Husband on kissing congressman: ‘He has wrecked my life’

[DonViejo]

Posted by
CNN's Chris Frates and Curt Devine

(CNN) –The husband of the woman caught making out with Rep. Vance McAllister said the Louisiana Republican destroyed his life and marriage.

“I’m just freaking devastated by the whole deal, man. I loved my wife so much. I cannot believe this. I cannot freaking believe it. I feel like I’m going to wake up here in a minute and this is all going to be a bad nightmare,” Heath Peacock told CNN Tuesday.

On Monday, The Ouachita Citizen in West Monroe, Louisiana, published a surveillance video it says shows McAllister and his scheduler, Melissa Hixon Peacock, passionately kissing in his office last December.

Heath Peacock said he didn’t know about the episode until Melissa called him a couple hours before the news broke.

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http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2014/04/08/husband-on-kissing-congressman-he-has-wrecked-my-life/

[alcibiades_mystery]

1. Didn't realize this was the shithead who invited Duck Dynasty bigot to SOTU

A ridiculous conglomeration of assholes.

[yeoman6987]

26. His wife ruined his life

I didn't see her struggling or pushing the Congressman way. I think both are guilty.

[GOPee]

31. Oh Lordy. This give the Louisiana Purchace a whole new meaning..

With enough money and a phoney pious message, anybody can become a Republican Congressman, or Senator.. Isn't the other recent philanderer Senator David Vitter? My Oh my.

[flamingdem]

37. Will wonders never cease

figures

[doxydad]

2. Bigger picture for this scumbag's district.

Vance McAllister(R) Louisiana, is the worst type of weasel. However, I see a bigger picture here. West Monroe is home to the gun totin', bible thumping Duck Dynasty D-Bags. Watch the local West Monroe TeapubliKKKans run Willie Duck Dynasty for Vance McAllister's seat. You read it here first.

[siligut]

10. You and Roy_Rolling seem to agree

See my post below. That the newspaper is running with this story is an indication that you may be right.

[yeoman6987]

27. You could have a point

Watch the local West Monroe TeapubliKKKans run Willie Duck Dynasty for Vance McAllister's seat. You read it here first.




However, I doubt that they would want to live in Washington DC.....that is our only saving grace.

[monmouth3]

3. Sorry this guy feels so badly but whoa, his wife was a willing partner here...

[CJCRANE]

4. Who released the video? Was it another Repub?

That's the speculation I saw on another DU thread.

[Voice for Peace]

14. It seems the video is four months old. Somebody's been holding on to it, waiting.. waiting..

and maybe the FBI will investigate who's making secret
videos in his office?

[okaawhatever]

35. It was supposedly a surveillance video. That brings up the question of whether the FBI will

investigate how the security company allowed the video to be copied/removed.

[Niceguy1]

5. his cheating wife is just as guilty

....

[jberryhill]

6. "I loved my wife so much"

Oh horseshit.

Buddy, if you love her, then the two of you can work this out, get over it, and move on, instead of whining about your injured sense of masculinity before a national audience.

[Lucky Luciano]

7. Or start divorce proceedings immediately.

If I got caught doing that, my wife would divorce me right away since smaller lies are lies just the same. Similarly, I would leave my wife.

[laundry_queen]

13. Bull.

Loving someone doesn't mean you have to prove it by putting up with their lies and betrayals.

And how does this have to do with his masculinity? Because he's airing his feelings in public?

[jberryhill]

19. His ego in his possessory interest is wounded

And....what "lies"?

If someone I love does something wrong then:

(A) I would spend some time with them to find out what happened, how it happened, why it happened, and whether the relationship is worth salvaging, and

(B) wouldn't be talking to the national press.

Their marriage was likely shit in the first place if he's on that kind of hair trigger.

And if being able to accept that people have flaws, make mistakes, and can work through difficulties is "putting up with", then I wish you well in any relationship with anyone human.

[nomorenomore08]

23. You're probably right. But everyone has their own "threshold." n/t

[jberryhill]

25. Yes, however...

It's pretty easy to conceive that someone can get caught up in being away a lot and spending a lot of time in heady places and events with a powerful figure and having things get out of control.

It can happen, and it's why people who might not think they need to do so should set some basic rules and keep to them when they are away from their spouse.

If its worth loving someone, then it's worth trying to see if things can be worked out. If one thinks the person you love is never going to disappoint, then one is likely in for a very disappointing life.

[nomorenomore08]

28. All good points. And using the past tense "loved" is striking as well, because if he really

loved her that much, you would think they'd try to work things out. He seems to have dropped her like a hot potato.

[jberryhill]

29. I guess I'm weirder than I thought

Because love isn't something I thought people could turn off like it was a light switch.

Like anything else, I guess people are easier to dispose of than to attempt to repair.

[uponit7771]

36. That doesn't mean you put up with people's betrayal or lies. If she's she's changed and sorry

...then maybe

[jberryhill]

38. Well d'ya think 24 hours is maybe too soon to tell?

[laundry_queen]

24. You can't know that.

And you can't know if his marriage was shit, and not everyone is going to do what YOU would do. Doesn't mean they don't love the person they were with because they don't follow YOUR prescribed rules. And I have no issues with 'flaws' but I do have a huge issue with cheaters. It's a deal breaker and every relationship I've been in, I've been very upfront about that. Every relationship has their deal breaker. It doesn't mean you 'don't put up with flaws' and can't have relationships. What crap.

[Zorra]

34. Yep. Someone lies to me in that manner, not to mention possibly exposes me to HIV

or other VD infection, I'll put them out of my life, without a second thought, immediately, and never look back.

Life is too short to involve myself with bullshit people.

[snooper2]

16. this is kind of an odd response

[cthulu2016]

22. If I know one wise thing, it is that nobody knows someone else's relationship

Nobody.

And I am not about to define what love is for other people, nor dictate how they are supposed to feel.

Some people bursting with love would break up.

Some people with little regard for each other would stay together.

And none of it is my call.

[Berlum]

8. Republican family values

As usual

Ptoooey

[safeinOhio]

11. Best part

"I know his beliefs. When he ran one of his commercials, he said ‘I need your prayers,’ and I asked, ‘When did you get religious?’ He said, ‘When I needed votes,’” Peacock recalled. “He broke out the religious card and he’s about the most non-religious person I know.”

[siligut]

9. Not surprised, but keeping this in the news is part of the plan to wreck McAllister

Roy_Rolling posted the story when the video was released: http://www.democraticunderground.com/1017185742#post12

This video is from a newspaper that endorsed the other candidate in the election. The other candidate was the anointed candidate by Bobby Jindal and the entire Republican establishment who thought they could pull a fast one by getting retiring Congressman Alexander a cushy job in state government if he would step aside and they could elect their chosen candidate.

When the northern Louisiana voters smelled a rat they backed McAllister instead of having a Republican crony shoved down their throats.

As bad as this guy is, he is actually better than the hand-picked Jindal candidate, who the Republican cartel thought they could install by removing the previous congressman.

[2pooped2pop]

12. so it was Mrs. Peacock in the foyer, with a kiss?

Or was that supposed to be Professor Peacock? I just don't have a clue.

[yellowcanine]

15. Oh horsecrap. Suck it up, get off CNN and find a marriage counselor.

[jberryhill]

20. +1

Apparently the real world is supposed to work like the Jerry Springer show.

[Blue Owl]

17. He's sounding like Milhouse's dad on "The Simpsons"

A pathetic, self-made victim...

[uppityperson]

18. The thing I notice in this article is he blames just McAllister, not his wife.

[jberryhill]

21. She is merely a possession

McCallister engaged in trespass to chattels.

[Tom Ripley]

30. +1000

[freshwest]

39. Wimmenz don't know what they're doing, don't ya know? Incapable of 'significant thought' sez:

Adviser to Texas GOP’s Greg Abbott: No ‘evidence’ that women are ‘significant thinkers’

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/04/09/adviser-to-texas-gops-greg-abbott-no-evidence-that-women-are-significant-thinkers/

Apply liberally to this comment!!!

[alp227]

32. Vance McHomewrecker. nt

[bravenak]

33. Talk to your wife please, if you love her.

The press will not help you in this matter. Maybe you can work it out, given some time and hard work. Or you may need to divorce. Poor guy, he sounds like he is taking this very hard, like there was a death in the family. I feel for him.

[PeteSelman]

40. Poor guy is blaming the wrong person.

It's the cheating wife's fault, not the congressman's. As one that has been cheated on I know there's little that is more devastating but the right person has to be blamed. It's her responsibility to walk away from that, whether it costs her job or not.

[ck4829]

41. Family Values!