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Former Virginia lawmaker plans to wed teenager involved in sex scandal
Reuters ^ | May 21, 2015 | Gary Robertson

Posted on 05/22/2015 5:09:07 AM PDT by Zakeet

A former Virginia Democratic lawmaker who became a pariah in the state legislature after a sex scandal involving a teenage receptionist has announced that he plans to marry the woman, a day after he acknowledged fathering her 9-week-old baby.

Joseph D. Morrissey, 57, told a news conference on Thursday that the woman, Myrna Pride, gave birth to their baby about a week before she turned 19. She is still employed at his law office, he said.

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Morrissey also said that he was father to a total of four children born out of wedlock with different women.

Last December, Morrissey, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of contributing to the delinquency of a minor for his relationship with Pride. The sentence was later reduced to a 90 days in work release.

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


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: absolutemorals; brownsugar; democrat; scandal; virginia
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To: Zakeet

And Democratic voters RE-ELECTED him.

I can’t wait for this sleazebag to start getting dried-up and wrinkled. The girl will move on to a younger stud and he’ll be left wondering what happened.


21 posted on 05/22/2015 6:13:11 AM PDT by CatherineofAragon ("This is a Laztatorship. You don't like it, get a day's rations and get out of this office.")
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To: LouAvul

“Whore”? Really? He got a 17 or 18 year old girl pregnant and you call HER a whore?

Talk about casting the first stone!


22 posted on 05/22/2015 6:14:41 AM PDT by SuzyQue
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To: Zakeet

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2015/05/21/a-relationship-first-denied-then-confirmed-antebellum-style/

Better article and photos...


23 posted on 05/22/2015 6:27:14 AM PDT by Beagle8U
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To: mbarker12474

Jealous of a dead soul typical democrat? You wish perhaps. There is no moral character in democrats. There is no God that they would fear, they’re democrATs! ... If you seek proof, look no further than the millions of Catholic democrat voters who keep this criminal enterprise democrat party in power.


24 posted on 05/22/2015 6:47:53 AM PDT by MHGinTN (Is it really all relative, Mister Einstein?)
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To: LouAvul

Whore is pretty harsh. They had the baby and are getting married, two righteous acts that most conservatives should support.

A whore would have abborted the child and moved on to a different guy.


25 posted on 05/22/2015 6:47:55 AM PDT by Jack Black ( Disarmament of a targeted group is one of the surest early warning signs of future genocide.)
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To: mbarker12474

If he’s marrying her, he will be embracing the suck later down the line. No way is a 19 year old physically attracted to a 57 year old man unless he has wealth and status, which isn’t really a sound basis for a happy marriage in the long run. Once she’s been with him long enough to claim alimony, she’ll divorce his ass and shack up with a much younger man nearer her age.


26 posted on 05/22/2015 6:51:43 AM PDT by sinsofsolarempirefan
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To: Jack Black

Agree with you 100%,

I think we can joke but at least accept the fact that they are getting married and the woman in question will be taken care of.


27 posted on 05/22/2015 6:55:58 AM PDT by the_individual2014
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To: Graybeard58
Wife cannot be compelled to testify against her husband.

According to the rules governing spousal privilege, the wife cannot testify against the husband without his permission except for very limited circumstances (e.g. they are suing each other).

28 posted on 05/22/2015 7:01:52 AM PDT by Zakeet (Obama won't release his birth certificate because he accidentally smoked it)
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To: Zakeet

She should superglue his zippers shut...


29 posted on 05/22/2015 7:04:06 AM PDT by MortMan (All those in favor of gun control raise both hands!)
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To: mbarker12474

‘We poke fun, but actually we are all jealous of this sucker. Kinda. Sorta.’

So you support pedophiles, what next?


30 posted on 05/22/2015 7:11:30 AM PDT by stockpirate (A corrupt government is the real enemy of the people.)
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To: areukiddingme1

Since he once had a(D) after his name, this is a career enhancer.

Of course, Morrissey has officially left the Democratic Party—his antics were too much for that morally-challenged bunch—so he’s running as an Independent for state senate, but if elected, he will caucus with the Dims and if he avoids more trouble, he’ll ease back into the party somewhere down the road.

But it gets even better: check out this photo of Morrissey and his babymama that was given to reporters by none other than—Joe Morrissey.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2015/05/21/a-relationship-first-denied-then-confirmed-antebellum-style/?wprss=rss_national


31 posted on 05/22/2015 7:30:15 AM PDT by ExNewsExSpook
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To: mbarker12474

We poke fun, but actually we are all jealous of this sucker. Kinda. Sorta.

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No. Not in the slightest.

My youngest is 23. My memories of what it’s like to be around a 19 year old are too fresh. And I too am 57.


32 posted on 05/22/2015 7:31:36 AM PDT by dmz
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To: sinsofsolarempirefan

Given Morrissey’s track record, I’m guessing he will be unfaithful long before his fiancee.


33 posted on 05/22/2015 7:31:52 AM PDT by ExNewsExSpook
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To: Zakeet

Minor point: the man is not Democratic... he is a Democrat. All of our elected officials are democratically elected.

This is yet another example of media trying to manipulate the public.

At least they did not completely mask his party affiliation.

Some similar examples I have seen include calling a Democrat caught in a scandal a “conservative Democrat”, and of course the invention of “white Hispanic” just to play to the racist narrative.


34 posted on 05/22/2015 7:45:20 AM PDT by unlearner (You will never come to know that which you do not know until you first know that you do not know it.)
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To: madprof98
The account of this in the Atlanta newspaper managed to avoid mentioning his political party altogether.

Likewise for the AP-based Free Lance - Star propaganda organ in Fredericksburg VA. At least in one of the early articles on the Democrat Party (D) scoundrel.

35 posted on 05/22/2015 8:13:11 AM PDT by mbarker12474
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To: unlearner

I suppose it’s the use difference between a noun and an adjective, however....
The RATS do not like the word “Democrat”. They take it as an affront.

The DNC is the “Democratic National Committee”, though the website is Democrats.org. Go figure.

When in doubt, continue to use the word that drives ‘em the most nuts.


36 posted on 05/22/2015 8:21:35 AM PDT by stylin19a (obama = Eddie Mush)
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To: mbarker12474
not hardly
37 posted on 05/22/2015 2:54:00 PM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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