policy and wisely spend the public's money, which they DON'T do.
But keeping the maid around his wife for 10 years is plain TACKY. Meg Whitman shoves her maid, Arnold bangs his. Rich white Republican maid "owners" need to treat their help better. Wonder if Arnold's maid was an undocumented worker too...
The impregnator Gropenator caught a few, didn't he? This wouldn't disqualify him but the there's the issue of being born on foreign land.
Ahnold was only a fiscal conservative and that's even arguable. Socially and environmentally-speaking he's most definitely left leaning. Sounds like his schwantz leaned toward the hired help.
So, he's not one of "your" republicants toe tappin' tea totterers??
Quote from: Teatownclown on May 17, 2011, 02:31:21 PM
So, he's not one of "your" republicants toe tappin' tea totterers??
Nope just another Dim wannabe ;)
"Mr. Schwarzenegger, I'm out of the Lemon Pledge"
"I will give you the Lemon Pledge Consuela."
(http://www.biofortified.org/wp-content/uploads//2009/11/terminator-2-judgement-day.jpg)
Linda Wall, Virginia House Of Delegates Candidate, Admits Lesbian Affair With Minor
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/27/linda-wall-virginia-lesbian-affair_n_1034914.html
"Wall said that she converted to Christianity, changed her sexual orientation and stopped using drugs..."
We'll forgive her because of her conservative leanings, but if she were a liberal she'd be forced to weiner resign....
Quote from: Teatownclown on October 27, 2011, 03:28:58 PM
Linda Wall, Virginia House Of Delegates Candidate, Admits Lesbian Affair With Minor
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/27/linda-wall-virginia-lesbian-affair_n_1034914.html
"Wall said that she converted to Christianity, changed her sexual orientation and stopped using drugs..."
We'll forgive her because of her conservative leanings, but if she were a liberal she'd be forced to weiner resign....
I wonder if the student was Christine O'Donnell? That would be rich.
Quote from: Conan71 on October 27, 2011, 03:34:28 PM
I wonder if the student was Christine O'Donnell? That would be rich.
I was counting on some pics not GOP fantasy porn....
No longer a contender...more like another high tech lynching.
Herman Cain accused by two women of inappropriate behavior
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1011/67194.html
you get the impression the GOP/Teabagger party has gone off the rails?
landslide coming
This seems like the place to ask, with all the experts gathered...what ever happened to "Tim's Leather'N'Western" bar here in Tulsa?
Quote from: heironymouspasparagus on November 01, 2011, 01:07:47 PM
This seems like the place to ask, with all the experts gathered...what ever happened to "Tim's Leather'N'Western" bar here in Tulsa?
Quote from: Teatownclown on November 01, 2011, 01:14:45 PM
When Uriah Heep played Tulsa, the lead singer wore platform boots that were about 12" tall. Like walking on stilts. Always liked the music. Wonder what they are doing now? To the cloud!!!
QuoteA top North Carolina Democratic Party official has reportedly been identified as the accused perpetrator in a sexual harassment claim made by a former staffer.
Jay Parmley, North Carolina's Democratic Party executive director, has been accused of sexual harassment by Adriadn Ortega, a former communications staffer for the state party, according to a report by the J.W.P. Civitas Institute.
An email chain The Daily Caller previously obtained didn't name the alleged perpetrator or the victim, but confirmed the existence of the alleged sexual harassment, a financial settlement paid to the victim and that Parmley and the victim had signed non-disclosure agreements. Civitas has since reported the names of those involved.
On his Twitter account, Parmley describes himself as an "all around good guy and a Democrat!"
Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2012/04/13/top-nc-dem-official-named-in-same-sex-harassment-claim-by-male-staffer/#ixzz1s3Yx28KJ
http://dailycaller.com/2012/04/13/top-nc-dem-official-named-in-same-sex-harassment-claim-by-male-staffer/
Not sure if the recent Secret Service prostitute scandal merits its own thread yet, but it at least merits this:
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Quote from: guido911 on April 17, 2012, 03:39:55 PM
Not sure if the recent Secret Service prostitute scandal merits its own thread yet, but it at least merits this:
(http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash2/s320x320/34706_390294627670444_100000697292397_1176207_1989855053_n.jpg)
I've ripped that one off.
Classic. Another demented false equivalency although non applicable to the seriousness of this thread. ;)
Well, at least we know those right wing christian conservatives wouldn't do anything like that!
QuoteRepublican Louisiana Sen. David Vitter lashed out at a CNN host on Monday for asking if there were similarities between his prostitution scandal and the infidelities of Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich.
"Newt Gingrich has been suffering some heat over his cheating on his first wife, cheating on his second wife with his third wife," CNN's Ashleigh Banfield reminded Vitter. "And you have also suffered heat in your political career as well back in 2007, admitting to having made call some calls to an alleged prostitution operation."
"You did very well when you ran for re-election in 2010," she continued. "In fact, if I look at the numbers, I think you trounced your opponent by, what, 19 points or something like that? You seemed to manage that baggage very well. I want you to weigh in on Newt Gingrich's baggage and handling that baggage, and what it is like for a politician who has some serious baggage trying to be elected."
"Ashleigh, the good news is, in America, it's not up to CNN," Vitter shot back. "It's up to American people and it's up to voters. That was the case in my election in 2010. That's going to be the case in this presidential election."
"Well, I appreciate that you say it's not up to CNN," Banfield replied. "But I like to say we're the messenger here and one of the messages that you gave was this quotation about your incident and you said, 'This was a very serious sin in my past for which I am, of course, completely responsible.'"
"You're personally, in my opinion, outdoing King, but go for it -- John King, but go for it," Vitter said, in reference to a recent debate where CNN moderator John King asked Gingrich about allegations that he had asked his second wife for an "open marriage" so that he could carry on an affair.
"I'm not trying to outdo anyone, sir," Banfield told Vitter. "I am trying to hold you accountable for the things you did. ... What I'm asking you is -- can you compare the difficulties that you struggled with to what Newt Gingrich is struggling with?"
"No, I can't," Vitter grumbled.
"I appreciate greatly, not only you getting up early and coming in to speak to me, but also equating me with John King, because I think he's pretty great," Banfield said, concluding the interview.
http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/david/vitter-attacks-cnn-comparing-his-sex-scandal
This one is great too:
QuoteSen. Vitter's Diaper Fetish and Another Republican Caught Solicting Sex...From a Man in a Toilet
This Vitter thing just doesn't want to go away. One of the Madams he was working with to procure women for him says he should be prosecuted (it is true that what he was doing actually is a crime) while another Madam says he "wasn't doing anything out of the ordinary" with her girls over the years (except that he was into a diaper fetish, just like Holy Joe).
The whole thing is certainly an embarrassment for the Louisiana Family Values Republican Party. Mike Cromartie a far right wing former chairman of the Commission on International Religious Freedom isn't taking this as lightly as Vitter's political cronies-- who all say, basically, "Well, if God has forgiven him, who am I to hold a grudge?" Cromartie's comment today was more in touch with a less forgiving branch of religionists: "It's the hypocrisy that people can't stand. It's not the fact that people are frail and given to sinful behavior. It's when they try to pretend to be morally upright and end up being self-righteous because they preach one thing and live another."
Preacher and GOP presidential contender Governor Mike Huckabee doesn't seem too proud to have Vitter's hypocrisy making a statement about GOP phony-baloneys either. "Many of us became a part of the Republican Party so that we could find a home for traditional beliefs regarding marriage and family and the sanctity of human life. If those things really don't exist in the party, then we have to ask, 'Why are we here?'"
One guy who is really embarrassed is Vitter's political protégé, Bobby Jindal, who has Vitter's old congressional seat and is currently running for governor of Louisiana. Jindal is in the same awkward position of so many Louisiana Republicans-- Vitter included-- who have been clamoring for William Jefferson to step down. Will they hold Vitter to the same standards?
The local papers seem filled with despair about the cesspool-like politics of the Bayou State. In Alexandria Town Talk summed it all up: "We've got a Democratic congressman caught with $90,000 in cash in his freezer and facing federal bribery charges, and a Republican senator caught with his pants down and facing a wife who... compared herself to the knife-wielding, libido-snipping Lorena Bobbitt. Welcome to Louisiana."
Meanwhile, up the road apiece the Republicans are having another sex scandal. This time it's Florida State Rep. Robert Allen of Merritt Island. The 48 year old Republican Representative was arrested today on second degree misdemeanor charges for solicitation for prostitution. And the twist is that he's a married many and was asking an undercover cop in a men's room if he could pay him to give him a blowjob. It's so GOP!
http://www.alternet.org/story/56689//
Isn't Vitter still in the Senate?
At least the Obama administration cleans up their messes.
Secret service agents immediately sent home.
David Vitter overwhelmingly reelected to Senate seat.
Seems about right (wing).
The head of the secret service and most of the team in trouble were all appointed by Prez Shrub....Republicans/Teabaggers would be dumb to try and make this a partisan issue...Potus Obama kept Gorge Bushwackie's secret service team in place to protect him.
But don't underestimate Republicans when it comes to dumb.
Quote from: Teatownclown on April 18, 2012, 01:10:12 PM
Classic. Another demented false equivalency although non applicable to the seriousness of this thread. ;)
Well, at least we know those right wing christian conservatives wouldn't do anything like that!
This one is great too:
Isn't Vitter still in the Senate?
At least the Obama administration cleans up their messes.
Secret service agents immediately sent home.
David Vitter overwhelmingly reelected to Senate seat.
Seems about right (wing).
The head of the secret service and most of the team in trouble were all appointed by Prez Shrub....Republicans/Teabaggers would be dumb to try and make this a partisan issue...Potus Obama kept Gorge Bushwackie's secret service team in place to protect him.
But don't underestimate Republicans when it comes to dumb.
Don't forget the Louisiana component...
I knew it. Hooker-gate is Bush's fault. Looks like aox is in the midst of "hookah-gate" again..
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I just love what the Secret Service did to Ted who supports Romney....called him in for a visit. Now Guido, you and your ilk will claim it's a slap on the hand. But what if they tell him he'll be an accessory to a crime should someone go nuts take some shots.
Why are republicans so irresponsible?
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Quote from: guido911 on April 17, 2012, 03:39:55 PM
Not sure if the recent Secret Service prostitute scandal merits its own thread yet, but it at least merits this:
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This stuff goes back at least to the time of the most famous cross-dresser of all time (no, not Divine!) - J. Edger Hoover. This episode sounds like his influence has set the tone for Federal law enforcement in the US since the '30s....
Has anyone noted during all this that these guys have actually broken no laws - haven't heard enough yet to know? This stuff is legal in Columbia. Of course, there IS that pesky code of conduct they promise to adhere to....
Quote from: heironymouspasparagus on April 22, 2012, 09:56:42 PM
This stuff goes back at least to the time of the most famous cross-dresser of all time (no, not Divine!) - J. Edger Hoover. This episode sounds like his influence has set the tone for Federal law enforcement in the US since the '30s....
Has anyone noted during all this that these guys have actually broken no laws - haven't heard enough yet to know? This stuff is legal in Columbia. Of course, there IS that pesky code of conduct they promise to adhere to....
Didn't the Secret Service allow Marylin Monroe to have fun with JFK?
Quote from: dbacks fan on April 23, 2012, 03:51:44 AM
Didn't the Secret Service allow Marylin Monroe to have fun with JFK?
Nancy Reagan/Frank Sinatra
Newt Gingrich/zombies
Quote from: dbacks fan on April 23, 2012, 03:51:44 AM
Didn't the Secret Service allow Marylin Monroe to have fun with JFK?
They were procurement officers.
Quote from: dbacks fan on April 23, 2012, 03:51:44 AM
Didn't the Secret Service allow Marylin Monroe to have fun with JFK?
They also arranged for him to get his crank shots as well. JFK was a tweaker.
Quote from: Conan71 on April 25, 2012, 09:46:00 AM
They also arranged for him to get his crank shots as well. JFK was a tweaker.
no. But his doctors did....he had a lot of work. I hear provigelence is Potus Obama's choice.
Quote from: Conan71 on April 25, 2012, 09:46:00 AM
They also arranged for him to get his crank shots as well. JFK was a tweaker.
Wow..haven't heard it called crank since I gradu....wait, what?
I thought this was pretty funny.
QuoteHere's how to ruin your chances at winning a U.S. congressional seat:
Get arrested for driving under the influence and unlawfully possessing a firearm, with a female college student who is not your wife in the car.
Democratic South Carolina state Rep. Ted Vick, who describes himself as "businessman, a farmer, a pastor, a sportsman, a soldier and a state representative," was pulled over early Thursday morning after an evening of drinking in downtown Columbia, S.C., according to a police report.
Update, May 25, 2:24 p.m.: Vick announced in a statement Friday that he has ended his congressional run.
Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2012/05/24/sc-congressional-candidate-arrested-for-drunk-driving-with-co-ed-in-the-car/#ixzz1vv3Nf3ag
edited. I honestly thought this guy was an R first.
Quote from: guido911 on May 25, 2012, 04:28:54 PM
I thought this was pretty funny.
edited. I honestly thought this guy was an R first.
Betting he was buddies with Sully...
http://www.snotr.com/embed/9194?autoplay
Vick's the third guy at the bar....
Quote from: guido911 on May 25, 2012, 04:28:54 PM
I thought this was pretty funny.
edited. I honestly thought this guy was an R first.
I thought it was gonna say John Sullivan....
Todaze installment....another Republican only this time it's dykes yikes. Finally, compromising positions from the GOP!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/12/lt-governor-jennifer-carroll-lesbian-sex-scandal-florida_n_1668318.html?utm_hp_ref=politics&ir=Politics
Quote from: Teatownclown on July 12, 2012, 10:13:56 PM
Todaze installment....another Republican only this time it's dykes yikes. Finally, compromising positions from the GOP!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/12/lt-governor-jennifer-carroll-lesbian-sex-scandal-florida_n_1668318.html?utm_hp_ref=politics&ir=Politics
Talk about a she-said/she-said.
Not sure we can believe either of them.
I knew this guy was suspicious....another GOP/Teabagger hypocrite!
Evangelical Leader Behind Huge Anti-Obama Documentary Resigns After Alleged Affair
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/dinesh-dsouza-resigns-from-kings-college-2012-10#ixzz29lDvEGx7
http://www.businessinsider.com/dinesh-dsouza-resigns-from-kings-college-2012-10
I love adding to this thread. This one is just weird.
http://politicalwire.com/archives/2013/03/01/lawmaker_makes_lewd_remark_to_teenage_girl.html
Oddest case of planting evidence:
QuoteA Claremore police officer who recently sued a district attorney for allegedly disseminating Giglio material and other falsehoods about him
was the subject of a previous Giglio disclosure by the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Northern District of Oklahoma, documents show.
http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=320&articleid=20130301_320_0_AClare976017
Giglio, which refers to a 1972 Supreme Court case, is routinely viewed as impeachment evidence -- information that could be used to impeach a
government witness' credibility.
In a June 2010 motion hearing for defendant Grant Andrew Stout in federal court, Claremore Police Investigator John Singer was questioned
about a car accident he was involved in while on probation around 2000-01, records indicate.
Singer, who became a Claremore patrol officer in 2000, testified that he rear-ended another police car and "lied to my supervisor, failed to
disclose that I had hit another police car for fear of losing my job, and instead said I had hit a deer," federal records indicate.
The police officer also told the court that he "put the hair from a deer in the grill in case it had been examined," testimony shows. Singer,
who had damaged his cruiser in a previous accident, obtained the deer hair from an associate "who farms deer" and didn't notify a member of
the department about the deception until "some couple of years later," the officer testified.
Clark Brewster is Steidley's attorney.
"He not only lied, but he took affirmative actions to cover it up," said Brewster, referring to Singer's 2010 testimony in federal court.
"How would you like this guy as your accuser, and his credibility is on the line between you being convicted or not? And you never knew that
he had fabricated that kind of information in the past. I think that's fair game."