The continuing saga of GOP Tenn. State Senator Jeff Miller

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Fellow saga-followers, please read the whole article at the link, because the 4-paragraph rules doesn't do this hilarious article justice.

Miller Comes to Town with Girlfriend, Doesn't Get Divorced

By Barry Graham

12/7/05

When many people hate you, it's hard to sneak around town without reporters finding out. Especially when your car has a license plate stating your name and your position as a State Senator. Especially when you park the car outside your office.

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(GOP Tennessee State Senator Jeff) Miller and his wife are in the process of divorce, a situation that came about when she found out that Miller was having an affair with one of his staff in Nashville, Jessa Fahey. It was common knowledge among wonks that the divorce trial was set to start this week... And then it wasn't. So, sources suggested, it looked like Miller was in town to sign the divorce papers. No one we spoke to was surprised by this - Miller's marital indiscretions are so at odds with his public stance as a family values conservative that many people have been avidly waiting for it all to be made public at the trial. There had been speculation that Miller wouldn't let it go that far.

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"I'd like to know if he's in town to sign the divorce papers, and, if so, does he have his girlfriend with him?" Despite the earphones, Miller seemed to hear that. The editor's assistant saw him react. Then she began taking pictures of him. The editor waited while the receptionist wrote down his question. Then he said, "And I'd like to know if it's true that he's thinking about resigning from the Senate."
She wrote that down too. "And I'd like to know if it's true that he's negotiating with John McKoon at the US Attorney's office over whether he's going to plead guilty to a misdemeanor charge regarding the $1000 he didn't declare, or whether he's going to take it to trial."

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While waiting for Miller to call him, the editor decided to call Jessa Fahey(the girlfriend). He did, but the conversation didn't last long. He explained who he was, and then said, "I hear you're in town with Senator Miller while he's signing his divorce papers. Would you care to comment on that?" She didn't answer. "Also, you were reportedly engaged to a soldier, David Willford, who was in Iraq when your affair with Senator Miller began. Is that true?"

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http://www.bradleyweekly.com/articles.cfm?id=3646&string=JEFF%20MILLER

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(Wow... way to SUPPORT THE TROOPS, Jessa...)

[Rose Siding]

1. Wow, that's really disgusting

Please tell me this scum bag won't survive this, politically.

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8. Why do you hate America?

:)

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2. Gotta love their family values!!

What a nasty bunch of people.

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6. Saving families and supporting the troops, too! How great they are!

Jeff and Jessa: Just two family-lovin', troops-lovin', Amuricans.

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3. Oh my God, that is hilarious

He, a family values conservative, cheated on his wife with a woman who was engaged to be married to a man currently serving in Iraq.

This man is a walking metaphor for the current Republican Party. Lets build a statue of him...

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7. He'll be there in the pantheon of Statues of Family-Values Republican

Christian Amuricans--in the middle of which will be the statue of Tom DeLay!

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11. In 2005 he introduced a bill to forbid "gay marriage" though his

brother is an open homosexual.

when asked about it, Jeff Miller replied that he believed in the sanctity of marriage and that marriage was between one man and one woman.

This was a few months before his adultery became known and his wife filed for divorce.

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4. He embodies today's Republicans more than I first thought. Check this out

from that same article:

in Nashville, he has been nicknamed "Senator No-Show" for his absence from lawmaking sessions, and in Cleveland he has repeatedly failed to appear in court to perform his duties as Bradley County Delinquent Tax Attorney (a position to which he was appointed by his father, County Trustee Jute Miller).

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9. But of course! The usual Republican hereditary political office!

"Bradley County Delinquent Tax Attorney"... har har... Yup, he's just Daddy's Little Delinquent!

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5. What a poster child for degenerate hypocrisy.

What's funny also, is that his receptionist was so willing to write everything down, probably knowing full well he could hear every word. I wonder what she really thinks of him.

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10. Maybe she's second in line behind his current mistress?

Ah, yes. Degenerate hypocrisy--a key republican value, for sure.