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Opponent Accuses Senator Of Frequenting Strip Club
News4, Jacksonville, Fla. ^ | July 27, 2006

Posted on 07/28/2006 6:11:15 AM PDT by PDR

More than a month before the start of the Florida primary, one race to watch is the battle for the Republican nomination for Jacksonville's Senate seat.

The latest skirmish has candidate Randall Terry accusing incumbent Jim King of having the backing of a bikini bar.

Terry, 46, who has lived in Ponte Vedra Beach for three years, will run against King in the heavily Republican district that stretches from Duval County to northern Volusia County.

In a move Terry called disappointing and sad, Gov. Jeb Bush publicly announced Wednesday that he is endorsing King.

King has served in the Legislature since 1986, which was the last time he had a primary opponent. He was Senate president in 2003 and 2004.

Terry recently struck back, accusing King of taking contributions from a Jacksonville gentlemen's club called Wackos.

"He (King) offered money to see private parts and to see more than what I was showing," said a woman who said she used to be a dancer at Wackos.

She's not the only former Wackos employee who allegedly saw King at the bikini bar.

"I was there when he was there. There's no mistake in it. I've seen him there," said a former Wackos disc jockey.

The person who brought the former dancer and disc jockey to light was none other than King's opponent -- Terry.

"He will lie to the public and try to position himself as a family-values Republican," Terry said.

He said not only does King frequent the club, but that King has also been accepting political contributions from it.

"He knew, and now he's trying to lie his way out of it," Terry said.

When confronted about the allegations against him, King turned the accusations back on his opponent.

"When we got the check, I looked at the sheet where it said list employer and it said bar and grill. Well, how do I know? Randall must frequent some of those places, I guess," King said.

After learning that Terry had provided the media with a dancer and a disc jockey from Wackos, his campaign said: "These allegations are patently not true. This is a desperate reaction by a desperate campaign. Clearly, he (Terry) is doing this because he didn't get the governor's endorsement. This should prove to the voters what type of man Randall Terry is to counter that."

To counter the campaign statement, Terry said he's the type of man who tells the truth.

"This is critical because it goes to the core of a man and what he will do legislatively," Terry said.


TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: 2006; election2006; elections; florida; gopprimary; jimking; king; randallterry; terry
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Why am I not surprised... its hard to take some of this stuff seriously when one of the two candidates makes a habit of running (unsuccessfully) for office in more than one state -- maybe this is about list development more than it is about providing legislative leadership.... I dunno -- just asking.
1 posted on 07/28/2006 6:11:16 AM PDT by PDR
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To: PDR

Pictures?


2 posted on 07/28/2006 6:13:21 AM PDT by lormand (Kill terrorists on the battlefield)
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To: PDR

Is a "bikini bar" sort of like a strip joint's younger, more prudish brother? What gives?


3 posted on 07/28/2006 6:13:51 AM PDT by Hemingway's Ghost (Spirit of '75)
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To: PDR
Life Imitates Art


4 posted on 07/28/2006 6:15:31 AM PDT by theDentist (Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
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To: PDR

Is this the anti-abortion activist Randall Terry?


5 posted on 07/28/2006 6:23:14 AM PDT by marvlus
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"Is this the anti-abortion activist Randall Terry?

"

The very same.


6 posted on 07/28/2006 6:26:02 AM PDT by MineralMan (non-evangelical atheist)
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To: PDR
In a move Terry called disappointing and sad, Gov. Jeb Bush publicly announced Wednesday that he is endorsing King.

I think Gov. Bush wanted to endorse someone who actually has a chance at winning the election as opposed to an unelectable nutjob like Terry.

Randall Terry needs to crawl back under his rock.

7 posted on 07/28/2006 6:32:46 AM PDT by Drew68
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To: PDR

"Bikini Bar" - Where you go to get bombed...

8 posted on 07/28/2006 6:33:46 AM PDT by Jonah Hex ("How'd you get that scar, mister?" "Nicked myself shaving.")
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"Wackos "

Giggle...

9 posted on 07/28/2006 6:35:46 AM PDT by Dooderbutt (It's God's job to judge the terrorists. It's our job to arrange the meeting.)
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To: Hemingway's Ghost

think hooters without the short shorts


10 posted on 07/28/2006 6:44:25 AM PDT by PDR
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To: marvlus

yes - they are one in the same.


11 posted on 07/28/2006 6:45:17 AM PDT by PDR
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To: Jonah Hex

those cruisers and battleships really do look like bathtub toys....


12 posted on 07/28/2006 6:46:02 AM PDT by PDR
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To: Hemingway's Ghost
I've been to bikini bars at the beach before...no nudity, although the girls who double as bartenders, often wear thong bikini's, usually covered by a mesh sarong. Some clubs have dancers...but not pole dancers...kind of like a beach-a-go-go. The atmosphere is supposed to be a beach type club. Are there men who ask to see more...probably. Do they sometimes tip enough to get a peak? Probably...

Seriously not a big deal.

13 posted on 07/28/2006 7:29:01 AM PDT by Katya (Homo Nosce Te Ipsum)
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To: Katya
Seriously not a big deal.

Sounds like my kind o' place, actually.

14 posted on 07/28/2006 7:33:27 AM PDT by Hemingway's Ghost (Spirit of '75)
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To: Jonah Hex

They can’t prove I’ve ever been there atoll.


15 posted on 07/28/2006 7:36:40 AM PDT by dighton
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To: PDR
Opponent Accuses Senator Of Frequenting Strip Club

Which leads to the perfect non-denial denial: "I do not frequent strip clubs."

Not frequenting strip clubs leaves open the posibility he occasionals strip clubs. I can just hear Clinton delivering that line.

16 posted on 07/28/2006 7:42:18 AM PDT by Pilsner
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To: Pilsner

sounds to me like a case of overly aggressive parsing on your part


17 posted on 07/28/2006 8:11:06 AM PDT by PDR
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To: PDR
Even if true who cares
I consider myself pretty conservative but you should see some of the places I hang out
Guaranteed to cure the hiccup of your average Mullah
18 posted on 07/28/2006 8:21:22 AM PDT by 1903A3
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A bikini bar?

In FLORIDA????

Why?


19 posted on 07/28/2006 8:22:26 AM PDT by MikefromOhio (Hi. This is the artist formerly known as MikeinIraq. Your message is being forwarded to /dev/null.)
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To: 1903A3

BUMP! You go brother, you go!


20 posted on 07/28/2006 8:45:21 AM PDT by PDR
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