another closet case Republican
 

Is it just me, or is being a Republican sort of now like having a closet leather fetish? I mean these people are so santimonious - then like to get a prostate tickle on the side. And, nothing against weight challenged people, but they all seem to look fat and constipated :eek:

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/8/7/16227/45753

http://www.woodtv.com/Global/story.a...4&nav=0RceXt7f

Michigan Republican activist pleads guilty to sexual battery

CLEVELAND -- A lawyer who formerly led a Michigan young Republicans organization has pleaded guilty to sexual battery for forcing sex acts on a woman while both were at a convention last July.


The case was headed to trial, but prosecutors reached a plea agreement with Michael A. Flory during a break in jury selection Tuesday in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court.

Flory, 32, of Jackson, Mich., faces one to five years in prison or probation at his sentencing Sept. 13. He also will become a registered sex offender. Judge Peter J. Corrigan will determine whether to classify him as a sexual predator.

When Corrigan asked if he was pleading guilty, Flory responded "sure." When pressed by the judge and prodded by his attorney, Flory then answered, "yes."

Flory had faced 11 charges, including eight counts of rape, kidnapping, aggravated burglary and gross sexual imposition.

In a statement issued Tuesday, Flory, who has a law office in Okemos, Mich., and is the former chairman of the Michigan Federation of Young Republicans, said accepting the plea would mean less emotional hardship for the victim and witnesses who would have been called to testify.

He was among the young Republicans, ages 18 to 40, at a convention in Cleveland. The victim, 21 at the time, was intoxicated and became ill, and Flory took her back to her hotel, said assistant county prosecutor Carol Skutnik.

"She said thank you and goodbye, and he forced his way into her hotel room and forced several sex acts on her," Skutnik said. "Afterward he was bragging about it."

Flory put a different slant on why he accepted the plea deal.

"While I am confident a trial would have demonstrated the full truth regarding these allegations, my experience as a lawyer was that this course is the best avenue for all parties involved," Flory said in his statement. "The possibility of being unavailable to raise my young son was simply too much for me to risk, and this will allow us to get on with our lives."

The woman, also from Michigan, was satisfied that Flory accepted responsibility for the crime, Skutnik said.

The more that are exposed, the better the rest of us are. I wish the old guard would get toppled the same way :nod:

You mean like Clinton :wavey:

nice try! :lol:

Ever notice the guys who speak out the loudest against homosexuality and/or sexual deviancy turn out to be the gayest and/or freakiest?

I've always said the loudest preachers walk with a limp :shrug:

and so, we need a DEM REVOLUTION. an EVEN BIGGER ONE.

only because you were drunk.

WHO MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE :angel:

shouldnt you be calling me about now????

Looky, looky, looky - we got us a SENATOR this time. Interesting how this has been kept under wraps for nearly 3 months, yes?

I'm linking to the Americablog mirror, because the originating site (Roll Call) has been overwhelmed.

http://www.americablog.com/2007/08/b...ig-busted.html

ThinkProgress has some hilarious excerpts as well: http://thinkprogress.org/2007/08/27/...pleads-guilty/

From the arresting officer's police report:

:laugh:

I wonder if Larry Craig was one of the senators that Larry Flynt had some dirt on?

Who on earth would want to have sex in an airport bathroom? Those things are dizgusting.

No joke. Save it for the plane.