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Missouri Governor Indicted

Postby Jerzylvania » Thu Feb 22, 2018 6:41 pm

Missouri Governor Indicted

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FEB. 22, 2018, 7:39 P.M. E.S.T.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens, a former Navy SEAL whose victory in his first run for public office made him a rising Republican political figure, was indicted Thursday on a felony invasion of privacy charge stemming from an affair he had in 2015.

Greitens has acknowledged an extramarital relationship, but denied an allegation that he blackmailed the woman.

ALLEGATIONS AND INDICTMENT

Prosecutors say a St. Louis grand jury indicted Greitens for allegedly taking a compromising photo of a woman with whom he had an affair in 2015.

The indictment states that Greitens took a picture of a woman "in a state of full or partial nudity" without her knowledge or consent. A spokeswoman for St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner says Greitens was taken into custody Thursday and released on his own recognizance.

In January, the governor and his wife, Sheena, issued a statement acknowledging that he'd been "unfaithful" in his marriage, but denying allegations that he blackmailed the woman so that she would stay quiet.

The statement followed a report by KMOV-TV in St. Louis that Greitens had a sexual relationship with his former hairdresser in 2015. The report said the woman's ex-husband alleged Greitens photographed her nude and threatened to release the images if she spoke about their relationship.


I ask you NSG posters, since Donald Trump is getting away with sexual harassment, shouldn't Governor Greitens' accusation also be ignored? After all, he also has denied it.
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Postby Bombadil » Thu Feb 22, 2018 7:28 pm

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Postby United Christian » Thu Feb 22, 2018 7:32 pm

I wonder if Democrats are privately more Morally Sensable and happy than Republicans or if they are better at hiding it.

I think it's the former because the GOP basically hates anyone who isn't cis white and straight. That's a whole lot of hate to have to not have a miserable life.
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Postby Ism » Thu Feb 22, 2018 7:37 pm

The Black Forrest wrote:I reserve opinions until I see the evidence.


I’m willing to bet at this point that the pictures exist. The issue of blackmail is where I’m less certain.

On a tangential note, did this thread show up in anyone else’s bookmarks all on it’s own?

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Postby Farnhamia » Thu Feb 22, 2018 7:38 pm

Ism wrote:
The Black Forrest wrote:I reserve opinions until I see the evidence.


I’m willing to bet at this point that the pictures exist. The issue of blackmail is where I’m less certain.

On a tangential note, did this thread show up in anyone else’s bookmarks all on it’s own?

Jerzy originally posted it in the MAGAThread. I split it out. If you had bookmarked the MAGAThread, perhaps ...?
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Postby Summertimequestionswine » Thu Feb 22, 2018 7:41 pm

So is NSG just posting random stories from fly-over states now?

Cause, like, I got a couple stories...

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Postby Bombadil » Thu Feb 22, 2018 7:44 pm

United Christian wrote:I wonder if Democrats are privately more Morally Sensable and happy than Republicans or if they are better at hiding it.

I think it's the former because the GOP basically hates anyone who isn't cis white and straight. That's a whole lot of hate to have to not have a miserable life.


It's amazing anyone in the public eye gets away with it, people must know but choose to remain silent. If one thinks Clinton was getting blow jobs in the Oval Office.. people must have known, security.. aides.. there was a recent case in the UK of a football scout who got away with pedophilia for years.. he was known to be dodgy yet still allowed to take kids away on 'training holidays'.

One would think in this media age obsessed with scandal it would be hard to be a governor and still have affairs.. but it just seems it's really not.
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Postby Senkaku » Thu Feb 22, 2018 7:55 pm

Summertimequestionswine wrote:So is NSG just posting random stories from fly-over states now?

Cause, like, I got a couple stories...

A sitting governor was just arrested, this isn't a "random story" lmao
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Postby Greed and Death » Thu Feb 22, 2018 7:57 pm

You can indict a ham sandwich.
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Postby Ism » Thu Feb 22, 2018 7:58 pm

Farnhamia wrote:
Ism wrote:
I’m willing to bet at this point that the pictures exist. The issue of blackmail is where I’m less certain.

On a tangential note, did this thread show up in anyone else’s bookmarks all on it’s own?

Jerzy originally posted it in the MAGAThread. I split it out. If you had bookmarked the MAGAThread, perhaps ...?


That’s probably what happened. Thanks Farn.

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Postby The Black Forrest » Thu Feb 22, 2018 8:02 pm

Greed and Death wrote:You can indict a ham sandwich.


There are many that should be.
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Postby The Parkus Empire » Thu Feb 22, 2018 8:09 pm

I think adultery should disqualify you from political office
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Postby Northern Davincia » Thu Feb 22, 2018 8:14 pm

The Parkus Empire wrote:I think adultery should disqualify you from political office

Would there be any politicians left?
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Postby Ism » Thu Feb 22, 2018 8:15 pm

The Parkus Empire wrote:I think adultery should disqualify you from political office


I guess every year’s an election year now.

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Postby Ism » Thu Feb 22, 2018 8:16 pm

Northern Davincia wrote:
The Parkus Empire wrote:I think adultery should disqualify you from political office

Would there be any politicians left?


On the bright side, we don’t have to worry about term limits.

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Postby Crockerland » Thu Feb 22, 2018 8:24 pm

United Christian wrote:I think it's the former because the GOP basically hates anyone who isn't cis white and straight.

Everything is sexist, everything is racist, everything is homophobic, and you have to point it all out
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Postby Ethel mermania » Thu Feb 22, 2018 8:58 pm

Bombadil wrote:
United Christian wrote:I wonder if Democrats are privately more Morally Sensable and happy than Republicans or if they are better at hiding it.

I think it's the former because the GOP basically hates anyone who isn't cis white and straight. That's a whole lot of hate to have to not have a miserable life.


It's amazing anyone in the public eye gets away with it, people must know but choose to remain silent. If one thinks Clinton was getting blow jobs in the Oval Office.. people must have known, security.. aides.. there was a recent case in the UK of a football scout who got away with pedophilia for years.. he was known to be dodgy yet still allowed to take kids away on 'training holidays'.

One would think in this media age obsessed with scandal it would be hard to be a governor and still have affairs.. but it just seems it's really not.

thankfully, a guy should be able to get laid every once in a while.
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Postby The Parkus Empire » Thu Feb 22, 2018 9:01 pm

Ethel mermania wrote:
Bombadil wrote:
It's amazing anyone in the public eye gets away with it, people must know but choose to remain silent. If one thinks Clinton was getting blow jobs in the Oval Office.. people must have known, security.. aides.. there was a recent case in the UK of a football scout who got away with pedophilia for years.. he was known to be dodgy yet still allowed to take kids away on 'training holidays'.

One would think in this media age obsessed with scandal it would be hard to be a governor and still have affairs.. but it just seems it's really not.

thankfully, a guy should be able to get laid every once in a while.

By a woman who's not his wife??
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Postby Ethel mermania » Thu Feb 22, 2018 9:06 pm

The Parkus Empire wrote:
Ethel mermania wrote:thankfully, a guy should be able to get laid every once in a while.

By a woman who's not his wife??

preferably two.
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Ethel mermania wrote:
The Parkus Empire wrote:By a woman who's not his wife??

preferably two.

No, that's morally bankrupt
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Postby Bombadil » Thu Feb 22, 2018 9:17 pm

Ethel mermania wrote:
Bombadil wrote:
It's amazing anyone in the public eye gets away with it, people must know but choose to remain silent. If one thinks Clinton was getting blow jobs in the Oval Office.. people must have known, security.. aides.. there was a recent case in the UK of a football scout who got away with pedophilia for years.. he was known to be dodgy yet still allowed to take kids away on 'training holidays'.

One would think in this media age obsessed with scandal it would be hard to be a governor and still have affairs.. but it just seems it's really not.

thankfully, a guy should be able to get laid every once in a while.


Utterly fine with that, but we're talking about a person in a public role who's fundamentally dishonest - it's the cheating I mind not the getting laid - the fact that so many are elected to represent the values they so often fail to follow is just another irony.
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Postby Ethel mermania » Thu Feb 22, 2018 9:31 pm

Bombadil wrote:
Ethel mermania wrote:thankfully, a guy should be able to get laid every once in a while.


Utterly fine with that, but we're talking about a person in a public role who's fundamentally dishonest - it's the cheating I mind not the getting laid - the fact that so many are elected to represent the values they so often fail to follow is just another irony.

cheating is a private matter, not a public one.

churchill cheated, roosevelt cheated, stalin cheated, hitler didn't pick your favorite
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Postby Chan Island » Thu Feb 22, 2018 9:31 pm

Hopefully this curtesy could be extended to the commander in chief too. Good work Missouri!
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Postby Bombadil » Thu Feb 22, 2018 9:35 pm

Ethel mermania wrote:
Bombadil wrote:
Utterly fine with that, but we're talking about a person in a public role who's fundamentally dishonest - it's the cheating I mind not the getting laid - the fact that so many are elected to represent the values they so often fail to follow is just another irony.

cheating is a private matter, not a public one.


It speaks to the character, but especially when they run on a platform of family values..

churchill cheated, roosevelt cheated, stalin cheated, hitler didn't - pick your favorite


You should be ashamed of yourself for using this line, now go sit in the corner and reflect on a life that caused you to make it.
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