Posted on 10/16/2008 6:13:20 AM PDT by St. Louis Conservative
Hypocrisy: Disgraced Rep. Tim Mahoney is the perfect Democratic Party mascot. Barack Obama's promises today of tax cuts and Speaker Pelosi's promises of ethics ring just as hollow as Mahoney's "family values."
All Americans should listen to the audiotape on ABC News' Web site of Tim Mahoney's phone call firing one of his alleged mistresses. It will make their hearts go out to Mahoney's suffering wife, daughter and the unfortunate souls who work for this boss from hell.
Tim Mahoney's Wife Terry joined him Tuesday while the congressman made a brief statement in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. He did not take questions. After one television reporter asked the congressman if he had an affair, a staff member from the Mahoney campaign advised her that her channel would no longer be allowed to attend future Mahoney press conference. Mahoney is heard telling Patricia Allen, the staffer to whom he allegedly paid $121,000 in hush money, that "the only person that matters is: guess who? Me."
Mahoney told her, "You're fired," then threatened her with this: "If I find out you say anything else, you won't get your last paycheck."
Allen's response to the Florida Democrat was that "you're firing me for other reasons and you're not man enough to say it."
Fortunately for the beleaguered constituents of Florida's 16th congressional district, there is a man running against Mahoney. He's Tom Rooney, an Army captain who served for more than four years, taught constitutional and criminal law at West Point, was an Army base criminal prosecutor, and directed a shelter caring for hundreds of abused children. (Of course, even a lukewarm corpse could beat Mahoney now.)
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Why his wife doesn’t shove a fork in his eye I’ll NEVER know!
FL-16, Mark Foley’s old seat, went 54% for Bush in 2004. Freshman Dem incumbent Tim Mahoney had just over $1 million banked on 6 Aug. His GOP opponent is Tom Rooney, an Army veteran and nephew of Pittsburgh Steeler’s owner Dan Rooney. Tom had about $200K on hand on 6 Aug.
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