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Last edited Wed Oct 10, 2012, 03:39 PM - Edit history (9)
And the beauty of it all? The idiot got caught because HE made a tape of his conversation with the mistress.
Just to make sure you have the high points: Pro-Life, Pro-Family, won't let gays get married because they will sully the good name of straight marriage, and the guy is a medical Dr.
He is so pro-family that he was cheating on his wife with a patient...without using condoms (which means his wife, whom he respects more than anything) is being exposed to any disease this Dr is dragging his wiener through.
He is such an honorable Congressman that he is breaking his medical oath and probably the law by doinking his female patient/(s?) (without a rubber) and knocking them up. He admitted in his divorce that he had committed adultery with three other women.
He is so pro-life that he pushed his mistress (at least this one) into getting an abortion.
Ah, yes, welcome to Republican America where men like Congressman Scott DesJarlais, are in charge of OUR moral compass.
Unsafe sex, adultery, lying, bullying, abortion, law-breaking, oath-breaking...welcome to 21st Century Republicanism.
Oh, and he's blamed the Democrat for playing dirty politics...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/10/scott-desjarlais-abortion-pro-life_n_1953136.html
WASHINGTON -- A pro-life, family-values congressman who worked as a doctor before winning election as a Tea Party-backed Republican had an affair with a patient and later pressured her to get an abortion, according to a phone call transcript obtained by The Huffington Post.
The congressman, Rep. Scott DesJarlais of Tennessee, was trying to save his marriage at the time, according to his remarks on the call, made in September of 2000. And, according to three independent sources familiar with the call and the recording, he made the tape himself.
DesJarlais, who was provided a copy of the transcript by HuffPost, did not deny its contents, but in a statement released through his campaign characterized it as just another sordid detail dredged up by the opposition. "Desperate personal attacks do not solve our nation's problems, yet it appears my opponents are choosing to once again engage in the same gutter politics that CBS news called the dirtiest in the nation just 2 years ago."
Update: Gawker is now sharing some of the transcript of the tape: They go back and forth for a bit, with the woman complaining that DesJarlais is being unfair and she wants to end their relationship for good. "Well, I didn't want to be in your life either, but you lied to me about something that caused us to be in this situation, and that's not my fault, that's yours," he says.
"Well, it's [your] fault for sleeping with your patient," she rejoins.
The divorce was eventually finalized the following year, and court documents show DesJarlais confessed to having four extramarital affairs." http://gawker.com/5950582/secretly-recorded-phone-call-reveals-pro+life-congressman-pressured-mistress-to-get-abortion
UPDATE: THE LOCAL NEWS IS FINALLY STARTING TO CARRY THE STORY! Could this October surprise help us to win a blue seat in Congress? The man up against him is a current Dem State Rep. WBIR, Knoxville is now carrying the story on their top news on the front page. The Boston Herald has picked up the story as has the Washington Post. http://www.wbir.com/news/article/237896/2/DesJarlais-discussed-abortion-with-patient-transcript-says
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CaliforniaPeggy
(149,645 posts)I hope his wife AND his mistress kick his sorry ass to the curb, plus take him to the cleaners.
ICK.
DonRedwood
(4,359 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(149,645 posts)Flashmann
(2,140 posts)Me too.....Not at all surprised,though........
alp227
(32,037 posts)It's CHURCH NIGHT on the Mike Malloy Show tonight (at 6PM)! Mike is probably going ON BLAST on this Hypocritical Family Values RepubliCON that makes Newt Gingrich's affairs look like community service. If you know Mike's show he usually gets his stories off of DU.
DonRedwood
(4,359 posts)I'm thrilled to see the news in Tennessee are picking this up, but the more people talking about it, the better.
Kindly Refrain
(423 posts)DonRedwood
(4,359 posts)freshwest
(53,661 posts)Last edited Wed Oct 10, 2012, 05:10 PM - Edit history (1)
Oh, excuse me, Congressman, did I just say that out loud?DonRedwood
(4,359 posts)You actually made me gasp out loud!
reformist2
(9,841 posts)whathehell
(29,067 posts)liberalhistorian
(20,818 posts)the ultimate aphrodisiac, as it's known! Methinks he wouldn't get much of a second look if he weren't a doctor or a congress critter.
DonRedwood
(4,359 posts)freshwest
(53,661 posts)Especially after reading all of the Huffpo link about his behavior...
DonRedwood
(4,359 posts)That is what is awful. If it is that easy for a republican to get elected in that part of the country, you would think they would have a lot of really good conservatives running. I'm not against conservatives winning sometimes, balance is good in many ways, but there should be a standard of behavior and honesty that all districts respect.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)It's hard to believe he got one woman into bed, let alone two.
Typical hypocritical Republican. It's one set of standards for them and another for the rest of us.
DonRedwood
(4,359 posts)might be giving them too much credit.
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)DonRedwood
(4,359 posts)lpbk2713
(42,760 posts)Separated at birth?
MADem
(135,425 posts)ChairmanAgnostic
(28,017 posts)Not to mention being loyal to a spouse.
ailsagirl
(22,897 posts)Tennessee Gal
(6,160 posts)You can bet your life, if this were a Democrat it would be an issue.
DonRedwood
(4,359 posts)Is this getting any local press?
Tennessee Gal
(6,160 posts)But I do not live in his district.
Diane Black is my Congress critter.
DonRedwood
(4,359 posts)Southern candidates than the Southerners do!
Rick Scott, for example...everyone but the Floridians knew how awful he was!
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Tennessee Gal
(6,160 posts)DonRedwood
(4,359 posts)DonRedwood
(4,359 posts)spanone
(135,848 posts)well, not really funny at all....our right-wing rag (gannett) is useless
DonRedwood
(4,359 posts)It is a place to start, at least.
spanone
(135,848 posts)DonRedwood
(4,359 posts)I don't do facebook much either...just to pop on, post a political article I know will piss off my conservative friends/family and then I leave. I don't even read the comments.... but I take pleasure in knowing that they hate that I don't agree with them.
spanone
(135,848 posts)DonRedwood
(4,359 posts)DonRedwood
(4,359 posts)results and I'm wondering if it shows up in everyone's search?
Just curious. Pretty amazing how this story has grown. Now that AP has put it out it is being picked up by local papers all over the place.
nc4bo
(17,651 posts)Hope this story has enough fire and brimstone to charbroil DesJa(R)lais' ass.
DonRedwood
(4,359 posts)I know the republicans have to win too, but, damn, can't they send in their smartest and best people? Do they not understand "representative" means someone who represents their own morals and beliefs. There are smart conservatives out there who understand leadership of all people.
Sheepshank
(12,504 posts)And as with Sanford, Ensign etc, it all gets swept under the rug.
Well, I think this time I'm gonna make a huge, big, fat, deal out of this disgusting piece of trash bagger.
DonRedwood
(4,359 posts)a added a meme that is nice and easy to share :0)
jsr
(7,712 posts)ChairmanAgnostic
(28,017 posts)Starting with "Long Distance" Frist.
mnhtnbb
(31,395 posts)What an a$$hole. Has Newt volunteered to come campaign for him?
DonRedwood
(4,359 posts)Every marriage counselor's top suggestions on how to save a marriage: cheat, lie, abort baby?
mnhtnbb
(31,395 posts)DonRedwood
(4,359 posts)99Forever
(14,524 posts)yellowcanine
(35,699 posts)Ouch! Brings new meaning to the term "hotdog"
DonRedwood
(4,359 posts)I had a friend who died after his cheating partner gave him HIV.
It isn't about making babies with your mistress, it is about exposing a trusting wife/husband to disease.
yellowcanine
(35,699 posts)Heard about one of those a while back. Disgusting.
DonRedwood
(4,359 posts)yellowcanine
(35,699 posts)Apparently he is not the only one. There was a British dr also who did this.
DonRedwood
(4,359 posts)no morals, no chin, no chance of getting laid, probably.
yellowcanine
(35,699 posts)agricultural research. Go figure. Who would trust his research results?
siligut
(12,272 posts)I guess using your own sperm to impregnate your patients isn't illegal in Utah. He was sentenced to five years and had his license revoked for perjury, mail and wire fraud.
Mariana
(14,858 posts)against that before it happened? The legislators probably never even imagined this scenario before this this guy did it. I bet it's illegal now.
siligut
(12,272 posts)It is possible that it just wasn't mentioned in the article, after all, he did lose his license.
DonRedwood
(4,359 posts)dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)I would put new meaning into the concept of a trial "separation."
DonRedwood
(4,359 posts)Berlum
(7,044 posts)Turns his back on American values; meanwhile is infested with Republican Family Cesspool "values"
porphyrian
(18,530 posts)Tsiyu
(18,186 posts)This needs to get a lot of google hits and it will PISS him off.
He is my rep, a Grover Norquist paid-for scumbag, up for re-election.
PLEASE put his name front and center!
K&R
DonRedwood
(4,359 posts)Tsiyu
(18,186 posts)Perfect!
Maybe we'll be making some new signs this weekend...lol...the possibilities are endless!
THANK YOU!
DonRedwood
(4,359 posts)That would be fun!
Tsiyu
(18,186 posts)it's a great little visual.
It's rural here, so can't do the car window thing, but I can still put those little pics a lot of places
DonRedwood
(4,359 posts)I'm sometimes sad I live in a blue part of the country. I don't get to do evil little things like that. Maybe I need to move to the South and mix it up a little!
JustAnotherGen
(31,828 posts)spanone
(135,848 posts)DonRedwood
(4,359 posts)JustAnotherGen
(31,828 posts)How did this guy get elected when there were papers released surrounding his divorce in 2010?
Tsiyu
(18,186 posts)where conservative voters will cut off their own legs to help a fellow conservative win.
You see, a vote for DesJarlais for them was JUST LIKE voting for Jesus, because DesJarlais said Jesus, church, family values and pro-life a couple times.
Seriously. That's all it takes to win here.
He can tell the TN conservative voters outright that he is going to take all their money and give it to the wealthy, that he is going to work hard to keep wages really low in TN and that he hopes all our kids get sent to another bloody war, but as long as he says "Jesus," the Tennessean conservative voter will pick him. Otherwise, they might not get into heaven, you know?
It really is that bad here. It's a state chock full of Low Information Voters who do what the preacher tells them, their own childrens' lives be damned.
DonRedwood
(4,359 posts)but nothing like in the South and midwest.
SOrry Tsiyu-- we support you though!!
It's really frustrating, because TN has a lot going for it.
But the voters can't get past their prejudices and ignorance and their belief that Jesus is a Teabagger who hates poor people.
Thanks for the support! And the thread!
DonRedwood
(4,359 posts)And I've flown over and it looked beautiful there.
DonRedwood
(4,359 posts)Hey hey, it is hitting the news in your neck of the woods!
http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2012/oct/10/us-rep-scott-desjarlais-asked-mistress-have-aborti/
Tsiyu
(18,186 posts)DesJarlais appears to be a control freak, with a violent streak, in my opinion. So this is going to perhaps give him a stroke!
I really will feel bad about that....but at least he'll have the best GOVERNMENT FUNDED health care, and a decent salary to see him through if it happens!
DonRedwood
(4,359 posts)pretty sordid... he admitted to FOUR affairs.
Tsiyu
(18,186 posts)But he's a white hetero male, so in the South, that's like being a little Gawd.
You can do anything when you're your own little Gawd, as long as you luvs you some Jesus.
TN Repukes should be ashamed they elected this guy, but they will probably elect him again because they have no shame.
DonRedwood
(4,359 posts)maybe i'll make another meme
Tsiyu
(18,186 posts)ran ads talking about him pulling a gun on his wife, etc. But the voters here didn't care.
Obama was gonna take their guns so they thought DesJarlais would counter it and "send a message."
So they sent a serial adulterer to Congress, part of the cabal who refused to help Obama do ANYTHING positive for the people of Tennessee.
No linky, but the ads and articles are out there. I am on dialup and have to leave DU for a bit.
Will check back in soon and try to find some links for you...
DonRedwood
(4,359 posts)It is on their top news page!!
Let's hope it means bad juju for Desjarlais, that lying, cheating scumbag....
JustAnotherGen
(31,828 posts)This being blasted now won't make a bit of difference. And I feel for you.
Don't know if it makes it any better - but my Governor is this loser called Christie.
Tsiyu
(18,186 posts)but I do keep hoping someday Tennesseans will wake up and start taking care of themselves in the voting booth, instead of electing big business shills who couldn't care less about the working class but who say "Jesus" most sincerely.
And sorry about your guv.
We've got Haslam, a real winner
SouthLouisianaWoman
(52 posts)I live in a state that reelects David-I frequent whore houses-Vitter and reelected Edwin Edwards several times(And only one of those times did he run against the KKKer). And in a parish that reelected a president who ceded power to law enforcement during a hurricane because his couldn't take the pressure. But he was an R 'businessman' so all was forgiven--or forgotten.
Arrrggghhh!
Tsiyu
(18,186 posts)Jesus is gonna forgive all your sins, so you can keep on sinning and sinning and sinning. It's all good.
Now, if you're non-white, female, or poor, you're going to hell no matter what you do, and we'll make sure your life is hell on earth before you die and head down there.
lpbk2713
(42,760 posts)Or ... in other words ... your typical garden variety RWinger.
Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)Initech
(100,085 posts)DonRedwood
(4,359 posts)Whovian
(2,866 posts)"The Hypocrisy of Republicans never ceases to amaze."
I would have said something stronger but very young nieces and nephews view my page and I have to keep it at least PG rated.
Recommended.
AllyCat
(16,194 posts)But the rest of us can just be baby factories for cannon fodder.
Dr. Strange
(25,921 posts)DonRedwood
(4,359 posts)VWolf
(3,944 posts)That this teabagger is "swimming in a sea of retarded sexuality"???
Dr. Strange
(25,921 posts)VWolf
(3,944 posts)and couldn't he have rested on that day, too?
OMG, we could go on and on ...
gopiscrap
(23,761 posts)I pray that this addshat gets smeared!!!
DonRedwood
(4,359 posts)and there are no numbers--no polling. It is one of those places that is just red, no matter what. But this story might make the difference...if it gets enough play.
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)ehrnst
(32,640 posts)He's one of the "Rule Makers," so he himself doesn't have to take them seriously.
GOP logic.
Uncle Joe
(58,371 posts)Thanks for the thread, DonRedwood.
DonRedwood
(4,359 posts)one of the tops hit when you google desJarlais in their news section. Woo Hoo.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/transcript-indicates-republican-us-rep-scott-desjarlais-urged-mistress-to-have-abortion/2012/10/10/d924a6a0-1300-11e2-9a39-1f5a7f6fe945_story.html
Manifestor_of_Light
(21,046 posts)One for his body????
DonRedwood
(4,359 posts)AAO
(3,300 posts)DonRedwood
(4,359 posts)AAO
(3,300 posts)DonRedwood
(4,359 posts):0) This is a nice October surprise. And the surprise being he did it to himself!
ailsagirl
(22,897 posts)DonRedwood
(4,359 posts)spanone
(135,848 posts)and the nashville local paper 'the tennessean' has just picked it up.....
http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/frontpage
DonRedwood
(4,359 posts)Add another Republican to the list that will help push away Independent voters.
Akin
DesJarlais
those slavery whack jobs
Love it...
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ihvQ4DcIuf72hyq1OIEIOjNmd8ng?docId=4ff290c442be42faa741aba4869753be
Tippy
(4,610 posts)Just looking at him when he first started campaning, made me want to barff....He is definately in the right party...
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)Tsiyu
(18,186 posts)http://www.rollcall.com/issues/56_25/-49880-1.html
In a motion filed in November 2000, Susan DesJarlais sought to obtain sole possession of the couples home and claimed she was forced to leave the residence when her husbands behavior became violent and threatening.
In that document, Susan DesJarlais accused her former husband of dry firing a gun outside the Plaintiffs locked bedroom door, admission of suicidal ideation, holding a gun in his mouth for three hours, an incident of physical intimidation at the hospital; and previous threatening behavior ... i.e. shoving, tripping, pushing down, etc.
In another court document from February 2001, Susan DesJarlais asked that her husbands visitation rights with their child be limited after he allegedly showed up at her apartment complex on Valentines Day and began harassing her to the point that she called the police.
snip
His ex-wife was not the victim according to TN REpublicans; poor little helpess DesJarlais was the REAL victim. They elected him because I guess wife abusers and serial adulterers are the stuff good politicians are made of.
I can't stop singing.... Scotty's new campaign tune:
"Jesus is just alright with me...he let's me commit adultery.....Yeah I got an R next to my name....that means me and Gawd are just the same...."
DonRedwood
(4,359 posts)Tsiyu
(18,186 posts)He's all: "Oh, you're making it PERSONAL! Now, that's not gonna solve our nation's problems!"
But somehow he and the rest of the Congressional Republicans can get all up in OUR personal business and they swear it's vital that they do so!
Guys like DesJarLAID can have any morality that suits their desire, because their sexual deviance is irrelevant. But the voter can't even expect legal access to birth control - a very personal decision - because that same guy gets to decide for me whether I can use it or not based on HIS MORALITY. And this is somehow going to save the nation!
How many hundreds of bills were introduced about abortion, birth control and female reproductive rights this year? You voted for them, DesJarLAID. And how many of those solved our nation's problems?
FUCK YOU DesJarLAID.
If you had kept your cheating hands off your patients, and had kept your twisted, sick, abusive morality out of MY UTERUS, you wouldn't be in the hot seat right now. You made the bed.....
But just keep singing....
"Jesus is just allright with me, vote for me, oh please vote for me.
Do what I want, don't feel no shame,
Cuz I got a R next to my name
Yeah, Jesus is just allright wif me....
.wonder if Sarah will sleep with me..."
DonRedwood
(4,359 posts)Tsiyu
(18,186 posts)But, Dayum, it should be!
47of74
(18,470 posts)Because of dumb fucks like this guy.
Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)donheld
(21,311 posts)Tsiyu
(18,186 posts)"Washington is notorious for its sanctimonious, philandering hypocrites, but few fall into that category with more chutzpah than Tennessee's 4th District congressman, Scott DesJarlais.
A practicing physician at the time, DesJarlais defeated incumbent Democratic Rep. Lincoln Davis in 2010 on an anti-abortion, family-values, Tea Party-backed campaign in a newly gerrymandered district. Now it's clear his righteous persona was a blatant charade. As his marriage was disintegrating in 2000, he was urging his mistress whom he met as a patient for a foot problem to have an abortion, according to a conversation with her that DesJarlais' former wife said he himself taped
...
The question now is whether the revelation of DesJarlais' affairs and his pressure on his mistress then to seek an abortion will alter the course of the current campaign. Given Wednesday's disclosure, it would be an embarrassment to the 4th District to return the deceitful, unethical, philandering physician. If 4th District voters value honesty and upstanding character, they will vote him out of office and install Sen. Stewart, an insurance agent with a decent reputation"
And DesJarlais DOES NOT CARE about the military, the elderly, farmers or the constituents of the 4th district:
http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2012/oct/05/stewart-desjarlais-neglects-districts-farmers/?breakingnews
"And DesJarlais, who is from Jasper, Tenn., created a stir Friday during the pro forma session when he silenced two Democratic House members who wanted to complain about a do-nothing Congress and inaction on a major farm bill, The National Journal reported.
Presiding over the session, DesJarlais slammed his gavel, a sign to shut off the C-SPAN signal. That prompted protests from Democrats and shouts about the nations fiscal cliff and the farm bill, the publication reported.
Stewart charged in a news release that DesJarlais betrayed Tennessee farmers this spring by voting to cut $60 billion from the Department of Agriculture, showing he isnt interested in agricultural issues.
He said DesJarlais went to Washington because he doesnt want to listen to the concerns from people in his district that are not happy about his votes to raise the Social Security retirement age to 70 and his votes against giving our military a pay raise. "
He's just a class act all the way around. Can't keep his pants zipped up, has NO FAMILY VALUES, and does ALL HE CAN to make life harder for Tennesseans! Yay us! Our Republican TN voters should be so proud of this guy!
BainsBane
(53,035 posts)The thought makes me ill.
knitter4democracy
(14,350 posts)My ex-husband admitted to two long-term affairs (without condom usage, btw) and liked to record conversations that didn't make him look good (he was smart enough not to use them in court, though). He's also an MD, and just reading over it makes me feel a bit ill, as it's all more than a little familiar. *shudders*
47of74
(18,470 posts)knitter4democracy
(14,350 posts)It takes all kinds.
47of74
(18,470 posts)It's just that the bad apples in that barrel are often;
A. In it for the money first and patients a distant second.
B. Think they're better than everyone else.
C. Rotten to the goddamn core.
knitter4democracy
(14,350 posts)I can only think of two who were more about the money. The ones who seem that way are that way because of pressures from the partners or business owners about billable hours. They still do everything they can with each patient, but the pressure to turn a level 2 visit into a level 3 or 4 or to fit three level 2s into a short time slot is crazy these days. If they see too many Medicare patients, they won't pay their bills if they spend too long on each, and Medicare reimburses at such a low rate that they can't afford to see very many Medicare patients, if any.
As for thinking they're better, yeah, that's amazingly common. It's partly the fault of the training process, but a lot of it is who even wants to be a doctor in the first place.
Some are rotten, though. Too damn many, and too damn many others know and won't do anything about it. They don't police themselves well.
47of74
(18,470 posts)That includes my own personal one right now. She goes the extra mile or ten for her patients. One time I had this medicine that another practitioner had prescribed for me that ran out because both that practitioner and the mail order pharmacy had screwed things up. I couldn't get a hole of that practitioner so I called my regular doctor on a Saturday night. I was almost in tears when I called because it's the kind of medicine that abruptly stopping makes me pretty sick when I called, she was very understanding and within an hour had a prescription waiting for me at Walgreens.
ellie
(6,929 posts)comments on the Yahoo article and the idiot repukes were saying, "But Ted Kennedy!" "Obama is a commie!" Real, concrete arguments for sure.
Tsiyu
(18,186 posts)DesJarLAID's defense?
"Jesus is in my pants. I didn't actually have any affairs because my wife and me had a signed agreement that we could fuck other people. Jesus is in my pants. Obama has relationships with COMMMIIEES and SOSHULLISTS!!!!!! Jesus is in my pants."
And the requisite Republican defense: "Getting all into my personal stuff is not gonna help this nation. Let me go back to Congress so I can get all up in YOUR personal stuff, ladies! Oh, and Jesus is IN MY PANTS."
DonRedwood
(4,359 posts)couldn't happen to a nicer person, as far as I'm concerned.
Tsiyu
(18,186 posts)and this story has been broadcast all over the radio. Haven't paid attention to TV ( have been caring for an adopted one-year-old grandbaby whose mama is sick the past few days - she's on the mend, thankfully ) but it's great to see the hypocrite in the Hot Seat.
I hope TN voters wake up and get real.
Thes Repukes say whatever you want to hear. They have no scruples and no values they won't sell for a few silver coins.
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)and his god forgave him so no problem
Zorra
(27,670 posts)The reason for this is because, almost universally, republicans are all unevolved hypocrites and have undeveloped consciences. Hypocrisy, lying, and corruption is the norm for them.
DesJarlais does not understand how what he did could be viewed as unethical or immoral, and he is angry Democrats for pointing out that his behavior is contemptible, but he personally believes that he did nothing unethical. At the same time, he is angry that he got caught, because he is aware that society in general considers this type of behavior unethical.
For a republican, the crime is never stealing, cheating, lying, murder, fraud, hypocrisy,adultery, etc. For them, in their own minds and the minds of other republicans, the only real crime is getting caught and exposed.
"If the Republicans will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them".
Adlai E. Stevenson
adicortez
(47 posts)Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)Don't get any on you.
Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)Yet again, we see the wonder of the Sacrament of Holy Matrimony....