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Congressman Mahoney Paying off Mistress
Politico ^ | Josh Kraushaar

Posted on 10/13/2008 10:17:24 AM PDT by Paul8148

Rep. Tim Mahoney (D-Fla.) is finding himself in an October sex scandal, about two years after his GOP predecessor Mark Foley was forced to step down in the wake of his own personal indiscretions.

ABC News is reporting that Mahoney agreed to pay a $121,000 settlement to a former mistress who worked on his Congressional and campaign staff since his 2006 campaign.

The story also reveals that Mahoney promised her a job at the consulting firm that handles his campaign’s media production.

Some of the juicy bits excerpted from the ABC story

(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: 110th; bimboeruption; corruptdems; fl2008; markfoley; timmahoney
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Well we going to get one back from 06
1 posted on 10/13/2008 10:17:27 AM PDT by Paul8148
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To: Paul8148

Some folks never learn. And the sheeple keep voting them in.


2 posted on 10/13/2008 10:19:24 AM PDT by itsthejourney (1 of every 10 people you pass in the mall is here illegally)
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To: Paul8148

Pictures please. We can’t decide guilt or innocence without them.


3 posted on 10/13/2008 10:23:45 AM PDT by gotribe (The right pick!)
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To: itsthejourney

This guy snuck in under the political radar in 2006. Rush is just talking about this on his show......


4 posted on 10/13/2008 10:23:45 AM PDT by AdvisorB (Baraq is the Arabic name of the winged horse that took mohammed to paradise from the DomeoftheRock)
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To: Paul8148

BTTT


5 posted on 10/13/2008 10:24:57 AM PDT by Jet Jaguar (Who would the terrorists vote for?)
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To: Paul8148

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.


6 posted on 10/13/2008 10:25:38 AM PDT by mmichaels1970 (Stand up for CHUCK!)
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To: Paul8148

Rush talking about this now.


7 posted on 10/13/2008 10:25:44 AM PDT by Rocko
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To: itsthejourney

Here we go. One dem down, one seat back. I read somewhere a PA district now occupied by a D is also strong leaning towards R.


8 posted on 10/13/2008 10:25:51 AM PDT by maccaca
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To: gotribe
The unhappy couple:


9 posted on 10/13/2008 10:34:27 AM PDT by JennysCool (There are three kinds of lies: lies, damn lies, and the polls.)
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Is that the Congressman and his wife - or is that his mistress?
10 posted on 10/13/2008 10:39:52 AM PDT by wideawake (Why is it that those who like to be called Constitutionalists know the least about the Constitution?)
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To: maccaca

Hopefully Murtha’s district. And mine, although haven’t seen polls. We want Manion to beat Murphy.


11 posted on 10/13/2008 10:40:05 AM PDT by twigs
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To: Paul8148
Agh...

This is a resume inhancer. If it was a "wide stance" type of affair he would have been made a committee chair...

12 posted on 10/13/2008 10:41:09 AM PDT by taildragger (The Answer is Fred Thompson, I do not care what the question is.....)
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To: wideawake

His dog?


13 posted on 10/13/2008 10:41:53 AM PDT by ShandaLear (Barack Obama, he is the Kwisatz Haderach!)
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To: wideawake

The mistress.


14 posted on 10/13/2008 10:42:33 AM PDT by JennysCool (There are three kinds of lies: lies, damn lies, and the polls.)
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To: JennysCool
Isn't a mistress supposed to be an attractive woman young enough to be the philanderer's daughter?

His mistress looks older than he is and she's wearing Tammy Faye Bakker makeup to boot.

15 posted on 10/13/2008 10:44:27 AM PDT by wideawake (Why is it that those who like to be called Constitutionalists know the least about the Constitution?)
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To: Paul8148

So how did the hush money go, and who knew about it? You know that Peloser had to know ... I note they say no campaign funds were used in the payoff ... So whose funds were used?

Peloser should step down now.


16 posted on 10/13/2008 10:45:54 AM PDT by Tarpon (Barrack Obama will ban all the guns he has the votes for ...)
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“Her friends say she told them Mahoney threatened that ending the relationship could cost her the job.

“You work at my pleasure,” Congressman Mahoney told Allen on a January 20, 2008 telephone call that was recorded and played for Mahoney staffers. ABC News was provided a copy.”

That’s just a textbook example of sexual harassment in the workplace. Wonder if Congress had the foresight to exempt themselves from those laws (they are exempt from some)?

Like everyone else, waiting to see how the MSM will handle this scandal which is far worse than the misbehavior of Foley, who this scumbag replaced using the slogan:

“Restoring America’s Values Begins at Home.”


17 posted on 10/13/2008 10:59:00 AM PDT by Will88
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To: Paul8148

This is a Democrat’s RESUME ENHANCEMENT!


18 posted on 10/13/2008 11:13:38 AM PDT by Ann Archy (AbortiDUH!!!on.....The Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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“This is a Democrat’s RESUME ENHANCEMENT!”

Well, at the very least, the democrats know how to handle this. They told the GOP daily how to handle Foley. I'm sure they can remember.

19 posted on 10/13/2008 11:17:58 AM PDT by DaltonNC
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To: JennysCool
GUILTY!

He paid $121,000 for that? Even Spitzer wasn't that dumb.

20 posted on 10/13/2008 11:20:27 AM PDT by King of Florida (A little government and a little luck are necessary in life, but only a fool trusts either of them.)
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