Text images between Missouri House Speaker John Diehl and intern reveal sexually charged exchanges

[alp227]

Source: Kansas City Star

JEFFERSON CITY — Text messages obtained by The Star reveal a sexually charged relationship between House Speaker John Diehl and a college freshman in a Missouri Capitol internship program that shut down abruptly last month.

The conversations unveil a flirty rapport and suggest an intimacy between arguably the state’s most influential lawmaker and a young woman taking some pleasure in a secret association.

The texts show occasional efforts by Diehl and the intern to meet in person. They range from mundane chatter, about boring meetings and dreading speeches, to the more sexually suggestive.

Diehl declined to comment. The intern, who has hired an attorney specializing in employment matters, told The Star that the text messages were not real. Meantime, she has told confidants that she had an ongoing relationship with Diehl.

Read more: http://www.kansascity.com/news/government-politics/article20822424.html

[d_r]

1. fascinating

no where does that story include the words "republican" or "GOP" or even an "R."

Wait, it does, second to last paragraph.

[Angry Dragon]

2. Diehl, a Republican, grew up in Manchester in suburban St. Louis

taken from article

[Bill USA]

23. Diehl is identified as a Republican in the next to last paragraph of the article. IF it was a Dem it

would have said so in the first sentence if not the title.....

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141092684#post21

[In_The_Wind]

3. Is it "real" or isn't it?

[hibbing]

4. The combover

Ugh

[CTyankee]

7. envision this guy pink, naked and coming atcha...

[hibbing]

8. uh...thanks a lot

haha

[CTyankee]

10. well, you gave me the combover so I thought you'd be thrilled with my imagery...

fair is fair...

[Kelvin Mace]

18. GODDAMN IT!

You have to pay for the brain bleach.

[CTyankee]

28. OK, OK, don't get all excited...

I just think it's funny...

[Kelvin Mace]

29. I'll have nightmares for weeks

[CTyankee]

31. I'm sorry...I just got carried away...sorry...

republicans make me say strange things...

[jberryhill]

26. That was painted by that Colombian guy, whatshisname

You know, that guy that painted all that stuff in Colombia.

I think he mighta done statues too.

[Comrade Grumpy]

30. Botero?

[jberryhill]

32. No thanks, I don't smoke

[PosterChild]

47. The paintings behind the ugly...

... are by Thomas Hart Benton, Mo reagionalist, and social realist. They decorate the Mo state capital.

Almost got to meet him just before he died. Did get to speak with him very briefly on the phone.

[Skittles]

33. SCHEDULING CTyankee FOR ASS KICKING

*EGREGIOUS*

[CTyankee]

38. OH, Noooooo! Not that! Fate worse than death.....

[jberryhill]

59. Not worse than death....

Not after all that brain bleach we had to drink....

[CTyankee]

60. That's a bit excessive, don't you think?

and that Botero is a bit excessive, come to think about it...

[CTyankee]

61. OK. Lemme amend my post...

not totally naked, wearing black socks like Eliot Spitzer with the prostitute...remember that?

[hedda_foil]

5. Okay, now Bill Clinton back in the Monica days, I could see.m

But this creep, not so much.

[In_The_Wind]

6. You nailed it. This guy is a creep.

[FairWinds]

14. Hey Mr./Ms. Hedda -

I'd like to correct something. Monica L. was a volunteer, not an intern.
When she arrived in DC, she had already graduated from college, and was 21 (or 22?).
She was a consenting adult - as was the Slickster.

We used to have an intern program at American U. in DC, and the
folks who ran it were VERY quick to point out the facts above.

[hedda_foil]

52. I know that, FairWinds, but thanks for bringing it up for those who don't.

Monica was an adult and wasn't an intern or a volunteer. She had an entry level West Wing job for which she was paid.

[asjr]

11. OH. YUCK!

[JI7]

22. hahha

[okaawhatever]

9. Ewwwwwww. I wonder how old the college freshman is? Probably 18 but could be 17 nt

[Thor_MN]

36. A college freshman could be 45. Or 73. But as you noted, probably 18.

[dhill926]

12. they say power is an aphrodisiac....

I mean it has to be, right?

[City Lights]

13. Is he one of them churchy, family values types?

I don't know anything about him.

[yardwork]

39. Oh yes. He's very very very much against equal marriage for gay people.

He filed an amicus brief all about how letting gay people get married will destroy family values, etc. He's a big name in the anti-gay movement. They're all quiet about him today.

[City Lights]

44. Thanks for the info, yardwork.

Can't say I'm surprised...this story follows the usual script.

[yardwork]

46. Yep.

[vkkv]

15. He's in a "traditional marriage", too. Texted conversations:::

Texted conversations

Screenshots of the text messages between Diehl and the intern are punctuated throughout with emoticons and emojis — cartoonish faces that smile or wink. They paint a picture of playful sexual innuendo.

Her: “You better take care of me.”

Diehl: “Like how?”

Her: “I’ll bet you’ll figure it out.”

Diehl: “I dunno. You have always been disappointed ”

Her: “I just have high expectations, I guess. Thus far, you’ve done pretty well (an emoji blows a kiss)”

Diehl: “ . I kinda want to hear what you are expecting”

Then, shortly after, he types: “You will be in good hands ”

At one point Diehl texts her “God I want you right now,” to which she replies “I wish you could have me right now.”

In another exchange, she sends a picture of herself in a bikini and Diehl responds: “Damn girl …”

“Nice”

Shortly after he writes: “I want to see more” followed by a smiling emoji.

Another exchange centered on Diehl texting that he was “Laying in bed looking at your pic ”

She responded: “Mmmmm why can’t I be there ”

Diehl shared photos as well, including one apparently taken while he was on a trade mission to Europe with Gov. Jay Nixon. The picture shows the speaker standing next to a luxury car in Munich, Germany.

“Munich is a cool place,” he says.

“That suit and tie combo is sexy and you look great,” she responds. “I see a lot of work is happening.”

Diehl lives with his wife and three sons in Town and Country, Mo.

Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/news/government-politics/article20822424.html#storylink=cpy

[Kelvin Mace]

19. Ah, that explains it

"teh gays" caused him to do this.

Arrrgh!

If I ever get delusional to the point that I think I am sexually attractive to a teenager, I hope someone will be merciful and apply a baseball bat.

[Skittles]

34. no pictures of his junk?

thank goodness for that

[mahina]

62. Headline should be changed to: insipid boring texts from leadership to intern induce stupor.

With caps.

[eissa]

16. "I'll leave you quivering"

And by quivering, I mean rolled up in a fetal position, gagging in disgust.

[Joe Bacon]

17. Holy Marvin Gaye, Batman!

Looks like another GOPer needs some Sexual Healing!

[Kelvin Mace]

20. The horror, the horror...

And others who know Diehl well said they recognized the language and tone of the conversations from their own text exchanges with him.

He talks this way to his staff???!!!!

Ewwwwwww!

[Bill USA]

21. In any article reporting on an indiscretion or possible indiscretion by a public official, if it's

Democrat that is usually stated in the first sentence if not the title of the article. Diehl is identified as a Republican in the next to last peragraph of the article. When it involves a Republican they almost NEVER identify him till several paragraphs into the article.

[benld74]

24. Colleges who had interns at Capital - Cancelled the intern program abruptly

back near end of April. Nothing more on that at the time, but, Diehl was contacted about the texts back then. Denied them, until he saw some, then denied again. BECAUSE he was using IOS IM for the messages he thought they couldn't see them! Thought wrong, another power hunger GOP in MO. Nickname was Million Dollar Diehl.

Wonder what his nickname is now?

[alp227]

25. "Dirty Diehl" nt

[libdem4life]

40. Nailed it, in a manner of speaking.

[DebbieCDC]

35. "Dickless Diehl"?

'Cause for sure Mrs. Diehl is gonna administer some home made castration.

Or how about "Jobless Diehl" once the honest upright teabaggers in his district glom onto this story.

Or how about "I'm so sorry I didn't mean it Repentant Diehl" (I'm sure we'll see loud and public apologies and pleas for forgiveness from his personal friend Jesus).

[gopiscrap]

27. Another moral values repuke!

[Doctor_J]

37. that's why the guys in his car club call him the cruiser

Wait. Not that John Diehl?

[winstars]

42. "Chicks dig me..."

[The Second Stone]

41. The age of consent in Missouri is 17 years of age

if the older person is 21 or older. That makes this dirty texting none of our business as a college age student is almost always over 17. This is a non-story, nothing illegal. Give the young woman her privacy as she has requested.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

43. Meanwhile, this man will moralize to others about marriage

Fuck that.

[FairWinds]

45. A really dumb response . .

he was taking advantage of his position of power.

He is a slime, and you think it is OK? Really?

If you are in any position of public trust, you need
to resign immediately.

[elehhhhna]

50. miss manners?

[Xithras]

54. It's the hypocrisy, not the sex.

I do agree that it's generally none of our business what people do with each other behind closed doors, so long as both are adults and consenting (as appears to be the case here). But when someone builds a career on limiting the rights of others under the guise of protecting Christianity and "traditional marriage", and then we find out that he's been shtupping interns behind his wife's back, then he's fair game. Not for the sex, but for being a raging hypocrite who wants to impose a set of Christian legal standards on the world while living the very same "immoral" life he claims to be legislating against.

[The Second Stone]

55. I hate to be agreeable, but I agree with everything you said

I still want to be disagreeable though. Why must you be so reasonable?

[LanternWaste]

58. How then does the students' age validate the good Speakers stance on 'traditional marriage?'

If it does not and cannot validate his position on "traditional marriage" (indeed, it appears it actually denies his platform), then this little "non-story" is indeed a story-- as it illustrates his desire to hold his constituents to a higher standard of ethical behavior than he holds himself to.

"This is a non-story, nothing illegal..."
You seem to imply that only illegal actions posses merit enough to be reported by the press. I certainly hope that's not the case, else you are simply unaware of what journalism is.

[Liberal_in_LA]

48. family values republican?

[alcibiades_mystery]

49. More dirt in Missouri politics...wonder if connected to those suicides

A few months back...

Curiouser and curiouser.

[Agnosticsherbet]

51. Being a Republican, this will not likely have much impact

On his career.

Democrats are far more often dragged through the mud.

[Arugula Latte]

53. This is shocking!!!

I thoroughly expected the intern in question to be male.

[Sancho]

56. House of Cards in Mizzou!

Again and again, this generation of "conservative" repubs prove to have no morals.

[workinclasszero]

57. Republican family values strike again

So glad these moralizing hypocritical bastards are protecting the integrity of marriage from TEH GAYS!

[hrmjustin]

63. figures.

[WestSideStory]

64. Who cares?