Once again, thanks to top notch reporting, we get to play:
"Guess The Perv's Political Party" game.
Hmmm, for 50 points, I'll say ... Reeepu .. No, no. Scratch that. I'll go with ...
DEMOCRATIC!
Posted on 01/20/2009 9:43:51 AM PST by mojito
One thing we seem to breed in Oregon are big political scandals, and the latest one is hitting Portland Mayor Sam Adams with gale force.
Adams admitted to The Oregonian and Willamette Week Monday that he lied back in September of 2007 when he denied rumors that he had had a sexual relationship with a teenager who had been a legislative intern. Adams, who is openly gay, said that while he first met the intern, Beau Breedlove, when he was 17, the two did not have sex until after Breedlove turned 18.
When rumors about the two first surfaced in September of 2007, Adams had not yet announced he was running for mayor but was clearly angling for the job. A potential mayoral rival to Adams, developer Bob Ball, had talked about the rumors with such figures as City Commissioner Randy Leonard and former Mayor Vera Katz, and Ball wound up being widely criticized after both Breedlove and Adams denied the rumor.
If Adams had admitted the relationship back in 2007, it likely would have seriously jeopardized his race for mayor. Reporters would have pushed hard to find out if the sexual relationship began before Breedlove was 18. Voters - and the power brokers who wield endorsements and campaign dollars - may have been bothered enough just by the age discrepancy to look elsewhere for a mayoral candidate.
At that point, it would have been easy to find an alternative to Adams. Adams undoubtedly knew that when he decided not to tell the truth and, as he acknowledged to Willamette Week, to ask Breedlove to lie for him as well.
Now, however, we're past the election and the city has invested itself in Adams' new mayoralty. There is a lot left to learn, including whether - as Willamette Week suggested in its reporting - Adams gave a job to a reporter for the Portland Mercury, Amy Ruiz, to keep her from continuing to chase reports that Adams had lied about his relationship with Breedlove.
It's way too early to know how this scandal will spin out - and whether voters will view it as a major blow to Adams' credibility or as a personal relationship that is none of their business.
Waiting for the inevitable press conference wherein he pronounces himself a Gay-American and the press all joins hands and sings cum-bi-yah.
Odd. No mention of Adam’s political party affiliation anywhere in the article.
Try to guess what party .... you’ll have a time trying to find out ...
Obviously a Democrat, because no party affiliation is mentioned.
I will now complete my thesis by googling the mayor.
Oh Lord help us. Another gay pervert with ‘power.’
No big deal, this is a resume’ enhancer for when he runs for the Democrat control House of Representatives.
They’ll make him a committee chairman, as they have done before in similiar circumstances.
And, while it took a bit of digging, yes, he is a Democrat. What a surprise.
Barney Frank would give the nod to that.
It that his real name or his gay porn star name?
"Guess The Perv's Political Party" game.
Hmmm, for 50 points, I'll say ... Reeepu .. No, no. Scratch that. I'll go with ...
DEMOCRATIC!
Since at least 1983, there are only the most minimal consequences for liberal and Democrat politicians to have gay sex with underage partners. In fact, the perpetrators can adamently deny any wrongdoing and defy their accusers in holding any moral, ethical, or legal high ground:
excerpt from from KosOpedia below:
“On July 20, 1983, Studds was censured for having an affair 10 years earlier with a male page. He turned his back as the charges against him were read. The anti-gay crew had worked hard to demonize him (as they would Barney Frank several years later over allegations of a male prostitute having clients in Frank’s apartment). Gerry held a press conference with the page and admitted to a relationship. They each firmly stated that what had gone on in their bedroom was their business, and absolutely no one else’s.
“Easily reelected in 1984, Studds became both the first openly gay member of Congress and the first gay member of Congress to be reelected. He won 5 more terms after that, and retired in 1996.”
http://www.dkosopedia.com/wiki/Gerry_Studds
How ironic.
A gay boy toy named “Breedlove.” With a French first name.
You can't make this stuff up.
Except if you're a scriptwriter for gay porn.
Everybody who gets the Oregonian knows what is his political affiliation.
Boy, the jokes just write themselves nowadays!
Given the questionable moral standards in that corner of the country, he’s probably still got a 50/50 chance of getting reelected.
What’s that old saying about politicians getting caught with dead girls or live boys...?
(Gerry Studds)
When a Republican is caught in such circumstances, they are gone from public office. Only rarely is this true of comparable Democratic politicians. It seems that, for Democrats alone, the bottom of the page does not mean the end of the line.
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