Tenn. state senator quits after affair with intern

[ejbr]

Source: MSNBC

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A Tennessee lawmaker resigned from the state Senate on Tuesday after his extramarital affair with a 22-year-old intern was revealed by an investigation into an extortion case.

"Due to recent events, I have decided to focus my full attention on my family and resign my Senate seat effective August 10," Republican Sen. Paul Stanley wrote in his resignation letter.

Court records show that Stanley, 47, told agents investigating a blackmail case that he had a sexual relationship with intern McKensie Morrison. Her boyfriend, Joel Watts, is charged with trying to extort $10,000 from Stanley in April in return for explicit photos of Morrison that Stanley had taken.

Read more: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32194640/ns/politics-more_politics/

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Buh bye now.

Another Republican hypocrite

[Democrats_win]

1. Ah, another Gopper taking a hike.

[cosmicone]

2. He let her take pics of him?

How unrepublican of him? Normally the sadistic and greedy-bunch would have taken pics of the woman!

Also, the intern's boyfriend was just supporting free markets :sarcasm:

[eagertolearn]

3. So he believes that unmarried women shouldn't have sex

but married men can have sex with another mans wife???? Wow is he part of "C" street too? This is so pathetic.

[Faygo Kid]

4. G'bye and good riddance. Pics here for those so inclined.

Comment unnecessary.

[doeriver]

5. also see August 10: Senator Paul Stanley's TNGA career will hit political climax (again)

August 10: Senator Paul Stanley's TNGA career will hit political climax (again)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=179x4908

Evangelical Christian Sen. Paul Stanley likely to join TNGA GOP Senate Adultery Caucus
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=179x4895

[Sultana]

10. Talk about hypocrisy

:crazy: :puke: :crazy: :puke: :crazy:

[sallylou666]

6. Bad made-for-tv movie

Oohhh! Extortion! This plot has the makings of a bad made-for-tv movie. I'm ready! :popcorn:

[downindixie]

7. Bye,Bye you sleazy MF

God Damn,what can I say about the republicans that we don't already know?

[Blandocyte]

8. A complete disgrace to his party and his family

Good riddance!

[Tutankhamun]

9. So many Repulican sex scandals...

I'm acually having a hard time keeping up with them.

[moonbatmax]

11. "To spend more time with my family..."

Someone needs to write a book with that title.

Seriously, do you think they even realize how much they've been trotting that one out the last few years?

[Ilsa]

13. self-deleted. nt

[go west young man]

12. Another scumbag hypocrite gone.

I too wonder if he was involved in the C street BS.

[Ilsa]

14. He's got Jesus on his side. He can do anything:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...

From The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power

"You guys," David said, "are here to learn how to rule the world." He was in his late forties, with dark, gray-flecked hair, an olive complexion, teeth like a slab of white marble, dark eyes so big they didn't need to move to take in the room.

SNIP

"King David," David Coe went on, "liked to do really, really bad things." He chuckled. "Here's this guy who slept with another man's wife — Bathsheba, right? — and then basically murdered her husband. And this guy is one of our heroes." David shook his head. "I mean, Jiminy Christmas, God likes this guy! What," he said, "is that all about?"

"Is it because he tried?" asked Bengt. "He wanted to do the right thing?" Bengt knew the Bible, Old Testament and New, better than any of the others, but he offered his answer with a question mark on the end. Bengt was dutiful in checking his worst sin, his fierce pride, and he frequently turned his certainties into questions.

"That's nice, Bengt," David said. "But it isn't the answer. Anyone else?"

"Because he was chosen," I said. For the first time David looked my way.

"Yes," he said, smiling. "Chosen. Interesting set of rules, isn't it?"

SNIP

David returned to his chair. "We elect our leaders," he said. "Jesus elects his."

He reached over and squeezed the arm of Pavel. "Isn't that great?" David said. "That's the way everything in life happens. If you're a person known to be around Jesus, you can go and do anything. And that's who you guys are. When you leave here, you're not only going to know the value of Jesus, you're going to know the people who rule the world. It's about vision. Get your vision straight, then relate. Talk to the people who rule the world, and help them obey. SNIP (emphasis added)

[ejbr]

15. That is a frightening story, but a propos. n/t

[WillParkinson]

16. Tenn. state senator quits after affair with intern

Source: The Associated Press

Tenn. state senator quits after affair with intern
By The Associated Press
07.29.2009 9:21am EDT

(Nashville, Tenn.) A Tennessee lawmaker resigned from the state Senate on Tuesday after his extramarital affair with a 22-year-old intern was revealed by an investigation into an extortion case.
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“Due to recent events, I have decided to focus my full attention on my family and resign my Senate seat effective August 10,” Republican Sen. Paul Stanley wrote in his resignation letter.

Court records show that Stanley, 47, told agents investigating a blackmail case that he had a sexual relationship with intern McKensie Morrison. Her boyfriend, Joel Watts, is charged with trying to extort $10,000 from Stanley in April. Investigators say Watts demanded the money in exchange for not releasing to the media explicit photos of Morrison that Stanley had taken in what appears to be Stanley’s apartment.

Read more: http://www.365gay.com/news/tenn-state-senator-quits-after-affair-with-intern/

[slackmaster]

17. Paul Stanley?

[SpiralHawk]

18. "Since you are a Family Values Republicon, you are already forgiven. Smirk." - Buddy J.

[PassingFair]

19. Why must these idiots take pictures?

[havocmom]

20. Will FOX news banner label him as TN State Senator Paul Stanley, 'D'-Memphis

Like they tend to do whenever a Republican gets caught with his pants down?

[Ian David]

21. Of COURSE they will. n/t

[Botany]

22. Class Act

Tenn. State Sen. Paul Stanley, a Sunday school teacher from suburban Memphis (Germantown) has a great resume. Former employee of the Stanford
financial group. Met his current wife when she was an intern for U.S. Sen. Bill Frist. Accused in court of physically abusing his previous wife.
Sponsored legislation to prevent gay people from adopting.

And when a Planned Parenthood official recently sought his support for family planning services for Memphis teens, Stanley told her, according to the
official, that he "didn't believe young people should have sex before marriage anyway, that his faith and church are important to him, and he wants
to promote abstinence."


http://www.arktimes.com/blogs/arkansasblog/2009/07/family_values_senator.aspx

[mwb970]

23. Another total, complete republican hypocrite.

How many more? It used to be when you heard about a sex acandal you assumed it was a Democrat. Now you know it's a republican as soon as you hear the news (Fox "News" banners notwithstanding).

Interestingly, most of the republicans' sexual follies seem to have some element of impropriety or even outright perversion - chasing underage boys, trolling for sex in a men's bathroom, wearing diapers with prostitutes, etc. This guy was merely boinking someone less than half his age and taking nude pictures of her while preaching lustily about abstinence. That's nothing! I'm surprised he's resigning.

[boobooday]

24. Stanford Financial group?

So he is a moral and professional phony.