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GOP leader's skinny-dip confession stuns Utah
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| Mar 12
| BROCK VERGAKIS
Posted on 03/12/2010 1:44:56 PM PST by JoeProBono
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- A late-night confession by Utah's House majority leader about sitting nude in a hot tub with a minor 25 years ago has shocked this conservative state's political establishment but has not prompted calls from party leaders for him to resign.
Rep. Kevin Garn, 55, acknowledged the indiscretion late Thursday immediately after the Legislature adjourned for the session. He said he paid the woman, Cheryl Maher, now 40, $150,000 to keep quiet about the episode when he unsuccessfully ran for Congress in 2002.
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TOPICS: Local News; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: americanpravda; garn; hushmoney; itsjustsex; jpb; kevingarn; mockoutrage; republicanscandals; scandals; utah
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To: JoeProBono
Was Roman Polanski there too?
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posted on
03/12/2010 1:47:31 PM PST
by
Argus
To: JoeProBono
This must have involved sex. $150,000??
Nudists do that all the time without having to pay anything, lol.
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posted on
03/12/2010 1:48:22 PM PST
by
GeronL
(I Own Me (yep, boiled down to 6 letters))
To: JoeProBono
WHY would one do that?? WHY tell the story??
If it were me I would have put it in the closet (permanently) if I could!! UGH!
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posted on
03/12/2010 1:48:57 PM PST
by
the lastbestlady
(I now believe that we have two lives; the life we learn with and the life we live with after that.)
To: Argus
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posted on
03/12/2010 1:49:06 PM PST
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
How does a 15 year old keep receiving $150,000 a secret? Can any 15 year old resist telling someone he or she has $150,000?
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posted on
03/12/2010 1:51:06 PM PST
by
Man50D
(Fair Tax, you earn it, you keep it! www.FairTaxNation.com)
To: the lastbestlady
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posted on
03/12/2010 1:51:07 PM PST
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
I have to wonder if he has pants on in that picture
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posted on
03/12/2010 1:51:32 PM PST
by
JIM O
To: JoeProBono
Whoa, Roman’s got some serious Blago-hair in that shot.
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posted on
03/12/2010 1:51:36 PM PST
by
Argus
To: JoeProBono
Well, it seems like water under the hot tub, now.
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posted on
03/12/2010 1:51:44 PM PST
by
ConservativeMind
(Hypocrisy: "Animal rightists" who eat meat & pen up pets while accusing hog farmers of cruelty.)
To: the lastbestlady
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posted on
03/12/2010 1:52:50 PM PST
by
ConservativeMind
(Hypocrisy: "Animal rightists" who eat meat & pen up pets while accusing hog farmers of cruelty.)
To: the lastbestlady
Ah, she broke the agreement and was fishing her story to local media back in Utah.
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posted on
03/12/2010 1:54:57 PM PST
by
ConservativeMind
(Hypocrisy: "Animal rightists" who eat meat & pen up pets while accusing hog farmers of cruelty.)
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
03/12/2010 1:55:11 PM PST
by
the lastbestlady
(I now believe that we have two lives; the life we learn with and the life we live with after that.)
To: ConservativeMind
I guess....but WHY in the heck did she do it in the first place? We were all different at 15, but.....
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posted on
03/12/2010 1:57:26 PM PST
by
the lastbestlady
(I now believe that we have two lives; the life we learn with and the life we live with after that.)
To: JoeProBono
The story unfolded because Maher, who now lives in Derry, N.H., began calling Salt Lake City news media in recent days to tell them about being naked with Garn when she was 15 years old. Maher said Thursday night he was 28 at the time but Friday said he couldn't really remember. Sounds like like blackmail and a backstab. He paid her $150,000 in 2002 as hush money and she still decided to talk...
To: JoeProBono
Any relation to ex-Sen. Jake Garn?
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posted on
03/12/2010 1:58:45 PM PST
by
rfp1234
To: the lastbestlady
Well, I’m sure you were still the best at that time, although I knew an incredible lady when I was 18 that might have put you to shame...
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posted on
03/12/2010 1:59:08 PM PST
by
ConservativeMind
(Hypocrisy: "Animal rightists" who eat meat & pen up pets while accusing hog farmers of cruelty.)
To: rfp1234
Edwin Jacob Garn (born October 12, 1932) is an American politician, a member of the Republican Party, and served as a U.S. Senator representing Utah from 1974 to 1993. Garn became the first sitting member of the United States Congress to fly in space when he flew aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery as a Payload Specialist during NASA mission STS-51-D (April 12–April 19, 1985).
Born in Richfield, Utah, Garn earned a Bachelor of Science degree in business and finance from the University of Utah in 1955, where he became a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity. He also attended East High School, Clayton Middle School, and Uintah Elementary School.
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posted on
03/12/2010 2:00:45 PM PST
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: ConservativeMind
Not saying I never did anything that needed better thought. Naked in a hot tub was not one of them! (least of all at 15)
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posted on
03/12/2010 2:01:32 PM PST
by
the lastbestlady
(I now believe that we have two lives; the life we learn with and the life we live with after that.)
To: ConservativeMind
BTW...I’m sure she was a lot prettier and taller than I am!
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posted on
03/12/2010 2:03:52 PM PST
by
the lastbestlady
(I now believe that we have two lives; the life we learn with and the life we live with after that.)
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