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Topic: Editorial pages skewer Bob Menendez over prostitution scandal |
Editorial pages skewer Bob Menendez over prostitution scandal
Daily Caller, by David Martosko
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Posted By:StormCnter, 2/3/2013 5:00:39 AM
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| The editorial boards of three newspapers have so far weighed in with statements about the scandal surrounding Democratic New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez, who allegedly slept with prostitutes — at least one of whom was underage — during a series of trips to the Dominican Republic. And the consensus for Menendez is not good. Menendez “has lots of explaining to do,” The Asbury Park Press editorialized on Feb. 1. “Every passing day seems to bring new details about possible improprieties.” The Press said Menendez should not take over as chairman of the Senate foreign relations committee
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Comments: Uh-oh.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Bjnealeigh, 2/3/2013 5:14:29 AM (No. 9155278)
He is a scum bag" how do people still vote for piece of trash?
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
beamer, 2/3/2013 6:20:52 AM (No. 9155325)
He is from New Jersey! Aren´t all the people here underinformed?
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Freeloader, 2/3/2013 7:42:41 AM (No. 9155380)
Editorial pages skewer Menendez! Will The Garden State´s Senator Bobby finally be removed from office and stood in front of a Federal Grand Jury? Sadly, in my opinion, there is a "slim to none" chance of that ever happening!
And whatever became of New Jersey´s 54th Governor, The Honorable Jon Stevens Corzine?
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
valinva, 2/3/2013 7:49:00 AM (No. 9155385)
This was all known BEFORE the election. Where is the outrage from Democrats about the fact that this was hidden from the electorate?
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
rustycfc, 2/3/2013 7:50:53 AM (No. 9155387)
#1 instead of pot how about pos?
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
rplat, 2/3/2013 8:18:56 AM (No. 9155427)
Hey, this disgusting human is their boy and the Democrats will do whatever is necessary to defend him. Besides, his behavior is totally consistent with their Party credo.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Pros7767, 2/3/2013 8:33:21 AM (No. 9155445)
As usual, NJ Republicans put up a know nothing candidate against Menendez who didn´t bother to even try and win. Most NJ voters didn´t even know his name.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
KanCreeper, 2/3/2013 8:36:20 AM (No. 9155447)
Between Corzine and Menendez, the State of New Jersey sure got a pair of the Best that Money could buy, THe "D´ after their name is their ´Impramature´ of their suitability for office. /sarc off.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
mrduc, 2/3/2013 8:55:10 AM (No. 9155494)
There´s nothing worse then a creepy old perv than a creepy old perv politician. Has he been to Bangkok lately?
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
hadass23, 2/3/2013 8:56:44 AM (No. 9155499)
Menendez & Reid represent all the dirty lecturious old men in the Democrat Party.
First there was John and Bobby screwing Marilyn Monroe in the White House. Then Teddy drowns a young lady; lies about it and then gets CBS to cover up.
Freaks Cowards sociopaths. That is your modern Democrat Party.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
bigken2, 2/3/2013 9:06:20 AM (No. 9155521)
having been to dr there are 2 reasons to go there great weather and hot woman with bobs money he could get anything he wanted 500 is 2 months wages down there mothers would bring you there 14 year old dauters for that kind of money so no dout he is guilty as hell
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
TigerLilly, 2/3/2013 9:10:16 AM (No. 9155528)
Who will Christie appoint to replace Menendez? That´s the question.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Chris in FL, 2/3/2013 9:17:50 AM (No. 9155541)
This is truly scandalous - but the real scandal is that his traveling buddy/host, the eye doctor owes 11 million in back taxes to the IRS and was the recipient of a $550 million government contract for some sort of security in the Dominican Republic. That is our hard-earned tax funded money, squandered and he doesn´t even pay his taxes.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Butch59, 2/3/2013 9:49:46 AM (No. 9155595)
Yes, poster #3, and ´slim´ left town a few days ago.
Republicans get hounded unmercifully until they give up a resign while Dims circle the wagons and protect any and all, reguardless of what they have done. And the drive-by media does their full throated roar to help them. As Thomas Jefferson wrote, it´s time for another little revolution, just to clean up and out D.C.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
EnsignO´Toole, 2/3/2013 10:17:12 AM (No. 9155636)
Even lo-fos will maybe become disgusted when they read the grocery store checkout scandal papers.
Out of curiosity, I looked up who ran against BM in the 2012 race, Republican Joe Kyrillos. That satisfied, I next read a little more to find out about BM´s wealthy friend, the eye surgeon, Dr. Melgen, who took him to the DR on several occasions.
This doctor is fat and looks like he sweats a lot. He and Menendez were pictured at a swanky restaurant with wine glasses on the table. So I would assume they both were drinking. I don´t have a problem with that so long as the doctor wasn´t operating on a patient in the next 24 hour period.
There is no way I would let him near me or my family or entrust my precious eyes to someone like him. He looks like he would be the kind of doctor who would smoke a cigar while operating. It makes one wonder how Dr. Melgen became so wealthy - I doubt that it was from eye surgeries he has performed. I don´t think he would have made the roster at Johns Hopkins or any number of highly recognized hospitals -such as the Kellogg eye center here in Michigan.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
Arby, 2/3/2013 10:57:32 AM (No. 9155702)
What does it take to remove a lowlife like this from office? One thing for sure: he absolutely has no sense of shame.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
JAN, 2/3/2013 11:20:18 AM (No. 9155734)
Diverting attention to the prostitutes when it´s the millions of dollars in no bid contracts that are his main problem.
Once it gets to the ethics commission you can be sure this will go no where.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
stryker714, 2/3/2013 12:13:00 PM (No. 9155816)
It´s great laughing so hard out loud when Bob Menendez appears lately with that blank look on his face, by someone announcing some new democrat hot air at the rostrum. He´s just like the Clintons: can´t be embarrassed. Gotta love that breed! ha ha ha ha ha.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
veritas, 2/3/2013 12:25:23 PM (No. 9155837)
Well, here´s a significant point I haven´t seen mentioned anywhere -- in the US, if Menendez had sex with an underage girl, he´s guilty of [at least] statutory rape.
Yeah, yeah, prostitution´s legal in the DR, and no, I don´t know the age of [snort] "consent" there [must be lots of "freely-consenting" 14-year-old prostitutes, right?], but please -- do we really say it´s ok for anyone, much less a US Senator, by crossing a border [into a Third-World country, no less] to throw aside right and wrong? Right and wrong on such weighty matters? Right and wrong on matters that are serious crimes in the US? Really?
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
snakeoil, 2/3/2013 2:08:31 PM (No. 9155993)
Cut him some slack. How many Demoncraps do you know who actually stimulated the economy. It was the economy of another country but at least it´s something. I doubt he will resign. But if he does Snookie would make a great replacement senator.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
xcenturion, 2/3/2013 2:49:28 PM (No. 9156054)
He´ll never be prosecuted as long as Holder is the AG.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
gesundheit, 2/3/2013 4:46:50 PM (No. 9156213)
Pedophilia is considered such a heinous crime even among criminals, that convicted pedophiles are often attacked and even murdered by their fellow prison inmates.
Yet the Democratic party seems to find little wrong with pedophilia. Harry Reid is defending Bob Menendez, and the Democrats act as if they´d be perfectly happy if the whole issue were to be forgotten and they could continue to spend their days rubbing shoulders with a man so evil even convicted murderers wouldn´t tolerate him in their midst.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
flatwater, 2/3/2013 10:28:14 PM (No. 9156626)
No worries, Menendez is STILL being protected by ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, PMSNBC, NPR, PBS, NY Times, WhiteWash Post....
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
wexfordcounty, 2/3/2013 11:11:57 PM (No. 9156667)
Well, to be fair about the possible Senate Chairmanship, he´s got the "foreign relations" part down pat.
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
Father of Internet, 2/4/2013 12:31:16 PM (No. 9157662)
If it looks like Menendez will have to resign, book on one or both of these scenarios:
The Democrats in the NJ Legislature will rush to change the law, a la Massachusetts, to take away the ability of NJ Governor Christie to appoint an interim Senator.
They and the media will relentlessly pressure Christie in any way possible to remind him that he MUST replace Democrat with Democrat.
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