Posted on 10/13/2008 10:14:57 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
Congressman's $121,000 Payoff to Alleged Mistress Tim Mahoney Elected to Remove 'Ethical Cloud' of His Disgraced Predecessor, Mark Foley By EMMA SCHWARTZ, RHONDA SCHWARTZ, and VIC WALTER
Oct. 13, 2008—
West Palm Beach Congressman Tim Mahoney (D-FL), whose predecessor resigned in the wake of a sex scandal, agreed to a $121,000 payment to a former mistress who worked on his staff and was threatening to sue him, according to current and former members of his staff who have been briefed on the settlement, which involved Mahoney and his campaign committee.
Mahoney, who is married, also promised the woman, Patricia Allen, a $50,000 a year job for two years at the agency that handles his campaign advertising, the staffers said.
A Mahoney spokesperson would not answer questions about the alleged affair or the settlement, but said Allen resigned of her own accord and "has not received any special payment from campaign funds."
Senior Democratic leaders in the House of Representatives, including Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-IL), the chair of the Democratic Caucus, have been working with Mahoney to keep the matter from hurting his re-election campaign, the Mahoney staffers said.
A spokesperson for Emanuel denies that account, but said Emanuel did confront Mahoney "upon hearing a rumor" about an affair in 2007 and "told him he was in public life and had a responsibility to act accordingly." The spokesperson added that it was a "private conversation" that had nothing to do with Mahoney's re-election prospects.
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Nothing to see here... Move along...
And this isn’t a sex scandal?
Do you suppose Emmanuel ever warned his former boss, Bill Clinton, as he did this guy??
Republicans never do this. They are not a party of sinners, like the Dims.
So does this mean that Mahoney will also get the Mark Foley treatment, or is that just reserved for Republicans, or specifically, gay Republicans?
-PJ
Yah right...no misconduct here! Honest!
Looks like another case of “John Edwards Syndrome” here, all we need is the bastard....and that can’t be too far away...
Rules are rules. Photos of said mistress required to determine if they are guilty.
Tim Mahoney(D) Elected to Remove ‘Ethical Cloud’ of His Disgraced Predecessor, Mark Foley(R - H*m*sexual)
So much for Pelosi’s clearing up the “culture of corruption”.
If it’s not macaca or IMs to pages, it’s not news.
Check that, if it’s not a Republican, it’s not news.
Rush talking about this now...
Reserved exclusively for Republicans. While Mark Foley broke no laws and engaged in no adult minor physical contact, he was still hounded by a partisan press that sat on the details (as provided them by the DNC) until late in the election cycle. The subsequent congressional investigation (brought on because of Democrats’ attempts to smear the entire GOP as knowing and doing nothing) showed that the Democrats and media knew even more and did nothing. And while Foley was being smeared, a Democrat died who 30+ years earlier had sex with his aides and remained in office (at a time when it was criminal). The Democrats honored him for his daring breakthrough for the homosexual politician movement.
Guilty as hell.
BTTT
This is Rush’s Congressman. He deserves to hear some answers from his representative.
Rush is covering this now. I’d say he was reading our threads, but if so, he’d have been talking about “Obama-Glo” for the entire first hour.
What are you doing here?
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