Ala. Gov. Bently (R): "... when I put my hands on your breasts,"

[DrDoug]

And he ain't talkin' 'bout his wife of fifty years! Errr, now ex-wife. I guess she recorded the conversation, nailing the bastard.

Yet another good Christian led astray by boobs. :biggrin:

 

[trenchfoot]

Egads! The tantalizing twin towers of temptation strikes again.

My condolences go out to Mr. Bently as yet another man led down the path of carnal sin by being victimized by them women folk and their seductive attributes. ()

 

[DrDoug]

He says it's all over and that he's being honest about it (yeah, that's the ticket!). No state money was spent on his 'affair' and he's done his apology tour. The woman in question is still works for him and he says that there was no sex involved. She says that she loves her job.

I wonder if he met her hiking the Appalachian Trail?

 

[1prophet]

In denying he has done anything wrong as the state's top cop, Collier on Tuesday and again on Wednesday charged that his agency had come across evidence of an affair between Bentley and Mason, an affair Collier said he warned Bentley that could lead to criminal charges if Bentley were found to have misused state resources in carrying out the relationship.


Collier also said Bentley placed him on leave a month ago and then fired him Tuesday because he refused an order by Bentley to lie about why Collier was not to provide a sworn statement to the attorney general's office involving personalities in the criminal case against House Speaker Mike Hubbard.

This is the real problem not the affair.

 

[Aikouka]

It seems a bit worse to me with how much it seems like he's coming out and trying to be honest, but his responses sound so damn political. He tries to say it wasn't a "physical affair", but his wording talks about having intimate knowledge of what it's like to fondle her bosom. It seems like he doesn't really want to admit it; however it is fairly obvious is that he had physical interactions with her, but they didn't have sex. Why not just pull a Clinton and say, "I did not have sexual relations with that woman."?

EDIT:

This is the real problem not the affair.

Bah, that sounds so boring in comparison.

 

[PokerGuy]

This is the real problem not the affair.

Yep. The affair is just another example of a hypocrite politician, cheating on his wife all the while espousing family values etc.

The other allegations are more more serious IMO.

 

[DrDoug]

This is the real problem not the affair.

Sorry about that, all I saw was 'breasts" and that's what got my attention.

I plead typical guy. :biggrin:

 

[Thump553]

Anthony Wiener redux-a politician who throws away his career for a non-affair affair.

OTOH the governor should be congratulated as his sex scandal actually involved someone of the opposite sex-something out of the ordinary for the GOP.

 

[Mxylplyx]

I live in Alabama. We'll just replace him with the next blowhard that talks about how he's going to stand up against Obama and those evil libruls while not doing jack shit to make our state better, not that theres a vast well of potential here anyway.

 

[soundforbjt]

Of course he ran as a strong family values man.

 

[Jaskalas]

Of course he ran as a strong family values man.

Why would he get into office if he wasn't lying?
You know its a job requirement to puff up and blow smoke.

 

[chess9]

I live in Alabama. We'll just replace him with the next blowhard that talks about how he's going to stand up against Obama and those evil libruls while not doing jack shit to make our state better, not that theres a vast well of potential here anyway.

Are Alabama politicians getting laid enough? Seems to be a problem down South. WJC comes to mind....
Up North we don't worry about getting laid enough because we are working 80-100 hours per week and are lucky to have time to eat.

 

[trenchfoot]

Are Alabama politicians getting laid enough? Seems to be a problem down South. WJC comes to mind....
Up North we don't worry about getting laid enough because we are working 80-100 hours per week and are lucky to have time to eat.

I think that has a lot to do with us humans always wanting what we can't have.
The more you are denied, the more you want it, even to the point where it doesn't matter why anymore.

The urge to procreate/mate/bond is one of the strongest innate emotions we have to bear. Yet, all of the mores and folkways we grew up with restricts us from freely and openly obeying this instinct.

With that in mind, it's my guess that some religious fundamentalists, especially those with weak will, are going to give in to that instinct. And when they do, this conflict between fidelity and instinct sometimes manifests itself in some really "odd" behavior, especially when reputations or the appearance of maintaining some kind of strict social decorum need to be upheld in the public eye.

In particular, our leaders, be they political, religious, cultist, business, etc. will have to do the nasty in secret, the likes of which are comparable to what your typical gov't spy need to be mindful of. Of course, the higher up the social/religious ladder they go, the more they have to practice that rather odd, even comical regimen of appearing to be what they really are not.

It's pretty funny to see how hypocritical some folks will get whenever something "scandalous" occurs up there in the stratosphere of social and religious circles, mostly because in defiance of the laws of physics, the higher they are, the more damaging the fall becomes, to a point that's well past what would occur at maximum velocity.

But, as usual, I digress.

 

[Jaskalas]

But, as usual, I digress.

Naw, I think you are spot on.

 

[Fern]

Yep. The affair is just another example of a hypocrite politician, cheating on his wife all the while espousing family values etc.

The other allegations are more more serious IMO.

I heard he was single (divorced)?

Did this happen while he was still married?

Fern

 

[soundforbjt]

I heard he was single (divorced)?

Did this happen while he was still married?

Fern

Its what caused the divorce.

 

[Perknose]

I heard he was single (divorced)?

Did this happen while he was still married?

Fern

Well THIS happened, and it doesn't matter if was still married when it did or not:

In denying he has done anything wrong as the state's top cop, Collier on Tuesday and again on Wednesday charged that his agency had come across evidence of an affair between Bentley and Mason, an affair Collier said he warned Bentley that could lead to criminal charges if Bentley were found to have misused state resources in carrying out the relationship.


Collier also said Bentley placed him on leave a month ago and then fired him Tuesday because he refused an order by Bentley to lie about why Collier was not to provide a sworn statement to the attorney general's office involving personalities in the criminal case against House Speaker Mike Hubbard.

 

[werepossum]

Of course he ran as a strong family values man.

Well, breasts are certainly valued in my family . . .

I think that has a lot to do with us humans always wanting what we can't have.
The more you are denied, the more you want it, even to the point where it doesn't matter why anymore.

The urge to procreate/mate/bond is one of the strongest innate emotions we have to bear. Yet, all of the mores and folkways we grew up with restricts us from freely and openly obeying this instinct.

With that in mind, it's my guess that some religious fundamentalists, especially those with weak will, are going to give in to that instinct. And when they do, this conflict between fidelity and instinct sometimes manifests itself in some really "odd" behavior, especially when reputations or the appearance of maintaining some kind of strict social decorum need to be upheld in the public eye.

In particular, our leaders, be they political, religious, cultist, business, etc. will have to do the nasty in secret, the likes of which are comparable to what your typical gov't spy need to be mindful of. Of course, the higher up the social/religious ladder they go, the more they have to practice that rather odd, even comical regimen of appearing to be what they really are not.

It's pretty funny to see how hypocritical some folks will get whenever something "scandalous" occurs up there in the stratosphere of social and religious circles, mostly because in defiance of the laws of physics, the higher they are, the more damaging the fall becomes, to a point that's well past what would occur at maximum velocity.

But, as usual, I digress.

Spot on.

 

[MovingTarget]

I live in Alabama. We'll just replace him with the next blowhard that talks about how he's going to stand up against Obama and those evil libruls while not doing jack shit to make our state better, not that theres a vast well of potential here anyway.

Pretty much. I don't relish the thought of a Governor Kay Ivey, especially after how she handled PACT funds. On a related note, this is also why the Republicans have been so afraid of Don Siegelman.

 

[shortylickens]

I was gonna post something, but I got distracted by pics of Kat Dennings for 2 hours.

 

[DrDoug]

Some lawmakers are already calling for Bentley to resign. Something from that article caught my eye:

Morrow, in calling for Bentley to resign, said he did not expect a groundswell from lawmakers calling for that to happen. Morrow noted that House Speaker Mike Hubbard has stayed in position despite being indicted on 23 felony ethics counts involving his public offices.

Another thing I ran across last week regarding Bentley was him handing out raises to his cabinet:

Their annual salaries went from $91,014 to $164,419, according to Deputy Director of the Alabama Personnel Department Alice Byrne. Alabama Medicaid Commissioner and General Counsel Stephanie Azar received a $64,008 raise bringing her annual salary to $205,792, according to Byrne.

Now those are some hefty raises! The economy must be cooking in Alabama, allowing the government there to increase spending on services!

The raises reportedly took effect in Oct. 2015, when state agencies were making cuts and state services were being reduced.

Oops, maybe not. Are these Republicans really supposed to be better than the Democrats? Do the fools who elect these fools really think they are sticking it to the Democrats by voting in a bunch of philandering crooks?


What a fucking mess.

 

[Sonikku]

To think at retail you have to slave away like a dog to make $0.15 more an hour.

 

[werepossum]

Some lawmakers are already calling for Bentley to resign. Something from that article caught my eye:

Another thing I ran across last week regarding Bentley was him handing out raises to his cabinet:


Now those are some hefty raises! The economy must be cooking in Alabama, allowing the government there to increase spending on services!



Oops, maybe not. Are these Republicans really supposed to be better than the Democrats? Do the fools who elect these fools really think they are sticking it to the Democrats by voting in a bunch of philandering crooks?


What a fucking mess.

It's Alabama - these Republicans are likely yesterday's Democrats. Reagan changed the parties, he didn't change the people.

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

This guy is a shoe-in as vp choice for Cruz! Think of the orgies! Kennedy would have nothing on this duo.