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Oregon governor denies he knew of sexual abuse- Kulongoski denounces paper's charges
AP ^ | 6/15/04

Posted on 06/15/2004 9:46:57 AM PDT by 11th Earl of Mar

Tuesday, June 15, 2004

Oregon governor denies he knew of sexual abuse Kulongoski denounces paper's charges

By CHARLES E. BEGGS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SALEM, Ore. -- Gov. Ted Kulongoski yesterday vehemently denied allegations that he knew for at least 10 years that former Gov. Neil Goldschmidt had sexually abused a 14-year-old girl.

"I never heard anything about Neil and any underage girl" until Goldschmidt revealed his sexual misconduct last month, Kulongoski told The Associated Press.

It was Kulongoski's first direct comment on a report in The Oregonian on Sunday in which a former speechwriter to Goldschmidt said he and Kulongoski discussed Goldschmidt's misconduct numerous times in the 1990s.

Kulongoski described Fred Leonhardt as a disgruntled campaign aide who was upset when Kulongoski didn't hire him to be on his campaign staff in 2002.

Leonhardt stuck by his story last night, saying he told Kulongoski of the reports of Goldschmidt's misconduct as early as 1992.

In an hourlong interview, Kulongoski repeatedly denied having any knowledge of Goldschmidt's misdeeds before last month and said he never would have put Goldschmidt in charge of running Oregon's university system had he known of the misconduct.

The governor in December named Goldschmidt to head the state Board of Higher Education. Goldschmidt resigned that post.

The governor also said he is angry because he has been put in a position of having to prove someone didn't tell him something years ago.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Oregon
KEYWORDS: kulongoski
Sounding awfully Clintonian.
1 posted on 06/15/2004 9:47:00 AM PDT by 11th Earl of Mar
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To: 11th Earl of Mar
Hmmm. No party affiliations.

Yup, Kulongoski's a Democrat and so is Goldschmidt.

2 posted on 06/15/2004 10:13:50 AM PDT by Question_Assumptions
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To: Question_Assumptions

I noticed that too. If they were R's it would look like this - REPUBLICAN - REPEAT - REPUBLICAN - so and so...


3 posted on 06/15/2004 10:35:02 AM PDT by Rocket1968 (Democrats will crash and burn in 2004.)
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To: Question_Assumptions

hehe..I tried looking to see what party they belonged to myself. Wonder why no mention huh ?


4 posted on 06/15/2004 11:04:08 AM PDT by Independentamerican (Independent Sophomore at the University of MD)
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To: 11th Earl of Mar
No party affiliation mentioned. What are the odds he is a Democrat?
5 posted on 06/15/2004 11:07:12 AM PDT by mware
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To: mware

100%.

He is a dem.


6 posted on 06/15/2004 11:31:03 AM PDT by 11th Earl of Mar
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To: Question_Assumptions

AP wrote the article. They would NEVER admit that a Dim is a pervert.


7 posted on 06/15/2004 4:18:06 PM PDT by Jerry Attrick (<B>)
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