Vanity -- Mitch McConnell subject of impending Flynt sex scandal?

Vanity ^ | 28 Oct 2007 | Tim Wohlford

[TWohlford]

My KOS friends are telling me that Mitch is to be the subject of the next Larry Flynt sex scandal. Anyone know about this? Allegedly, McConnell is a closet gay.

[edcoil]

Apparently not any longer.

[Paladin2]

What’s the size of McConnell’s stance on the issue?

[TWohlford]

http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/66322/ ew scandal, though, has him taking money from closer to home: a British arms dealer. The story broke in the Kentucky papers today and it could be a devastating blow to McConnell's already shaky re-election prospects. In a state plagued with severe economic problems, it looks very bad that McConnell was caught earmarking $25 million for a British armsmaker, BAE, "that is under criminal investigation by the U.S. Justice Department and suspected by American diplomats of a 'long-standing, widespread pattern of bribery allegations.'"

According to the story in the Lexington paper "McConnell has taken at least $53,000 in campaign donations from BAE's political action committees and employees since his 2002 re-election." He is suspected of having taken hundreds of thousands of dollars under the table.

Ethics watchdogs say they're surprised McConnell, the Senate Republican leader, would continue to give earmarks and take donations from a corporation in hot water with his own government. McConnell should keep his distance, said Melanie Sloan, executive director of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington.

"Most politicians decide that a scandal is a good time to stop doing business with a company, at least until the scandal is over," Sloan said. "Particularly when we're talking about a criminal investigation over bribery. You would think that a member of Congress would want to steer clear of anyone accused of bribery."

Even without the scandal, it looks bad for a senator to earmark federal money for a corporation, as compared to a public university or a local government in his state, said Ken Boehm, chairman of the National Legal and Policy Center in Washington.

"Why did they need special favors from Senator McConnell instead of going through the usual open competition and budgeting process at the Pentagon?" Boehm asked.

Nor should McConnell take donations from a company to which he steers federal funds, said Boehm, a former Republican congressional aide.

"Contributions from entities that directly benefit from earmarks are a bad idea," he said. "There's a big difference between a company that just likes your general ideas and a company that stands to benefit from one or more transactions that you're making on their behalf using public money."

But the brouhaha over more McConnell bribery allegations could pale compared to rumors leaking out that the long awaited evidence of McConnell's double life as a closet queen is about to be put on the table. Raw Story is reporting tonight that Larry Flynt is on the verge of breaking another sex expose. He told Fox's Neil Cavuto that this one will stand "Washington and the country on its head." Hustler intends to "expose a sex scandal of huge proportions involving a prominent United States Senator." And unless he's talking about Lindsey Graham...

[Clintonfatigued]

If this is true, than McConnell has no choice but to retire.

[padre35]

Hmm..Lindsey Graham being gay would surprise no one who follows his actions in the Senate...

[theFIRMbss]

>McConnell has no choice but to retire

Senator Craig says he will give the guy a hand if he wants the help...

[processing please hold]

Mitch McConnell is fighting a great battle against ratifying L.O.S.T.

[padre35]

“If this is true, than McConnell has no choice but to retire.”

You must be kidding, Larry Craig was supposedly going to do the same thing.

We’ll see, I wouldn’t put it past the Hustler magazine owner to stretch facts.

[Brad from Tennessee]

From Wikepedia:

McConnell may face a Republican challenge in his (2008)re-election bid. Allies of Kentucky Governor Ernie Fletcher are backing a campaign to draft Larry Forgy, a former candidate for the state Supreme Court who lost a primary for governor in 1991 and lost a close race for Governor in 1995. On May 24, 2007, Fletcher won the Republican Nomination for a second term as Governor.[11] As of October 10th, 45% approve of McConnell and 43% disapprove.

McConnell’s campaign had raised $6 million for the election as of July 2007.

[TWohlford]

From a DUmmy posting (just so we know what they’re saying):

Pensito Review add (sic) Klein’s statement to Counterpunch, in which he said:

“Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s quick expulsion from the Army — for fondling a private’s privates — is finally being discussed in Kentucky.” He notes that McConnell, discharged after just 10 days in the Army in 1967, “has consistently prevented anyone from seeing his military discharge papers” but a Freedom of Information suit may bring them to light.

[Anti-Bubba182]

Like Craig?

[daler]

If he’d only taken a million or two from a Chicom, he’d be okay.

[freekitty]

Do we have any normal people in our Congress?

[freekitty]

This will never be able to compete with Bill the rapist and he and his wife’s drug lord activities.

[Dante3]

Craig set the pattern that one need not retire. Flynt is a hypocrite and a sleazebag with a perverted agenda and thus him exposing anybody diminishes the impact.

I like McConnell but never liked Craig. Flynt did a favor by exposing Craig who pushes amnesty and pretended to be a conservative just enough to get reelected. We are better off without Craig.

[I see my hands]

"KOS friends"

[sourcery]

I say all Republicans are fairies these days.

So..."Republicas wear boots"?

[TWohlford]

“KOS friends”

Uh huh... take a look at my profile, look up my postings, and you’ll see my bona fides as a conservative. I’m no troll, unlike some other people....