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Bay State Sex Scandal
Word has it today that for the first time in what seems like forever (well, a decade or so), a Democrats is in hot water over an alleged sexual tryst, instead of a Republican. When was the last time we had a good such scandal plaguing someone on the left? If memory serves me correctly, I believe his name was Bill and he occupied a certain large white building located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington. Am I missing anyone since then?
This time, a staffer in the Massachusetts governor's office has been placed on unpaid leave after he was arrested in Florida on Dec. 28 and charged with sexually assaulting a 15-year-old male in a steam room at the pricey Gasparilla Inn & Club in Boca Grande. Carl Stanley McGee, the 38-year-old assistant secretary for planning for Democratic Gov. Deval Patrick, will be arraigned next week. I won't get into all the sordid details here. You can read them for yourself here in the Boston Globe.
But you can see the police report and McGee's mug shot here. According to the police report, McGee was booked at 1:37 a.m. on Dec. 29 at the Lee County Sheriff's Office for a felony assault on a victim over 12 years old, "physical force, no dmg," the report says. He was released at 1:32 a.m. on Dec. 30 on a $300,000 surety bond.
The GOP may be jubilant. It's been their members who, in recent history, have gotten caught for such alleged activity. Former Rep. Mark Foley, F-Fla., resigned in September 2006 after reports that he was IMing sexually explicit messages to current and former pages. Copies of those chats hit the Web and it for sure provided some sultry reading for many following the story. I had to actually stop reading the exchanges myself after bile rose up in my throat.
Then Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho, departed Congress on Sept. 30, 2007, after coming under fire for his June 2007 lewd conduct arrest in which the police alleged he attempted to solicit a man in an airport restroom.
Recent Comments
(Page 1 of 1)David S.1:37PMFeb 7th 2008
Look, sexual assault is no joke no matter who it is. But no one knows who this guy is. Comparing him to the likes of a U.S. Senator or U.S. House member is not quite the same.
J.Sommovigo4:04PMFeb 7th 2008
I am sick and tired of all the rhetoric. All the candidates are basically a disgrace. Rome fell after 3000 years because... the common man could now vote and choose their leader. Not always the best candidate won. I feel sorry for the Black voters who are voting for Obama only because he is Black, History repeats itself. Also women who vote for Hillary because she is a woman.We will pay the penalty sooner or later.
Rip5:40PMFeb 7th 2008
When was the last time we had a good such scandal plaguing someone on the left? Well, that would be the 2005 revelation that Neil Goldschmidt, former mayor of Portland OR, former Carter cabinet secretary, and former governor of Oregon, had " started having sex with the 14-year-old, baby sitter to his children and daughter of a political supporter, in 1975....Once an honor student, the young woman went on to a troubled adulthood. She battled drug dependency, served time in federal prison and was victim of a rape. Goldschmidt began paying her money in the 1990s to head off a lawsuit." See
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/connelly/218629_joel04.html
Thanks to the diverted glances of liberal Democrats who knew and did nothing, it's a scandal that even now continues to grow beyond just Goldschmidt himself.
Pjayee8:29PMFeb 7th 2008
the only thing I have to say is if women were running more things in this country ,these perverts who bother Children and women would be castrated . the End
K4:00AMFeb 8th 2008
Kwame Kilpatrack, Democrat - Major scandal being ignored by MSM
Glen Christ Thompson9:02AMFeb 8th 2008
If you are unaware of the fact that Larry Craig remains a member of the U.S. Senate to this day, you are woefully ill-equipped to write political commentary of any stripe.
Aging cynic4:12PMFeb 9th 2008
And in the big "small town" that is Boston, McGee's husband runs a private school whose board includes the late Michael Kennedy's babysitter/victim. You couldn't make up this stuff.
Kim8:04PMFeb 10th 2008
Wait, I heard of another sexual tryst in the Democratic party. Obama. That's what this guy on You Tube is saying and he's challenging him to a polygraph. See for yourself!
uk.youtube.com/watch?v=sVeFVtcdSYY
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Tommy Christopher11:59AMFeb 7th 2008
Assistant Secretary for Planning to a Governor? Even to scandal-starved Republicans, this crumb is too small to pick up. Still, they dined out on Clinton for years, so this seems fair.