Sign Of The Times: Lawmaker Won't Say Whether He Lives At C Street

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Sign Of The Times: Lawmaker Won't Say Whether He Lives At C Street
By Zachary Roth - July 23, 2009, 11:33AM

These are tough times for C St.

The usually low-profile Capitol Hill-based Christian dorm and bible study group has been at the center of a media frenzy after three separate Republicans with ties to C St admitted to extra-marital affairs in recent weeks. And now, things have gotten so bad that one Christian lawmaker is treating the issue like a state secret, refusing even to say whether he lives there.

A North Carolina paper asked a spokesman for Rep. Heath Shuler, a North Carolina Democrat, whether the congressman lives in the house -- which is associated with the secretive Christian group The Fellowship -- and got the following reply:

"Sorry about this one, but because of privacy issues, we're not giving out any information about the congressman's living arrangements."

The Christian magazine Worldmag.com had reported that Shuler does currently live there, along with Sens. Jim DeMint and Tom Coburn, and Reps. Zach Wamp, Mike Doyle, and Bart Stupak.

Given the number of adulterers tied to C Street -- and the growing sense that place functions as a forum for lawmakers to confess their hanky-panky to peers who'll help them cover it up -- it's hard to blame Shuler for wanting to keep people in the dark on the issue.

But when conservative Christian members of Congress won't even admit to being associated with a bible fellowship, you know things have reached quite a pass. ... http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/07/sign_of_the_times_lawmaker_wont_say_whether_he_liv.php

[tekisui]

1. Yep, I have called his office. They won't say a word.

They are making it worse by hiding.

[DebbieCDC]

2. I hope Rachel keeps turning up the heat on this cult

Because that's what it is -- a cult of rich and powerful white conservatives who think a capitalist "god" ordained them to run the world. The more the light is shined on these cockroaches the sooner we'll be rid of them and their ilk. They thrive in their dark secret little holes.

[Ilsa]

3. I wonder what he'd tell a police officer if he was stopped? Does having

"club membership" in Congress get you off the hook for traffic violations? Or would he have to produce some form of ID with his current address on it? Do congresscritters need a local address if they are in DC?

[livetohike]

4. Well then, I guess he really does live there. Since he didn't say

"No". I think this whole C street story is going to become important. Hopefully, there are some more reporters working on it.

[freesqueeze]

6. Exactly...there's an answer in that non-answer.

anyone not a member of the adultery cult would be proud to tell you.

I wonder if these players' wives know where they live?

[livetohike]

7. Or if they even care (wives)

:shrug:

[gratuitous]

8. That would be the only way his privacy would be compromised

After all, if he's not living at the Sin Bin on C Street, there's really no betrayal of the public servant's privacy. There are lots of other places Rep. Shuler might be living ('scuse me, I gotta go check the guest room really quick - no reason). It would ruin his privacy only if he was living there.

A nod's as good as a wink to a blind man.

[livetohike]

9. Right. Wonder what skeletons Shuler has lurking in his closet

:shrug:

[Subdivisions]

5. He could deny it and still maintain his privacy (are politicians entitled to privacy?)

but he isn't denying that he lives there.