Discussion: Illinois Pol Who Resigned Over 'Cyber' Issues Fell For Woman's Extortion Scam

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Shorter GOP: I didnā€™t even have The Fun. I paid for nothing.

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We need extreme vetting of our pols.

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At least he had the nads to admit he was wrong and resigned. To my knowledge, he never came up with some BS cover story he had to walk back. When he resigned, he offered no reason.

Hope his wife is as understandingā€¦

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There is no sex in the Champagne Room.

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Worse -
Only domestic champagne in the sex room.

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Who among those reading this think Republican politicians and the people that vote for Republican politicians are pretty gullible people?

I vote ā€œyesā€, and sometimes rather under-educated, unsophisticated, naive, stubborn, repetitive, foolhardy, under-travelled, ā€¦the list goes on.

Put it another way, which Republican politican in the last 8 years has actually done SOMETHING to advance the cause of humanity, make us safer, healthier, more secure, more educated, less ā€œunder-educated, unsophisticated, naive, stubborn, repetitive, foolhardy, under ā€¦the list goes on.ā€?

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You canā€™t cheat an honest man.

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Iā€™m human. I made a mistake for which I am remorseful and ashamed; especially because I have hurt my family, and there is no greater self-inflicted wound than that.
Iā€™m human. I made a mistake for which I am remorseful and ashamed; especially because I have hurt my family, and there is no greater self-inflicted wound than that.

Apparently, the emphasis is on being human, remorseful and ashamed.

ā€œIā€™m human. I made a mistakeā€¦if I had been a Democrat that woudnā€™t count but IOKIYARā€

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It must be a slow day on the stupid Republican tricks beat. I would bet that 99% of this former state representativeā€™s constituents couldnā€™t name him.

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GOP frauds like this guy abound. The absurd claim that republicans are somehow moral, decent, patriotic is so much horse crap. Family values? (spit take). The GOP clowns play their bases for the suckers they are. But, you gotta hand it to the leaders who look at each other say, ā€œCan you believe we get away with this every election? We use drugs, cheat on our spouses, embezzle money, take bribes and otherwise act like unethical crooks, and all we have to say is that weā€™re pro-life, fiscally conservative and we love Jesus and the rubes line up to vote for us. What a great gig!ā€.

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Iā€™m sorry, but letā€™s not be too generous here. Saying he resigned over ā€œcyber issuesā€ is like saying Anthony Weiner resigned over ā€œphotography issuesā€.

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An epidemic about Republican politicans


In Nebraska, Sen Kintner hasnā€™t resigned and the notorious Democratic Sen. Ernie Chambers of capital punishment fame, is using novel methods to embarrass him regularly.

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ā€˜international crime ringā€™, the new my ā€˜Facebook account got hackedā€™.

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Thereā€™s more to this story. So, he ā€œbefriendedā€ a total strangerā€“and presumably played footsie with her over the interetubes ā€¦ and maybe the phoneā€“then ended up paying her hush money? What the heck did he say in those chats? ā€“ ā€œI wanna screw your backdoor for hours, finish the job, piss up your asshole then felch it all?ā€ Was it that kinda gross? ā€“ Cause, otherwise, why pay a penny? You know itā€™ll never end. Unless thereā€™s something (like the felching he suggested) thatā€™s considered really gross by the general populace (unless youā€™re German), why not just bite the bullet before s/he takes you for a penny when the demands will never end. Just bite the bullet, talk to wifie, go to police. Your political career ends anyway ā€¦ unless youā€™re from Louisiana, where they look kindly on all kinds of sexual perversion ā€“ but only if youā€™re heterosexual.

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you were lucky, all I got was some cheap ripple.

How stupid can you be??? He is either really naive and gullible, or he did something really horrendous that caused him to send money. OTOH, maybe she said she would come visit him if he paid her air fare. The money was for a plane ticket to paradise.

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Iā€™m sure this wasnā€™t Putin further improving his control of the Republican party.

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