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Rep. Joe Barton: I will not seek re-election
DallasNews.com ^ | 11/30/2017 | Katie Leslie

Posted on 11/30/2017 9:02:00 AM PST by GIdget2004

Rep. Joe Barton, whose private life came under national scrutiny after sexual images he shared in an extramarital relationship were made public, won’t seek re-election.

The Ennis Republican announced his retirement in an interview with The Dallas Morning News on Thursday, three weeks after saying he would seek an 18th term.

"I’ve always listened to people in Texas and worked for them in Washington, and I’ve been listening to a lot of people the last week in Texas," he said. "...There are enough people who lost faith in me that it’s time to step aside and let there be a new voice for the 6th district in Washington, so I am not going to run for re-election."

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: 115th; barton; perverts; seeya
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To: rrrod
Good riddance scumbag

There's really not much more to say after that. I just wish my eyes could unsee the infamous tweet (or instagram or whatever it was).

41 posted on 11/30/2017 10:56:14 AM PST by Sans-Culotte (Time to get the US out of the UN and the UN out of the US!)
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To: Iron head mike

He started out as a Dem....then switched to GOP...


42 posted on 11/30/2017 11:09:28 AM PST by Hogblog
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To: treetopsandroofs

If you saw the picture he texted you would know why he apologized. His belly is so big he probably can’t even see his own dinger. And he thinks a picture like that is a turn on for a woman?? Anyone who texts a picture like that to a woman doesn’t deserve to be in politics - anywhere.


43 posted on 11/30/2017 11:27:40 AM PST by dynoman (Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marilyn vos Savant)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Nope. It was assault porn to text her the picture. It was that gross. I can’t imagine any woman being turned on by a picture of a guy who’s belly is so big he can’t see his own ding-a-ling.

The revenge porn thing is so messed up, it attempts to deal with a problem at a level above root cause. That will NEVER fix the problem. Root cause cure;

DON”T THAKE THE PICTURE.

DON’T SEND THE PICTURE!!


44 posted on 11/30/2017 11:33:23 AM PST by dynoman (Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marilyn vos Savant)
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To: Scotswife

see 44


45 posted on 11/30/2017 11:34:05 AM PST by dynoman (Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marilyn vos Savant)
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To: GIdget2004

Cheap Labor Express stooge, Texas can do better.


46 posted on 11/30/2017 11:34:19 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents - Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Hogblog

Figures


47 posted on 11/30/2017 11:38:49 AM PST by Iron head mike (punkys revenge)
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To: GIdget2004

Good. Drain the entire Swamp, not just the Democrat half of it.


48 posted on 11/30/2017 11:57:51 AM PST by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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To: DesertRhino

Ok, that’s funny right there !


49 posted on 11/30/2017 1:15:18 PM PST by onona
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To: GIdget2004

18 terms...GTFOut!


50 posted on 11/30/2017 1:20:51 PM PST by gathersnomoss
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To: itsahoot

And to think that this all started with Bob Dole crowing on TV about his boner pills.


51 posted on 11/30/2017 1:49:31 PM PST by gathersnomoss
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To: DesertRhino
"Extramarital?"

See the definition of "extramarital" - it means "outside of marriage," not "cheating on your wife."

52 posted on 12/02/2017 9:10:24 AM PST by Redbob (W.W.J.B.D. - What Would Jack Bauer Do?)
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To: GIdget2004

Taking photos of your junk including your great white belly and proud pervy head, and thinking anyone wants to receive these photos, MEANS YOU ARE TOO IDIOTIC TO REPRESENT AMERICAN CITIZENS.


53 posted on 12/02/2017 9:13:59 AM PST by Yaelle
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To: doug from upland

He was going through a divorce.


Can’t you go through a divorce as a congressman without sending naked photos to women? IMO, it proves you are not fit to hold office.


54 posted on 12/02/2017 9:17:32 AM PST by Yaelle
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To: Yaelle

Whether single, married, divorced, or separated, a member of Congress should not be sending photos in cyberspace of his week whacker.


55 posted on 12/02/2017 9:21:25 AM PST by doug from upland (Why the hell isn't Hillary Rodham Clinton in prison yet?)
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To: doug from upland

It really is a prerequisite of the job. They already get sleazily rich in Congress. We shouldn’t have to provide them with better hookup abilities too. How much can the taxpayer stand?
#keepYourCongressionalPenisZipped


56 posted on 12/02/2017 9:26:05 AM PST by Yaelle
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To: Yaelle

OOPS -— I meant weed whacker. Although “weak” whacker might have also made sense.


57 posted on 12/02/2017 9:33:19 AM PST by doug from upland (Why the hell isn't Hillary Rodham Clinton in prison yet?)
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To: doug from upland

When the wacker (as in Barton) is partially obscured under a yoga ball of chub, it would necessarily be weak in ability. So you were correct.


58 posted on 12/02/2017 9:41:50 AM PST by Yaelle
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