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Stinky The Clown  (1000+ posts)        Thu Jun-09-11 10:03 AM
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Please explain to me why adultery is disqualifier for public office.
 "He should resign"

Really? Why?

If he broke other meaningful laws while committing adultery, that's a different story. But whenever one of these scandals comes up, the outrage, the pearl clutching, the STORY, is always about ****ing, getting ready to ****, cleaning up after the ****, denying the ****, taking issue with the style of the ****. Et Cetera.

Paying illegal money to your aide to shut up about ****ing his wife, is probably a crime. But no one is outraged about that. I guarantee - I absolutely guarantee - that more googling was done to see what the ****ee looked like than to look into how using the parents' money to pay off her husband was a crime.

 

Stinky, I thought better of you.  I really did.  I thought you had at least 2 brain cells to rub together but you've just proved me wrong.  WHY should adultery be a disqualifier?  I'll give you a one word answer then you tell me;

EXTORTION

Oh, here's another;

BLACKMAIL

They're pretty close together though. 

Your other DUmmies in that thread are hitting on just another reason simply because liberals don't want to admit these sex scandals put our representatives at risk for doing all kinds of nasty things to stay out of the headlines.

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Re: Please explain to me why adultery is disqualifier for public office.
« Reply #1 on: June 09, 2011, 09:31:03 AM »
Geeze these people are stupid. It's not about the sex. It's about the lies. Same with BJ Billy. He didn't get impeached over a BJ. He got nailed for lying to a grand jury. That's a common problem everyone in the democrat party has. You lie so much that it's second nature. You don't give it any thought.
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Re: Please explain to me why adultery is disqualifier for public office.
« Reply #2 on: June 09, 2011, 09:57:05 AM »
What a filthy post from Stinks.  Call me hopelessly old-fashioned, but I have a one word answer for him:

INTEGRITY

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Re: Please explain to me why adultery is disqualifier for public office.
« Reply #3 on: June 09, 2011, 10:39:14 AM »
What a filthy post from Stinks.  Call me hopelessly old-fashioned, but I have a one word answer for him:

INTEGRITY

I got no words for whatshisname; I'm ignoring him because he's prejudiced against deaf people.

Anyway, it follows logically that a man who cheats on his wife, or a woman who cheats on her husband, is likely to cheat on other things, too. 

Certain characteristics run like an unbroken thread through the loom of a personality, and the propensity to cheat is one of them.
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Re: Please explain to me why adultery is disqualifier for public office.
« Reply #4 on: June 09, 2011, 10:44:10 AM »
Nah, all those are too complicated.  Gotta speak to the audience here.

Imagine if you will, Mr. Clown, that instead of Breitbart getting those photos it was one of the MILLIONS of whacked out militia groups that want to return us to the exalted state of marsall law (like I said, pitch to the audience).

You saw how frantic Weiner was to distance himself from his perversion (and sending unsolicited photos of one's genitalia qualifies as a perversion, when done on the street it's called flashing).  He would have done anything to keep those photos from getting out.

So imagine some bad people with those photos.  Not Breitbart bad - he just wants to make a buck.  I'm talking bad like KKK bad controlling a sitting New York Representative (as opposed to being a sitting West Virginia Senator).  In that case, Weiner's gonna drop your precious progressive agenda in a New York minute and start pushing for exactly what you don't want.  You thought DINOs were bad?  You ain't seen nothing yet.

That's why it matters.  

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Re: Please explain to me why adultery is disqualifier for public office.
« Reply #5 on: June 09, 2011, 10:48:50 AM »
Nah, all those are too complicated.  Gotta speak to the audience here.

Imagine if you will, Mr. Clown, that instead of Breitbart getting those photos it was one of the MILLIONS of whacked out militia groups that want to return us to the exalted state of marsall law (like I said, pitch to the audience).

You saw how frantic Weiner was to distance himself from his perversion (and sending unsolicited photos of one's genitalia qualifies as a perversion, when done on the street it's called flashing).  He would have done anything to keep those photos from getting out.

So imagine some bad people with those photos.  Not Breitbart bad - he just wants to make a buck.  I'm talking bad like KKK bad controlling a sitting New York Representative (as opposed to being a sitting West Virginia Senator).  In that case, Weiner's gonna drop your precious progressive agenda in a New York minute and start pushing for exactly what you don't want.  You thought DINOs were bad?  You ain't seen nothing yet.

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Re: Please explain to me why adultery is disqualifier for public office.
« Reply #6 on: June 09, 2011, 10:52:40 AM »
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Stinky, I thought better of you.  I really did.  I thought you had at least 2 brain cells to rub together but you've just proved me wrong.  WHY should adultery be a disqualifier?  I'll give you a one word answer then you tell me;

EXTORTION

Oh, here's another;

BLACKMAIL

They're pretty close together though. 

Your other DUmmies in that thread are hitting on just another reason simply because liberals don't want to admit these sex scandals put our representatives at risk for doing all kinds of nasty things to stay out of the headlines.

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Re: Please explain to me why adultery is disqualifier for public office.
« Reply #7 on: June 09, 2011, 11:29:54 AM »
If a person will lie to the supposed most important person in their lives, what will they do to the general public?

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Re: Please explain to me why adultery is disqualifier for public office.
« Reply #8 on: June 09, 2011, 11:30:32 AM »
If a person will lie to the supposed most important person in their lives, what will they do to the general public?



My point too.
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Re: Please explain to me why adultery is disqualifier for public office.
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Stinky The Clown  (1000+ posts)        Thu Jun-09-11 10:03 AM
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Please explain to me why adultery is disqualifier for public office.
 "He should resign"

Really? Why?
Because he lied to the people who entrust him to represent them in an honest and ethical manner.

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Re: Please explain to me why adultery is disqualifier for public office.
« Reply #10 on: June 09, 2011, 11:39:45 AM »
frank, are you sure that beth is still the stupidest person on the internet?
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Re: Please explain to me why adultery is disqualifier for public office.
« Reply #11 on: June 09, 2011, 11:57:15 AM »
frank, are you sure that beth is still the stupidest person on the internet?

Well, I can't be the judge of that, but all others in the DUmpster can, and I accede to their verdict.

I can't be the judge of it because I'm ignoring whatshisname, who's prejudiced against deaf people.

Doug's stupid ex-wife, on the other hand, has yet to show any bias against deaf people; she might be, but she hasn't shown it yet.
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Re: Please explain to me why adultery is disqualifier for public office.
« Reply #12 on: June 09, 2011, 12:07:01 PM »
Doug's stupid ex-wife, on the other hand, has yet to show any bias against deaf people; she might be, but she hasn't shown it yet.
Beth has been biased against deaf people ever since the freepers killed Andy.

And, despite having been validated by the DUmp as a thinker and writer, she is still the stupidest person on all the internets.

I'll continue to support Beth, even though she stubbornly refuses to update us on the status of her forcible eviction from the camper.

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Re: Please explain to me why adultery is disqualifier for public office.
« Reply #13 on: June 09, 2011, 12:08:17 PM »

Okay, question.

What is this "boardreader" thing where franksolich is making so many appearances?

I've never clicked on it, because I know nothing about it, and I'm cautious about going places whose nature I don't know.  Is being on it good or bad?
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Re: Please explain to me why adultery is disqualifier for public office.
« Reply #14 on: June 09, 2011, 12:14:17 PM »

Okay, question.

What is this "boardreader" thing where franksolich is making so many appearances?

I've never clicked on it, because I know nothing about it, and I'm cautious about going places whose nature I don't know.  Is being on it good or bad?

It seems legit from what I read about it.

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Re: Please explain to me why adultery is disqualifier for public office.
« Reply #15 on: June 09, 2011, 12:17:23 PM »
It seems legit from what I read about it.

Thanks, sir--again showing how our thinking parallels.

I was checking out boardreader.com exactly the same time you were checking out this.

Damn.  I wonder if our moles ever bump into each other on Skins's island, the way we're always in the same place (in the head and in life) at the same time.

I guess this isn't good or bad, just neutral.
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Re: Please explain to me why adultery is disqualifier for public office.
« Reply #16 on: June 09, 2011, 12:19:58 PM »
Adulterers tend to be liars, and IMO they're ripe for blackmail when they're public servants, and of course it's morally reprehensible.
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Re: Please explain to me why adultery is disqualifier for public office.
« Reply #17 on: June 09, 2011, 12:23:08 PM »
1-He took a vow to be faithful to his wife...he wasn't.

2-He took an oath to uphold the constitution...he won't.

3-He took others for suckers...he takes us for one too.

4-He lied to the world...and he'll keep on doing it.

5-He is a DUmmie after all...DUmmies lie, they always lie, about everything under the sun.

 
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Re: Please explain to me why adultery is disqualifier for public office.
« Reply #18 on: June 09, 2011, 01:38:44 PM »
How about because if he'll break an oath to his wife, he'll break one to his constituents?
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Re: Please explain to me why adultery is disqualifier for public office.
« Reply #19 on: June 09, 2011, 01:41:22 PM »
How about because if he'll break an oath to his wife, he'll break one to his constituents?
I've always regarded marriage vows as an oath to God, not just to another person.

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Re: Please explain to me why adultery is disqualifier for public office.
« Reply #20 on: June 09, 2011, 02:36:54 PM »
I'm thinking it's something about Honor/Honesty and the lack of it. But hey, what do I know? I'm just a dumb redneck conservative, not a morally bankrupt arrogant communist.  :whistling: