It continues.
A city councilman was arraigned Friday on charges that he raped and assaulted a woman in his office just hours after they met in a bar.
Councilman Dennis Gallagher, a married father of two, turned himself in after a grand jury came back with the 10-count indictment on rape and assault charges. In testimony before the grand jury this week, he acknowledged an encounter with the 52-year-old woman but said it was consensual.
"He concedes that it was morally bad conduct on his part, but he absolutely and vehemently denies any criminal wrongdoing," said his lawyer, Stephen R. Mahler.
The woman alleged that after the July 8 meeting in the bar, he offered to drive her home but instead took her to his district office and attacked her.
But But Clinton!
Are there any Republicans not fondling pages, having nude romps with Shetland ponies, hiring male prostitutes for “massages,” raping their secretaries or hosting furry midget orgies?
A city councilman. Wow. Major find!
“A city councilman. Wow. Major find!”
Nice try, but this guy follows in a long series of Republican family values hypocrites, some high ranking and some not. Vitter? Foley? Gingrich? High-ranking enough for you? What were your apologist excuses then because I KNOW that you had some.
Good God…is sexuallyassaulting somebody a rite of initiation into the Republican Party?
Oliver Willis Once Again Proves How Dumb He Is
Oliver Willis once again tries to slime all Republicans when one is indicted:
It turns out the last City Council member to be indicted was, hold it, a Democrat:
The last incumbent City Council member to be indicted was Brooklyn Democrat Angel Rodriguez…
A city councilman. Wow. Major find!
Yeah. Sexual assault is a big deal.
It’s funny how right-wingers feign shock and outrage over Bill Clinton’s consensual bj.
Rape charges against a “family values” Republican? Not so much.
Assholes.
“Yeah. Sexual assault is a big deal.”
So you think an indictment or accusation of sexual assault is a real big deal, Graham, and we should be upset about this obscure Republican councilman (BTW, JW Gacy was a Democrat), then what say you about a Party wherein the President has sex with an intern under his power and there are multiple charges of sexual assault. You would be ashamed, right Graham, to support ANYONE in that party, right?
I must have missed the part where the President was charged with sexual assault. Link?
I personally think this story proves the Republicans are reforming- usually it’s someone either underage or the same sex (and often both). Comforting to find out that its someone of age.
Note how Dugger dishonestly (he is a right-winger, so it’s a force of habit) conflates indictments/arrests/charges with mere accusations.
Ironically, since he’s projecting this on Democrats/liberals, it also illustrates his perfectly asinine hypocrisy and double-standards. To him, Clinton being accused of sexual assault (the context and veracity of which seem unimportant to him) are clearly far more egregious to him that the numerous Republicans indicted, convicted, arrested, or fired for the same or worse.
Hey, this obscure councilman was merely indicted. Is there any doubt whatsoever in your minds that Clinton cheated on his wife in the WH by having sex with a young intern under his power. Any doubts at all, boys. Do you understand the difference between president and a city councilman?
Is there any doubt whatsoever in your minds that Clinton cheated on his wife in the WH by having sex with a young intern under his power.
Yes, there is.
At the time of their dalliance, Ms. Lewinsky was a) not an intern, and b) not working at the White House.
Other than that, point noted.
“Is there any doubt whatsoever in your minds that Clinton cheated on his wife in the WH by having sex with a young intern under his power.
Yes, there is.
At the time of their dalliance, Ms. Lewinsky was a) not an intern, and b) not working at the White House.
Other than that, point noted.”
For that matter, whatever Clinton did with Lewinsky was legal, since it was between consenting adults.
As for the “under his power,” are we to assume that, among his other powers as the avatar of Yog-Shuggoth or whatever you’re claiming him to be this week, Clinton is capable of mind/body control?
He seems to make wingnuts weak in the knees JR.
…having sex with a young intern under his power.
Gosh, I do hate to pile on, but…YEEHAW!! I’m having trouble recalling even one instance when Ms. Lewinsky charged that she was manipulated, coerced, or pressured during her um, friendship! with the President.
Do you understand the difference between forced and NOT forced?
“Do you understand the difference between president and a city councilman?”
Do you understand the difference between rape and consensual sex between adults?
No wonder you are a Republican, you fucking sick bastard.
“Do you understand the difference between president and a city councilman?”
Do you understand the difference between cheating on your wife and breaking the law? Do you understand the difference between a crime and not a crime? Do you understand the difference between sex and rape?
Of course you do. Your purpose here is not to argue, but to distract, obfuscate, and lie for Republicans that couldn’t give two craps about you if you’re not rich, white, and Christian.
Note again the dishonest (and I leave out the word “intellectually” here as too generous) conflation of the indictment for a crime and consensual oral sex.
He also clearly ignores top level Republicans cited earlier who were indicted, fired, or convicted for various crimes while trying to downplay the status of this councilman as if there are no higher-ranking Republicans.
And if the standard “cheating on his wife” makes him guilty of something then, well, Oliver better get some more bandwidth on this site to hold the list of Republican cheaters - all of whom are dutifully ignored by Dugger of course.
“Do you understand the difference between rape and consensual sex between adults?”
While there are many religious conservatives who find non-marital sex as immoral as rape, I doubt this is the case with Dugger. He’s simply being deliberately obtuse and dishonest.
Sorry for the triple post, but I feel it is important to point that what makes this more of an issue against Republicans is that they are the ones who portray themselves as the party of “family values,” clearly a standard that applies to everyone else but themselves.
Actually, Mega I couldn’t disagree with your last post. And I concede Quaker’s point about employment and internship, but I don’t concede the gross immorality of what he did and potentially the other accusations, Hey its fair game to tweak Rs for moral hypocrisy, but let me remind you that if you tweak us for corporately for sexual immorality in a city councilman, you have to deal with Clinton. And he was president.
but I don’t concede the gross immorality of what he did
Immorality. Criminality. One of these is not like the other.
“Hey its fair game to tweak Rs for moral hypocrisy”
Shut the fuck up, you retarded asshole.
Democrats don’t go around attacking people who like sex as evil, so when they have sex it isn’t hypocrisy.
And the Republican as been charged with a crime, so it’s beyond the point of hypocrisy.
Goddamnit, if there were true justice in the world, fucking morons like you would be struck by lightning every time you said something this stupid.
“Goddamnit, if there were true justice in the world, fucking morons like you would be struck by lightning every time you said something this stupid. ‘
Ahh, the compassionate left. And we should believe people like this.
Dugger, you make it sound like Clinton is the first president to ever cheat on his wife. Your moral outrage is misplaced and quaint. Presidents from all parties have been cheating on their wives since Jefferson, for fuck’s sake.
You gotta let it go, man, it ain’t heathly.
duros,
But I’m not particularly morally outraged by Bubba. Never said I was. Merely that, perspective requires us, to at least judge the relative importance of subjectively judged immoral behaviour when its a city coucilman and when its the Presdient. Remember OW is throwing the stones at Rs here for sexual immorality. sat a little city council man.
“Ahh, the compassionate left. And we should believe people like this.”
You’re the one comparing consensual sex with rape, you fucking asshole.
Do you think that’s compassionate to victims of real crime?
Get killed.
“Remember OW is throwing the stones at Rs here for sexual immorality”
Rape is a fucking crime. Are you really too stupid to figure that out?
(BTW, JW Gacy was a Democrat)
This is every bit as relevant to the current discussion as the observation that Ted Bundy was a Republican–i.e., zero.
However, this grasping-at-straws maneuver of a knee-jerk Republican apologist is utterly typical.
Hmm. Two garbled, violent, obscene, enraged posts within two minutes. That tells us something about you.
“This is every bit as relevant to the current discussion as the observation that Ted Bundy was a Republican–i.e., zero.
However, this grasping-at-straws maneuver of a knee-jerk Republican apologist is utterly typical. ”
A puzzlin’ post, Molly Darlin’ (old song reference - not an attempt by knee-jrek Rethug prevert apologist to get overly friendly on line). It would be my contention that the actions of the city councilman are not representative of Rs any more than Gacey is of Ds or Bundy of Rs - etc.
Does htis mean I have won this thread?
perspective requires us, to at least judge the relative importance of subjectively judged immoral behaviour when its a city coucilman and when its the Presdient
…but to ignore the relative criminality of their acts?
Does htis mean I have won this thread?
Sure, man. If by “won” you mean “led the hounds in circles so many times they’re only baying instead of chasing any more”.
Quaker,
I may be wrong, but I don’t believe an indictment constitutes ‘criminality’. So far we know the councilman behaved immorally as did the ex pres.
And I don’t consider my fellow posters here ‘hounds’.
But I’m not particularly morally outraged by Bubba. Never said I was.
And yet you keep on bringing it up.
I don’t believe an indictment constitutes ‘criminality’.
Um, not to be Mr. Obvious, but indictments typically follow criminal behavior, no?
I do hope that perspective serves you well when the indictments are handed down on Rove & Co.
I don’t believe an indictment constitutes ‘criminality’.
Very well. It is an allegation of criminality, something Mr. Clinton was not accused of in regard to his extramarital pasttimes.
And I don’t consider my fellow posters here ‘hounds’.
Hey, on the Internet, nobody knows you’re a dog.
“Hmm. Two garbled, violent, obscene, enraged posts within two minutes. That tells us something about you.”
You want violent and obscene. How’s this?
Get raped.
Maybe then you’d figure out that rape and adultery have nothing in common.