Posted on 09/13/2002 8:38:21 PM PDT by PJeffQ
Meet Maryam Massihi. The 21-year-old hooker recently stole political consultant Bob Beckel's heart--at least for a few hours, at $300 per. Then Massihi (who used the names Tiffany and Cindy professionally) and her cohorts allegedly tried to extort $50,000 in hush money from the Democratic heavyweight (he ran Walter Mondale's 1984 presidential campaign). Beckel's recent run-in with Massihi & Co. is detailed in this search warrant affidavit filed August 23 in Alexandria, Virginia's Circuit Court. Beckel discovered his young consort via the Internet (Massihi's electronic come-on is below) and paid her by check, which proved helpful when cops began probing who was trying to shake down the 53-year-old Beckel. With Massihi currently imprisoned and facing extortion and conspiracy charges, her D.C. answering machine message needs an update: "Hi. I'll be back around September. Thank you." (6 pages)
I thought so on another thread, but it seems to be a minority opinion around here. Apparently the way to view this is that the law is the law, break it by so much as overstaying your welcome at a parking meter, and you might as well start handing over your cash to blackmailers because you will get no sympathy here.
Its hard to stay Republican with some of these attitudes, real hard.
Thumper has just proved my point, and I can agree with him not one wit. Legally there is a world of difference between the tow. Extortion is a felony and we send rackateers to jail for a long long time for it and you lose a lot of your civil rights, including sitting on juries, voting, and bearing arms. Prostitution is a misdemeanor. You pay a fine and go home, unless you are a repeat offender in which case you might do a short stint in jail.
Beckel is no more than a common traitorous criminal who has become offended when one of his amoral co-sub-species tried to blackmail him.
While the bimbo and her accomplices will no doubt serve time for their crimes, Beckel will go on, celebrated for his loyalty to his party and his anti-American beliefs.
Since I neither read or follow either the Times or CNN, I'll wait to hear about it on FreeRepublic.
http://www.gwu.edu/~gspm/academics/pm/faculty/beckel.htm
F***ing scariest thing I've read in a while.
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