Posted on 05/13/2005 11:14:21 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants
Davidson County Democratic Party Chairman Rodney Mullins resigned Thursday morning amid child pornography allegations, according to press secretary Jean Carter Wilson of the Davidson County Democratic Party.
Wilson said authorities searched one computer at the Democratic Party’s French Landing headquarters in MetroCenter. Wilson said they did not seize that computer. Metro Police spokesperson Don Aaron said Thursday that Mullins has not been arrested.
Metro Police and the FBI are jointly investigating.
“Our chairman has stepped down and he has not been arrested,” Wilson said. “I am told what is happening is he is being investigated for allegations of child pornography on a computer.”
“We at the Party didn’t know anything about this and we hate like heck that it has happened and we are just trying to gather our resources,” she said.
Several phone calls to Mullins were not returned.
Tennessee Democratic Party Chairman Randy Button issued a statement Thursday saying he had been informed of the resignation and “that Mr. Mullins is being investigated concerning crimes involving child pornography. If true, this is very disturbing and regrettable news.”
“We don’t have a lot of facts concerning this case, but if true, these are very serious allegations,” Button said. “As a parent, I am very disturbed by any activity that exploits children.”
Federal laws provide for both criminal and civil penalties for possession or distribution of child pornography in some cases.
Wilson said the Davidson County Democratic Party has a full slate of elected officials to lead the party that includes Acting Vice Chair Bob Cooper.
Mullins, 35, had served as chairman for about a year, Wilson said. A new chairman could be elected as early as June.
Mullins had also served as the Tennessee for Dean coordinator for Howard Dean’s presidential campaign in 2004.
Reporter Skip Cauthorn contributed to this story.
“We at the Party didn’t know anything about this and we hate like heck that it has happened and we are just trying to gather our resources,” she said.
Translation: "We at the Party knew all about this but just hate like heck that it was found out and we are just trying to gather our resources to lie, lie, lie, deny, deny, deny," she said.
This in no way compares to child porn.
Naa, the gay agenda is BEND over.
Come on! You are trying to equate a grown man downloading CHILD PORNOGRAPHY with a 29 year old woman having an affair with an old man? Give me a very large and deserved break, lady!
In any case, merely the charge is capable of ending your life as you know it.
Anyone with even the slightest expertise in the web and computers will instantly know what a fatal bomb waiting to explode that is. And if we use the web at all, we are all at risk.
Typical response to anything, "BUSH's FAULT"...
These RATs really need to get a life.
...people unclear on the concept...
The persons immediate resignation and lack of a denial leads me to believe that the images didn't accidentaly get on his computer.
I am going to venture over to DU to see if they have it posted. I suspect they don't. But if they do, any bets that it is Karl Rove's fault?
Sure sounds like child pornography or worse to me... ***rolling eyes***
I don't know the particulars of this specific case, but I think it's worth pointing out that one can be convicted of 'taking pornographic photos of children' simply by taking innocent nude pictures of your own child. Want to take a pic of your child playing in the tub? Want to take a pic of your child running nude in your backyard? You risk prison for taking pornographic photos of children.
This is sad but true.
I know that is possible, but that isn't what happened in that case.
As suspected, not posted on DU. If it does get posted I hope someone links to it. Should be an interesting thread.
I'll bet it wouldn't last 5 minutes before the mods pulled it. The number one rule amongst 'Rats is to cover up for each other NO MATTER WHAT.
I'm surprised they even mentioned Democratic in the title of the article.
someone who can post there needs to do it.
Bet they do hate like heck that it happened.
" pray it happens more. Democrats are pure scum."
"but Don Sherwood our Rep, Republican by the way, has been accused of having an affair with a 29 year old and he's 60 something???? So Reps are as bad as Dems. in my books."
This is a joke right?
I am 55 and have a girl friend that is 50. What is the cutoff here? The key words here is child as opposed to adult. Both are in the dictionary. You need to recook those books. Hold on let me throw in the obligatory "YOU MORON".
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