Do it for the children
I guess we now know why Gaetz wants to gets outta DC:
[Rep. Matt Gaetz] “is being investigated by the Justice Department over whether he had a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old and paid for her to travel with him.
“Investigators are examining whether Mr. Gaetz violated federal sex trafficking laws… A variety of federal statutes make it illegal to induce someone under 18 to travel over state lines to engage in sex in exchange for money or something of value. The Justice Department regularly prosecutes such cases, and offenders often receive severe sentences.”
“The investigation was opened in the final months of the Trump administration under Attorney General William P. Barr.”
Plot twist!
I’ll be glad if he goes to prison. People who harm children make me rethink my position on capital punishment.
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Bobs –
Let’s let him have a trial before we plan the the denouement. But I agree with the sentiment.
Rgds,
TG
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Apologies for my rage. I truly meant to say “if he did this”.
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Agreed, though I haven’t changed my mind yet.
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NOW I know why TPM was saying today that Gaetz was suddenly thinking of leaving politics for a possible media career at OAN or to pursue “other interests.” He must be thinking that if he quits Congress, he can turn the heat down. I doubt it.
Of course, I always felt he was a degenerate punk who thought that dad’s dollars could get him out of anything. But a fixed Floor-a-duh DWI is one thing. THIS is another kettle of fish entirely. How could he possibly be this effing stupid? (Rhetorical question).
I hope they throw this book at him.
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From the late great Warren Zevon.
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Yes, the shit has hit the fan!
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“I am hiding in Honduras,
I’m a desperate man,
Send lawyers, guns, and money,
The shit has hit the fan.”
Da, da da dah, da da da da, da da da da, dah dah * * *
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Yeah, Honduras where all the really bad guys go.
Why on earth would a family with small children want to leave there.
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Good dog almighty these people aren’t just projecting…they’re walking, talking multiplexes!
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Question! How does being a pedophile affect the political career of a republican?? I mean hell they talk the talk but never walk the walk.
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Does it say something about me or something about the quality of current day Republicans that my thoughts, while reading this, were approximately:
“Oh, it was a girl? What a twist. At least it wasn’t a case of entrapping a het boy.”
“Oh, she was almost of age? That’s so much better than I thought it would be – a boy of no more than 15…”
“I wonder how many drugs were involved.”
and, finally…
“I thought it would be a case of trafficking, after all it’s always projection”
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Way back in the olden days, a career killer was being caught with a live boy or a dead girl. Obviously, Republicans have devolved far beyond that standard.
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PS: The Republican theme song:
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I had the same thoughts.
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Thanks – if it’s us, at least we’re on the way to starting a movement.
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You know- with Gaetz’s super support of TFG, the GQP preoccupation with alleged liberal pedo-sex rings and the GOP penchant for projection… it’s possible all of this ends up an HBO documentary that none of us saw coming. With Moscow Mitch (and his wife) in a starring role due to their access to global shipping. It would be irresponsible not to speculate… or so I have heard.
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