Paul Stanley, Tennessee State Senator, Quits After Affair With 22-Year-Old Intern

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The senator, a married father of two who represents suburban Memphis, had signaled he would remain in the legislature, but he said Tuesday that he decided to step down about an hour before submitting his resignation letter. Stanley, who was elected to the Senate in 2006 after serving eight years in the state House, had resigned last week as chairman of the powerful Senate Commerce Committee.

A special election will be held to fill the seat in the Republican-controlled Senate.

Stanley's legislative proposals were largely focused on pro-business issues, but he also sponsored failed measures to ban gay couples from adopting children. He also spoke out against funding for Planned Parenthood because he said unmarried people should not have sex.

"Whatever I stood for and advocated, I still believe to be true," he said during an interview Tuesday with Memphis radio station WREC-AM. "And just because I fell far short of what God's standard was for me and my wife, doesn't mean that that standard is reduced in the least bit."

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Just gets lulzsier and lulsier.

A state senator?  Aren't you kind of reaching here, pop?  I mean how many politicians on the state level do you think are boinking interns from both parties?  Probably too many to count.

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Originally posted by Zindaihas
A state senator?  Aren't you kind of reaching here, pop?  I mean how many politicians on the state level do you think are boinking interns from both parties?  Probably too many to count.

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If he was a libertarian mayor, yeah... I'd be reaching. lol

I don't think this is meant as a hit piece.  I think its a high five piece to think a state senator can boink an attractive 22-year old intern.

All this for a fling..It must abeen worth it to lose your Job over it...I wonder how much he paid her...rofl

Wow you found one STATE senator out of 1000's that had a sex scandal.

The left is just as bad if not worse than the right at digging up irrelevant dirt.

"And just because I fell far short of what God's standard was for me and my wife, doesn't mean that that standard is reduced in the least bit."

No, not at all Senator Douche Bag.

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Originally posted by Porfat
Wow you found one STATE senator out of 1000's that had a sex scandal.
The left is just as bad if not worse than the right at digging up irrelevant dirt.

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The point seems to be eluding you here.

Republican.

Staunch "moral" advocate.

Pushing "God's Law". Against Gay marriage, adoption.

Holier than thou.

Dipping his wick just as his fellow Republicans Senators and Governors have been doing all this year, and it's barely halfway over. Yet they consistently dictate to the rest of us how to live our lives.

Your defense of "THE LEFT DOES IT TOO!" makes no difference when it comes to the hypocritical sin these guys keep pulling off as "America's moral party".

I don't have to troll through 1000's of scandals. I just have to wait until the ones who are crying "SIN!" the loudest get caught.. then have a hearty laugh. You need to do a little less defending, and a little more laughing yourself because you are missing out of some primetime comedy stuff here, lol. I can only imagine what Jon Stewart is going to do with this material.

Originally posted by popinjay

 

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Originally posted by Porfat
Wow you found one STATE senator out of 1000's that had a sex scandal.
The left is just as bad if not worse than the right at digging up irrelevant dirt.

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The point seems to be eluding you here.

Republican.
Staunch "moral" advocate.
Pushing "God's Law". Against Gay marriage, adoption.

Holier than thou.
Dipping his wick just as his fellow Republicans Senators and Governors have been doing all this year, and it's barely halfway over. Yet they consistently dictate to the rest of us how to live our lives.

 

 

Your defense of "THE LEFT DOES IT TOO!" makes no difference when it comes to the hypocritical sin these guys keep pulling off as "America's moral party".

 

 

I don't have to troll through 1000's of scandals. I just have to wait until the ones who are crying "SIN!" the loudest get caught.. then have a hearty laugh. You need to do a little less defending, and a little more laughing yourself because you are missing out of some primetime comedy stuff here, lol. I can only imagine what Jon Stewart is going to do with this material.

Well you know what, pop, just because every human is imperfect and falls short of the glory of God, let's just throw standards out altogether.  Let's start to encourage people to cheat on their spouses.  Let's make lying acceptable.  That huge scandal in New Jersey right now that includes politicians and rabbis, let's drop the charges and allow them to continue doing it.  I mean these people are just being who they are.  And by not trying to adhere to standards any longer, I mean that can only be good for society, right?

Originally posted by Zindaihas

Well you know what, pop, just because every human is imperfect and falls short of the glory of God, let's just throw standards out altogether.  Let's start to encourage people to cheat on their spouses.  Let's make lying acceptable.  That huge scandal in New Jersey right now that includes politicians and rabbis, let's drop the charges and allow them to continue doing it.  I mean these people are just being who they are.  And by not trying to adhere to standards any longer, I mean that can only be good for society, right?

You're blowing things a little out of proportion here. This guy actually said that unmarried people should not have sex. Seriously, this guy must have some huge balls to bang a 22 year old, after saying THAT, and then basically saying that what he preached isn't tarnished by what he did.

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Originally posted by Zindaihas

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Originally posted by popinjay

 

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Originally posted by Porfat
Wow you found one STATE senator out of 1000's that had a sex scandal.
The left is just as bad if not worse than the right at digging up irrelevant dirt.

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The point seems to be eluding you here.
Republican.
Staunch "moral" advocate.
Pushing "God's Law". Against Gay marriage, adoption.
Holier than thou.
Dipping his wick just as his fellow Republicans Senators and Governors have been doing all this year, and it's barely halfway over. Yet they consistently dictate to the rest of us how to live our lives.
 
 
Your defense of "THE LEFT DOES IT TOO!" makes no difference when it comes to the hypocritical sin these guys keep pulling off as "America's moral party".
 
 
I don't have to troll through 1000's of scandals. I just have to wait until the ones who are crying "SIN!" the loudest get caught.. then have a hearty laugh. You need to do a little less defending, and a little more laughing yourself because you are missing out of some primetime comedy stuff here, lol. I can only imagine what Jon Stewart is going to do with this material.

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Well you know what, pop, just because every human is imperfect and falls short of the glory of God, let's just throw standards out altogether.  Let's start to encourage people to cheat on their spouses.  Let's make lying acceptable.  That huge scandal in New Jersey right now that includes politicians and rabbis, let's drop the charges and allow them to continue doing it.  I mean these people are just being who they are.  And by not trying to adhere to standards any longer, I mean that can only be good for society, right?

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I'd give the same advice to you:

This is a guy who's whole professional life appears to be dictating to other people what they should be doing and how they should be doing it, while he disregards that same advice and commits the act he's admonishing others not to.

If you can't see the humor and funny in that, you probably shouldn't be in this thread because it's extremely ironic and worth of a good laugh, lol. This has nothing to do with perfection as the senator said he already fell short.

You want to make lying acceptable? Then you are apparently in the right party. You can expand on this as you wish to distract or include other scandals, but sex scandals are way more interesting than boring old graft cases.

I have no idea why you want to defend the terminally funny, but you certainly are free to. I think I'll just chuckle because a 47 year old moralist boffing a 22 year old intern while promoting "family values" and sporting a loving wife and kids is worthy of a laugh.

Realize he's making me laugh, not making me mad, lol. It's a good thing. :)

I hope she got paid, as if you would want to have sex with some dorky middle-aged twat for nothing.

Originally posted by popinjay

 

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Originally posted by Zindaihas

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Originally posted by popinjay

 

 
 

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Originally posted by Porfat
Wow you found one STATE senator out of 1000's that had a sex scandal.
The left is just as bad if not worse than the right at digging up irrelevant dirt.

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The point seems to be eluding you here.
Republican.
Staunch "moral" advocate.
Pushing "God's Law". Against Gay marriage, adoption.
Holier than thou.
Dipping his wick just as his fellow Republicans Senators and Governors have been doing all this year, and it's barely halfway over. Yet they consistently dictate to the rest of us how to live our lives.
 
 
Your defense of "THE LEFT DOES IT TOO!" makes no difference when it comes to the hypocritical sin these guys keep pulling off as "America's moral party".
 
 
I don't have to troll through 1000's of scandals. I just have to wait until the ones who are crying "SIN!" the loudest get caught.. then have a hearty laugh. You need to do a little less defending, and a little more laughing yourself because you are missing out of some primetime comedy stuff here, lol. I can only imagine what Jon Stewart is going to do with this material.

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Well you know what, pop, just because every human is imperfect and falls short of the glory of God, let's just throw standards out altogether.  Let's start to encourage people to cheat on their spouses.  Let's make lying acceptable.  That huge scandal in New Jersey right now that includes politicians and rabbis, let's drop the charges and allow them to continue doing it.  I mean these people are just being who they are.  And by not trying to adhere to standards any longer, I mean that can only be good for society, right?

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I'd give the same advice to you:

 

This is a guy who's whole professional life appears to be dictating to other people what they should be doing and how they should be doing it, while he disregards that same advice and commits the act he's admonishing others not to.

 

 

If you can't see the humor and funny in that, you probably shouldn't be in this thread because it's extremely ironic and worth of a good laugh, lol. This has nothing to do with perfection as the senator said he already fell short.

 

You want to make lying acceptable? Then you are apparently in the right party. You can expand on this as you wish to distract or include other scandals, but sex scandals are way more interesting than boring old graft cases.

 

 

I have no idea why you want to defend the terminally funny, but you certainly are free to. I think I'll just chuckle because a 47 year old moralist boffing a 22 year old intern while promoting "family values" and sporting a loving wife and kids is worthy of a laugh.

 

 

Realize he's making me laugh, not making me mad, lol. It's a good thing. :)
 

No, no, no.  You're missing my point entirely.  Republicans at least try to stand for strong values.  Some only give it lip service, perhaps to satisfy their voters.  Yes, those that do are hypocrits, I'll give you that.  But you are impugning an entire party for standing for values.  The Democrats seem to get away with scandals much more readily than Republicans because they simply lower the bar.  Let's downplay values so that when we get caught doing something wrong, we don't look like hypocrits.

But by that logic, why shouldn't all Americans in all corners of society simply dump values and do what seems right to them?  Then, there's no way anyone can disappoint anyone else. Wouldn't that be good for America?

I'd just like to point out that when a republican gets busted, he resigns...as he should.

When a democrat gets busted, they call their best friend their lawyer and start a taxpayer paid investigation costing millions..and somehow retain office through it all.

hypocrits on the right?  I think not.

mistakes, yes.  He should be out on a rail.

Alot of this is media bias.Republicans get reported a lot more than Democrats.I live in North Carolina.Other than the John Edwards thing the rest of the democrat politicians in my state dont get reported on National Level news.We have an several Investigations ongoing with Mike Easley(ex gov.) and his wife from evertything on her hiring innappropriately at UNC State to Missappropriation of funds.None of it makes National level News.

Originally posted by popinjay

 

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Originally posted by Porfat
Wow you found one STATE senator out of 1000's that had a sex scandal.
The left is just as bad if not worse than the right at digging up irrelevant dirt.

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The point seems to be eluding you here.

 

Republican.

Staunch "moral" advocate.

Pushing "God's Law". Against Gay marriage, adoption.

 

Holier than thou.

 

Dipping his wick just as his fellow Republicans Senators and Governors have been doing all this year, and it's barely halfway over. Yet they consistently dictate to the rest of us how to live our lives.

 

 

Your defense of "THE LEFT DOES IT TOO!" makes no difference when it comes to the hypocritical sin these guys keep pulling off as "America's moral party".

 

 

I don't have to troll through 1000's of scandals. I just have to wait until the ones who are crying "SIN!" the loudest get caught.. then have a hearty laugh. You need to do a little less defending, and a little more laughing yourself because you are missing out of some primetime comedy stuff here, lol. I can only imagine what Jon Stewart is going to do with this material.

 

 

 

 

No, Popinjay you don't have to search out 1000's of state congress people to find a scandal.   You let the notoriously fair minded Huffington Post do it for you.

This is not news.  It is only news to fanatical partisan hacks.  

  Here is the guy in a Christmas photo with his family.    Nice huh.    Seems like a good family.    Kids are adorable.  Wife is still kinda cute actually.   Then along comes Ms McKensie. 

As always in such situations, I feel bad for his family; and also kinda bad for the people who take pleasure and find humor in things like this.

Originally posted by Porfat

Originally posted by popinjay

 

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Originally posted by Porfat
Wow you found one STATE senator out of 1000's that had a sex scandal.
The left is just as bad if not worse than the right at digging up irrelevant dirt.

---

 

The point seems to be eluding you here.

 

Republican.

Staunch "moral" advocate.

Pushing "God's Law". Against Gay marriage, adoption.

 

Holier than thou.

 

Dipping his wick just as his fellow Republicans Senators and Governors have been doing all this year, and it's barely halfway over. Yet they consistently dictate to the rest of us how to live our lives.

 

 

Your defense of "THE LEFT DOES IT TOO!" makes no difference when it comes to the hypocritical sin these guys keep pulling off as "America's moral party".

 

 

I don't have to troll through 1000's of scandals. I just have to wait until the ones who are crying "SIN!" the loudest get caught.. then have a hearty laugh. You need to do a little less defending, and a little more laughing yourself because you are missing out of some primetime comedy stuff here, lol. I can only imagine what Jon Stewart is going to do with this material.

 

 

 

 

 

No, Popinjay you don't have to search out 1000's of state congress people to find a scandal.   You let the notoriously fair minded Huffington Post do it for you.

This is not news.  It is only news to fanatical partisan hacks.  

Or people who simply take pleasure out of the suffering of others. Schadenfreude FTL.