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State Rep. Mike Horner ends campaign after being named in racketeering, prostitution

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State Rep. Mike Horner of Kissimmee, a leading Osceola County Republican and a rising star in state GOP circles, abruptly ended his re-election campaign Monday after he was named as a client in a prostitution and racketeering case.

So what is the difference between this Republican and Republicans in sex scandals I have posted about before? It was a WOMAN this time. I'd like to buy Rep. Horner a beer. He should also go where sex scandals with the opposite sex abound - The Democratic Party. John Edwards would sponsor him in a heartbeat. :mrgreen:

Article is here.
 
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How come the lame stream media is being silent about this?


:lol:
 
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State Rep. Mike Horner ends campaign after being named in racketeering, prostitution

It's the double standard. If a Republican gets caught, he's out in a heartbeat. If a Democrat gets caught, he gets a committee chairmanship.
 
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It's the double standard. If a Republican gets caught, he's out in a heartbeat. If a Democrat gets caught, he gets a committee chairmanship.

John Edwards got a committee chairmanship? I didn't know that. :mrgreen:
 
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He's a state representative, not a national representative.

He wasn't forced out. He decided to stop campaigning.

The most recent scandals where the accusation was male to female was Weiner, who WAS forced out.
 
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He's a state representative, not a national representative.

He wasn't forced out. He decided to stop campaigning.

The most recent scandals where the accusation was male to female was Weiner, who WAS forced out.

And Weiner was a Democrat. How'd that chairmanship go for him?
 
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He was just a client

I was expecting that he was running a prostitution and blackmail ring. That would have been interesting
 
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I'm a client. Maybe I should go into politics.


He was just a client

I was expecting that he was running a prostitution and blackmail ring. That would have been interesting
 
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It's the double standard. If a Republican gets caught, he's out in a heartbeat. If a Democrat gets caught, he gets a committee chairmanship.

There are double standards some places, but not here. Weiner and Spitzer were pretty much forced out while David Vitter is still a senator.
 
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He's a state representative, not a national representative.

He wasn't forced out. He decided to stop campaigning.

The most recent scandals where the accusation was male to female was Weiner, who WAS forced out.

Exactly, which is why THIS Republican should switch parties. LOL.

And you say he wasn't forced out? He decided to quit campaigning? You don't think he would have been forced out had he continued? He merely saw what was coming after he got caught. It wasn't being a stand up guy. Had he not been caught, you can bet the bank he would have continued. I like to laugh when people start inventing excuses as to why Republicans should get a pass, while John Edwards gets what he deserves. LOL.
 
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It's the double standard. If a Republican gets caught, he's out in a heartbeat. If a Democrat gets caught, he gets a committee chairmanship.

Yep, David Vetters, John Ensign, Larry Craig and Mark Sanford all resigned and left that very afternoon..... only in that alternative universe that you live in.sex-scandal-flow-chart.jpg

OTH, Elliot Spitzer and Anthony Weiner left pretty quickly (maybe its just a NY thing)
 
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So what is the difference between this Republican and Republicans in sex scandals I have posted about before? It was a WOMAN this time. I'd like to buy Rep. Horner a beer. He should also go where sex scandals with the opposite sex abound - The Democratic Party. John Edwards would sponsor him in a heartbeat. :mrgreen:

Article is here.


Dude, you had to dig for a local pol, and then generalize it to the entire GOP to smear? Good God, {Edited}
 
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Yep, David Vetters, John Ensign, Larry Craig and Mark Sanford all resigned and left that very afternoon..... only in that alternative universe that you live in.View attachment 67135196

OTH, Elliot Spitzer and Anthony Weiner left pretty quickly (maybe its just a NY thing)

Oh, so other than the Governors that you listed, which some would say have a larger stage than their perspective states, the rest were all local politicians? False comparison.
 
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Oh, so other than the Governors that you listed, which some would say have a larger stage than their perspective states, the rest were all local politicians? False comparison.

Actually, most of us are addressing this silly idea that if he were a Democrat it would be OK. To compare apples to apples, Weiner (D) was forced to resign, Vitter (R) is probably hoping to get a plum committee assignment in 4 months.
 
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Dude, you had to dig for a local pol, and then generalize it to the entire GOP to smear? Good God, {Edited}

Who says it's to smear? I'm just trying to restore integrity for the GOP. It was a WOMAN this time. Of course, I did have to dig for a local pol, and generalize it, because nationally, all the Republican scandals seem to be gay ones.

Just trying to help, here. :mrgreen:
 
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Oh noes. I screwed up badly. When I saw "prostitution", I naturally assumed that he was involved with women. Turns out that this was a gay prostitution ring. Never mind, and I take my offer to buy him a beer off the table. LMAO.
 
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There are double standards some places, but not here. Weiner and Spitzer were pretty much forced out while David Vitter is still a senator.

Barney Frank, Chris Dodd, Ted Kennedy?
 
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Barney Frank, Chris Dodd, Ted Kennedy?

Yes sometimes politicians on both sides get to keep their jobs sometimes politicians on both sides are forced out.
 
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Why the **** is it that so many people decide whether a "scandal" is in fact a "scandal" based upon the political ideology of a politician rather than the evidence that said politician of either party is an immoral horndog who can't keep his dick in his pants or her vagina password protected? Is it, you know, possible that certain politicians of both ideologies are simply self-indulgent, fraudulent, power-besotted narcissists who end up lying about their failings, thus ending their political credibility and careers?

This scorecard of how many GOP versus democratic "perverts" and vice-versa is getting on my last nerve. Powerful people think they are immune to the morals of "mere mortals", regardless of ideology. They get caught, they find out they were wrong, and they get kicked to the curb. Quit trying to find a partisian advantage, people, just shake your heads and move on.
 
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So what is the difference between this Republican and Republicans in sex scandals I have posted about before? It was a WOMAN this time. I'd like to buy Rep. Horner a beer. He should also go where sex scandals with the opposite sex abound - The Democratic Party. John Edwards would sponsor him in a heartbeat. :mrgreen:

Article is here.

So let me see, you turn a story about a Republican involved in Prostitution and Racketeering into a criticism of Democrats. I love how the right wing mind works!
 
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So let me see, you turn a story about a Republican involved in Prostitution and Racketeering into a criticism of Democrats. I love how the right wing mind works!

Actually, I like how left wing minds work. Yes, this guy is a dirt bag, but I don't hear you complaining about Spitzer, Edwards, or Weiner. And Liberals like to complain the Republicans have a double standard? Oh physician, heal thyself. :mrgreen:
 
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Actually, I complained about all of them a lot when they were actually news. But you're right, I don't complain about them every day. My bad.

Can I now assume that, since you've set the standard, you will be whining and calling this guy an ass hat on a daily basis for the next few years?
 
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John Edwards got a committee chairmanship? I didn't know that. :mrgreen:

Did Charlie Rangel step down?
 
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Did Charlie Rangel step down?

Or How about Gary (I got a standing O in congress when I said I wouldn't step down) Studds.
 
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Actually, I like how left wing minds work. Yes, this guy is a dirt bag, but I don't hear you complaining about Spitzer, Edwards, or Weiner. And Liberals like to complain the Republicans have a double standard? Oh physician, heal thyself. :mrgreen:

You don't hear him complaining about people who have stepped down?

Why would you expect that?
 
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