Posted on 10/17/2008 5:53:28 PM PDT by neverdem
Associated Press
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. -- U.S. Rep. Tim Mahoney, embroiled in an adultery scandal and a tight race for re-election, admitted Friday to having at least two affairs but insisted he broke no laws and will not resign. The first-term Democrat conceded that one of the affairs began as he was running on a family values platform to replace Mark Foley, a Republican who resigned amid revelations that he sent lurid Internet messages to male pages who had worked on Capitol Hill as teenagers.
Mahoney, 52, apologized to his wife, his daughter and his constituents, even as he maintained he hadn't been hypocritical.
"I can understand why people would feel that way and for those people, all I can say is, 'I'm sorry I let you down,'" Mahoney said in his first set of interviews since news broke this week that he had a sexual relationship with Patricia Allen, 50, whom he met while campaigning in 2006.
Allen went to work for Mahoney's congressional office, then his campaign. Mahoney said she was fired for performance issues, not because of the affair.
Allen threatened to sue Mahoney for sexual harassment, and they reached a settlement to avoid a public airing. Her payout came from Mahoney's personal accounts, not from campaign funds or federal dollars, he said.
Allen has not returned repeated telephone calls.
Mahoney also acknowledged he had an affair with a high-ranking Martin County official in his district around the time he was lobbying the Federal Emergency Management Agency to give the county a $3.4 million hurricane clean-up reimbursement. The funds were awarded last year.
He insisted, however, that he did nothing more for Martin County than he did for others in his district.
Mahoney confessed to "multiple" other affairs, though he wouldn't say how many...
(Excerpt) Read more at miamiherald.com ...
Unfortunately ... being a worthless SCUM BAG isn’t Illegal.. if it was there would only be 8 Democrats in CONGRESS
PING
Putting him, morally, ahead of most democrats.
“and will not resign”
The GOP will pick up this seat.
“Mahoney confessed to “multiple” other affairs, though he wouldn’t say how many...”
Does this mean he’s lost count?
That’s the difference between Republicans and Democrats: Republicans will resign if they cause a scandal, but Dems will not only NOT resign, they will wear their indiscretions as a badge of honor.
This guy will run for president as soon as possible, this is for sure a resume enhancer...
Did Mark Foley and Larry Craig break any laws?
Claiming to have broken no man made laws seems to suggest that he is discounting those which are higher.
Mahoney baloney.
That goes without saying for democrats, doesn't it?
Neither did Mark Foley, Tim, ol' buddy, ol' pal...
ROTFLMAO.
“...says he broke no laws.”
That is questionable. However, the fact is Foley broke no laws and he was properly run out of politics.
i started to post some response but I'm just plain burnt out from all this crap.......
Maybe now is a good time to take a break from computers and TV news.......I'm gonna try
To my knowledge, that has always been true. That is, until Ted Stevens came along.
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