McCain Official Busted on Sex Charge
EmailAn official with the John McCain presidential campaign was arrested for allegedly soliciting oral sex from a policeman in Florida yesterday. Bob Allen, a member of the Florida House of Representatives, is one of six Florida co-chairs for the Arizona Republican senator’s 2008 White House bid. According to news accounts, local police in Titusville, Fla., arrested Allen Wednesday afternoon after he allegedly offered to exchange $20 for oral sex with the plainclothes officer. Allen was charged with solicitation to commit prostitution, a misdemeanor. Click Here for Full Blotter Coverage. Allen has said he believes the charges are "a very big misunderstanding" and "disgusting." If convicted, he could face up to a year in jail and a $500 fine. McCain’s campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment Thursday morning. Titusville police told reporters Allen caught their attention after he drove through the town’s Veterans Memorial Park twice and went in and out of the park’s bathroom three times. On his final trip to the bathroom, a plainclothes officer followed him to investigate. Allen made his solicitation through the door of a men’s room stall to the officer, according to police. McCain named Allen and five other men co-chairs of his Florida campaign in March. "These men are respected leaders in their communities and have real experience wrestling with the important issues of our day," the Arizona GOP senator said in a press release announcing the appointments. McCain’s presidential ambitions have had trouble of late. With less than $2 million on hand, the campaign lost its manager and chief strategist on Tuesday. McCain has denied the departures were part of a "shake-up." Allen’s arrest is the latest in a small burst of unpleasant mini-scandals for presidential campaigns. Two days ago, the southern regional chairman for former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani’s presidential campaign admitted to using a Washington, D.C.-area escort service; three weeks ago, Giuliani’s South Carolina co-chair was indicted for cocaine possession. He has pleaded not guilty. Do you have a tip for Brian Ross and the Investigative Team?
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Posted by: Jazz | July 12, 2007, 12:07 pm 12:07 pm
The Republican Party just overflows with family values!
Posted by: frankfletcher | July 12, 2007, 12:16 pm 12:16 pm
Oh, that’s good stuff. Mr Christian right John McCain has a gay friend. Oh my God!!
Posted by: jason c | July 12, 2007, 12:16 pm 12:16 pm
Wow, and this is…news? Who cares?
Posted by: John | July 12, 2007, 12:17 pm 12:17 pm
The Republican Party and it’s ardent supporters, continue to spew high moral values and ethics to everyone else but what they really need to do is sit down, shut up and work on their own internal problems with values before advocating them for others.
As far as Iraq goes, the 2008 elections are coming up and Bushes’ core supporters are running for the hills and distancing themselves from this debacle in planning and execution of this invasion has produced. Not to mention the scores, tens of thousands, young men and women permanently,horribly disfigured, maimed,legless, armless, lied to frontline defenders of this country!
Posted by: Erich | July 12, 2007, 12:17 pm 12:17 pm
Only $20??? No wonder he was busted! It’s been clear for awhile now, capitalism sucks!
Posted by: Libratine | July 12, 2007, 12:18 pm 12:18 pm
Shocking.. Another right wing Christian fundamentalist who’s a hypocrite. Who’d of thunk it?
Posted by: jason c | July 12, 2007, 12:20 pm 12:20 pm
THOSE REPUBLICANS;WHAT WILL THEY THINK OF NEXT?
Posted by: ric | July 12, 2007, 12:23 pm 12:23 pm
lookie look. another self hating gay who is a republican. i dont feel sorry for this scum one bit or ted haggard. these republicans who put other gays down deserve everything they get. they are hypocrites at the highest level and deserve ETERNAL TORMENT in the media just as they say gays will get ETERNAL TORMENT in the next life. anyone who is gay and working for the republicans deserves all the attention for the hyprocracy the preach and should get to burn in hell as they also preach :)
Posted by: damnrepublicans | July 12, 2007, 12:35 pm 12:35 pm
Now we’re getting back to “normal” Repub sex – proving that Vitter – who allegedly committed sex with women – is indeed the exception to the rule for elected Repubs. Vitter is merely a “family values” hypocrite.
Posted by: ImpeachmentNOW | July 12, 2007, 12:36 pm 12:36 pm
I do not care foa nay of this. We are humans – Republicans – Democrats and any other kinds will make foolish mistakes like this one. Even priests, ministers, etc. Let’s not judge and understand. People have needs and stop the attacks. The point is – can they do a good job? Perhaps – sex is relaxing and release a lot of stress. These guys are very stress-out. Let then have fun.
Posted by: evcj | July 12, 2007, 12:41 pm 12:41 pm
Wow looks like he was doin’ some cruisin’ He must have been desparate because most gay men do it for free. Gotta luv them Republican values.
Posted by: Norm | July 12, 2007, 12:46 pm 12:46 pm
they will let him off hes a rep
Posted by: davidpatrick344 | July 12, 2007, 12:48 pm 12:48 pm
How stupid. Doesn’t he know the only safe way to solicit oral sex is with an intern in the oval office?
Posted by: Acynic | July 12, 2007, 12:49 pm 12:49 pm
The Republican party is the party of Double Speak. “Family Values” has now been redefined to mean “Adultery, Prostitution, and Hypocrisy”. Hope that clears things up for everyone.
Posted by: Wendy | July 12, 2007, 12:50 pm 12:50 pm
Fat middle aged whitemen are stupid!
Posted by: Dean | July 12, 2007, 12:51 pm 12:51 pm
way to go LOL.
Posted by: ant | July 12, 2007, 12:53 pm 12:53 pm
This is a weak attempt to reach out to the George Michael wing of the Republican Party.
At least this Florida representative didn’t abuse the page program though.
Posted by: CT | July 12, 2007, 1:00 pm 1:00 pm
ROFLMAO….. this is just TOO precious! McCain and his gay cohorts… only $20 in Titusville? Geez! This is just too funny!
Bub-bye McCain… it was nice knowing you… hope you get a good job selling insurance or something.. What a loser!
Posted by: BrandonBoston | July 12, 2007, 1:07 pm 1:07 pm
The issue here is not so much his illegal behavior (soliciting an undercover cop) as it is his hypocrisy. Is Mr. Allen is a member of the Republican “Sanctity of Marriage and Family Values” brigade? If he is, then that’s a problem. Most of us don’t want someone with questionable “morals” legistating them for the rest of us.
It’s too bad that if he is indeed a gay man, he doesn’t feel free to live openly within his own political party.
Posted by: Margie in Austin, Texas | July 12, 2007, 1:09 pm 1:09 pm
Family values are butterflies. They’re pretty and everyone can talk about them, but they are difficult to keep alive for any appreciable length of time.
Posted by: mizpah63 | July 12, 2007, 1:12 pm 1:12 pm
Libratine, your comment cracked me up. I needed a good laugh this morning!
Posted by: Gwen Hutchins | July 12, 2007, 1:13 pm 1:13 pm
It was a setup from the word go. The plainclothes officer drove through the town’s Veterans Memorial Park twice and went in and out of the park’s bathroom three times. What was the plainclothes officer looking for? It was a setup man, it was a setup. It’s amazing how the liberal press works, they just turn things around.
Posted by: Ruben | July 12, 2007, 1:15 pm 1:15 pm
LMAO, he’s going to be going into treatment for being “gay”and than coming out “saved” lol…………………and is straight again.
The republican party should just have a “treatment” center where they can go and get their “fixed.” Instead of doing it like this. lol, what a dummie.
Posted by: liberal | July 12, 2007, 1:17 pm 1:17 pm
Thats right Christian right wing NUTBALL priests/pastors/ministers of hippocrisy, keep voting for GOP members so you can get in on the Homosexual acts, the bribery, the lies, the greed, the powerhungry, the murder for contracts, the infidelity, and the stealing.
You NEED to keep telling your FLOCK to Vote for those that break most of the 10 commandments everyday and lie about it! You Must vote for the party of Satan!! ………If you dont, how else will you lead christianity down the hole?
Posted by: GOP=GreedyOldPerverts | July 12, 2007, 1:20 pm 1:20 pm
ROFLMAO…… this is just too precious for words…
$20? in Titusville? Gee, inflation has not hit the spacecoast of Florida, has it?
McCain – try getting a job selling insurance or something.
Posted by: BrandonBoston | July 12, 2007, 1:21 pm 1:21 pm
evcj
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You know what if they weren’t preaching all that “FAMILY VALUE” crap than they can have all the fun they want. but NOPE, they the party of family values. lol, Calling themselves, “real and true christians.” What kind of God are they looking up too, one that sleeps around with women, one that pays for oral sex.
Remember those bracelets that said, “What Would God Do?”
I guess, that’s what their God is doing right now….lol
Posted by: liberal | July 12, 2007, 1:22 pm 1:22 pm
This really isnt an issue. Afterall he wasnt prostituting himself for money. Anyway he is a republican and this is very likely all made up.
Posted by: Preacher Shepard | July 12, 2007, 1:25 pm 1:25 pm
Well Bob Allen is right, these charges are disgusting. What makes them disgusting of course is that this guy is a typical, hypocritical Republican who spews hate filled rants against other people’s so called immorality while he’s the one that’s immoral. Now maybe him and others in his party will keep their mouth’s shut about other people and worry about themselves.
Posted by: informedone | July 12, 2007, 1:27 pm 1:27 pm
So when are these guys going to be prosecuted by the same “moralistic” laws they have shooved on everyone else? Is he going to be listed as a sex offender on the registry for life because of having sex like they are making teenagers do thanks to their “family values” laws?
Posted by: Sue | July 12, 2007, 1:29 pm 1:29 pm
Hey Ruben go back and READ the story again, it was Allen that cruised the park not the police officer.
Posted by: stu | July 12, 2007, 1:29 pm 1:29 pm
ROFLMAO!!!!! This is to much – The Republicans are quickly devolving into late night material for comedians. 20 bucks???? There must have been a sale going on.
Posted by: Don | July 12, 2007, 1:36 pm 1:36 pm
Yeah they are just human,right.That is a cop out if I ever heard one.You can vote for people like that if you want to but Im not.What they get caught for is just”the tip of the iceberg”.How much are they not getting caught for?Dont make excuses for these people,they take the role of leadership and they should aspire to higher standards,”If you cant take the heat,stay out of the kitchen”.
Posted by: Steve Wilson | July 12, 2007, 1:38 pm 1:38 pm
How is this for the Republican Party in 2008: “Who would Jesus Do?”
Posted by: frankfletcher | July 12, 2007, 1:40 pm 1:40 pm
Some more of those good ole Republican values.
Why do republicans hate morality? :/
Posted by: BlueJersey | July 12, 2007, 1:40 pm 1:40 pm
Do any of you people actually know anything about the candidates? Where are you getting this ‘right wing Christian fundamentalist’ stuff about McCain? I know it’s a lot easier to just group all Republicans together than to do your homework, but wouldn’t your criticisms be a little more valid if they were better informed? Maybe you should hope that McCain gets the Republican nomination so the real right-wing candidates don’t?
Incidentally, did any of you have the same sarcastic remarks when a certain former President solicited oral sex from an employee right there in the Oval Office????
Posted by: Scott | July 12, 2007, 1:44 pm 1:44 pm
What would Jesus do.. WWJD close enough
but what a joke these men are,
Posted by: Seaslew | July 12, 2007, 1:44 pm 1:44 pm
Twenty dollars?
Damned Republicans and their low paying “jobs.”
Posted by: Mike | July 12, 2007, 1:45 pm 1:45 pm
And why was President Clinton impeached by the House?
Posted by: Tyrone | July 12, 2007, 1:46 pm 1:46 pm
Dont make excuses for these people,if they cant keep themselves out of trouble while campaigning how do you think behave the rest of the time?This is just an indication of what this man is really like.If you aspire to lead you should also aspire to live by higher standards.Keep in mind these people are in the public eye and set themselves up to be role models for the young people.
Posted by: Steve Wilson | July 12, 2007, 1:48 pm 1:48 pm
I wanna see the emtire DC Madam list be published.
Posted by: ArmyRetiredSFC | July 12, 2007, 1:49 pm 1:49 pm
Read the article again “Mr.its a setup”,the guy is obviously a repuplican brainwash victim has trouble grasping the facts.The cops didnt go into the park three times Bob Allen did.The police most likely didnt know who he was,he wasnt wearing a sign on his head.His behavior was suspicious and fit the behaviour of someone looking to solicit sex.The way some of you people think is why this country is like “huge cest pool of corruption”.
Posted by: Steve Wilson | July 12, 2007, 1:56 pm 1:56 pm
I don’t understand why he just didn’t have fellow Florida Republican Mark Foley hook him up. After all $20 is a big chunk of change to the McCain campaign. That isn’t even enough to take a good shopping trip on the safe streets of Baghdad.
Posted by: frankfletcher | July 12, 2007, 2:02 pm 2:02 pm
SFC Steve Wilson this YN1 from the Coast Guard can sure mess with your mind. I know what the hell went on, I just like to stir people like you up.
Posted by: Ruben | July 12, 2007, 2:06 pm 2:06 pm
Guys like this are what makes the rest of us look bad. People make mistakes. Everyone’s a hypocrite. Just because they say they are a republican doesn’t mean all of their values meet exactly with what republicans values are. Stop pointing fingers and examine yourselves. I’m sure your political parties have made many mistakes also.
Posted by: yeah | July 12, 2007, 2:10 pm 2:10 pm
I am certainly not Republican…and I think sex is great and prostitution should be legal (just like in Europe.) What concerns me more than anything, is the time and money wasted on undercover cops trying to “encourage” (or entrap) people to do illegal things. THAT disgusts me more than some fat guy wanting oral sex! To think that the police have nothing better to do than to increase criminal statistics in order to justify their budget increases is contemptuous in my view.
Posted by: John Smith | July 12, 2007, 2:12 pm 2:12 pm
Another fine Republican representing Family Values…
Posted by: BronxBoy7117 | July 12, 2007, 2:13 pm 2:13 pm
The only surprise here is that the Republican controlled media keeps pretending that the Republicans have some kind of moral authority.
Expecting morals from the Republican party is kind of like expecting the hail in death valley. Sure, it may happen, but I’d be crazy to hold my breath.
On the other hand, one would have to be crazy to vote Republican, but there they are, winning election after election. You would think that they had the voting machines rigged or something.
Posted by: Tammy Stickers | July 12, 2007, 2:19 pm 2:19 pm
He is just one of the 99 percent of Republicans that make the other 1 percent look bad.
Posted by: Tammy Stickers | July 12, 2007, 2:20 pm 2:20 pm
“Just because they say they are a republican doesn’t mean all of their values meet exactly with what republicans values are.”
But they ARE Republicans Blanche, but they ARE. Two-timing Newt, Hooker Vitter, Page-pursuer Foley, 6 spouses between them Guilianis, Massage Ted Haggard…..
They are card-carrying members of the “Family Values” party, the GOP – Graft or Prostitution.
Posted by: frankfletcher | July 12, 2007, 2:20 pm 2:20 pm
Incidentally, did any of you have the same sarcastic remarks when a certain former President solicited oral sex from an employee right there in the Oval Office????
Posted by: Scott | Jul 12, 2007 1:44:30 PM
Oh please don’t try to compare this guy to Clinton. The difference is Clinton is not a hypocrite. He never said that he was more moral then the rest of us, or better. The republicans play the card that they are better with their family values, and moral center. But it’s all crap. Clinton just did his job. He didn’t seem to care about my personal life as these guys do. As an adult, I don’t need people telling me how to live my life. Just do your damn job man. Run the country, not my personal life. I don’t want to be like them, nor live like them. Don’t they get it?
Posted by: JT | July 12, 2007, 2:25 pm 2:25 pm
He was fund raising for McCain?
Posted by: hahahah | July 12, 2007, 2:25 pm 2:25 pm
So is this a new way to raise funds for McCain?
Posted by: Democratic Supporter | July 12, 2007, 2:26 pm 2:26 pm
Some of you people need to have your heads checked.You want to give these politicains a free pass?We shouldnt judge them so harshly?I have to wonder what kind of people you some of you guys are when I see you post such B.S.This man is an elected official,if he cant keep his nose clean how can you expect your neighbor to?This is is an example why this country has become what it is.This country is lost,and you know what I dont care.I cant make up for the brainless idiots who surround me.
Posted by: Steve Wilson | July 12, 2007, 2:30 pm 2:30 pm
Why don’t the Republicans just contract out sex services to Halliburton? It will certainly save them time and embarasment.
Posted by: frankfletcher | July 12, 2007, 2:40 pm 2:40 pm
Ruben,what are you talking about.I suggest you read the article again.Get the facts straight before you go into its a setup rant.It makes you look like an idiot.Florida is a republican state dummy,are you telling me these police officers are liberal plants.If you ask me, if this would have passed Jeb Bush’s desk before it hit the pres it would been squelched.
Posted by: Steve Wilson | July 12, 2007, 2:42 pm 2:42 pm
Steve Wilson … Quote, “This man is an elected official,if he cant keep his nose clean how can you expect your neighbor to?” End Quote … He is with the McCain campaign staff. The last time I looked this was NOT a position listed as being elective. I believe you’re right; you can’t make up for any brainless idiots.
Posted by: Walker Evans | July 12, 2007, 2:51 pm 2:51 pm
He should be ashamed. Not for what he did or being caught. He should be ashamed for the shame he has brought upon his family and their name. I hope he can live with himself.
Posted by: Crashdmmy | July 12, 2007, 2:52 pm 2:52 pm
Yeah John this is news,I personally commend the media for covering stories such as this.Im a non partisan guy who tries to make a wise decison on who to elect.If I were partisan I wouldnt need this kind of info,I would just vote for the man with the right letter before his name.Lmao,some of you people.
Posted by: Steve Wilson | July 12, 2007, 2:54 pm 2:54 pm
Wow! So the Reps are catching up to the Dems in hypocrisy. at this rate they will be indistinguishable from Pelosi’s gang.
Posted by: Dave | July 12, 2007, 3:03 pm 3:03 pm
His IS an elected official – he is a State Representative. Of course in Florida the meaning of the word “elected” is debatable.
Posted by: frankfletcher | July 12, 2007, 3:08 pm 3:08 pm
Just like clockwork…another day…another sleazy Republican scandal. Day after day…month after month…year after year. LOVE THOSE Republican ‘Family Values”!
Posted by: wilder5121 | July 12, 2007, 3:11 pm 3:11 pm
I don’t understand the outrage. All of you progressives say that there’s nothing wrong with being homosexual. Instead of pillorying this poor guy shouldn’t you be portraying him as a victim of his narrow-minded party, unable to be himself out in the open because of their “bigotry”? I understand this no better than I do when a “gay” activist tries to smear a republican by calling him “gay”. That’s why I’m not a “progressive”, you folks are nuts.
Posted by: Stewart | July 12, 2007, 3:25 pm 3:25 pm
“Incidentally, did any of you have the same sarcastic remarks when a certain former President solicited oral sex from an employee right there in the Oval Office????”
Were you so understanding and forgiving of your elected officials when Clinton solicited oral sex?
No Democrats supported Clinton’s affair (which btw was immoral, but not illegal), but all sorts of Republicans are supporting Bob Allen who solicited (immoral and illegal). Is it any wonder that most Americans have a very low opinion of Republicans?
The big thing about Bob Allen and the Republican party, is not the immorality of it all, or even the illegality of it all, but the outright hypocrasy of a homophobic holier-than-thou type being caught soliciting homosexual sex. And when you add that to the seemingly endless stream of Republicans that have been caught in recent years both in illegality and immorality…
Posted by: Tammy Stickers | July 12, 2007, 3:27 pm 3:27 pm
Bet Dubya will commute his sentence too huh? Ahhh what a country we live in eh? 12 million to TWO now huh BUSH? LET FREEDOM RING!
Posted by: Sioux4Life1 | July 12, 2007, 3:31 pm 3:31 pm
Who solicited whom is the question. Do the cops run around looking for “illicit business”? All while we maintain Terrorist Training Camps in Georgia to train the very people who lead others to attack us? Seems like everyone is looking for a “scapegoat” instead of a solution.
Clinton=Bush. There is no difference. They bilked the MNF fans for $400 MILLION hand in hand, and never gave a penny of that money to “victims”. It will all be spent building a new Trump Casino in New Orleans.
Ollie North dealt drugs and arms to IRAN right from the White House, and NO one cared, but everyone is all upset by a stupid sex solicitation sting.
Posted by: Alan | July 12, 2007, 3:58 pm 3:58 pm
this is why i will never vote for republicans and hate them. they are hypocrtites. they feel the need to tell others how to live their lives and then secretly do the opposite. how pathetic. allen, foley, haggard et el. when you play with fire you’re going to get burned!!! HOPE IT HURTS!!
Posted by: whatsisthis2007 | July 12, 2007, 3:59 pm 3:59 pm
( ( (( GASP!!! )) ) ) the republican party? Hypocrites? Oh my… I better sit down… this is news to me! LOL I hope this party disintegrates! I am so sick of these hypocritical do-gooders!
Posted by: Dave Clark | July 12, 2007, 4:19 pm 4:19 pm
why the glee? as if this is a contest to see which party is the sleaziest.
The only way to correct the situation is to hold offenders accountable. Especially elected officials. by the by shouldn’t the headline said Rep. representative arrested?… the tie to McCain is secondary.
Posted by: bruce | July 12, 2007, 4:30 pm 4:30 pm
Funny the people complaining about the “liberal” news. You can read a more in depth story of FOX news… once you find it buried on the bottom of the page. Let’s face it, the GOP Moral Majority is neither.
Posted by: Tigerfan | July 12, 2007, 4:36 pm 4:36 pm
Well, McCain once claimed to have a “gay-dar”, being able to immediately spot a homosexual…
Posted by: ari | July 12, 2007, 4:37 pm 4:37 pm
Oh boy can this get any better? Bet Dubya commutes his sentence too. And what was this man’s HR 1475 Bill In Florida HOUSE all about? THE same as his behavior, Called the “LEWD and LASCIVIOUS Exhibition” Law. GOOD going Repubs. KEEP us protected from those dangerous people like yourselves..and how well you spend the TAX payers monies huh? Good old family values! And what about the COCAINE BUST on Giuliani Cam-pain? OH that’s not cocaine thats dust from The Twin Towers.It’s prefectly safe. YAH RIGHT HYPOCRATES!
Posted by: CusterwasSiouxed | July 12, 2007, 4:39 pm 4:39 pm
Family values, I think. Maybe, McCain have a different view.
Posted by: marc | July 12, 2007, 4:45 pm 4:45 pm
Oh boy can this get any better? Bet Dubya commutes his sentence too. And what was this man’s HR 1475 Bill In Florida HOUSE all about? THE same as his behavior, Called the “LEWD and LASCIVIOUS Exhibition” Law. GOOD going Repubs. KEEP us protected from those dangerous people like yourselves..and how well you spend the TAX payers monies huh? Good old family values! And what about the COCAINE BUST on Giuliani Cam-pain? OH that’s not cocaine thats dust from The Twin Towers.It’s prefectly safe. YAH RIGHT HYPOCRATES!
Posted by: CusterwasSiouxed | July 12, 2007, 4:50 pm 4:50 pm
The Republican Party, the gift that keeps on giving…
Posted by: elmerg | July 12, 2007, 4:59 pm 4:59 pm
Ruben – it wasn’t a setup. It wasn’t the officer who drove through the park twice and went in and out of the bathroom. It was Allen. The officer noticed Allen doing this, then followed him to the bathroom.
Posted by: Wyoguy1 | July 12, 2007, 5:07 pm 5:07 pm
It just goes to show you, in conservative Florida the working man can’t make a decent wage, at least he could have offered him a fair rate….
What a cheap sob.
Posted by: T Schulz | July 12, 2007, 5:49 pm 5:49 pm
The real tragedy seems to be that two adult human beings are made to answer to the “world” for the simple conversations that they have together. What business is it of anyone else (or the law) if people want to make offers to each other? No one is under any kind of obligation to accept those offers. Where are the brains of our society? It is not against the law for consenting adults to have sex together, so how do two people arrive at that point without one or the other making the offer? The “solicitation” law is archaic and without any redeeming intelletual basis. Every legal “date” is likely to be a sollicitation; one party invites the other to a movie or dinner (with financial value involved), and the invitation usually carries with it the expectation of some kind of favor. Does that make either of the parties guilty of solicitation?? George Orwell’s “thought police,” in his novel, 1984, is in the here and now.
Posted by: whymustpeopleliveinfear | July 12, 2007, 11:26 pm 11:26 pm
Wow, and this is…news? Who cares?
Posted by: John | Jul 12, 2007 12:17:03 PM
It’s news because it’s all about HYPOCRISY, and it keeps happening over and over again with these Republicans. It’s always, “do as I say, not as I do.” That’s why it’s news, and that’s a big reason why the Republican Party is imploding. John McCain’s campaign merely epitomizes that implosion.
Posted by: David Steele | July 12, 2007, 11:59 pm 11:59 pm
“why the glee? as if this is a contest to see which party is the sleaziest.”
Posted by: bruce | Jul 12, 2007 4:30:02 PM
It’s no contest. The Republicans have had the trophy for years and they don’t seem to want to give it up. Added to that is their innate penchant for hypocrisy. The “glee” you refer to is actually anger released as a result of finding out that those who belong to the party of “morality” believes and practices quite the opposite. It tends to make people angry when they find this out, you understand.
“The only way to correct the situation is to hold offenders accountable. Especially elected officials. by the by shouldn’t the headline said Rep. representative arrested?… the tie to McCain is secondary.”
We’re in political campaign mode. The accused is part of McCain’s campaign, otherwise he’s just another Florida Republican State Representative up on a sex charge.
Posted by: David Steele | July 13, 2007, 12:17 am 12:17 am
At least this Republican was not like Republican Ted Haggard of “No Child’s Behind Left” fame.
Posted by: wilder5121 | July 13, 2007, 1:32 am 1:32 am
How stupid. Doesn’t he know the only safe way to solicit oral sex is with an intern in the oval office?
Posted by: Acynic | Jul 12, 2007 12:49:00 PM
WOW…it only took 40 minutes for them to blame Clinton!!!!
Posted by: obxjohn | July 13, 2007, 10:53 am 10:53 am
The last time I heard, PAYING for sex was ILLEGAL, sex between two CONSENTING adults was not. Repubs can’t tell the difference. Why don’t they at least entertain the idea of making it legal to PAY, and then they wouldn’t be getting in trouble all the time. Hee! Hee! Hee!
Posted by: artist22 | July 13, 2007, 1:17 pm 1:17 pm
The last time I heard, PAYING for sex was ILLEGAL, sex between two CONSENTING adults was not. Repubs can’t tell the difference. Why don’t they at least entertain the idea of making it legal to PAY, and then they wouldn’t be getting in trouble all the time. Hee! Hee! Hee!
Posted by: artist22 | July 13, 2007, 1:17 pm 1:17 pm
I knew the McCain campaign was having problems with fund raising, but this fellow’s way of making money, while industrious, is a bit ridiculous. Not to mention disgusting.
Obviously he’s crying out for a pay raise for the Florida State House of Representatives, since they apparently cannot make it on their paychecks and need to augment their income in other ways…
Posted by: Clyde | July 13, 2007, 2:04 pm 2:04 pm
Wait a minute. I am deeply confused. When did a gay man soliciting sex become an object of derision for you “progressives”? Talk about homophobic! You people are disgusting. You preach open-mindedness, diversity, gay rights, but you don’t mean it at all. It is all just lies designed to appear to be tolerant when you are NOT. All lies to get gay people to vote for you. This complete lack of principle is sadly a calling card of today’s political Left.
The minute there is an ounce of political gain to be gotten out of gay bashing, BAM!, you are right there stepping up to the plate.
Posted by: Mike | July 13, 2007, 4:26 pm 4:26 pm
Who is to say that he wasn’t simply testing the moral values of his constituents? Isn’t Florida the home of the levitating lap dancers. If the citizens of Florida had any values they would close down these pavillions of perversion before the next hurricane.
Posted by: Dr. Billingsgate | July 13, 2007, 6:58 pm 6:58 pm
You are so right clyde. The “liberal” posters here are disgusting. The personal attacks and venom from the left never cease to amaze me. Not all the left, many are well meaning and compassionate, but it seems that most of the left posters are are full of hatred and intolerance of other points of view.
Posted by: bob | July 14, 2007, 1:58 pm 1:58 pm
This poor guy will probably go to jail, while the real criminals — like I. Lewis (“Scooter”) Libby — will never see the inside of a cell.
Posted by: David | July 14, 2007, 2:04 pm 2:04 pm
I agree that this is… all of that. Plus the abve.
Is a wink as good as a nod?
Yellow Journalism is Yellow Journalism.
Posted by: Hortence Freep | July 15, 2007, 10:21 am 10:21 am
To all those who made excuses for Bill Clinton: I guess I don’t have to say it do I?
Posted by: Royce | July 16, 2007, 9:24 am 9:24 am
To all those who made excuses for Bill Clinton: I guess I don’t have to say it, do I?
Posted by: Royce | July 16, 2007, 10:33 am 10:33 am
You righties are missing the point. We on the left don’t preach at everyone in America about “family values” and “preserving the sanctity of marriage” and then do stuff like this. I personally could care less if two adults have consensual sex (even if it is paid for, adulterous, homosexual sex…it doesn’t affect me in the least bit). What concerns me is when someone will get on their moral soapbox and preach to Americans about how “their” party understands morals. They win elections claiming they understand the difference between right and wrong. Then, they do stuff like this.
Open your eyes America. Both sides are immoral, both sides commit sins. Only one side tends to lecture you about it and blame you for the decay of morals in society while they “claim” that they are above it all. Clinton, afterall, didn’t win his elections by pandering to his base and claiming faithfulness to his wife, did he?
Posted by: Lawrence | July 17, 2007, 3:07 pm 3:07 pm
Responding to? Oh please don’t try to compare this guy to Clinton. The difference is Clinton is not a hypocrite. He never said that he was more moral then the rest of us, or better. The republicans play the card that they are better with their family values, and moral center. But it’s all crap. Clinton just did his job
LOL…no, Clinton did not say he was better than the rest..he just LIED! “I did not have sexual relations with THAT woman!”
I will say…What kind of an idiot would go to a park, and talk to someone through the stall door solitating sex? AND yes, he was a cheap scapem besides, a child could have been in the next stall! I don’t care which political party a guy like this is…I hope they throw the book at him. Just think about how his warped mind works. He could have at least taken it to a hotel room!
Posted by: Txlady615 | July 17, 2007, 9:16 pm 9:16 pm