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Don't lie about your porn habits, especially while running for office (Screen Capture Gone Bad)
The Verge ^ | 5-17-2016 | Chris Plante

Posted on 05/18/2016 6:38:11 AM PDT by ghosthost

Porn is porn, except when it's research.

That's the backbone of a curious defense made by Mike Webb, a Republican congressional candidate for Virginia's 8th District, who on Monday posted a screenshot of his desktop. The image pertained to a now irrelevant call with a staffing agency. More importantly, the politician had left two tabs open: "LAYLA RIVERA TIGHT BO..." and "IVONE SEXY AMATEUR." According to Webb's explanation, or what can be gleaned from it, the politician was purposefully visiting porn sites as a form of human malware bait. Webb suspected an "evil operator" was waiting for a federal candidate to visit a harmful website, so they could infect said computer's candidate with a virus that would cause their problem with their FEC files on the deadline for application, "as well as impact other critical campaign systems."


TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: politics

According to Webb's explanation, or what can be gleaned from it, the politician was purposefully visiting porn sites as a form of human malware bait. Webb suspected an "evil operator" was waiting for a federal candidate to visit a harmful website, so they could infect said computer's candidate with a virus that would cause their problem with their FEC files on the deadline for application, "as well as impact other critical campaign systems."

1 posted on 05/18/2016 6:38:11 AM PDT by ghosthost
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To: ghosthost

He was doing research for his campaign...


2 posted on 05/18/2016 6:39:46 AM PDT by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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To: ghosthost

Stupid is as stupid does.


3 posted on 05/18/2016 6:43:19 AM PDT by FatherofFive (Islam is evil and must be eradicated)
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To: 2banana

Pete Townshend: "I paid for child porn to prove British banks were channelling sex-ring cash."

4 posted on 05/18/2016 6:45:07 AM PDT by ghosthost
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To: FatherofFive

That’s racist. People of Color are America’s future, no matter the content of their character. ALL People of Color are more intelligent than all whites, no matter their scores, grades, or background, as evidenced by acceptance statistics at America’s top colleges.


5 posted on 05/18/2016 6:49:40 AM PDT by golux
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To: ghosthost

Most. Epic. Fail.


6 posted on 05/18/2016 6:50:07 AM PDT by bigbob
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To: ghosthost

If every person who looked at pornography was disqualified from public office . . . . . . . . . . . . we would only have women as public office holders . . . . .


7 posted on 05/18/2016 6:52:15 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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To: ghosthost

I believe he would fit in quite well in that cesspool we call congress.


8 posted on 05/18/2016 6:52:30 AM PDT by boycott (--s)
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To: 2banana

So, was he sitting there in his easy chair pulling his pud when he took the screen shot. Was that the money shot?


9 posted on 05/18/2016 6:53:54 AM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie
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To: ghosthost

‘I’m innocent! Innocent, I tell ya!

My cat must have walked across my keyboard when I wasn’t there and opened those web pages.

Vote for me!’


10 posted on 05/18/2016 6:55:07 AM PDT by TomGuy
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To: ghosthost

He ain’t country slow. He is stupid

It’s the Bernie Warf excuse


11 posted on 05/18/2016 6:56:18 AM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

Looking at porn is one thing. Making a stupid excuse is another. Plus not all porn is the same. There is much that is vulgar and debasing


12 posted on 05/18/2016 6:58:34 AM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: ghosthost

Micro Agression. Is it gay or Trans porn?


13 posted on 05/18/2016 7:00:55 AM PDT by keving (We get the government we vote elect.)
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To: ghosthost

The 8th District is a safe seat for the incumbent democrat Don Beyer. If your first national exposure is a clear prevarication, your future is toast. On the one hand, given there is no mention of s spouse on his Facebook page, he could be signaling “not gay”’ although being gay would help in this blue district. But for a Baptist, his best comeback would have been a Jimmy Swaggart “I have sinned.”


14 posted on 05/18/2016 7:01:34 AM PDT by Procyon (Decentralize, degovernmentalize, deregulate, demonopolize, decredentialize, disentitle.)
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To: ghosthost

Yeah....I will never believe Pete Townsend was doing what he did for anything other than satisfying a disgusting urge.


15 posted on 05/18/2016 7:14:11 AM PDT by TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig (Trump, effective govt. that will be great for crony "art of the deal" capitalists)
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To: ghosthost

Yeah, that’s what they all say.


16 posted on 05/18/2016 7:29:13 AM PDT by ntnychik
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To: ghosthost

Should have waited for some of the blood to return to his bigger head before posting....


17 posted on 05/18/2016 8:44:03 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: ghosthost; All

He should use the Marion Barry Defense:

“Bitch set me up... I shouldn’t have come up here...”

“They made all this up to justify questioning me. It’s all made up. I don’t know what happened. Whatever they say was all made up.”


18 posted on 05/18/2016 9:04:34 AM PDT by areukiddingme1 (areukiddingme1 is a synonym for a Retired U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer and tired of liberal BS.))
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