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Did I mention that Senator Paul Stanley was a Republican? I'm certain that goes without saying now, the list of Republican Sexual Hypocrites is so damn long.
Anyway, in Tennessee, the very pious "opposite married" social conservative evangelical Christian state legislator with two children started knocking boots with his 23-year-old intern and well, her boyfriend found out about it and blackmailed the not-too-bright pol. What did he find that shriveled Stanley's boyz in terror? (Nashville Scene):
According to court documents, here's what happened: Stanley, who is married with two children, was accused of having an affair with a 22-year-old legislative intern, McKensie Morrison, by the woman's boyfriend. The boyfriend, Joel Palmer Watts. 28, discovered a computer memory disc with sexually explicit photographs of Morrison that appeared to have been taken in Stanley's apartment. Watts then blackmailed Stanley, demanding $10,000 in return for keeping quiet.
"Releasing the photographs to individuals or the media would cause embarrassment, both professionally and personally, to Stanley," according to the court affidavit, as if we needed an explanation for why this might pose a small problem for our family values champion.
While this sounds like a garden-variety Republican Sexual Hypocrite, Stanley takes it up a notch with his legislative CV: 1) he campaigned against the right of gays and lesbians to adopt ("When you're married, there's a commitment there," Stanley said last year, while discussing legislation to prohibit gay people from adopting children); and….drum roll…2) he introduced a bill prohibiting viewing porn while driving (WTF!? Is this some kind of rampant problem in Tennessee?)
Anyway, Stanley, caught with his pants down on camera and on digital media, went to the Tennesee Bureau of Investigation told them what was up and a sting was set up for Watts.
“While in this relationship, Watts discovered that Morrison was engaged in a sexual relationship with Paul Stanley. Watts discovered a memory disc with explicit photographs of Morrison. These photographs appeared to be taken in Stanley's apartment.
On April 9, 2009, Watts again contacted Stanley via text messages and demanded that Stanley meet him and pay him the money. Subsequently, a controlled delivery of $10,000 was organized and made to Watts. The delivery was made behind a El Rey Azteca Mexican restaurant, located in Whites Creek, Davidson County, Tenn.
…"When Watts arrived, he and Stanley exchanged the memory disc for the $10,000.00. Watts was taken into custody at that time. During a subsequent interview, Watts admitted to demanding the money from Stanley."
TBI agent Doug Long testified there were nude pictures of Stanley's intern, McKensie Morrison, of her posing "in provocative positions and poses." And it looks like Stanley, who has resigned as chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee in the wake of the scandal, was paying a bit of hush money in his office, based on this AP report.
Connie Ridley, director of legislative administration, says Morrison was assigned to Stanley's office but stopped being paid her weekly $350 stipend after the senator reported that she had stopped coming to work beginning on April 17. That would have been after this all blew up in Stanley's face.
BTW, this hypocrite Stanley told NewsChannel 5 that he will continue his social conservative legislative agenda.
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IronicThe greatest irony in all of these affairs isn’t so much that these people fail. People fail and that is a given. What really annoys me is while they where so quick to judge the effects of “homosexual lifestyles” on our society, they never seem able to mention the effect their infidelity is having on our society. Its sad that it just doesn’t come up. But I would love to hear some reporter…any reporter ask that question at the proverbial “I have sinned and I ask for your forgiveness while I keep on doing what I am doing” press conference.
See! See!Them homoseckshuls started gettin’ married in Ioway and next thing I knowed I was havin’ an affair! They is ruinin’ our marriages!
VictimNaturally, this asswipe is now claiming to be a victim. I guess he can’t seem to connect the dots that when you insert your pee pee in another mans girlfriend and you happen to be a christianist homophobe committed to marriage kind of guy that there may be some sort of reaction when you are caught.
I always wonder why the wives sitting at home just don’t take to the airwaves, thanking the person(s) who forced the truth to be released regarding their pathetic spouses and govenment officials, etc.
So if he had offered to sell him the pictures for $10,000 – would it still be a crime?
Ah, the santity of marriageWhich, as we all know, is between one man, one woman, the intern the man is boffing on the side, her boyfriend who discovers the porno pics of the whole affair, and the bankers who arrange the hush money to sweep the whole thing under the carpet.
What absolutely kills me is that IOKIYAR. All you have to do is cry about how flawed you are, how we all need Gawd’s grace, then go on vacation with your wife and “find Jesus” for the 15th time.
Saving Stanley’s soleis what Watts did. Didn’t he realize that you can’t successfully blackmail a politician? Watts should have kept the original disc and provided the media with copies, that would have done more damage than the Senator paying $10,000 in “hush money.” All of these Republican so called “family values” politicians need to resign when their anti-family value actions are made public. They demand resignations from any similar situated Democrat. Why are Republicans given a pass if they repent and find GAWD?