This one falls into the small potatoes department. But I think it's important to always shine a light on the never-ending parade of hypocrisy that is the Republian party.
State Sen. Paul Stanley, R-Germantown, (TN) was blackmailed by a man who claimed to have explicit photos linking Stanley and his legislative intern, authorities said Tuesday.
Germantown is a Memphis surburban community. Lot of white folks with a lot of money.
Clarksville, Tenn., resident Joel Palmer Watts, 27, told police after his arrest in a sting that his girlfriend was involved in a "sexual relationship" with Stanley and that he found explicit photographs of his girlfriend that appeared to have been taken in the Republican senator’s Nashville apartment.
Republican Paul Stanley claims to be an Evangelical Christian. Now there's a big shock.
The girlfriend is identified in a police affidavit as McKensie Morrison. She is a junior at Austin Peay State University and was one of her school’s two legislative interns this year. Her age was not available.
Her age may not be available, but her pictures are here.
Republican Paul Stanley is 47. The young lady in question appears to be in her very early 20's....as in...young enough to be his daughter.
Stanley — who is married and has two children — didn’t return telephone calls to his house Tuesday evening, although he did release a prepared statement..."Unfortunately, I am the victim and a witness to a crime in an ongoing investigation," Stanley, 47, said in the statement.
Barf. Spare me.
He also said he would clear up "misinformation" about the case at a future, unspecified date, saying authorities had advised him not to comment further.
Translation: At some point soon, he will have a press conference. His wife will stand by him. If he can convince his church pastor to show up, he may be there too.
Republican Paul Stanley will then yammer-on about how he has broken his marriage vows, he has sinned against God, he has let his district down...yada-yada-yada. All the Republicans will forgive him as long as he promises to keep fighting the good fight to protect the sanctity of marriage from the scary gay people.
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