Republican Crooks In The News: Colorado Edition

10:48 am EST February 6th, 2009 | Uncategorized | 16 Comments

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Police arrested the former manager of Sen. John McCain’s Pueblo presidential campaign office Wednesday on charges he sexually assaulted a 5-year-old boy left in his care so the boy’s mother could attend a rally for McCain’s running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, The Denver Post’s Howard Pankratz reported Thursday afternoon.

It’s the second arrest on charges of sexual assault on a child by a person in position of trust in a week for Jeffrey Claude Bartleson, 52, who has faced similar allegations at least five times since 1982 without being convicted of a crime, according to the Pueblo Chieftain’s Nick Bonham.

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16 Responses to “Republican Crooks In The News: Colorado Edition”

  1. Glenn Berry says:
    February 6, 2009 at 11:03 am

    Pueblo is actually in southern Colorado, not New Mexico.

  2. Oliver Willis says:
    February 6, 2009 at 11:09 am

    Doh, meant to write one when I meant the other. Fixed.

  3. C.S.Strowbridge says:
    February 6, 2009 at 11:14 am

    Maybe I’m slow here, but this dude was arrested last week for this, and someone left their son in his care this week.

    Am I reading that right?

  4. Duros62 says:
    February 6, 2009 at 11:19 am

    who has faced similar allegations at least five times since 1982 without being convicted of a crime,

    Clearly, he missed his calling to the priesthood.

  5. Duros62 says:
    February 6, 2009 at 11:23 am

    CS:Am I reading that right?

    After reading about Bartleson’s arrest last week, a McCain campaign worker from Pueblo contacted police and said she believed her son had been assaulted by Bartleson in October when the boy spent the night at Bartleson’s house.

    So he was charged with a second count.

  6. Jaim says:
    February 6, 2009 at 12:16 pm

    This is obviously good news for John McCain.

  7. Duros62 says:
    February 6, 2009 at 1:41 pm

    This is obviously good news for John McCain.

    HAW!

  8. Sean D. Martin says:
    February 6, 2009 at 2:04 pm

    …on charges he sexually assaulted a 5-year-old boy left in his care so the boy’s mother could attend a rally for McCain’s running mate

    I realize what that means to say, but the first time thru I read it as he assaulted the boy so his mother could attend the rally…

  9. C.S.Strowbridge says:
    February 6, 2009 at 2:29 pm

    “So he was charged with a second count.”

    So neither parent knew of any previous incidents when they left their child with this man?

    God, this is a poorly written article.

  10. Duros62 says:
    February 6, 2009 at 5:29 pm

    So neither parent knew of any previous incidents when they left their child with this man?

    Yeah, I guess. Apparently, now that this story has hit, there are parents coming out of the woodwork.

    This one is written a little better.

    He was arrested Jan. 29, released on $150,000 bail and arrested again Wednesday on two additional warrants. His next court hearing is set for Feb. 23.

    “We still have people who are coming forward,” said Sgt. Brett Wilson, of the Pueblo Police Department special victims unit.

    “When he was arrested last week, the Pueblo Chieftain put out a news article. And since then, we have had more victims come forward.”

    Wilson said the alleged victims so far have been boys under 16 years old.

    The oldest case dates to the 1980s, and the most recent happened last year.

  11. Randy Brown says:
    February 6, 2009 at 7:03 pm

    To paraphrase Pete Townshend:

    Do you think it’s alright
    To leave the boy with Uncle Jeffrey?
    Do you think it’s alright?
    We need to bond with Palin tonight
    Do you think it’s alright?

    …

    I’m your wicked Uncle Jeffery
    And I hope that you won’t mind me
    As I fiddle a-bout
    Fiddle a-bout
    Fiddle about!

  12. Duros62 says:
    February 6, 2009 at 9:35 pm

    Yes I think it’s alright
    I think it’s alright.
    I think it’s all riiiiiiight

  13. Jaim says:
    February 7, 2009 at 12:24 am

    Note to parents: “M. Foley” is not a reputable childcare specialist.

  14. C.S.Strowbridge says:
    February 7, 2009 at 7:30 am

    God. Never trust people in authority.

    People who are rich, powerful, in charge did not necessarily get there because they have any skill, trustworthiness, ability.

    They could be crooks. They could be morons with connections. They could be charming perverts.

  15. Frank DiSalle says:
    February 8, 2009 at 12:49 pm

    and they could be non-taxpaying Democrats.

    But “ignore the tax evading influence peddlers behind the curtain”

  16. Duros62 says:
    February 8, 2009 at 2:43 pm

    and they could be non-taxpaying Democrats.

    Lessee, who would you rather leave your kids with?