And there we have the next Republican legislator caught with his pants down!

**Whitehouse** · July-03-11, 04:38 PM

I love these stories of Legislators caught on their principles.

Even though I'm Dutch and living in the Netherlands, reading stories like this really make my day. I enjoy seeing politicians going belly up on their own political values. The hypocritism is staggering. This tends to be a Republican decease. Anthony Wiener got caught with his pants down, literally, but he wasn't caught on his values. He just made one "enormous" mistake that you can do anything anonymously on the Internet.
This guy on the other hand was caught on his principles, and now let's see if he goes down in a ball of fire!!

Gets better!!
Yes, this devout Catholic was caught with a stripper!

**gnome** · July-03-11, 09:00 PM

He's imply following Jesus' example of hanging with prostitutes and raising the dead. Of course he used Viagra to do it, but he succeeded in raising the dead nonetheless.

**3WC** · July-04-11, 07:03 PM

Drivel. Nobody said the guy is a Catholic. And, cops don't test for Viagra. You people should get lives. Me too, for even being so bored I read these crappy threads.

**jerrytimes** · July-04-11, 10:04 PM

Why does it matter if he was/is a Republican? Democrats and Republicans in politics are both liars and thieves and have no backbone and often they do crap like this. Next.

**ghettopalmetto** · July-04-11, 10:27 PM

Originally Posted by 3WC

Drivel. Nobody said the guy is a Catholic. And, cops don't test for Viagra. You people should get lives. Me too, for even being so bored I read these crappy threads.

From Sunday's Cleveland Plain Dealer:

Last Tuesday, Ohio Rep. Robert Mecklenborg -- a self-described "Catholic boy from the west side of Cincinnati" -- stood on the House floor to champion the most radical anti-abortion legislation in the country.

"We marvel, don't we?" he said, before voting for the "heartbeat" bill. "We marvel at the march of the penguins as they go to propagate their species under very, very difficult odds and conditions. We marvel at the leaping salmon as they return to their ancestral homes."

He also marveled over the mating habits of loggerhead turtles.
You're not alone if you don't quite see the parallel of wildlife to women's lives.

and then this:

Mecklenborg refused a chemical test, and then failed three field sobriety tests. After a blood test, he was charged with drunken driving. The 59-year-old married father of three also tested positive for Viagra.

Mecklenborg was not alone that evening. His passenger was a 26-year-old woman who is neither his wife nor one of his children.

When asked about his young passenger, Mecklenborg said, "I understand the interest in the DUI part, I guess, but the rest is a personal matter."

http://www.cleveland.com/schultz/ind..._legislat.html

And yes, it DOES matter that Rep. Mecklenborg is a Republican. He constantly lectures women on "the value of life" in his personal crusade against abortion. yet apparently, life isn't quite so sacred when you're drunk off your ass behind the wheel of a car.

Precisely why the Morality Police can take their holier-than-thou attitude and shove it right up their asses. Is this the guy you want legislating your personal life?

Any more lies you want to spread, 3WC? Or can you admit there may be rampant hypocrisy in the modern GOP?

**oladub** · July-04-11, 10:54 PM

On the other hand, Nobel Peace Prize winning and self-proclaimed Constitutional scholar can say with a straight face that bombing Libya does not constitute an act of war or even hostility. Never mind, a Republican is presumed to be a fornicator [[gasp).

**firstandten** · July-05-11, 12:11 AM

Originally Posted by jerrytimes

Why does it matter if he was/is a Republican? Democrats and Republicans in politics are both liars and thieves and have no backbone and often they do crap like this. Next.

It matters because the folks who are quick to blast Weiner are also quick to say "well it happens to both Dems and Repubs " when one of their Repub favorites goes off the deep end.

Yes it does happen to politicans of both parties, the difference being that the Repubs getting caught up in sex scandals are also busy telling us how we should live our lives. Dems such as Weiner just get caught up but they don't go telling us how we should live our lives.

**Mikeg** · July-05-11, 01:16 PM

Dems such as Weiner.... don't go telling us how we should live our lives.

Is that so? He sure as hell told us that he can make us do anything he interprets as being allowable under the Constitution.

CNSNews.com: “I just wanted to know if you support mandating that individuals get health care under the health care bill?”

Congressman Weiner: “Yes.”

CNSNews.com: “Where in the Constitution does Congress get the authority to mandate that individuals purchase health care?”

Congressman Weiner: “Under, under, under the general welfare clause.”

Months later after getting that mandate passed into law, Weiner was still upset that he couldn't have exerted even more power over our lives::

"We know this: the public option is constitutional. still pissed that we gave up on that"

**ghettopalmetto** · July-05-11, 01:51 PM

Seems like the resident DetroitYes Morality Police are quick to change topics of discussion. Does that mean they implicitly condone the actions of Representative Mecklenborg [[R-Obviously)?

Or perhaps the thought of admitting a rampant culture of hypocrisy in the GOP is enough to fry the synapses?

On the other hand, a blow job is an impeachable offense. Did you know that???

Forget the elephant--the logo of the GOP needs to be an ostrich--never let facts get in the way of a good story, I say!

We report, you decide.

**firstandten** · July-05-11, 03:12 PM

I guess I should make myself clearer. Repubs that get into sex scandals tend to want to make judgements about how people should live their lives in a family values way. Weiner wanting to have individuals purchase health care has little to do with sex scandals unless he took a picture of his weiner to show to a nurse.

**Mikeg** · July-05-11, 03:53 PM

Originally Posted by firstandten

I guess I should make myself clearer. Repubs that get into sex scandals tend to want to make judgements about how people should live their lives in a family values way. Weiner wanting to have individuals purchase health care has little to do with sex scandals unless he took a picture of his weiner to show to a nurse.

Perhaps you can further explain how legislators who "tend to want to make judgements about how people should live their lives in a family values way" are somehow more intrusive than those who pass laws that force an individual to purchase something? Moreover, can you identify some laws enacted by Republican majorities that are forcing you to live your life in a "family values way"?

**ghettopalmetto** · July-05-11, 03:55 PM

Originally Posted by Mikeg

Perhaps you can further explain how legislators who "tend to want to make judgements about how people should live their lives in a family values way" are somehow more intrusive than those who pass laws that force an individual to purchase something? Moreover, can you identify some laws enacted by Republican majorities that are forcing you to live your life in a "family values way"?

Rep. Mecklenborg wants to outlaw abortion based on "the sanctity of life".

Rep. Mecklenborg was driving while intoxicated with a passenger in his vehicle, presenting an immediate danger to the lives of himself, his passenger, and the general public.

Defend Rep. Mecklenborg's position.

**maxx** · July-07-11, 07:51 AM

Originally Posted by oladub

On the other hand, Nobel Peace Prize winning and self-proclaimed Constitutional scholar can say with a straight face that bombing Libya does not constitute an act of war or even hostility. Never mind, a Republican is presumed to be a fornicator [[gasp).

If we hadn't joined NATO in this attempt to oust Ghaddafi, the Republicans would be decrying Obama's lost opportunity to bring democracy to the Arab world. The hypocrisy is palpible.

BTW: I noticed Vitter is still in Congress. Maybe Weiner should have claimed that his god had forgiven him and everyone should just get over it as Vitter did.

**oladub** · July-07-11, 10:36 AM

maxx, My point was that fluff stories, such as Vitter and Weiner, replace serious news. Your conjecture about what Republican might or might not have done doesn't equate to what Obama actually did. There are always an infinite number of things Republicans or anyone else might do in response to an imaginary situation such as you presented. Maybe they would have instead all gone out and solicited prostitutes. Reality though is that a Nobel Peace Prize winning and self-proclaimed Constitutional scholar can say with a straight face that bombing Libya does not constitute an act of war or even hostility and you then support him.

**old guy** · July-07-11, 11:33 AM

How do you know they're not using happy bombs?
Attachment 10093

**ghettopalmetto** · July-07-11, 04:37 PM

Originally Posted by oladub

My point was that fluff stories, such as Vitter and Weiner, replace serious news.

Okay, so let's skip the fluff news. Let's talk about the hypocritical zealot who is the subject of this thread. Should such a person be in any position to legislate morality for the rest of us?

**oladub** · July-07-11, 05:33 PM

A Peace Prize winning 'Constitutional Scholar' dropping friendly bombs on Tripoli is the epitome of hypocrisy. Even Weiner carrying on about the morality of 'what is right' and 'shame' cannot compare with that. The subjects of the thread included Weiner, did it not?

thatguy123 · July-07-11, 06:29 PM

Originally Posted by oladub

A Peace Prize winning 'Constitutional Scholar' dropping friendly bombs on Tripoli is the epitome of hypocrisy. Even Weiner carrying on about the morality of 'what is right' and 'shame' cannot compare with that. The subjects of the thread included Weiner, did it not?

Oh you know the person you are talking to wont even address this. They are too busy screaming "i am right you are wrong" over and over and over and over and over again with their fingers in their ears.

We know why there is so much unconditional following for the current president [[especially from the person you were responding to) it is too bad there are so many ignorant people who blindly support him and will probably vote for him again.

**ghettopalmetto** · July-07-11, 07:31 PM

Originally Posted by thatguy123

Oh you know the person you are talking to wont even address this. They are too busy screaming "i am right you are wrong" over and over and over and over and over again with their fingers in their ears.

We know why there is so much unconditional following for the current president [[especially from the person you were responding to) it is too bad there are so many ignorant people who blindly support him and will probably vote for him again.

Or maybe there are just an endless number of blind sheep who want to change the topic of discussion when the Morality Police get caught with their pants down. Apologists? Nah, just a bunch of "free-spirited independent real 'mericans"!

Oladub has tried to change numerous threads to talking about how much he dislikes Barack Obama. We get it. Now let's get some comment on Mecklenborg's hypocritical moral crusade.

But, the fact that certain people are trying to detract attention from their moral masters tells me that they have no additional comment beyond what has already been said, so it's safe to assume that Oladub thinks Mecklenborg is a self-righteous prick too. Funny how the people who don't want the big bad gubmint telling them what to do are quite alright with a guy who plays fast and loose with the rules he wants to legislate on the rest of us peons.

Right-to-Life, my asshole.

**oladub** · July-07-11, 08:22 PM

I have no idea who Meckleborg is but will look him up. What happened to the Koch brothers? I thought they were the cause of evil in your universe.

Actually, I laugh at Obama's jokes on TV so I think I'm ok with him personally. It's just his policies and the damage they cause that I object to. The morality police are alive and well on both sides of the aisle. I wouldn't say Republicans have an edge in that department. Democrats used to think that dropping bombs on brown people was immoral too if Libyans qualify as brown. I disagree that personal fornication is worse than dropping bombs on people, brown or otherwise, and that fornicating Republicans are worse than fornicating Democrats but you, of course, are entitled to your opinion. Using words like 'prick' and 'asshole' probably don't go far to make your case though.

**ghettopalmetto** · July-07-11, 09:20 PM

Originally Posted by oladub

I have no idea who Meckleborg is but will look him up.

You don't read the threads on which you post your canned responses. We know.

**oladub** · July-07-11, 11:25 PM

Originally Posted by ghettopalmetto

You don't read the threads on which you post your canned responses. We know.

Worse than that; I didn't remember the name of this member of the Ohio Assembly even though you pasted a good portion of the article in your post #5 which I responded to in post #6. This is so funny! You guys are scraping the bottom of the barrel to make a big deal that a Republican, somewhere in Ohio, is a fornicator and a hypocrite while you let the ...never mind, I'll dedicate a thread about truckers to you guys.