Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Legislature / Politics / Woods Stanley Promising to Break Silence Soon
Posted by Jeff Woods on Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 12:21 PM
Speculation at the Capitol is that he's stalling, hoping the news about McKensie Morrison's low-rent past somehow will change the dynamic of this scandal. Maybe she slipped him a mickey, who knows? That's delusional, of course, but then we are talking about Paul Stanley.
Meanwhile, unidentified sources are dishing all manner of new dirt on Stanley to Ken Whitehouse. Stanley has had "a number of improper relationships with women connected to the state legislature," including a couple of lobbyists, Whitehouse reports. At the Beer Seller during a party thrown by interns celebrating the end of the 2003 legislative session, Stanley was observed making out with an intern, one source tells Whitehouse. According to that source, Stanley "had his tongue down her throat and was groping her in front of the whole bar."
Finally, there's this: Sources tell Whitehouse that Stanley got drunk on $150 bottles of wine a couple of weeks ago at the American Legislative Exchange Council's annual meeting in Atlanta. When Rep. Charles Sargent told Stanley he ought to pay for the wine rather than forcing lobbyists to pick up the tab, Stanley became belligerent and was asked to leave the restaurant.
It seems pretty clear that these sources are talking to Whitehouse in an attempt to convince Stanley of the necessity of his resignation. Update: Aunt B comments. "So, I think this morning was the moment when you could watch the Republican strategy shift from 'Smear Morrison' to 'Smear Stanley.'" Update II: Mark Brown sends a message to the senator. "Your Republican friends are airing your dirty laundry in the media to show you how sincerely they want you gone -- NOW. Don't fight it. Just leave. To be frank, you got away with the shenanigans for longer than many of us thought you would."
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Stanley deserves forgiveness for this. Democrats who have affairs with interns are lying, immoral adulterers who are exposed for what they are. Republicans who do so are good, decent God-fearing people who simply made a mistake that should not overshadow their honorable character and strong moral convictions.
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At the Beer Seller during a party thrown by interns celebrating the end of the 2003 legislative session, Stanley was observed making out with an intern, one source tells Whitehouse. According to that source, Stanley "had his tongue down her throat and was groping her in front of the whole bar."
Worst. Sopranos episode. Ever.
Every man this intern gal has ever dated came to no good end. Her husband is in prison for defending her honor by beating up a 75-year-old man who befriended her. Her boyfriend faces blackmail charges that could send him to prison. Her lover, Paul Stanley, has lost his committee chairmanship and marriage. He may stand down as a senator. Maybe men go for the bad girls like women go for the bad boys? Not a good plan either way.
Wow, dru. Most idiotic comment I've seen on any of these stories. If you're paying any attention at all to this story, you'd know that her "lover" (if by "lover," you mean "predatory authority figure more than twice her age") didn't need any influence from this "bad girl" (Christ, you're an asshole) to make any number of mistakes that could have cost him his Senate seat over the years. He's just now getting caught.
Nice job trying to make the story about her, though. You're in good company with that tactic.
And Whitehouse is such a morally upstanding legislator who has never sexually harassed another legislator...
