Longtime GOP operative nabbed for soliciting prostitute - Page 3

jallman · 07-26-08, 07:57 PM

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Originally Posted by independent_thinker2002

Wasn't it his boyfriend that was actually running the prostitution ring?

Does it matter if he was still complicit in letting his congressional apartment be the place of operation?

Yeah, I thought not.

bhkad · 07-26-08, 08:06 PM

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Originally Posted by independent_thinker2002

That's hardly exclusive to one party. If you can't see that then I have been mistaken in my judgement of your integrity over the last two years.

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independent_thinker2002 · 07-26-08, 08:26 PM

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Originally Posted by jallman

Does it matter if he was still complicit in letting his congressional apartment be the place of operation?

Yeah, I thought not.

Yeah, because lovers never hide anything from one another.

independent_thinker2002 · 07-26-08, 08:28 PM

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Originally Posted by bhkad

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Thanks, but Summerwind is already my dictionary. Of course, a couple more mistakes and she's fired. I'll keep your resume on file.

obvious Child · 07-26-08, 09:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Summerwind

This sort of thing doesn't actually bother me. The bothersome part is that the repubs try to claim higher moral values than others, its the hypocrisy.

If voters are stupid enough to vote for a party that pretends to be of high moral values but really that is as corrupt, immoral and unethical as the Democrats, they deserve to be taken for a ride until they learn better.

Summerwind · 07-26-08, 09:40 PM

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Originally Posted by independent_thinker2002

Thanks, but Summerwind is already my dictionary. Of course, a couple more mistakes and she's fired. I'll keep your resume on file.

I'll only correct you when you are wrong, not when there are multiple preferences.

See here : judgement
One entry found.

judgment

Main Entry:
judg·ment Listen to the pronunciation of judgment
Variant(s):
or judge·ment Listen to the pronunciation of judgement \ˈjəj-mənt\
Function:
noun
Date:
13th century

1 a: a formal utterance of an authoritative opinion b: an opinion so pronounced2 a: a formal decision given by a court b (1): an obligation (as a debt) created by the decree of a court (2): a certificate evidencing such a decree3 acapitalized : the final judging of humankind by God b: a divine sentence or decision; specifically : a calamity held to be sent by God4 a: the process of forming an opinion or evaluation by discerning and comparing b: an opinion or estimate so formed5 a: the capacity for judging : discernment b: the exercise of this capacity6: a proposition stating something believed or asserted

judgement - Definition from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary

Its a matter of respect for reasonable variations.

independent_thinker2002 · 07-26-08, 10:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Summerwind

I'll only correct you when you are wrong, not when there are multiple preferences.

See here : judgement
One entry found.

judgment

Main Entry:
judg·ment Listen to the pronunciation of judgment
Variant(s):
or judge·ment Listen to the pronunciation of judgement \ˈjəj-mənt\
Function:
noun
Date:
13th century

1 a: a formal utterance of an authoritative opinion b: an opinion so pronounced2 a: a formal decision given by a court b (1): an obligation (as a debt) created by the decree of a court (2): a certificate evidencing such a decree3 acapitalized : the final judging of humankind by God b: a divine sentence or decision; specifically : a calamity held to be sent by God4 a: the process of forming an opinion or evaluation by discerning and comparing b: an opinion or estimate so formed5 a: the capacity for judging : discernment b: the exercise of this capacity6: a proposition stating something believed or asserted

judgement - Definition from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary

Its a matter of respect for reasonable variations.

Put yourself in for a raise.

jallman · 07-27-08, 02:17 AM

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Originally Posted by independent_thinker2002

Yeah, because lovers never hide anything from one another.

And your pure speculation has what to do with this issue?

Kernel Sanders · 07-27-08, 04:54 AM

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Originally Posted by bhkad

What you boys and girls seem to miss is the real point.

When GOP'ers do bad, we feel badly about it. We feel we have let down our families and the party and the supporters and friends and colleagues and the constituents and the district and/or the Nation.

When Democrats do wrong, it's their own business what they do and no one else should be concerned over it. "There's nothing wrong with what I did. It has nothing to do with my professional performance of my duties. OF COURSE I expect to continue in my job serving the fine people of..." And when he/she returns to work the entire assemblage will stand up and cheer.

That is the difference.

GOP'ers recognize that doing wrong should have consequences. This sends a message that bad things happen when you do wrong.

Democrats recognize that all that counts is being able to beat the rap and avoid serious consequences. This sends the message that if you are smart enough you can continually do whatever you want. Just don't get caught.

Wives should never trust husbands because if they can stray they will.

Government officials should never be respected because theya re all just crooks in waiting or crooks who've not been caught.

That type of cynicism is changing America and making us harder and colder and more like the nations where they see corruption as an every day thing.

Contrition counts.

Democrats have no shame.

That's the point here.

I believe that this sort of thing is entirely the private business of those involved, be they Republican or Democrat...until said person runs a public campaign based on decrying and demonizing behavior in which they themselves engage. The problem is not the act itself it's the hypocrisy of those who get into office with a family values message while completely failing to live up to the moral standard that they advance as public policy.

The GOP'ers who are morally bankrupt by their own publicly stated positions do not "feel badly about it" while they engage in such behavior - it's only when said behavior comes to light that they have begin to supposedly feel remorse.

Your private business is your private business unless you make one's private business a campaign issue.

UtahBill · 07-27-08, 09:45 AM

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Originally Posted by danarhea

A member of the same political party that says people will go to hell if they pay for sex is himself arrested for trying to pay for sex.

More on the story, after this commercial....

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Now back to the story.

Minneapolis seems to be the place for paragons of virtue to fall off their pedestals, so in the spirit of honoring them, I propose a plaque to commemorate them. I also propose that this plaque be placed in the same stall, in the same mens room, where Larry Craig himself made Minneapolis famous by getting busted.

Article is here.

Perhaps we should nuke Minneapolis. Clearly it has become the Bermuda Triangle of lapses of morality among politicians. I suppose Washington, D.C. would be a more appropriate target, tho...