Matt Gaetz. He likes ‘em young.

[Fanatical Meat]

Math is creepy when employed to determine the creepiness of a thread topic.

point is I don’t want to hear this fake ID stuff, a 17 year old has an ID that says 22 years old it is still well in the creepy range.

 

[VRAMdemon]

Aged well

To be fair, that was almost four years ago. Some of them are probably legal by now. And that's good for them. That means Gaetz is no longer interested.

 

[mindless1]

Is this the "old enough to bleed, old enough to breed defense"?

That's not maturity... and I did mention age. 17 year olds today are far more mature than they were decades ago, most (attractive ones) already having multiple partners, but still a year too young, which I also mentioned.

This is the law, so he should be prosecuted. Funny how people here can't read an entire post and instead can only process one part of it taken out of context.

 

[VRAMdemon]

Here are the documents from the Washington Examiner, I believe they were released by the Gaetz family who actually thinks it helps their cause. Fucking hilarious. Figures he goes with a extreme right wing rag.

Documents detail wild alleged $25M Gaetz extortion scheme

Rep. Matt Gaetz possesses text message screenshots, an email, and a typed document that purportedly support his claims that a federal investigation into

www.washingtonexaminer.com

READ: Full documents Matt Gaetz says back up extortion claim

Click here to read the full story: DOCUMENTS DETAIL WILD ALLEGED MATT GAETZ $25 MILLION EXTORTION SCHEME Text messages from Bob Kent to Don Gaetz on March

www.washingtonexaminer.com

In 2007, a CIA agent Robert Levinson went missing while on a mission in Iran. The mission may have been authorized or Levinson may have been acting as a rogue operative. Most sources think Levinson is probably dead at this point but some people apparently disagree and they think they have proof he’s alive.

Disappearance of Robert Levinson - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Gaetz’s father is an extremely wealthy Florida politician. He was approached by people who wanted to mount some sort of extra-legal Soldier of Fortune mission to rescue and repatriate Levinson, which apparently carried a price tag of 25 million dollars.

These individuals that approached Gaetz Sr. were aware of the investigation into Gaetz the younger, which, according to documents released to the very conservative media outlet Washington Examiner, involves photographs and/or videos of Gaetz Jr. fucking teenaged girls. The hucksters were peddling a bizarre fantasy - if Gaetz Sr gave them 25 million for this private military operation, Gaetz Jr. would become the public face of the Levinson rescue, making him the biggest hero in the history of heroism. There would be parades held in his honor and our divided nation would be unified by Butthead’s heroics. This would cause the American people to believe that punishing the hero Gaetz for the minor offense of fucking children would be a petty political move and the President would bow to public pressure and pardon him. Oh, and the government would issue a massive cash reward, giving Big Daddy Gaetz his 25 million back.

All of this, believe it or not, is related to Matt Gaetz getting in trouble for fucking teenagers.

 

[pauldun170]

That's not maturity... and I did mention age. 17 year olds today are far more mature than they were decades ago, most (attractive ones) already having multiple partners, but still a year too young, which I also mentioned.

This is the law, so he should be prosecuted. Funny how people here can't read an entire post and instead can only process one part of it taken out of context.

I was a 17 year old decades ago.
I have kids who receive letters from colleges and I deal with kids of all ages between being part of the community and volunteering and all that other shit.

They are not more mature. They are just as they were years ago.

 

[hal2kilo]

I love Salon's take on the bizarre Tucker interview with Gaetz. When I was watching real time, I'm like, wow, so if you going down, you are going to try to take Tucker with you?

Fox News made Matt Gaetz a GOP star. Now he's trying to take Fox News' Tucker Carlson down with him | Salon.com

 

[brycejones]

That's not maturity... and I did mention age. 17 year olds today are far more mature than they were decades ago, most (attractive ones) already having multiple partners, but still a year too young, which I also mentioned.

This is the law, so he should be prosecuted. Funny how people here can't read an entire post and instead can only process one part of it taken out of context.

So your context is the only thing stopping you from banging 12 year olds is the law and you see no moral issue with it. Not sure how you think that makes what you said sound better.

 

[woolfe9998]

Here are the documents from the Washington Examiner, I believe they were released by the Gaetz family who actually thinks it helps their cause. Fucking hilarious. Figures he goes with a extreme right wing rag.

Documents detail wild alleged $25M Gaetz extortion scheme

Rep. Matt Gaetz possesses text message screenshots, an email, and a typed document that purportedly support his claims that a federal investigation into

www.washingtonexaminer.com

READ: Full documents Matt Gaetz says back up extortion claim

Click here to read the full story: DOCUMENTS DETAIL WILD ALLEGED MATT GAETZ $25 MILLION EXTORTION SCHEME Text messages from Bob Kent to Don Gaetz on March

www.washingtonexaminer.com

In 2007, a CIA agent Robert Levinson went missing while on a mission in Iran. The mission may have been authorized or Levinson may have been acting as a rogue operative. Most sources think Levinson is probably dead at this point but some people apparently disagree and they think they have proof he’s alive.

Disappearance of Robert Levinson - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Gaetz’s father is an extremely wealthy Florida politician. He was approached by people who wanted to mount some sort of extra-legal Soldier of Fortune mission to rescue and repatriate Levinson, which apparently carried a price tag of 25 million dollars.

These individuals that approached Gaetz Sr. were aware of the investigation into Gaetz the younger, which, according to documents released to the very conservative media outlet Washington Examiner, involves photographs and/or videos of Gaetz Jr. fucking teenaged girls. The hucksters were peddling a bizarre fantasy - if Gaetz Sr gave them 25 million for this private military operation, Gaetz Jr. would become the public face of the Levinson rescue, making him the biggest hero in the history of heroism. There would be parades held in his honor and our divided nation would be unified by Butthead’s heroics. This would cause the American people to believe that punishing the hero Gaetz for the minor offense of fucking children would be a petty political move and the President would bow to public pressure and pardon him. Oh, and the government would issue a massive cash reward, giving Big Daddy Gaetz his 25 million back.

All of this, believe it or not, is related to Matt Gaetz getting in trouble for fucking teenagers.

I read the documents in question. Assuming they are authentic, it doesn't read like a blackmail scheme. They are saying that in exchange for a "$25 million loan" to facilitate the rescue of Levinson, who they purportedly believe is alive, they will tell President Biden that Gaetz deserves credit for the rescue and recommend that Biden pardon Gaetz.

These people are in the private sector, had nothing to do with the investigation of Gaetz, and have no actual power to make it go away. This is not unlike a situation where someone is going to be sentenced for a crime, and another person asks that they do a community service, saying that if they do, they will speak to the judge on their behalf and tell them what a fine upstanding person he is and that the sentence should therefore be light.

In any event, this is not "extortion." Extortion involves physical threats. It is closer to the federal definition of backmail, but that involves the threat to turn someone in for crimes if they do not pay something of value, or not turn them in if they do. That is not happening here as these people are not claiming to be witnesses against Gaetz and are not threatening him in any way.

Also, as your earlier post suggests, it does absolutely nothing to indicate that Gaetz is not guilty of the things he is being investigated for, which sound like there may be a lot more to it than one 17 year old sex partner.

 

[thilanliyan]

I was a 17 years old decades ago.
I have kids who receive letters from colleges and I deal with kids of all ages between being part of the community and volunteering and all that other shit.

They are not more mature. They are just as they were years ago.

Lol exactly...not sure where he was going with the "mature" comment...I'm assuming he meant mentally. The majority of 17 yr olds these days are not as mature as 38 yr olds or even 28 yr olds. Heck they might actually be LESS mature than 30 or 40 yrs ago.

 

[HomerJS]

I love Salon's take on the bizarre Tucker interview with Gaetz. When I was watching real time, I'm like, wow, so if you going down, you are going to try to take Tucker with you?

Fox News made Matt Gaetz a GOP star. Now he's trying to take Fox News' Tucker Carlson down with him | Salon.com

Did Tucker get Tuckerface during the interview? You know the look like he just smelled a fart.

 

[woolfe9998]

"Each U.S. state has its own general age of consent. As of August 1, 2018, the age of consent in each state in the United States is either 16 years of age, 17 years of age, or 18 years of age. The most common age of consent is 16, which is a common age of consent in most other Western countries."

There are all sorts of variations in state laws, some of which consider the amount of difference in age:

Ages of consent in the United States - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

But for the Matt in question, the age in FL is 18. And if he were 23, that would be legal:

Ages of consent in the United States - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

I'm aware of age of consent laws. Let's just say there is a spectrum of immoral behavior from fire and brimstone transgressions to things which we might call "sleazy." Being a 38 year old Congressman who selects high school seniors as sex partners is probably more on the sleazy side of things.

That being said, Gaetz is using this rather bizarre situation involving his father and some men who claim to want to rescue an American hostage in Iran as a distraction from whatever he is under investigation for when he knows damn well that it's irrelevant. So there's also that.

 

[Perknose]

Did Tucker get Tuckerface during the interview? You know the look like he just smelled a fart.

His own. They are always his own.

 

[Lanyap]

That's not maturity... and I did mention age. 17 year olds today are far more mature than they were decades ago, most (attractive ones) already having multiple partners, but still a year too young, which I also mentioned.

This is the law, so he should be prosecuted. Funny how people here can't read an entire post and instead can only process one part of it taken out of context.

I would proffer that young people are much more sexually aware than they used to be but that does not mean they are mature in a general, adult sense.

 

[Wreckem]

It’s highly inappropriate for a 36 year old congressman to be banging a 17 year old high school senior.

Sex trafficking or not he should resign if true. Probably why it also leaked that he was not going to run again and work for NewsMax instead.

 

[KMFJD]

oh lordy....it just keeps getting worse lol

https://twitter.com/x/status/1377628298721828866

https://twitter.com/x/status/1377333805845946370

no idea about the 2nd one, haven't seen anything from a major source about it

 

[HomerJS]

That's not maturity... and I did mention age. 17 year olds today are far more mature than they were decades ago, most (attractive ones) already having multiple partners, but still a year too young, which I also mentioned.

This is the law, so he should be prosecuted. Funny how people here can't read an entire post and instead can only process one part of it taken out of context.

That's because you didn't define sexual maturity. Phrase way too open to interpretation

 

[pmv]

I love Salon's take on the bizarre Tucker interview with Gaetz. When I was watching real time, I'm like, wow, so if you going down, you are going to try to take Tucker with you?

Fox News made Matt Gaetz a GOP star. Now he's trying to take Fox News' Tucker Carlson down with him | Salon.com

Wow. Never really been aware of any of these guys - but this

While the details of the investigation are still vague, notably, Gaetz went out of his way on Carlson's show to deny that "there were pictures of me with child prostitutes," a detail that is definitely not in the New York Times' reporting.

seems like a classic example of SuspiciouslySpecificDenial.

 

[mindless1]

So your context is the only thing stopping you from banging 12 year olds is the law and you see no moral issue with it. Not sure how you think that makes what you said sound better.

If I had meant that, I would have written that. Funny how people try to inject things not stated, in order to try to argue or cause drama.

The context was a 17 year old. I was sexually active by 17, fully capable of deciding whether or not to sleep with someone. That does not make it acceptable for a legal adult to sleep with a minor, but it's quite a bit different than "banging 12 year olds".

 

[mindless1]

I would proffer that young people are much more sexually aware than they used to be but that does not mean they are mature in a general, adult sense.

Less mature the younger they are? Of course, but people of same age may have different maturity levels too.

The same could be said about 18 y/o vs 20 y/o, or 30 y/o vs 40 y/o. The laws are what they are since a line had to be drawn somewhere, and should be enforced.

 

[woolfe9998]

Wow. Never really been aware of any of these guys - but this



seems like a classic example of SuspiciouslySpecificDenial.

Yes it does. But that isn't all. The documents that Gaetz himself supplied to the Washington Examiner to prove this so-called "extortion scheme" state that Gaetz is also under investigation for "public corruption." Whatever that means, we do not know yet.

I strongly suspect that the 17 year old is just one piece of leaked information about a much broader investigation into Gaetz. With only some of it related to sexual misconduct.

 

[Fanatical Meat]

Appears he is like Ted Cruz, nobody likes him. Even Ted.

Republicans Have Been Waiting for a Matt Gaetz Scandal to Break

The Florida congressman’s less-than-sterling reputation among his colleagues has many Republicans questioning the wisdom of jumping to his defense.

www.thedailybeast.com

Summary from the article
Matt is a known hard drinker and parties a lot
Matt give no fucks if anyone he works with likes him or not
Matt is not reliable and other Republicans would avoid being on camera with Matt because they knew something was going to happen
Matt had a young but greater than 18 girlfriend he used as an intern

Best was when Matt cleaned up his office, top of the trash can had a large box of condoms on top

 

[HomerJS]

Appears he is like Ted Cruz, nobody likes him. Even Ted.

Republicans Have Been Waiting for a Matt Gaetz Scandal to Break

The Florida congressman’s less-than-sterling reputation among his colleagues has many Republicans questioning the wisdom of jumping to his defense.

www.thedailybeast.com

Summary from the article
Matt is a known hard drinker and parties a lot
Matt give no fucks if anyone he works with likes him or not
Matt is not reliable and other Republicans would avoid being on camera with Matt because they knew something was going to happen
Matt had a young but greater than 18 girlfriend he used as an intern

Best was when Matt cleaned up his office, top of the trash can had a large box of condoms on top

They should like him. He's another mini-Trump just like DeSantis but less successful

 

[brycejones]

If I had meant that, I would have written that. Funny how people try to inject things not stated, in order to try to argue or cause drama.

The context was a 17 year old. I was sexually active by 17, fully capable of deciding whether or not to sleep with someone. That does not make it acceptable for a legal adult to sleep with a minor, but it's quite a bit different than "banging 12 year olds".

Look shit eater its your phrases and what actually mean that we're looking at. If you don't like what they mean maybe you should words that convey your intended meaning. Many people here have taken the same meaning from your words as I have. The problem is you not us.

 

[mindless1]

Look shit eater its your phrases and what actually mean that we're looking at. If you don't like what they mean maybe you should words that convey your intended meaning. Many people here have taken the same meaning from your words as I have. The problem is you not us.

I shouldn't have to write pages of text just to keep a troll from trying to imply the worst by inventing things I didn't write.

There are a few people on this forum with some form of ADD, who already can't read the entirety of one post and want to pluck out words and expand upon them with their own imaginations. That's on them. Writing even more, could further challenge their attention span.

Would you like it if every time you posted something, someone tried to twist your words? It would be VERY easy to do considering your posts, but I don't sink to that level.

 

[kage69]

Did Tucker get Tuckerface during the interview? You know the look like he just smelled a fart.

Sure did, but as far as I'm concerned, that interview with Gaetz was the first time it was actually appropriate.

Every other time it's just his own little version of theater. I thought Oliver put it best; Tucker's dumbface is the expression of 'a 16th century European peasant having the intricacies of bitcoin explained to him.'