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Topic: How Much Trouble Is
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How Much Trouble Is
Senator Bob Menendez In?
Atlantic, by David Graham
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Original Article
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Posted By:StormCnter, 2/2/2013 6:16:59 AM
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| Edwin Edwards -- bon vivant, convicted felon, three-time husband, and four-time Louisiana governor -- once cracked that he could only lose an election if he was "caught in bed with either a dead girl or a live boy." New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez faces some allegations that could test what exactly it would take to chase him out of office. (Snip)Since then, though, reporters have had time to dig in, and it´s become clear that something peculiar was afoot with Menendez´s close relationship with a Florida doctor and political donor with whom he traveled twice
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Comments:
After the seemingly obligatory swipes at the Daily Caller, Graham smells smoke.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Scrubber, 2/2/2013 6:34:40 AM (No. 9153657)
Yesterday, I ended a telcon with one of Menendez´s staffers with a shouting match. It was about gun control where Menendez wrote to me in a form letter that "he supports the second amendment." The staffer set up a half-dozen straw man arguments and wouldn´t let me rebut with logic. I despise this man now as much as my other senator, Lautenberg.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Spidey, 2/2/2013 6:38:03 AM (No. 9153658)
Anybody that thinks Melendez only traveled twice with this doctor is crazy and doesn´t have any business writing about it. One of the reasons the media may be trying to keep this scandal in the dark is the doctor also donated to the Clintons but so did madoff and that Chu character both big ponzi schemers.Also the big hedge fund crook in Texas donated to Clinton who never met a dirty donation they didn´t like.
The FEC has always been a slow incompetent government branch but it´s gotten a lot worse under Obama.They had a report a few weeks ago about shady Obama donations in ´08 and the story lasted 5 minutes.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
HerbVA, 2/2/2013 7:07:34 AM (No. 9153673)
What difference does it make?
He´s a democrat.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Mike PHX, 2/2/2013 7:18:14 AM (No. 9153685)
Hmmm, dunno. Lets ask Steve Kroft.
Steve? Oh, Steve?
Just looking for the hard-hitting journalists here
Steve? Where are you?
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
grayjay, 2/2/2013 7:21:02 AM (No. 9153689)
A front page story today in WaPo covers Menendez´ ties to the doctor and his influence in obtaining a large contract, but not surprisingly, makes absolutely no mention of the prostitution charges. The liberal media has its way of picking and choosing just what part of the story they want us to know.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
beca, 2/2/2013 8:01:53 AM (No. 9153748)
he better not skate......
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
rustycfc, 2/2/2013 8:26:03 AM (No. 9153783)
the dumbing down of America continues
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
lancelink1, 2/2/2013 8:31:01 AM (No. 9153791)
None. In fact as a democrat he has underachieved.
He wasn´t really there when the hookers were in the room. He had a lot of ice tea and had left the room to use the bathroom so he can´t for sure say the hookers were even there.
It depends on what your definition of the word "sex" is.
I did not have sex with these hookers. Not once.
As I did business with hookers while traveling I believed I could claim this was only a business trip.
Besides, What difference does it make?
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
3XALADY, 2/2/2013 8:47:56 AM (No. 9153825)
The dumbing down of America started with Slick Willie and the question from that cute, young thing: boxers or briefs?
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
DCGIRL, 2/2/2013 8:48:00 AM (No. 9153826)
Face it, he will skate. The Senate and Congress take care of their own. With Harry Reid guarding him and Mitch McConnell looking the other way, he´ll be forgiven. Love what happened to Charlie Rangel and Maxine Waters.....not a thing.
Menendez belongs in jail. He is a cheat and a sexual predator. Also, the staffer he was protecting until after the election was returned to his country of sexual assault.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
lewis1940, 2/2/2013 8:55:04 AM (No. 9153851)
Good thing he is not a Republican or he would really be in trouble.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
nycvoter, 2/2/2013 9:28:56 AM (No. 9153931)
The reason the media is silent is because bill clinton was probably involved as well. How many times have the clintons been in the DR? Poor girls will probably be killed.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Jebediah, 2/2/2013 9:33:19 AM (No. 9153945)
As long as the Press soft pedals this, now that they more or less HAVE to say something, he will be fine.....thank you Brian Williams, Diane Sawyer et al.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
NorthernDog, 2/2/2013 9:44:39 AM (No. 9153982)
Since it was the Daily Caller breaking the story the media felt completely justified in looking the other way. When you get right down to it, they will favor a pedophile over any Republican.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
bigken2, 2/2/2013 9:47:07 AM (No. 9153990)
just like nevada prostution is leagal in dr but not with anyone under 18 that is also one of the few things you can be prosicuted for in the us even if it happened in dr he is looking at 30 year sentance if the girls were under age but is totaly legal if they were 18 or older
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
Vivi, 2/2/2013 9:48:38 AM (No. 9153996)
As long as he made sure any underage prostitutes didn´t have to pay for their own birth control and never kept any of their resumes in a binder, ABCCBSNBCCNN will tell us that if he did hire minor prostitutes he´s not a woman -hating innocence -robbing hypocritical perv.
The media only cares about phony wars on women that help Democrats get elected. When actual women may have been exploited not so much. It´s the hypocrisy stupid.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
tocsin, 2/2/2013 9:57:13 AM (No. 9154012)
And the #1 ringtone in Santo Domingo is:
´´What would you like to be now that you´re not a kid anymore? There´s just one thing I´ve been wishing for.
I wanna be Bobby´s girl´´
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
JAN, 2/2/2013 10:12:11 AM (No. 9154060)
Maybe he can take a page from McGreevy and announce that he is a gay American.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
kanphil, 2/2/2013 10:14:09 AM (No. 9154067)
He´ll skate. He´s a democrat. From New Jersey.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
Davids918, 2/2/2013 10:14:29 AM (No. 9154070)
He should be resigning soon, but won´t.
We need to link his supporters (Reid) with approving this behavior.
But then again, Mass. just elected a proven liar as their Senator so some things evidentily trump reason in Democrat politics.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
MattMusson, 2/2/2013 11:15:44 AM (No. 9154235)
Trying to make this about money instead of International Travel for Sex with Girls.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
LadyVet, 2/2/2013 11:26:26 AM (No. 9154260)
No wonder Bill Clinton bought a place in the DR.
www.therealestatebloggers.com/real-estate-indicators/hillary-and-bill-clinton-buying-property-overseas/
Above poster is right, this will become all about what money was on a report in D.C. and the laws against travel for sex with minors will be ignored.
Time too bring up birth control and Sandra Fluke to divert attention.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
TXknitter, 2/2/2013 12:40:42 PM (No. 9154421)
We fail to ask where the Republicans are as this story continues to unfold. Answer to headline: It depends on the Republicans.
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