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CNBC's John Harwood, US senator in alleged marriage scandal
Examiner ^ | 3/6/10 | Cherie Saunders

Posted on 03/08/2010 8:15:17 AM PST by Dr. Scarpetta

The reporter who was interviewing President Obama when he famously swatted a fly is suddenly the buzz of DC, thanks to a New York Post gossip item about his marriage.

According to unnamed "spies" for Page Six, CNBC Washington correspondent and New York Times writer John Harwood has split from his wife Frankie Blackburn, and it's all because of an alleged romance with Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.)

The Post's March 5 column quotes anonymous "well placed sources" who claim Harwood managed to keep the sordid details out of one DC paper "by sobbing to a reporter until he agreed to kill the story."

A Cantwell spokesman had no comment about the rumor. As for Harwood, he reportedly told Page Six: "I don't feel comfortable talking about my family life." But, the sobbing part "is absolutely not true."

Among the men SeattleWeekly.com lists in the senator's dating history: lobbyist Ron Dotzauer, ESPN anchor Charlie Steiner, former New Jersey senator Robert Toricelli and lawyer Jim Johanson.

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


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: 115th; adultery; cantwell; collusion; cultureofcorruption; democratscandals; dnctalkingpoints; harwood; inbedwiththemedia; itsjustsex; johnharwood; mariacantwell; pravdamedia; wa2018
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To: Bad Jack Bauer

Instead he came and started sobbing about how much he loved her and pleading for me to stop seeing her.

This is why your young lady decided to have an affair with you. Women really don’t like to be married to pussies.


41 posted on 03/08/2010 8:44:44 AM PST by equalitybeforethelaw
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To: Dr. Scarpetta
John Harwood has split from his wife Frankie Blackburn, and it's all because of an alleged romance with Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.)

[Before reading the article, I must ask]: was the Senatrix sleeping with John Harwood, or with his wife?

42 posted on 03/08/2010 8:46:15 AM PST by rfp1234
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To: Dr. Scarpetta

He works for the Journal but writes like he works for the New York Times. Why am I not surprised to find that he likes liberal chicks?


43 posted on 03/08/2010 8:47:02 AM PST by TonyInOhio ( Let our hearts be stout)
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To: Dr. Scarpetta

“New York Times writer John Harwood”

Ha, I quickly read the thread title as ...John Hardwood...!


44 posted on 03/08/2010 8:47:54 AM PST by Batman11 (Sarah Palin: "Illegal immigrants are called illegal for a reason!")
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To: Dewey Revoltnow

Or is it a payback to Harwood? The Obama / Rahm minions want to destroy the entire political / media establishment if they’re anything but agog over the Obama agenda.


45 posted on 03/08/2010 8:49:48 AM PST by twigs
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To: equalitybeforethelaw
Can this be spun as “sexual predation” on part of the Senator? I mean, if some ugly old male senator was doing a female reporter, how would the press cover that angle?

Check out what happened to Senator Bob Packwood.

-PJ

46 posted on 03/08/2010 8:50:46 AM PST by Political Junkie Too ("Comprehensive" reform bills only end up as incomprehensible messes.)
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To: Dr. Scarpetta

ROTFLMAO!!


47 posted on 03/08/2010 8:51:20 AM PST by Matchett-PI (Sowell's book, Intellectuals and Society, eviscerates the fantasies that uphold leftist thought)
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To: Bad Jack Bauer
What gets me is the sobbing thing. Years ago I had an affair with a young married woman. Her husband found out and confronted me. I would have completely understood if he had taken a swing at me and in fact I would have even had some respect for him if he had. Instead he came and started sobbing about how much he loved her and pleading for me to stop seeing her. Did not issue so much as an “or else.” I cannot put into words into how much contempt and disdain that made me feel for him. Here I was wrong yet feeling contempt for the person I had wronged. To make it worse, when I told his wife about it she felt the same contempt for him. She would have felt completely different if he had come at me swinging and tried to kick my ass.

wow, really?

you are very lucky that he wasn't setting you up.

Cause why would a "crying" little wimp hurt you?

but maybe after a couple of years you're victim of some random violent robbery.

Sorry, but there are "rules" and not screwing a married woman is one of them. It's just trouble and nothing good comes from that. Kinda like the rule about not screwing your friend's girlfriend, not screwing your friend's sister unless you marry her.... you know? Just the basic "guy" rules.

The crying thing is what would worry me. A lot. Especially if she left him.

48 posted on 03/08/2010 8:53:17 AM PST by erman (Our President-A modest man, who has much to be modest about.)
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To: norge
No...but she does get around, and without a lot of, let’s say, discrimination.

I understand that she is quite a baseball player, at least, I remember a lot of comments about her abilities as a switch-hitter. Those date back to her to her term as a Congresswoman. I heard these rumors independently from a couple of people who had known Cantwell for years.

49 posted on 03/08/2010 8:54:49 AM PST by CommerceComet
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To: equalitybeforethelaw
This is why your young lady decided to have an affair with you. Women really don’t like to be married to pussies.

When he "tried" to talk to me (in between all of the disgusting sobbing and whining) I felt more frustrated than anything. I felt like grabbing him by the collar and slapping him, "Dude! I am doing your hot young wife. Cowboy up! DO SOMETHING!"

Instead we really flouted our relationship after that point for a couple of months. If he had shown even the least amount of nads we would have stopped seeing each other right away.
50 posted on 03/08/2010 8:56:58 AM PST by Bad Jack Bauer (Fat and Bald? I was BORN fat and bald, thank you very much!)
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To: muawiyah

Well, we all know the mainstream media is in bed with Democrat politicians, don’t we?


51 posted on 03/08/2010 9:00:44 AM PST by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: Russ

You are a BAD BOY. Go stand in the corner for the next 15 minutes!


52 posted on 03/08/2010 9:01:25 AM PST by dusttoyou (libs are all wee wee'd up and no place to go)
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To: erman
The crying thing is what would worry me. A lot. Especially if she left him.

She did leave him later. He turned out to be a real sicko. She said that after all the baggage of our affair blew over he started wanting her to continue but wanted to watch. Yeah, he was one of those. She dropped him like a hot potato and has remarried and as far as I know she has been faithful. Most women won't screw around on a guy man enough to keep her. Too bad for her previous husband that she was gorgeous in her mid-20s and aged to absolutely stunning in her 30s.
53 posted on 03/08/2010 9:07:54 AM PST by Bad Jack Bauer (Fat and Bald? I was BORN fat and bald, thank you very much!)
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To: Dr. Scarpetta

It is my understanding that Cantwell is filthy rich.


54 posted on 03/08/2010 9:26:42 AM PST by Old Retired Army Guy (tHE)
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To: CommerceComet

Shortstop???


55 posted on 03/08/2010 9:27:00 AM PST by norge (The amiable dunce is back, wearing a skirt and high heels.)
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To: Dr. Scarpetta

Her Senate bio page..
http://cantwell.senate.gov/maria/

a bit different ,, in her own way. little mention of family, tendencies.

About Maria Cantwell

Maria Cantwell currently serves as a United States Senator for the State of Washington. As a respected leader — both in public service and in the private sector — Maria has always embraced the values she first learned growing up in a strong working-class family. With the help of Pell Grants, Maria was the first member of her family to graduate college. Later, a successful businesswoman in Washington’s hi-tech industry, she helped build a company that created hundreds of high-paying jobs from the ground up. Maria was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2000 and again in 2006, pledging to honor the hard work, aspirations, and faith of the people of Washington state. She is working to create affordable opportunity for consumers, businesses, and families, to make our nation more secure today, to foster innovation for tomorrow, and to stand with parents as they educate and care for their children.

Maria gets results. She cut taxes for the middle-class by ensuring that Washington taxpayers can deduct state and local taxes from their federal returns. She fought attempts by the Bush Administration to raise local electricity rates. When bankrupt Enron officials tried to charge Washington ratepayers for millions of dollars in undelivered electricity, Maria led the effort that successfully stopped them. Maria has protected countless jobs in Washington’s aerospace industry by cracking down on foreign companies’ unfair trade practices and has worked to create still more well-paying jobs through effective investments in new technology and valuable job training. Maria successfully led the fight to stop drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and is leading efforts in the Senate to make America more energy independent. She has been a proud advocate for better educational opportunities for our children and less expensive, more accessible health care for our families. Maria continues to build new growth and strong partnerships, insisting on responsibility and making life more affordable for all of Washington ‘s families.


56 posted on 03/08/2010 9:29:43 AM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard .. Chuck DeVore - CA Senator. Believe.)
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To: Oldpuppymax
"Sen. Cantwell is voted “Sexiest Senator” by the readers of Huffington Post."

"Oh please. And the competition is what...Boxer, Snowe, Collins......"

You got it! :)


57 posted on 03/08/2010 9:36:52 AM PST by Matchett-PI (Sowell's book, Intellectuals and Society, eviscerates the fantasies that uphold leftist thought)
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To: Russ
Thanks for ruining any thoughts of lunch
58 posted on 03/08/2010 9:38:30 AM PST by sticker
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To: NormsRevenge
Maria successfully led the fight to stop drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and is leading efforts in the Senate to make America more energy independent.

She doesn't want drilling, but she's going to make us more energy independent..............

?

59 posted on 03/08/2010 9:42:44 AM PST by Dr. Scarpetta
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To: Dr. Scarpetta

A real contradiction, huh?

Save the planet so it can be “pristine” when a big chunk of space rock nails it and performs a Master Reset.

Some Senators really believe that without them,, we would be lost. There are no rules who can serve in the Senate beyond age and residency... and we pay dearly for it.


60 posted on 03/08/2010 9:50:12 AM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard .. Chuck DeVore - CA Senator. Believe.)
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