Discussion: Wife Of KY Rep. Who Died From Suicide After Allegations To Run For His Seat

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Try not to get choked up too soon, hunny.

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if I was grieving for my one day dead spouse I donā€™t know that a public announcement that I would be seeking their seat in the legislature is what I would be doing. but to each their own, right?

reporting about the church he was pastor for was interesting, with ā€œspring breakā€ like parties with bikers and half naked teens, tons of alcoholā€¦, I think Josh posted some interesting information about this guysā€™s background

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Wow, her ā€œurgencyā€ makes me wonder if it really was a suicide?

Johnson, who pastors a church in Louisville, held a news conference from his pulpit on Tuesday, defiantly denying the allegations.

Say no moreā€¦

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I first got a push notification, from the Courier Journal, about her intention to run for his seat. That was at about 1:00. He hadnā€™t been dead for 24 hours yet. Youā€™d think sheā€™d be a bit more concerned about her five children who just lost their dad to suicide.

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Iā€™m sorry but these two sound like QUITE the match. Heā€™s lied and conned and wiggled for their entire 30 years together and now she calls it a ā€˜high tech lynching based on half truthsā€™ā€¦For Godā€™s sake. You can fool some of the peopleā€¦and on and on and on.

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Holy shit!

No sheā€™s not going to grieve. She is going to mask that with full out grievance pushing instead. Itā€™s our fault her husband killed himself - us and the media. Thatā€™s what she just said.

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Body is not even in the ground. Weird.

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Yep. Sheā€™s been with him for thirty years; sheā€™s in on the con.

Itā€™s not like this is a single allegation of sexual assault of a minor, either. It is the thing thatā€™s getting the most attention now (sadly, perhaps), but even without that his record is despicable. Heā€™s a con man who uses Jesus as a shield for his debauchery and hatefulness and lies, and its hard to believe that in the this age heā€™s been able to get away with the wild parties at church and the claims of being at 9/11 and the White House and the Rodney King riots and so on. Itā€™s not the kind of job where the spouse kisses him goodbye as he jumps into a commuter train and disappears for 10 hours. Sheā€™s right there with him. He wasnā€™t doing all this stuff behind her back without her complicity.

I get it, heā€™s a con man, and Iā€™m sure he conned her too. But not without her permission, certainly now that that five part series is out. I was going to listen to it soon - guess Iā€™ll move it up the list now. Itā€™s not an article, by the way, itā€™s an entire website - The Long Con.

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If he hadnā€™t been able to buy a handgun, heā€™d probably still be alive. Which, now that I think about it, is an excellent argument for second-amendment absolutism.

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buh bye, troll

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Rebecca Johnson said she has been fighting behind her husband for 30 years

Am I the only one sensing this leads to a predictable dƩjƠ vu?

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Welcome ā€¦ newbee !!

Any other words of wisdom so soon ? ? ā€¦

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What was that ? ? ā€¦ 30 seconds ! ? ? ā€¦

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This is dysfunctional in about 5 dimensions -
But what is it that raises this tawdry twisted saga to national exposure level? This hypocrite was a state rep - a manipulative preacher - and a pervert - a member of the lower house in Kentuckyā€™s legislature - one of 100 (- the upper chamber has 38 members ) this role pays something like $20K - he had modest clout in a small pond.

It is Christmas ā€¦ ya know ā€”

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Would this be characterized as ā€œshooting fish in a barrelā€ or more like ā€œhunting dairy cattle at close range with a high-powered rifle and scopeā€?
(h/t P. J. Oā€™Rourke, describing his reticence to criticize visitors to Heritage USA)

@spencersmom

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Suicides arenā€™t usually martyred
but this woman is just getting started.

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You really ought to read the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting article on this guy. He was truly a despicable con man, a fraud, and just an all around bad dude. Itā€™s jarring and a little scary that someone so thoroughly horrible would get elected to state government (I know how ridiculous that sounds in the age of PP) and then kills himself when heā€™s exposed. Add in the sexual assault allegations, guns, and religion, and of course this is a national story.

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Flagged, yā€™all.

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