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‘Family Values’ California Politician Caught Bragging About His ‘Sexual Conquests’ With Married Lobbyists

A “family values” California legislator has been caught on tape bragging about having sex in his office with two different women, both married and both lobbyists. Michael Duvall, who sits on the “Rules Committee that oversees member ethics,” was recorded at a public hearing by a committee room microphone he evidently did not realize was turned on. KCAL-9 reporter Dave Lopez revealed yesterday that Republican Michael Duvall, a two-time assemblyman representing Yorba Linda who is married with two grown children, was recorded “talking about a very sensitive subject into a hot microphone without realizing it”:

She wears little eye-patch underwear. So the other day she came here with her underwear, Thursday. And we made love Wednesday a lot. … I like spanking her. She goes, “I know you like spanking me.” I said, “Yeah, that’s ’cause you’re such a bad girl.”

Watch it:

K-CAL’s Lopez relates that sources told him Duvall “loves to talk about his quote sexual conquests,” and “it’s very difficult to get him to change the subject.” According to the OC Weekly, one of the lobbyists Duvall is having sex with is Heidi De Jong Barsuglia, who became a lobbyist for a major California utility after Duvall became vice chairman of the utilities committee:

In April — two months after Duvall became vice chairman of the Utilities & Commerce committee — privately owned California utility giant Sempra Energy hired Barsuglia as one of its top lobbyists, according to Secretary of State records.

Sempra has given Duvall “$1,500 in campaign contributions,” and in May, “the assemblyman officially adopted the company’s negative view on Assembly Bill 64, which proposes increasing the percentage of electricity the utilities must procure from environmentally sensitive sources.”

The anti-gay-marriage Capitol Resource Institute’s Karen England has praised Duvall for voting “time and time again to protect and preserve family values in California,” giving him a “perfect 100% score.”

Update Assembly Speaker Karen Bass today stripped Duvall "of his spot as vice-chair of the Assembly Utilities and Commerce Committee."
Update "I made a mistake and I sincerely apologize," Duvall said in a statement. "I deeply regret the comments I made in what I believed to be a private conversation. This is a private matter and I ask that everyone respect the privacy of all involved."
Update Orange County Republican Party Chairman Scott Baugh said, "given the gravity of the situation, he should consider resigning."


305 Responses to “‘Family Values’ California Politician Caught Bragging About His ‘Sexual Conquests’ With Married Lobbyists”

  1. raynman says:

    The anti-gay-marriage Capitol Resource Institute’s Karen England has praised Duvall for voting “time and time again to protect and preserve family values in California,” giving him a “perfect 100% score.”

    Sounds like that’s not the only scoring going on in that office….


  2. Bobwurst says:

    who hasn’t wanted to hit a lobbyist?


  3. glogrrl says:

    Sounds par for the course for a Rethuglican representative these days. Just wants to be a member of the Old Boys Club–or maybe get a room at C Street.


  4. LibertyLover says:

    Oh, I get it now. It is so simple. Just hire prostitutes to do your lobbying for you. Save the corporation that “extra” step.


  5. Bobwurst says:

    It was all that time he spent thinking about gay marriage that weakened his heterounion I tells ya!


  6. LibertyLover says:

    On the other hand, just who is prostituting themself?


  7. Bobwurst says:

    At this rate they can form a softball team made up of republican cheating hypocrites.


  8. evangenital says:

    Quelle surprise! – SNARK

    I am just imagining that old coot naked.

    There is always a special set of rules for wealthy, connected repiggies, and another, harsher set of rules for the rest of us.

    If you hire someone to beat up a neighbor of yours, and that situation becomes known, then you will be arrested, and probably sentenced to do time.

    Cheney, Bush and the rest of that dreck inflicted torture in the name of this nation. No one has the guts to indict them, arrest them and convict them.


  9. P.D. says:

    Wow. Is he a member of ‘C-Street’? That would explain a lot. Sanford, Ensign… I thought these guys were supposed to be so pious. You know, “Homosexuals are bad, but Philanderers are OK!”


  10. YoungSloshee says:

    It’s not that it’s yet *another* Family Values Repub, it’s that his collegues find it “difficult to get him to change the subject” when he talks about his explicit immorality. A classic narcissist in the tradition of O’Reilly or Blagojevich.


  11. Tundra says:

    I am just imagining that old coot naked.

    WHOA!!!!
    No need to go that far now.


  12. evangenital says:

    ThinkProgress should run a picture of the woman(?) if her name is obtained.

    It wouldn’t surprise me if she is as equal a “defender of traditional marriage” as that repulsive old sleazebag.

    Millions of gay men and women, as well as their friends and families, have to deal with so much crap because of trash like these repiggies.


  13. tombaker says:

    “It’s a more cost-effective means of reaching out to political decision-makers.”

    - H. Robinson DeBagg, III
    CEO Sempra Energy


  14. Buckie Boy says:

    Republican Family Values are really something they are so proud to boast about.

    Cheating on your wife and kids

    Breaking marriage vows

    Screaming that gay marriage will destroy traditional marriage

    Being bribed with Sex and Money from lobbyists

    All the while claiming to be holier than thou.

    Can these people be any eviler?


  15. Tundra says:

    This comment has been voted down. Click to read.


  16. hormiga brava chavez says:

    I couldn’t imagine being subjected to this pervert’s bragging about his sexual experiences with lobbyists. It’s just absolutely disgusting. In Duvall’s mind, it was OK because he’s a Rethuglican! Family values guy – HAHA!


  17. LibertyLover says:

    Men who brag about their “sexual conquests” tend to be … er… inadequate… in certain areas.


  18. AIO says:

    You can bet his duped family values constituents will continue to vote for this felonious hog.


  19. joe cantwell says:

    ***

    #11 and #15.

    see?

    they can talk out of both

    sides of their mouths.

    :)


  20. EnnuiDivine says:

    Ah. Another fine, upstanding “Family Values” politician…who will likely be re-elected for another term while tearfully admitting his “sins” to his “wife”.

    Come to think of it, the Congressman representing Duvall’s district is pretty damn corrupt, too. (Gary Miller, for any interested)


  21. katy says:

    hoo rah.

    i just LOVE karma…


  22. LibertyLover says:

    Bobwurst says:
    At this rate they can form a softball team made up of republican cheating hypocrites

    Shoot, they could have a league of their own.


  23. Skeeter1 says:

    He’s right. She’s a very bad girl, and she needs a spanking.
    But only for being an energy industry mouthpiece.


  24. NoMoreBush says:

    Righties are geniouses — let me yap about my fornication in a public forum near a microphone. He should be ousted from office for just being stupid.


  25. Tundra says:

    This comment has been voted down. Click to read.


  26. joe cantwell says:

    ***

    The anti-gay-marriage Capitol Resource Institute’s Karen England has praised Duvall for voting “time and time again to protect and preserve family values in California,” giving him a “perfect 100% score.”

    … …. …

    conservative hypocrisy

    writ large.

    :)


  27. YoungSloshee says:

    Just think: If we (hopefully) get Campaign Finance Reform passed one day, we might see a lot more of these stories. If lobbyists can’t use obscene amounts of cash to gain political support, what other “goods” can they offer?

    Hmm…


  28. katy says:

    … one of the lobbyists Duvall is having sex with is Heidi De Jong Barsuglia

    also appreciate that HER name is out there…

    HA!


  29. Pilotshark says:

    Went will the tears start>>> the you do not have to forgive me as God already has speech.
    The family values people well what can i say about them.

    guess the big one would be They Have No Family Values they are just as disgusting as that pick.


  30. joe cantwell says:

    ****

    #25,

    “I don;t…”

    *

    nervous fingers.

    :)


  31. ralph the wonder llama says:

    I would like to make a polite request of my fellow TPers:

    please consider not voting “down” comments unless the comments deserve it. I notice Tundra, for example, frequently makes wry or sarcastic comments that seem like they’d be perfectly acceptable coming from a known progressive.

    Obviously, some conservatives have earned a reflexive “vote down” by virtue of their consistent absurdity and contentiousness. I wouldn’t put Tundra in that consistent category just yet.


  32. paleolib says:

    Once again a Republic espouses family values without mentioning it is the Manson family’s values he cherishes.


  33. okie dokie says:

    And we thought calling politicians and lobbyists corporate whores
    was just figurative.


  34. Parlezvous says:

    Except for the hair, this guy is almost a spittin’ image of Rush Limbaugh; yet another fat-ass hypcrite. I love what the Reich Wingnuts are capable of. More please, more.

    Smokers suck butts.


  35. joe cantwell says:

    ***

    #31,

    yesterday you said he

    was just another troll.

    **

    he still is.

    :)


  36. bzb says:

    Gosh, was this women that desperate or was she getting paid off?He’s a goner for sure and so is she.


  37. glogrrl says:

    What a disgusting pig. There would not be enough political favors in the universe to get me interested in that old goat. Those women must have been pretty desperate for votes.


  38. Dr. Hussein Matt says:

    Reich-wingers are always claiming that spanking is a “family value”. So, what’s the problem here?


  39. joe cantwell says:

  40. Dr. Hussein Matt says:

    joe cantwell says:
    tuntra’s prom date.

    Is that the one that likes to be spanked?


  41. jeblucas says:

    If you go to the lobbyist’s page at the secretary of state’s office, practically the first thing you see is when she last completed her Ethics course. I think a re-test may be in order. Along with a VD test for the assemblyman and his wife.


  42. Tundra says:

    tuntra’s prom date.

    WOW!!!
    Hottie for sure!

    Is that the one that likes to be spanked?
    In my dreams she darn sure does


  43. NinerFan says:

    Tundra: “Really though, who doesn’t like to get spanked?”

    Wow, a typical conservative pervert. I don’t like to get spanked. You know why? I’m not a pervert.


  44. joe cantwell says:

    ***

    #40,

    that’s the one.

    in a very family values

    kind of way.

    :)


  45. ralph the wonder llama says:

    joe, Tundra certainly CAN be just another troll at times. And he was yesterday.

    But he can also be a relatively sane dissenting voice. All I’m asking is that we vote him down when his comments deserve it (and we have plenty of opportunity for that) but not vote him down when he’s just being snarky.

    That seems petty.


  46. SoapBox says:

    ROTFLMAO!

    OH how it could NOT have happened to a nicer Hyp-O-Crite!

    …reminds me of Reagan…(from Wikipedia)

    “My fellow Americans, I’m pleased to tell you today that I’ve signed legislation that will outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in five minutes.”

    Joking during a microphone check, unaware that he was being broadcast. [4] (1984-08-11)


  47. joe cantwell says:

  48. Dr. Hussein Matt says:

    ralph the wonder llama says:
    September 9th, 2009 at 1:42 pm

    [...]

    Assemblyman Duvall has been a consistent trooper for the conservative cause,” stated Capitol Resource Institute Executive Director Karen England. “For the last two years he has voted, time and time again, to protect and preserve family values in California. We are grateful for his support of California families and will continue to look for it in the upcoming session.”

    The Capitol Resource Institute’s mission is to protect and strengthen families through public policy advocacy. Their legislative scorecard is the only such ‘report card’ that annually rates legislators on their pro-family votes.

    R…O….F….L


  49. Fontsdeleon says:

    Bribers and bribees,spankers and spankees. That’s the extent of this good-for-nothing political party.


  50. kwsventures says:

    This comment has been voted down. Click to read.


  51. joe cantwell says:

    ***

    #45,

    not petty, hypocritical.

    he’ll be back defending cheney

    and torture tomorrow.

    *

    he’s out, he’s voted down.

    ..

    you can click to read his crap

    if you want.

    :)


  52. Dr. Hussein Matt says:

    kwsventures says:
    John Edwards is envious the guy didn’t get the women pregnant.
    September 9th, 2009 at 1:46 pm

    What does Mr. Edwards have to do with this thread?


  53. singe_101 says:

    Ahh, traditional marriage.

    Each woman is property, a trophy and amusing story. One may have a certain status of living in the home due to dowry or appearances. This is the “wife.” Other concubines satisfy the patriarch.

    Remote compound optional.


  54. joe cantwell says:

    ***

    #50,

    another “wry” comment.

    :)


  55. A Patriotic Anopheles Acting says:

    He’s got my support for Family Values Czar!


  56. Badmoodman says:

    Michael Duvall, was recorded at a public hearing by a committee room microphone he evidently did not realize was turned on

    – - He doesn’t even realize the affect he has on microphones.


  57. ralph the wonder llama says:

    kwsventures… what was John Edwards’ “family values” score from the anti-gay-marriage Capitol Resource Institute?


  58. Hoodathunk says:

    Seems we are seeing what the Religious contingent has for the meaning of pork.


  59. NinerFan says:

    Tundra: “Really though, who doesn’t like to get spanked?”

    The essence of psychological projection is that a person wants to believe others think just like him. If he’s harboring perverted thoughts, he just has to believe everyone has those thoughts. The alternative is to come to terms with your own mental sickness.


  60. Tundra says:

    All I’m asking is that we vote him down when his comments deserve it (and we have plenty of opportunity for that)

    Thanks Ralph, I also promise to continue to give you guys plenty of opportunity for real voting down as well.


  61. stewarjt says:

    THE POLITICAL EQUATION:

    # of women Rep. Duvall would sleep/spank if they didn’t want something from him = 0.


  62. P.D. says:

    kws@50,, Really classy. First off, Democrats don’t throw ‘Family Values’ in voters face. Nor do they demonize gays. And secondly, Edwards is no longer in office. Yet Sandford and Ensign are still clinging to their political ambitions. Give it up.


  63. ralph the wonder llama says:

    joe, what was so offensive about comment 15?

    Tundra says:
    Really though, who doesn’t like to get spanked?

    Guys…Guys!?!?!?!

    It’s not my taste, but I recognize the effort to make a joke. Tundra wants to fit in. Wants to be one of the cool kids. Can you blame him?


  64. joe cantwell says:

    ***

    #52,

    the reich wing can’t talk about “family values” anymore

    so what else is there left to do but to attack and divert?

    it’s futile of course. this one’s going viral.

    :)


  65. kwsventures says:

    This comment has been voted down. Click to read.


  66. joe cantwell says:

    ***

    #63,

    yes, his inferiority

    is rather sad.

    :(


  67. singe_101 says:

    And conquest was right. Be greeted as a liberator or overcome dissent, make a mark or plant a flag, then desert it if necessary. Can’t touch a conquistador…

    Remember, “traditional” means going back far enough in the past to cherry-pick discrimination when it was accepted, but not as far as the indigenous peoples living freely.


  68. Tundra says:

    Niner,
    The essence of psychological projection is that a person wants to believe others think just like him.

    Sorry Niner didn’t mean to offend you. I do assure you though I am completely in terms with my own mental state. I am well aware of what I enjoy and don’t enjoy. What you may consider a “sickness” things like “spanking” are similar to what my exremely religous mother would consider “sins”.

    If being a little risque and free loving in that department makes me sick, then well, guilty as charged.


  69. Jackie says:

    Sex for a vote is the new Republican Christian Family Values. Yes and there are many others doing the same thing. Let’s see Republican Christian Family Values stand for racism, corruption, lying, mistresses, looking for sex in men’s rooms, molesting kids and list just goes on. As long as the Church is paid to say nothing people will continue to follow these idiots. Now California has to decide if this is what they stand for. I wonder what his kids think of their Father doing a 19 year old and laughing about it.


  70. kwsventures says:

    This comment has been voted down. Click to read.


  71. A Patriotic Anopheles Acting says:

    Van Jones calls Repubs @ssholes and resigns over the fallout from the right. I’d say Mr. Van Jones was spot on.


  72. joe cantwell says:

    ***

    #65,

    ralph,

    kvb is trying to be cool too.

    he is cooler then tuntra.

    *

    but that don’t make him cool.

    :|


  73. Hoodathunk says:

    kws still has his superiority thing going on.

    Riddle me this, kws. The number of Democratis who have been caught in compromising situations who are still in public office or the media versus the number of Republicans.

    I will wait for your results.


  74. Tundra says:

    I wonder what his kids think of their Father doing a 19 year old and laughing about it.

    Full Disclosure”
    19 years younger then his 54. So she is 35ish.


  75. P.D. says:

    kws@65, Now you’re Biff??? That would explain a lot.


  76. ralph the wonder llama says:

    I have to thank kwsventures for coming along at just the right time to provide a sterling example of a troll who has EARNED a reflexive vote down on every comment.


  77. kwsventures says:

    This comment has been voted down. Click to read.


  78. ralph the wonder llama says:

    kwsventures says:
    P.D. says:

    kws@50,, Really classy. First off, Democrats don’t throw ‘Family Values’ in voters face. Nor do they demonize gays. And secondly, Edwards is no longer in office. Yet Sandford and Ensign are still clinging to their political ambitions. Give it up.

    Really. You sure? Ask Elizabeth Edwards her opinion of their “family values”.

    WTF does this response even mean?


  79. joe cantwell says:

    ***

    #70,

    the edwards are still married.

    rush and newtie?

    three times each.

    how’s that for right wing

    “family values”?

    *

    sandy sanford’s marriage

    is on life support. stand by.

    **


  80. LibertyLover says:

    ralph @31

    I agree with your sentiment.


  81. smidget says:

    Hey, you’ve got to watch out for those hot mics. I have been witness to several misstatements made when the speaker thought their mic was off during my theater stints, and can recall personally refusing to go to the bathroom during a performance on the off-chance that I would have a Naked Gun moment and the entire audience would hear me.

    A good friend of mine said “shit” into a hot mic during a Sunday matinee performance. I don’t remember the exact circumstances, but I remember that it was effin hilarious.


  82. joe cantwell says:

    ***

    #77,

    i didn’t but i’m a liberal.

    you’re a conservative.

    ***

    you bought it hook, line

    and sinker.

    :)


  83. AaronQ of Maine says:

    A real story would be about a politician that actually respected the institution of marriage. Its like: If you’re gonna beat you wife and cheat on her, you can’t be president. When the Republicans figure that one out they might have a chance. But they won’t find a candidate like that.


  84. kwsventures says:

    This comment has been voted down. Click to read.


  85. P.D. says:

    kws@70, Like I said. Democrats don’t throw ‘Values’ in voters faces. I doesn’t matter to me what Elizabeth thinks, nor does it matter what this idiot’s wife thinks, the matter is you have another ‘Family Values’ Republican caught in another sex scandal. I don’t care what people do with their personal lives, but when they tell others they are ‘Morally Superior’ and are caught with their pants down, that is hypocrisy plain and simple.


  86. kwsventures says:

    This comment has been voted down. Click to read.


  87. Dr. Hussein Matt says:

    kwsventures says:
    John Edwards is envious the guy didn’t get the women pregnant.
    September 9th, 2009 at 1:46 pm

    What does Mr. Edwards have to do with this thread? You still haven’t answered the question.


  88. kwsventures says:

    This comment has been voted down. Click to read.


  89. muntaba says:

    #13
    “It’s a more cost-effective means of reaching out to political decision-makers.”

    - H. Robinson DeBagg, III
    CEO Sempra Energy

    Why is it not surprising his last name is D-Bag, from a long line of D-Bags?


  90. What the GOP REALLY means ... says:

    Holy Sh-

    I’m brushing this one off.

    Michael Duvall (D-Yorba Linda)


  91. belaccifer lacca says:

    The majority will decide.

    Does that mean that you are now willing to listen to the majority who voted OVERWHELMINGLY in the last election for Democrats and democratic policies?

    No more obstruction?

    Great!

    Thank you, kws!


  92. Dr. Hussein Matt says:

    kwsventures says:

    I have even heard rumors democrat Elliot Spitzer is looking to get back into some elected office

    What does Elliot Spitzer have to do with this thread?


  93. kwsventures says:

    This comment has been voted down. Click to read.


  94. tombaker says:

    kws understands politics:

    it either costs him 2 fewer bucks in taxes,

    or the kid’s puppy gets it.

    nothing else to know or care about – right kws?


  95. Dr. Hussein Matt says:

    kwsventures says:
    It is called levity

    No, it’s called stupidity and desperation.


  96. P.D. says:

    kws@88, Hey, you were the one who brought up both Edwards and Spitzer. NOW you are claiming it doesn’t matter. Hmm.. could it be you know you are losing this argument. Like so many before.


  97. Hoodathunk says:

    kwsventures says:
    Like who the heck cares about what any of these politicians from the left or right say? Actions are all that matters. They will tell you anything to get elected.

    Sorry about reposting a trollish comment but, kws, it really has to su(k in your pathetic greedy world.


  98. Dr. Hussein Matt says:

    kwsventures says:
    You can never be sure how it will turnout.Best example: Marion Berry.

    What does Marion Berry have to do with this thread?


  99. Hoodathunk says:

    and kws, thanks for not answering that question about who is still in office. Says a lot about you.


  100. tombaker says:

    Spanking is an action, right?


  101. Dr. Hussein Matt says:

    kwsventures,

    What does Mr. Edwards have to do with this thread?

    What does Elliot Spitzer have to do with this thread?

    What does Marion Berry have to do with this thread?


  102. What the GOP REALLY means ... says:

    You libs better ignore our rule breaking and continue to follow our code of conduct. Morality and fiscal responsbility is important when democrats are in power. You succeed by our rules and we’ll take the credit.


  103. joe cantwell says:

    ***

    #93,

    i got your “levity”:

    As the OC Weekly reports, ?Duvall has “blasted” efforts to promote gay marriage, and got a 100 percent score from the Capitol Resource Institute, which describes its mission as to “educate, advocate, protect, and defend family-friendly policies in the California state legislature”. In March, a spokeswoman for the group called Duvall “a consistent trooper for the conservative causes,” adding that “for the last two years, he has voted time and time again to protect and preserve family values in California.”

    ***

    conservatives are suckers,

    aren’t they kbs?

    :)


  104. ralph the wonder llama says:

    Who could have predicted that a disillusioned right-winger like kwsventures would try to convince the rest of us that the reason so many Republicans get caught in scandals that directly contradict their professed campaign values is because “they’re ALL knuckleheads”, no matter what party.

    Very discriminating intellect you have there, kwsventures.


  105. kwsventures says:

    This comment has been voted down. Click to read.


  106. ralph the wonder llama says:

    Dr. Hussein Matt says:
    kwsventures,

    What does Mr. Edwards have to do with this thread?

    What does Elliot Spitzer have to do with this thread?

    What does Marion Berry have to do with this thread?

    LOOK OVER THERE!


  107. What the GOP REALLY means ... says:

    ksw, I do not need to ask wtf you are talking about. I’m not smart enough to pose the question. I’m a dumbsh-t republican just like you.


  108. joe cantwell says:

    ***

    #101,

    none of them got a 100% rating

    from the “capitol resource group”.

    *

    but duvall, the right wing sex freak, has.

    :)


  109. Hoodathunk says:

    sorry. wrong. I haven’t voted anything but libertarian for 16 years.

    Considering the Republican ideals you have been defending that makes me glad the libertarians are such a joke.


  110. kwsventures says:

    This comment has been voted down. Click to read.


  111. Purple State says:

    kwsventures says:

    Dr. Hussein Matt says:

    What does Mr. Edwards have to do with this thread? You still haven’t answered the question.

    It is called levity. Loosen up, man. If I have to explain it then just move along to the next writer. Jeez.

    Oh ho.

    Then I suppose we can treat everything you say as just a joke?

    Wonderful.


  112. joe cantwell says:

    ***

    #105,

    sure.

    *

    if it walks like a duck

    and it talks like a duck…

    :)


  113. Dr. Hussein Matt says:

    kwsventures says:
    . I haven’t voted anything but libertarian for 16 years.

    i.e., a reich-wing GOPig who likes to smoke pot.


  114. ralph the wonder llama says:

    Who would have predicted that kwsventures would claim to be a “libertarian”?

    What makes this claim really stylish is that he claims he was a libertarian before it was “cool”.


  115. policyhack says:

    Here we go again. The real problem with the American Right’s obsession with moral purity is not the embarrassing exposure of hypocrisy that inevitably occurs when Larry Craig gets caught with his pants down, when Mark Foley flirts with adolescent boys, or when Newt Gingrinch admits the failure of yet another of his “traditional” marriages. The real problem is that the family values crusade crowds out the people and ideas on the Right that can serve this country’s interests.

    http://axisofreason.com/2009/06/27/republicans-sex-and-family-values/


  116. kwsventures says:

    This comment has been voted down. Click to read.


  117. NinerFan says:

    Current conservatism’s most weaselly lament:

    “I vote libertarian!” Yeah, riiiigggght! We know. You’ve got nothing to do with any of this.


  118. kwsventures says:

    This comment has been voted down. Click to read.


  119. What the GOP REALLY means ... says:

    It is more important for my dear friend ksw to cite dems who broke our rules of morality over the repubs who made it their platform. You back off, libs!


  120. Xisithrus says:

    Another politician that would sell his grandmother grandfather and ALL of his constituents down the river for some sex with a woman that probably despises him.


  121. MapleStreet says:

    ok, I get that repubs cheat on their wives.

    But do any repubs ever have “plain vanilla” sex ?

    How come all their fantasies are kinky ?


  122. Hoodathunk says:

    kws, you could always try Merriam Webster if a word confuses you.


  123. joe cantwell says:

    ***

    #114,

    “libertarian”

    the last refuge of

    a republican caught

    with his pants down.

    **

    move over and make room, ksb,

    mr. duvall is about to join your group.

    :)


  124. kwsventures says:

    This comment has been voted down. Click to read.


  125. kwsventures says:

    This comment has been voted down. Click to read.


  126. Xisithrus says:

    This is the problem with lobbyism its not about political views or whats good for the commonwealth, its kickback and bribes for profits, not to mention, as with Duvall here, that it exposes them to possibly being blackmailed


  127. joe cantwell says:

    ***

    #118,

    we did that last fall.

    they’re a few more left.

    we’ll get to them in 2010.

    *


  128. Hoodathunk says:

    Let us all sing a sad song of lament while kws sinks slowly into the sunset with ever more pathetic responses. Aloha.


  129. Xisithrus says:

    If a politician, pundit or lobbyist is your role model, well, good luck.

    Floated Your Tub


  130. joe cantwell says:

    **

    #124 and #125,

    don’t make any sense.

    :|


  131. kwsventures says:

    This comment has been voted down. Click to read.


  132. kwsventures says:

    joe cantwell says:

    ***

    #118,

    we did that last fall.

    they’re a few more left.

    we’ll get to them in 2010.

    *

    Maybe. But history says no.


  133. Hoodathunk says:

    Pardon me, I suppose the reference to the Aloha state was less than appropriate for kws.

    Wagner seems more his style.


  134. AaronQ of Maine says:

    I think this is a technical issue. The problem with this story is a few things.

    A) He is a guy getting laid is what God wired him to do. ALL GUYS are like this I think. And this has never phased republicans before.

    B) He is corrupt. Republicans never had a problem with that before why would they start now?

    C) He MIGHT only hate gays because his fellow rednecks do and he wants to be a champion of their ignorance. So he’s still in good standing there.

    D) this looks terrible to democrats. Which means it looks great to republicans.

    Nothing in this story goes against the republican platform. This could actually help his political ambitions because republicans LOVE this kind of hypocritical behavior.


  135. ralph the wonder llama says:

    kwsventures says:
    A real lack of humor here today.

    That’s okay. We’re used to it from you.


  136. What the GOP REALLY means ... says:

    You’re not conservative enough, ksw? Why do you hate pro-American values?


  137. Purple State says:

    “Voting libertarian”.

    Um…that doesn’t mean you’re not a conservative or a liberal. It just means you don’t vote for Democrats or Republicans.

    Since “conservative” or “liberal” isn’t a party affiliation.

    You can totally be a conservative Libertarian.


  138. Hoodathunk says:

    Maybe. But history says no.

    Actually, history says yes.

    Your hysteria says no.


  139. belaccifer lacca says:

    kws-

    Independent, libertarian or independent librarian… surely you can see that the ‘majority’ voted a Democratic ticket last time out, right?

    So the voters have decided right, Biff?

    You’re gonna stop being obstructionist and let us get on with it right?

    Right???


  140. ralph the wonder llama says:

    kwsventures says:
    joe cantwell says:

    we’ll get to them in 2010.

    Maybe. But history says no.

    Add “history” to the list of words kws has trouble understanding.


  141. pags2 says:

    If the voters re-elect him, then they get what they deserve-a two faced politician that has the morals of an alley cat.


  142. Xisithrus says:

    In the end, the voters will decide who stays and who goes. So lighten up.

    I guess you forget the ten million spent on the oral sex BC got.


  143. joe cantwell says:

    ***

    #132,

    why don’t you take

    your own advice?

    :)

    he’s your sex freak so

    “lighten up”

    :)


  144. kwsventures says:

    Hoodathunk I think you have been hoodwinked by a political hack in the past.


  145. NinerFan says:

    kws: “I read some envy there. Maybe you are a closet repub.”

    I think you need more proof that conservatives are much more likely to be perverts than liberals. Here’s another ten:

    * Republican activist Lawrence E. King, Jr. organized child sex parties at the White House during the 1980s.
    * Republican lobbyist Craig J. Spence organized child sex parties at the White House during the 1980s.
    * Republican Congressman Donald “Buz” Lukens was found guilty of having sex with a female minor and sentenced to one month in jail.
    * Republican fundraiser Richard A. Delgaudio was found guilty of child porn charges and paying two teenage girls to pose for sexual photos.
    * Republican activist Mark A. Grethen convicted on six counts of sex crimes involving children.
    * Republican activist Randal David Ankeney pleaded guilty to
    attempted sexual assault on a child.
    * Republican Congressman Dan Crane had sex with a female minor
    working as a congressional page.
    * Republican activist and Christian Coalition leader Beverly
    Russell admitted to an incestuous relationship with his step daughter.
    * Republican governor Arnold Schwarzenegger allegedly had sex with a 16 year old girl when he was 28.
    * Republican congressman and anti-gay activist Robert Bauman was charged with having sex with a 16-year-old boy he picked up at a gay bar.


  146. Hoodathunk says:

    kws, as a supposed history buff, please tell me which party whas been in power for every major recession/depression in the last 100 years and which party bailed the country out of the same?

    I figure you will answer this along with the last question I asked.


  147. Hoodathunk says:

    Hoodathunk I think you have been hoodwinked by a political hack in the past.

    And I think you have no idea of anything you talk about.


  148. MadasHelinVA says:

    Just so no one gets the wrong idea here, the last two years he voted to ‘protect and preserve family values in CA’ so that no one would question his ‘values’ which included getting laid as many times as possible, in every conceiveable position, by two different females while using no protection so his wife probably has some type of STD as he boasted his spanking and sexual prowess to anyone in listening distance.

    Sounds like he was instrumental in getting Heidi her lucrative position as his special lobbyist! Hyprocrisy is truly an understatement in his case! Throw these so-called ‘holier than thou’ bastards out of office NOW!


  149. 1wordone says:

  150. kwsventures says:

    This comment has been voted down. Click to read.


  151. Hoodathunk says:

    Other than you don’t like fat people.


  152. belaccifer lacca says:

    The voters will decide to keep him or not. Not you. Not anyone else on this website. Not me.

    And the voters voted in FAVOR of Democrats and democratic policies this last election, right?

    So everyone should sit down and let the Democrats get on with it, right?

    I mean you don’t care and the voters have decided, right?


  153. kwsventures says:

    This comment has been voted down. Click to read.


  154. Hoodathunk says:

    answering a question with a non sequitor question just says you are lame, kws.


  155. belaccifer lacca says:

    Also ‘quid pro quo’ is still illegal, right kws?

    So this:

    In April — two months after Duvall became vice chairman of the Utilities & Commerce committee — privately owned California utility giant Sempra Energy hired Barsuglia as one of its top lobbyists, according to Secretary of State records.

    … is at least fishy if not outright illegal, right kws?


  156. kwsventures says:

    This comment has been voted down. Click to read.


  157. NinerFan says:

    kws, trying to be obtuse: “what is your definition of ‘major’? Is it major when you lose your job. Define.”

    How about the Great Depression and the biggest one since that time? Both were caused by Republican policies and you know it. Both were enabled by your libertarian view that there should be no regulations on corporations and financial markets.

    And, while we’re on the subject, what do you call a philosophy that cannot be moved by historical fact and logic: a religion. Libertarian philosophy is a religion. It has it’s dogma and no facts or history will change that dogma.



  158. joe cantwell says:

    ***

    #150,

    “I don’t care if he bangs every

    lobbyist west of the Mississippi.”

    *

    you go after john edwards.

    you go after elliot spitzer.

    you go after marion barry.

    but you don’t care about duvall?

    *

    he is your guy.

    :)


  159. kwsventures says:

    belaccifer lacca says:

    Also ‘quid pro quo’ is still illegal, right kws?

    So this:

    In April — two months after Duvall became vice chairman of the Utilities & Commerce committee — privately owned California utility giant Sempra Energy hired Barsuglia as one of its top lobbyists, according to Secretary of State records.

    … is at least fishy if not outright illegal, right kws?

    They do have recall elections in California. Ask Grey Davis have that worked. Go for it if you want the guy out. Otherwise, the next election will be your shot.


  160. RantingTommy says:

    KookyWimpyStupid cracks me up with his “defend all Republicans but pretend to be a Libertarian” schtick

    I mean, if you’re going to be a liar, at least get good at it


  161. Xisithrus says:

    The voters will decide to keep him or not. Not you. Not anyone else on this website. Not me.

    Please, if this were, say, Harry Reid, the self elected ‘culture warriors’ would be running smear campaigns 24-7


  162. NinerFan says:

    Kws: “Waiting for something from Washington DC is a waste of time and, in MY view, kind of a loser attitude.’

    Right. I get it. You have no respect for the civil government that was fashioned by our nation’s Founders. Not exactly what I would call a good American citizen.


  163. blackwidow says:

  164. Hoodathunk says:

    kws, still no answers to my questions? Aren’t I fat enough for you to make fun of?


  165. RantingTommy says:

    and if you can’t make a point…..

    say nothing, but say it in bold

    KookyWimpyStupidVentures is a silly little pansy. isn’t he?


  166. joe cantwell says:

    ***

    #160,

    why don’t you ask darell issa?

    *

    oh that’s right, he’s a conservative.

    he’s your guy.

    :)


  167. barfly says:

    what is your definition of ‘major’? Is it major when you lose your job. Define.

    How simpleminded. But then, he’s a republican, and they like single sentence answers that contain absolutely no ambiguities. It’s that manichean worldview of theirs, which refuses to accept anything less than black and white conclusions.


  168. belaccifer lacca says:

    The demos have a good majority in the house and senate and have the white house. So what exactly is stopping them from doing whatever they want?

    Okay, ‘genius!’ Just wanted your go-ahead and okay… whining about people discussing things that ‘don’t matter’ to you and loudly proclaiming that you ‘ don’t care if he bangs every lobbyist west of the Mississippi.’ seems like a waste of time and a loser attitude to me…

    but to each their own…


  169. kwsventures says:

    #150

    I do not care what these guys bang. As long as they don’t use my tax dollars to pay for the desk, hotel room or kitchen floor to bang on. Then we have a problem. Be it repub, demo, communist, statist, socialist, libertarian, whatever. Then we have a problem.


  170. joe cantwell says:

    #167,

    “Ask Grey Davis have that worked. ”

    *

    starting to lose it?

    :)


  171. Hoodathunk says:

    kws, let’s put it in terms you might understand.

    The devil is in the market for souls, buys them wholesale. Know why? Because the pitiful ones you and your buddies like this clown are cheap. Pitiful little minnows.

    Be proud you are in the queue.


  172. belaccifer lacca says:

    They do have recall elections in California. Ask Grey Davis have that worked. Go for it if you want the guy out. Otherwise, the next election will be your shot.

    It’s not illegal then?

    ‘Cause I’m pretty sure that if its illegal and can be proven he doesn’t need a recall election… just a resignation…


  173. kwsventures says:

    This comment has been voted down. Click to read.


  174. joe cantwell says:

    ***

    #170,

    really?

    ’cause vitter, craig and sanford are still in office.

    how are you coming with that problem?

    :)


  175. kwsventures says:

    belaccifer lacca says:

    They do have recall elections in California. Ask Grey Davis have that worked. Go for it if you want the guy out. Otherwise, the next election will be your shot.

    It’s not illegal then?

    ‘Cause I’m pretty sure that if its illegal and can be proven he doesn’t need a recall election… just a resignation…

    If he won’t quit?


  176. barfly says:

    They do have recall elections in California. Ask Grey Davis have that worked. Go for it if you want the guy out. Otherwise, the next election will be your shot.

    Unless a dead woman is found in his office, like Joe Scarborough. Then he’ll suddenly need to spend time with his “family.”

    The irony is thick.


  177. joe cantwell says:

    ***

    #174,

    let’s see,

    from conservative to libertarian

    and now your on our side?

    are you tri-polar?

    :)


  178. Hoodathunk says:

    kws, which cheek would you prefer to kiss?


  179. MadasHelinVA says:

    “I made a mistake and I sincerely apologize,” Duvall said in a statement. “I deeply regret the comments I made in what I believed to be a private conversation. This is a private matter and I ask that everyone respect the privacy of all involved.”

    NOW he’s sorry and concerned about PRIVACY??? How many more of these humiliating scenes does the public have to witness before we have seen the ENTIRE rethug party paraded before us? They are all alike – RELIGIOUS HYPROCRITES!


  180. belaccifer lacca says:

    I do not care what these guys bang. As long as they don’t use my tax dollars to pay for the desk, hotel room or kitchen floor to bang on. Then we have a problem. Be it repub, demo, communist, statist, socialist, libertarian, whatever. Then we have a problem.

    So enlightened!

    You are a real principled guy, I can tell!

    See I don’t care about people’s sex lives unless their is a crime involved… like sleeping with a lobbyist who you just got promoted.

    Again, to each their own I guess!


  181. kwsventures says:

    barfly says:

    They do have recall elections in California. Ask Grey Davis have that worked. Go for it if you want the guy out. Otherwise, the next election will be your shot.

    Unless a dead woman is found in his office, like Joe Scarborough. Then he’ll suddenly need to spend time with his “family.”

    The irony is thick.

    Ted Kennedy was reelected over and over after Chappaquiddick.


  182. conservative guy says:

    Bill Clinton must be his hero.


  183. barfly says:

    I do not care what these guys bang. As long as they don’t use my tax dollars to pay for the desk, hotel room or kitchen floor to bang on.

    Ah, but if he was gay, it would be another story. Then kws would have a fit and demand an investigation. Why isn’t kws asking for one now?


  184. kwsventures says:

    belaccifer lacca says:

    I do not care what these guys bang. As long as they don’t use my tax dollars to pay for the desk, hotel room or kitchen floor to bang on. Then we have a problem. Be it repub, demo, communist, statist, socialist, libertarian, whatever. Then we have a problem.

    So enlightened!

    You are a real principled guy, I can tell!

    See I don’t care about people’s sex lives unless their is a crime involved… like sleeping with a lobbyist who you just got promoted.

    Again, to each their own I guess!

    You figured it out. Good. Exactly. In the end, the voters will decide to keep him or kick his arse to the curb.


  185. belaccifer lacca says:

    If he won’t quit?

    Like you?


  186. kwsventures says:

    barfly says:

    I do not care what these guys bang. As long as they don’t use my tax dollars to pay for the desk, hotel room or kitchen floor to bang on.

    Ah, but if he was gay, it would be another story. Then kws would have a fit and demand an investigation. Why isn’t kws asking for one now?

    Don’t care about gay, straight or bi. No interest.


  187. barfly says:

    Ted Kennedy was reelected over and over after Chappaquiddick.

    Because his constituents liked the job he was doing for them.

    Scarborough? Why didn’t he tough it out?


  188. belaccifer lacca says:

    You don’t care, kws and this ‘doesn’t matter’… and yet you keep proclaiming how much you don’t care and this doesn’t matter…

    curious.


  189. Hoodathunk says:

    kws, why are you afraid of answering me? I have asked you valid questions, why no answer?

    A list of both Dems and Repubs who have been caught in sexual scandals and which are still in office or the limelight.


  190. joe cantwell says:

    ***

    #183,

    doubtful,

    duvall is a “conservative guy“.

    :)


  191. Xisithrus says:

    Vitter is proud of Duvalls behavior


  192. kwsventures says:

    belaccifer lacca says:

    If he won’t quit?

    Like you?

    whatever rocks your book, lackey.


  193. barfly says:

    why isn’t kws demanding an investigation? There seems to be some impropriety about this case.


  194. NinerFan says:

    conservative guy: “Bill Clinton must be his hero.”

    Nope. He voted for Bush and McCain partly because of “family values.”


  195. barfly says:

    whatever rocks your book, lackey.

    ?


  196. mary lacewing says:

    Xisithrus says:

    The voters will decide to keep him or not. Not you. Not anyone else on this website. Not me.

    Please, if this were, say, Harry Reid, the self elected ‘culture warriors’ would be running smear campaigns 24-7

    And we’d have to hear about it for…ever.


  197. belaccifer lacca says:

    whatever rocks your book, lackey.

    Interesting phrase… never heard that.

    And who’s lackey am I? Or are you confusing me with the well known pitcher for the Angels, John Lackey?

    You do keep striking out…


  198. NinerFan says:

    Hey Kws, if it doesn’t matter, what the hell are you doing here?


  199. ralph the wonder llama says:

    OT but very, very funny:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofxVMlU97yA

    I trust that our libertarian friend will re-think his conclusion that there is no humor here today.


  200. barfly says:

    I think you meant “whatever floats your boat, lackey.”

    And that’s “running dog lackey,” to you.


  201. joe cantwell says:

    ***

    #187,

    attack a dead man.

    *

    and even then conservatives

    still lose.

    Carnahan 51%

    Ashcroft 49%

    :)


  202. joe cantwell says:

    ***

    “rocks your book”?

    *

    what the fu(k?!

    :)


  203. kwsventures says:

    Hoodathunk says:

    kws, why are you afraid of answering me? I have asked you valid questions, why no answer?

    A list of both Dems and Repubs who have been caught in sexual scandals and which are still in office or the limelight

    I don’t give a rip about sexual scandals. The voters will decide. Why are you hung up on sexual scandals? But, to make you happy here you go: Sen. Daniel Inouye. Look it up.


  204. mocha says:

    It’s purely comical that Duvall apologized because his private conversation was heard by others, rather than aplogizing for his actions….unbelivable…


  205. Xisithrus says:

    conservative guy: “Bill Clinton must be his hero.”

    No, Duvalls hero is this guy:

    Republican aide Alan David Berlin was arrested on charges that he wanted to engage in sex acts with a 15-year-old boy while dressed in a panda costume.


  206. Hoodathunk says:

    kwsventures. Pitiful excuse for a troll.

    RIP


  207. ralph the wonder llama says:

    “I made a mistake and I sincerely apologize,” Duvall said in a statement. “I deeply regret the comments I made in what I believed to be a private conversation. This is a private matter and I ask that everyone respect the privacy of all involved.”

    Note he doesn’t say that he regrets having sex out of marriage, nor does he regret spanking a youngish lobbyist as part of that sex play.

    Nope. He regrets the comments he made.

    Republicans: it’s only wrong if you get caught. And even then, if you’re lucky, you might be able to pin the blame on the folks who caught you


  208. joe cantwell says:

    ***

    #204,

    you don’t

    but you do.

    **

    stay here for another hour or so

    and think about it.

    :)


  209. Hoodathunk says:

    I don’t give a rip about sexual scandals. The voters will decide. Why are you hung up on sexual scandals? But, to make you happy here you go: Sen. Daniel Inouye. Look it up.

    You call that an answer? I call it a dodge. Again, RIP, pitiful one.


  210. kwsventures says:

    barfly says:

    Ted Kennedy was reelected over and over after Chappaquiddick.

    Because his constituents liked the job he was doing for them.

    Scarborough? Why didn’t he tough it out?

    Exactly, the voters wanted him in no matter the dead woman. Okay. This makes my point. Does anyone on this website read what I have said. The voters will decide at the next election, if the political hack doesn’t resign. So be it. Let the process work.


  211. joe cantwell says:

    **

    #204,

    attacking another dead man

    and a war hero at that.

    look it up.

    *

    proud of yourself, nazi?

    :|


  212. Hoodathunk says:

    obviously the Republican mantra has to be ‘Look ahead’.

    It is because their behinds are so dirty.


  213. joe cantwell says:

    ***

    #211,

    you could give a sh|t

    about “the process” you nazi fu(k.

    **


  214. LiberalLinebacker says:

    hmmmm…I thought Lobbyists just paid off politicians, now we know they put out too, lobbyists are true whores in every sense of the word.


  215. kwsventures says:

    Hoodathunk says:

    I don’t give a rip about sexual scandals. The voters will decide. Why are you hung up on sexual scandals? But, to make you happy here you go: Sen. Daniel Inouye. Look it up.

    You call that an answer? I call it a dodge. Again, RIP, pitiful one.

    I give you one and you don’t like it. How about Barney Frank. Look it up. Is that better? Enough of this nonsense. The voters will decide.


  216. belaccifer lacca says:

    But, to make you happy here you go: Sen. Daniel Inouye. Look it up.

    Strikes out again!

    Look it up! Never anything there except Republican smears and rumors… yeah, that’s exactly like the ‘quid pro quo’ we’re talking about here.

    A swing and a miss, Lackey notches up another K!


  217. kwsventures says:

    LiberalLinebacker says:

    hmmmm…I thought Lobbyists just paid off politicians, now we know they put out too, lobbyists are true whores in every sense of the word.

    times are tough. they have to do more now for votes. LMAO


  218. What the GOP REALLY means ... says:

    “I made a mistake and I sincerely apologize,” Duvall said in a statement. “I deeply regret the comments I made in what I believed to be a private conversation. This is a private matter and I ask that everyone respect the privacy of all involved.”

    In a real world, IN YOU DREAMS. But since repubs like me and ksw live in an alternate reality, I will buy the line hook and sinker that Duvall is bossing the public to give his hot mic no attention. A private matter, indeed, on the taxpayers mic- whoop, strike that from the record. Cover it up and lock it in Richard Cheney’s vault.


  219. joe cantwell says:

    **

    #204,

    Inouye, Daniel K.

    Rank and organization: Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army, Company E, 442nd Infantry. Place and date: San Terenzo, Italy, 21 April 1945. Birth: 7 September 1924, Honolulu, Hawaii. Entered service at: Honolulu, Hawaii.

    Citation:
    Second Lieutenant Daniel K. Inouye distinguished himself by extraordinary heroism in action on 21 April 1945, in the vicinity of San Terenzo, Italy. While attacking a defended ridge guarding an important road junction, Second Lieutenant Inouye skillfully directed his platoon through a hail of automatic weapon and small arms fire, in a swift enveloping movement that resulted in the capture of an artillery and mortar post and brought his men to within 40 yards of the hostile force. Emplaced in bunkers and rock formations, the enemy halted the advance with crossfire from three machine guns. With complete disregard for his personal safety, Second Lieutenant Inouye crawled up the treacherous slope to within five yards of the nearest machine gun and hurled two grenades, destroying the emplacement. Before the enemy could retaliate, he stood up and neutralized a second machine gun nest. Although wounded by a sniper’s bullet, he continued to engage other hostile positions at close range until an exploding grenade shattered his right arm. Despite the intense pain, he refused evacuation and continued to direct his platoon until enemy resistance was broken and his men were again deployed in defensive positions. In the attack, 25 enemy soldiers were killed and eight others captured. By his gallant, aggressive tactics and by his indomitable leadership, Second Lieutenant Inouye enabled his platoon to advance through formidable resistance, and was instrumental in the capture of the ridge. Second Lieutenant Inouye’s extraordinary heroism and devotion to duty are in keeping with the highest traditions of military service and reflect great credit on him, his unit, and the United States Army.

    ***

    in your face you nazi fu(k.

    :=|


  220. Hoodathunk says:

    I give you one and you don’t like it. How about Barney Frank. Look it up. Is that better? Enough of this nonsense. The voters will decide.

    Still no answer. Just venting outrage to distract. Put up the list.


  221. kwsventures says:

    belaccifer lacca says:

    But, to make you happy here you go: Sen. Daniel Inouye. Look it up.

    Strikes out again!

    Look it up! Never anything there except Republican smears and rumors… yeah, that’s exactly like the ‘quid pro quo’ we’re talking about here.

    A swing and a miss, Lackey notches up another K!

    I surrender. Demos are the greatest humans ever. LMAO.


  222. belaccifer lacca says:

    Let the process work.

    By ignoring this possibly illegal activity we are ‘letting the process work?’

    What part of the political process is confusing to you, kws?


  223. NinerFan says:

    Only a sociopath with no human decency could equate a horrible accident for which Kennedy spent the rest of his life atoning with this republican sleazebag. Do conservatives have any shame at all? They’re just the worst thing happening right now in this country.


  224. kwsventures says:

    #220

    JFK was a war hero, too. Didn’t mean he didn’t bang lots of women too.,


  225. belaccifer lacca says:

    I surrender. Demos are the greatest humans ever. LMAO.

    None of this matters…

    Voters will decide…

    Right, kws?

    So you’re done here right, kws?

    LMAO, indeed.


  226. Hoodathunk says:

    kws, no matter how hard you try to run and hide, no matter how much feces you sling, the truth will always be out there.

    And you just hate that, don’t you?


  227. joe cantwell says:

    **

    #225,

    like attacking dead

    american heros don’t you?

    you nazi fu(k.

    :=|


  228. LiberalLinebacker says:

    kwsventures..

    I wonder what a job questionnaire for becoming a lobbyist looks like?

    Would you be willing to bribe a politician and hand him/her a brown paper bag full of money in an alley?

    Would you be willing to get on your knees and perform fellatio/cunnilingus to influence a member of Congress to pass legislation that screws over the middle class, but helps big business?


  229. joe cantwell says:

    ###

    “I surrender.”

    - kbs

    *

    “i resign”

    - sarah palin

    . …

    when the going gets tough

    conservatives quit.

    :)


  230. Xisithrus says:

    I don’t give a rip about sexual scandals

    I think you should, in this case, because it wasnt just sex but this politician making deals that affects others for sex


  231. What the GOP REALLY means ... says:

    Please, ksw, throw out the names of all dems to serve in history. It’s so not making us out to be complete horses asses who ramble on and on to cover up our sucky leadership. The enemy is Bill Clinton. Everybody hates Clinton despite their growing paychecks and low inflation of that time. People will happily give up their pocket books for rampaging daddy figures. Vote Republican (or the machine will do it for you).


  232. Hoodathunk says:

    Think about it, kws, for every Dem you have to dig deep for dirt on, there are 3 Republicans bragging about it.


  233. ralph the wonder llama says:

    Kind of interesting that our libertarian friend (one of many, of course) cites Spitzer and Edwards, but then has to reach back decades for any comparable Democratic scandals. And the Barney Frank thing included no guilt on Rep. Frank’s part.

    It must be awfully frustrating to be as slow-witted as kwsventures AND be dealt such an appallingly bad hand by his Republi — excuse me… conservative movement.


  234. Hoodathunk says:

    And kws, you would be perfectly ok if your wife gave some politician a hummer as long as it benefited your business.

    Right?


  235. LibertyLover says:

    ” …This is a private matter and I ask that everyone respect the privacy of all involved.”

    Uh no, sir, it is not. If you are voting for bills based on whether or not you slept with lobbyists for particular corporations, then it is a very public matter.

    Don’t let the door hit you on the way out, sir.


  236. joe cantwell says:

    ***

    guess who has his own radio show?

    *

    kbs, conservative guy…

    you boys looking for an internship?

    :\


  237. Incars says:

    Repugs are genetic freaks of nature. Not in a good way.


  238. kwsventures says:

    NinerFan says:

    Only a sociopath with no human decency could equate a horrible accident for which Kennedy spent the rest of his life atoning with this republican sleazebag. Do conservatives have any shame at all? They’re just the worst thing happening right now in this country.

    Just a note, a new biography of Ted Kennedy will be coming out soon. The guy was out of control for years. Truth can be painful.


  239. Hoodathunk says:

    Seems kws has folded. Was the wife hummer too much?


  240. Incars says:

    KWS: Hey troll, if the truth is painful you should have been dead a long time ago.


  241. Hoodathunk says:

    oops, my bad. evidently kws is either unmarried or very liberal in his thoughts on political hummers


  242. LiberalLinebacker says:

    KWS

    Let’s not equate Ted Kennedy with JFK, same family but completely different politics. JFK was one of our finest Presidents.


  243. kwsventures says:

    LibertyLover says:

    ” …This is a private matter and I ask that everyone respect the privacy of all involved.”

    Uh no, sir, it is not. If you are voting for bills based on whether or not you slept with lobbyists for particular corporations, then it is a very public matter.

    Don’t let the door hit you on the way out, sir.

    You are not elected for life. The next election is the time to kick anyone to the curb the voters don’t like.


  244. misscoleopteramolly says:

    kwsventures says
    September 9th, 2009 at 3:07 pm

    How about Barney Frank. Look it up.

    kwsventures says
    September 9th, 2009 at 3:10 pm

    JFK was a war hero, too. Didn’t mean he didn’t bang lots of women too.
    ____________________________________________________________

    You really don’t get it, do you? The issue isn’t that Duvall spanks women (and presumably does a lot of other undercover business with them, too), or that he brags about it, or that he’s stupid enough to brag about it into a hot mic (although that’s getting pretty vulgar). As unsavory as his behavior might be, it’s really none of our business.

    What’s really offensive here is that this cheating woman-spanker is a holier-than-thou “family values” guy. If you’re going to tell other people what they may and may not do in their bedrooms, it’s hypocritical of you if you don’t walk that walk.

    Neither Barney Frank nor John F. Kennedy EVER told Americans how to conduct their sex lives.


  245. belaccifer lacca says:

    You are not elected for life. The next election is the time to kick anyone to the curb the voters don’t like.

    So you’ve said… you go ahead and do whatever ‘research’ you do before making your vote and we’ll continue inquiring whether this guy broke the law before making ours, fair?


  246. kwsventures says:

    Hoodathunk says:

    oops, my bad. evidently kws is either unmarried or very liberal in his thoughts on political hummers

    me think you have some sexual hang ups. You can get help for that. Just don’t ask the government to supply taxpayer funded money to fund that help.


  247. Xisithrus says:

    Inside Mark Foleys mind…

    PASS!


  248. belaccifer lacca says:

    me think you have some sexual hang ups. You can get help for that. Just don’t ask the government to supply taxpayer funded money to fund that help.

    KWS-
    This ‘doesn’t matter’ and the ‘voters will decide’

    What are you still doing here?


  249. kwsventures says:

    #245..

    recall, pressure, vote him out. do what you gotta do. The system is in place.


  250. joe cantwell says:

    ^^^

    #244,

    yes,

    the truth can be painful.

    *

    sorry you can’t handle it.

    :)


  251. Hoodathunk says:

    well, kws, since the only time you answer is when I tweek your sexual nose, who has the hang up?

    I’m still waiting for the list.


  252. belaccifer lacca says:

    recall, pressure, vote him out. do what you gotta do. The system is in place.

    What the hell do you think is happening here?


  253. What the GOP REALLY means ... says:

    I surrender. Demos are the greatest humans ever. LMAO.

    We’re subhumans, ksw, both of us. Compassion and lack of bloodshed is called socialism.


  254. Hoodathunk says:

    And was the business worth the bj?


  255. ralph the wonder llama says:

    kwsventures says:

    Just a note, a new biography of Ted Kennedy will be coming out soon. The guy was out of control for years. Truth can be painful.

    Is it just my perception, or is kwsventures going even further afield than he usually does, and making even less sense today?


  256. joe cantwell says:

    ***

    #250,

    your record is skipping,

    you said that already.

    ….

    got anymore dead american

    heros you want to smear?

    *


  257. Incars says:

    KWS is hitting the MD 20/20 hard today.


  258. Hoodathunk says:

    Ralph, kws is outstanding in his field today and has no idea where the fences are.


  259. kwsventures says:

    Ah, the issue. Now we can talk . Clinton was NOT impeached by the house for a blow job. No. He was impeached for …

    the House voted to impeach Clinton, based on allegations Clinton lied about his relationship with Lewinsky in a sworn deposition in the Paula Jones lawsuit. This made Clinton only the second U.S. president to be impeached after Andrew Johnson.

    The top official in the USA lying under oath. There is your role model. The next person to lie under oath can say: “well, Clinton did it. He didn’t go to prison for doing it.” A very slippery slope that undermines the entire legal system if not prosecuted.


  260. LiberalLinebacker says:

    What exactly is a family values guy? Have we ever seen any family values legislation coming from any Republican or Democrat? This is not a nation of family values any longer. As in the way of Rome, so shall America fall, from corruption within.

    We have a marriage tax penalty and the CIA funding of the feminist movement of the ’60s to make housewives feel like their role is insignificant. AKA Big business solution to reducing employee salaries, flood the market with workers

    I have yet to see any family values coming from Republican Presidents and/or Senators. Maybe a few of the decent ones in the House, but you can count them on your fingers.


  261. joe cantwell says:

    ***

    #256,

    no, you’re right, he’s all over the map.

    like rev. dimsdale, sex drives him nuts.

    :)


  262. kwsventures says:

    In death, hero worship is exaggerated.


  263. ralph the wonder llama says:

    belaccifer lacca says:
    You are not elected for life. The next election is the time to kick anyone to the curb the voters don’t like.

    So you’ve said… you go ahead and do whatever ‘research’ you do before making your vote and we’ll continue inquiring whether this guy broke the law before making ours, fair?

    Our friend doesn’t have to do any research, Belac.

    He hasn’t voted anything but Libertarian for the past 16 years.

    It’s a no-brainer for him. Good thing Libertarian politicians aren’t the same as other politicians.


  264. Incars says:

    kwsventures says:

    ——————————————————————————–

    In death, hero worship is exaggerated.

    Like when someone is awarded the Medal of Honor? God you are a dumbass.


  265. joe cantwell says:

    ***

    #260,

    now we know what you think of when you jerk off.

    *

    we didn’t want to know but you told us anyway.

    **


  266. kwsventures says:

    You are the family values guy in your family. Not some political hack. Look to your personal responsibility and value. Looking to Washington DC for values, handouts, and “fairness” is going to disappointed you. Power and getting re-elected is all that matters to these people. They will say anything for your vote. They want you to eat it up. That is a lock.


  267. Hoodathunk says:

    Clinton did it!

    You are so predictable, kws


  268. joe cantwell says:

    ***

    #265,

    peeing on the graves of dead american heros

    is what conservatives like kbs do best.

    :|


  269. kwsventures says:

    Is it possible to get the medal of honor ro a great deed and be a absolute car wreck in the rest of you life?


  270. What the GOP REALLY means ... says:

    You are not elected for life. The next election is the time to kick anyone to the curb the voters don’t like.

    We’re the victims. We’re the poor wittle GOP babies. If we can get the American people to become fed up with the dems trying to clean up our mess, or not trying hard enough, then we can get back to business. The POWER. When republicans are in the majority you know they’ve got jobs with perks – 3 day work weeks, unlimited access to pages, lobby hardy. God I crave those days. And God will listen.


  271. ralph the wonder llama says:

    kwsventures says:
    Ah, the issue. Now we can talk . Clinton was NOT impeached by the house for a blow job. No. He was impeached for …

    the House voted to impeach Clinton, based on allegations Clinton lied about his relationship with Lewinsky in a sworn deposition in the Paula Jones lawsuit.

    I see. And yet President Bush felt so strongly about this Republican value — not lying under oath — that he commuted the sentence of Scooter Libby, who unlike Clinton was CONVICTED of perjury, not about a private sexual encounter, but about the treasonous outing of a covert CIA agent during wartime.

    Funny how things like that always work out…


  272. belaccifer lacca says:

    kwsventures says:
    Is it possible to get the medal of honor ro a great deed and be a absolute car wreck in the rest of you life?

    Is it possible to tread further afield than you already have in your effort to distract from this issue?


  273. kwsventures says:

    Hoodathunk says:

    Clinton did it!

    You are so predictable, kws

    broke the law, yes.


  274. LiberalLinebacker says:

    kws,

    well that makes sense because there are certainly no family values coming out of Washington. I have long known that the Democrat/Republican paradigm is false, these so-called parties are more like two warring factions of the same political party, when you analyze the actions and voting records of the Senators and Presidents unless you are a complete imbecile you see the similarities.


  275. joe cantwell says:

    ***

    #267,

    what the fu(k are you talking about?!

    are you in the tertiary stage of syphilis?

    :|


  276. belaccifer lacca says:

    kwsventures says:
    You are the family values guy in your family. Not some political hack. Look to your personal responsibility and value. Looking to Washington DC for values, handouts, and “fairness” is going to disappointed you.

    First of all, I’m not looking to Washington D.C. for ‘values’- you’re thinking of the so-called ‘values-voters’ that this guy ‘represents’

    Second of all, this is happening in California, not Washington D.C.

    Third of all, I don’t care about his personal sex life… I care about him steering jobs and favors to his girlfriend ’cause that’s illegal… see the difference?


  277. linzloo08 says:

    What a suprise…..NOT!!!
    What is it with repubs who preach “family values” and then can’t keep it in their pants? First it was whats-his-name from Nevada, Sanford, and now this guy, sheesh no wonder people r getting sick of them.


  278. kwsventures says:

    Clinton: pardon, Marc Rich. Oops.

    They pardon guys for suspect reasons. Admit,demo F— up, plenty too. All political hacks screw up from time to time.

    If you never admit that a demo has ever messed up, well, that is a you problem. You are delusional. With that, to those that believe no demo has ever messed up, I say good night and good luck.


  279. joe cantwell says:

    **

    #275,

    make sense of this:

    kwsventures says:
    Is it possible to get the medal of honor ro a great deed and be a absolute car wreck in the rest of you life?

    September 9th, 2009 at 3:41 pm

    **

    go ahead,

    give it a shot.

    :)


  280. Hoodathunk says:

    ok, kws. Clinton broke the law because he lied to Congress. He was impeached. Got a stain on a cocktail dress.

    GW lied to Congress repeatedly on Iraq, cost thousands of lives. No stains on any dresses.


  281. joe cantwell says:

    **

    more non-sense:

    “If you never admit that a demo has ever messed up, well, that is a you problem. You are delusional. With that, to those that believe no demo has ever messed up, I say good night and good luck.”

    : : :

    this is glue sniffing meandering,

    nothing more.

    :|


  282. Hoodathunk says:

    So lets look forward. Lets see how wonderful it is that we have politicians who make Slick Willy look like a piker and say its cool.


  283. Xisithrus says:

    Republican Mayor Jeffrey Kyle Randall was sentenced to 275 days in jail for molesting two boys — ages ten and 12 — during a six-year period.

    I think you should tell that to the freepers.


  284. What the GOP REALLY means ... says:

    That’s right, liberals. Do NOT look to washington for moral leadership. Unless we need to reopen an investigation into the Clinton administration for the x-teenth time, ban flag burning and bash gays, do NOT look to washington for moral leadership. We’ve got power to consolidate, move out of the way when we give you the word.

    Here is your winner and STILL chairman of the GOP policy committee: John Ensign.


  285. joe cantwell says:

    ***

    #284,

    jeffrey kyle randall

    (kwsventures to his friends.)

    . .. …


  286. joe cantwell says:

  287. ralph the wonder llama says:

    Okay, which one of you progressives made the argument that we “never admit that a demo has messed up”?

    Belac, was that you?

    joe cantwell?

    Hoodathunk?

    Who said that?

    Well… quit it. Because making unsupportable statements like that only gives our esteemed opponents an easy argument to shoot down.

    … what was that? No one made that argument? It was a suggestion from the imagination of our libertarian friend?

    Doesn’t that make it a straw man?


  288. What the GOP REALLY means ... says:

    I am absolutely dissapointed that my beloved GOP did not deliver the televised response to Obami’s school address. It would have counteracted the wrenching communism indoctrinated in the nation’s school children (future republicans)!


  289. belaccifer lacca says:

    I’ve heard some awful demo’s, Ralph. And I would never argue that they can’t be ‘messed up.’

    Unless kws was referring to the Pixies demos on the Purple Tape?

    That could never be ‘messed up’ in my eyes… but then I’m a sucker for the Pixies. I’ll own that.


  290. NinerFan says:

    kws: “broke the law, yes.”

    Whoa, hold up there, cowboy. Which law did Clinton break? Please enlighten us with you fever dreams.


  291. joe cantwell says:

    ***

    ralph,

    find me a married with children demo that

    ran on an anti-gay, pro-family values platform

    while fu(king a polluting business lobbyist on the sly.

    i’d love to talk about him.

    :|


  292. NinerFan says:

    Hoodathink: “ok, kws. Clinton broke the law because he lied to Congress.”

    Sorry, friend. Clinton broke no laws. Articles of impeachment are an indictment. The senate has the power to convict and, as we know, it did NOT convict Clinton. This is because, under the law, Clinton did not commit perjury. I hate to break it to you, but lying to congressional investigators is not necessarily a crime.


  293. joe cantwell says:

  294. Rich H says:

    Orange county republicans are such scumbags – but so are the rest of the republican representatives in CA.


  295. pete says:

    Sheesh! Apparently the trolls stock up on meth for Wednesdays.


  296. barfly says:

    It would have counteracted the wrenching communism indoctrinated in the nation’s school children (future republicans)!

    Dare to dream, but you guys are roadkill for the forseeable future.


  297. pete says:

    It sounds like he’s resigning. May he serve as an example to others.


  298. covered_10 says:

    “No no. It’s the libruul media’s fault! I am King David! I’m going hiking on the Appalachian Trail! Let he who has not spanked be spunked!”

    **ugh**


  299. Hoodathunk says:

    NinerFan, providing false testimony, which Bill did, is a crime. To consider it an impeachable crime is only a Republican wet dream. Which is why Bill was impeached (for committing the sad crime) but not removed from office.


  300. bonncaruso says:

    Man, oh man, you just gotta love those family values guys. They really know how to spank it up.


  301. delafield says:

    Republican Michael Duvall says, “This is a private matter and I ask that everyone respect the privacy of all involved.”

    If Duvall really believes that this is a private matter, why did he scream at the top of his lungs when Bill Clinton was unfaithful. Duvall, you lie!


  302. karadagli61 says:

    Thank you for your sharing.!


  303. gunter says:

    That the people that constantly talk about family values are so often the same ones found to be trashing those same values in their actual conduct. Plus isn’t there something illegal about a lobbyist trying to influence a politician through quid-pro-quo behavior? meme dikle?tirme


  304. gunter says:

    That the people that constantly talk about family values are so often the same ones found to be trashing those same values in their actual conduct. Plus isn’t there something illegal about a lobbyist trying to influence a politician through quid-pro-quo behavior? meme diklestirme



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