NJ GOP Mayor Has ‘No Idea’ How Rentboy Got Sexy Pictures of Him

[warrior1]

http://wonkette.com/455082/nj-gop-mayor-has-no-idea-how-rentboy-got-sexy-pictures-of-him#more-455082



Ah, the old “probably it was some guy who broke into my hotel room and took pictures of me sleeping in my underwear” excuse. Medford, New Jersey mayor Chris Myers is here to fill the weekly news slot reserved for the outing of one or another garden variety self-loathing, escort-loving closeted Republican politician with a weak claim that he is totally clueless as to how a California rentboy got all those photos of Myers and his magical Superman-sized briefs asleep in a hotel bed (along with pictures of his IDs and his cell phone number). Or, uh, Photoshop maybe? Probably it was the terrorists with their Photoshop.

[Harmony Blue]

1. I think the blue clashes with the color of the sheets

maybe it is just me?

[Liberal_in_LA]

2. lol

[MineralMan]

3. Why should I be interested in a photo of some politician in his

underwear? That's what I want to know.

[Harmony Blue]

5. Apparently the Californian rent boy

was made promises and a politician predictably did not keep them. So, the rent boy has dispersed these pictures as retribution.

[MineralMan]

7. Well, OK then...

I'm still not interested. Is this guy some sort of anti-gay politician? Or are they just outing him for some reason?

Of very marginal interest, either way, I think.

[pnwmom]

28. Rentboy most likely outed him because the Mayor said no to the blackmail threat.

That seems MUCH more likely than rentboy's claim that the Mayor, after a single quickie, offered to give the Rentboy a BMW and a recording studio.

[Major Nikon]

54. If that were true, why didn't Myers say so?

It would certainly give his "I don't know how he got those pictures" excuse more validity if he said the man tried to blackmail him. At the very least he would have nothing to lose.

[pnwmom]

63. Because he wants the whole story to go away and he wants to deny

that anything happened. Or that he was even there.

If he accuses rentboy of blackmailing him, he'll have to admit that he was in that room with rentboy.

This is the weakness that all blackmailers take advantage of.

[Major Nikon]

66. I don't buy it

He could still claim complete innocence. All he'd have to say is this guy tried to get money out of him and he told the guy to go piss up a rope, now he's posting these pictures.

If the guy was trying to blackmail Myers, he would have gone to the police by now. The damage to his reputation has already been dealt. What better way to discredit your accuser than to claim blackmail, especially if it's true?

[pnwmom]

70. Why go to the police if you just want the whole thing to go away?

He's in denial. And he's probably in deepshit with his family. He just wants this whole thing to go away. And he's desperately hoping that if he plays "just pretend" that it might.

[Major Nikon]

71. I'm talking about after the pictures were posted

He would have everything to gain by going to the police and nothing to lose.

[pnwmom]

72. No, in his mind he probably thinks that would only prolong the process.

This guy has been in denial almost his whole life. It's second nature for him. He thinks if he keeps on denying he can make this all go away. That's been the story of his life up till now.

[pnwmom]

26. Much more likely: the rentboy tried to blackmail the politician,

and when that didn't work, he outed him.

After reading the rentboy's blog, I find it incredible to believe that after one encounter, this mayor promised to give the rentboy a BMW and a recording studio.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

13. At least it's not Chris Christie.

[Ganja Ninja]

14. .

:puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:

[MineralMan]

33. I'd never be able to wash that out of my brain, truly.

[ZombieHorde]

60. I wish it was. That would be pretty sweet. nt

[Yavin4]

67. Yeah, You Wouldn't Be Able To See Christie's Underwear n/t

[OhioChick]

4. "....and his magical Superman-sized briefs"

:rofl:

[Katashi_itto]

10. No those are Morman magic Underpants.

[SharonAnn]

12. Ummm, no. They're not.

[Katashi_itto]

83. not superman-sized briefs or Mormon Magic underpants? and

most importantly how do you know these things?

[LonePirate]

6. I wish we had an energy supply that was infinite like the number of closeted gay Rethug hypocrites.

[Ikonoklast]

8. Are you crazy, man?

We would have to beam most of that excess energy into space to keep the planet from melting.

[Katashi_itto]

9. AGHHH I need therapy now. MUST... NOT RIP.... EYEBALLS... OUT.

No offense meant to our GBLT brethren.

But


AGGGGHHHHHHH...runs down hall screaming...ANOTHER REPUBLICAN!!!!

[Withywindle]

11. Why?

That seems a little extreme. Even if you're not attracted to men at all, it's still just an average-looking dude in his underwear. He's not really attractive, but he's not really hideous either. Just kind of meh.

[dawg]

21. Thanks for the dose of realism.

I don't think my body would look all *that* much better than his in a candid underwear shot, so the cries of "pluck out my eyes and burn the optic nerves" were making me feel a little inadequate.

I didn't realize all the men were Adonis on this board.

[Doc Holliday]

22. Now that you mention it....

"I didn't realize all the men were Adonis on this board."

It's those guys who think they are that screw things up for those of us who are.

:evilgrin: :evilgrin: :evilgrin:

[Katashi_itto]

27. heheh!

[hootinholler]

36. Personally, I'm totally BUFF

That's Big Ugly Fat Fucker.

[jbnow]

88. Absolutely all good looking! Like Lake Wobegon

All the women are strong, all the men are good looking, and all the children are above average.

[Katashi_itto]

31. I think it's the Republican out of the closet --yet again

that is what did it to me :)

[Pacifist Patriot]

15. That's a sexy photo? By whose standards?

[Initech]

47. To quote Hank Hill: "I don't know whether to laugh or vomit."

[maddezmom]

65. that was my first thought as well, sexy wasn't the word I'd use either

:)

[Autumn]

16. I hope I hear Obama and our Democratic leaders

calling for HIS resignation. I'm not holding my breath though.

[0rganism]

17. we really do need an official+obvious post tag for "Can't Be Unseen" (nt)

NT

[toddwv]

18. Hmmm...

Almost looks like an homage...

[dawg]

23. ROTFL

:rofl::rofl::rofl:

[bullwinkle428]

42. "The Timeless Art of Seduction"!!! Classic! Mr. Mayor does

bear (no pun intended) quite the resemblance to George Costanza!

[joeybee12]

19. Ok, the OP is wrong...no way are those pictures SEXY!

:evilgrin:

[seabeyond]

20. omg, you should warn. after seeing the repug saying women need to be whores in bedroom

then seeing this picture

just. too. much. lol

[pnwmom]

24. So I read the original blog. This is pretty clearly a case of blackmail.

The Mayor wouldn't give the rent boy a car and a recording studio, so he got outed.

Is this really something to take so lightly? Even though the Mayor is a Republican?

[seabeyond]

25. i didnt read it. did he buy a prostitute? and is prostitution illegal in that state?

and if so, doesnt that mean he broke the law? dont others go to jail for that or are prosecuted anyway?

[pnwmom]

29. He hired an "escort" for his time. That's apparently legal.

As the rentboy said in his blog, what two consenting adults decide to do in private is their business.

But even if the authorities decided this was prostitution, attempting to blackmail is a much more serious crime.

[seabeyond]

32. if the man bought a prostitute and it is illegal, then yes, he should suffer the consequences

if we legalize prostitution, then he has nothing to worry about buying one.

that simple.

cant have the toe in the bedroom part of the time and out of the bedroom for some. especially the some that are making it against the law for everyone else.

being the liberal i am, i dont care that he is gay, os outing or not is irrelevant.

[pnwmom]

39. What about rentboy attempting blackmail? Shouldn't he suffer some consequences, too?

[seabeyond]

40. sure. i am pretty damn sure blackmail is against the law, too. we were discussing

this mayor? buying a prostitute.

rentboy blackmailing, bad

[pnwmom]

44. I was discussing this mayor being the target of a blackmailer.

You'd rather focus on the issue of prostitution, which seems pretty trivial to me.

[seabeyond]

45. Is this really something to take so lightly?

this was your question. hence my answr was.... did the man break the law.

you are saying should we take the blackmail lightly? well, hell, i think the mayor breaking the law is at least as big. what do you really think you are getting when you buy another person? ethics?

[Hassin Bin Sober]

37. Wait. You believe the rent-boy when he says the meeting was for "escort" only?

But you don't believe him when he says he was promised a car?

Me? I'll believe the rent-boy over the republican every time.

[pnwmom]

38. I believe that the rentboy and the Mayor agreed on the standard spiel

that the payment was for time only. That seems likely.

I don't believe that after one orgasm, the Mayor spontaneously decided to offer the rentboy a BMW and a recording studio. That seems very unlikely, even for a Rethug.

I think the rentboy checked out the Mayor's ID while he was sleeping and decided he'd found a good target for blackmail. That seems more likely than anything else, having read rentboy's blog. Did you read it?

[seabeyond]

41. so, you re saying he did buy rentboy for sex. illegal. nt

[pnwmom]

49. No, they agreed that the escort was being paid as an escort.

Which is technically legal. (Anything else that happened was a free bonus between consulting adults.) Maybe you should read the escort's blog.

[seabeyond]

53. yes... he "escorted" him to an hotel room.

rollin eyes.

[pnwmom]

62. Sorry, but I don't see the rentboy as a victim of the Mayor.

And I don't see prostitution as a serious crime -- as long as it involves adults.

[seabeyond]

74. nah... you blatantly ignore the points. hold firm.... nt

[rocktivity]

30. "Myers said he wasn’t even sure the photos were of him and wondered if they had been altered.

...He said the bag with his identification in it was easily accessible and that someone could have sneaked into his hotel room to capture him sleeping and take photos of his personal ID cards and badge."

You sleep with your eyeglasses on, Mr. Mayor? I don't think that even Stevie Wonder does that!

:eyes:
rocktivity

[pnwmom]

64. Ridiculous, yes, but no more ridiculous than the blackmailer's claim

that the Mayor, after one quickie orgasm, promised to give rentboy a BMW and a $20,000 recording studio.

[rocktivity]

92. Since the mayor says he's not sure that he even met the rentboy (never mind slept with him),

any reasonable doubt MUST go to the defendant!

:evilgrin:
rocktivity

[notadmblnd]

34. is sleeping with your glasses on, a common thing?

I know I take mine off when I go to sleep.

[Pacifist Patriot]

69. Looks like a bloke chilling out in front of a football match more than a...

come hither look for sex or a drifting off to the land of nod picture. I keep looking for the beer and chips beside the bed.

[mikeytherat]

35. Those are "sexy" pictures? Really?

Throw a few cats on the bed, and that's me watching TV! I didn't know how sexy I was!

mikey_the_rat

[pnwmom]

43. So, blackmail of gays or bisexuals is okay with everybody, as long as the targets are Rethugs?

:shrug:

Because this is pretty obviously a case of blackmail. No way do I believe that the Mayor, after a single orgasm, offered to give rentboy a BMW and a recording studio.

[seabeyond]

46. BULLSHIT. dont make this a homophobic issue. i dont care he is gay

being outed is irrelevant. him buying a person when it is against the law for everyone else is the issue.

whether he bought a female or male to use for sex doesnt matter. against the law. you think prostitutes have a moral obligation to keep their mouth shut, like a doctor or lawyer?

[pnwmom]

48. He was being blackmailed because he is gay or bisexual. So that is the issue.

And some people are willing to overlook that and laugh, because he is a Republican.

I'm not a big supporter of anti-prostitution laws, except for children. I certainly don't think that prostitution or using a prostitute is a crime as serious as blackmailing.

[seabeyond]

51. whether you are into the law or not, it is there. and this is one of the men that support the law

other people without power and influence are being effect by that law. he should not be above the law.

and again,

you place a prostitute as more responsible in integrity than you do an elected official. this person that is selling body and being used by another. that has to harden self to the cold hard ugliness of the world. uh oh, he outed someone? really?

[pnwmom]

55. The escort attempted to blackmail the mayor, and when he didn't succeed,

he outed him. That seems to me to be the greater crime.

[seabeyond]

56. well.... fine. if i were buying another human being for my use, i wouldnt put a lot of faith

in that person to keep my secret.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

57. You ZERO knowledge of what arrangement was or wasn't made...

... between the rent-boy and the repig. ZERO.

The only thing we DO know for sure is the repug is a lying liar claiming the photos are not his.

Who you gonna believe? The repig or your lying eyes?

You never heard of a creepy old hypocritical closet case buying gifts for a trick? I have. Look harder:

http://www.bishop-accountability.org/news2007/07_08/2007_07_22_Herman_ThePriest.htm
The Priest and the Stripper
$200,000 Stolen from Parish | 'He Gave Me Money for Spending Time with Him'

By Eric Herman
Chicago Sun-Times
July 22, 2007

http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/478428,CST-NWS-priest22.article

The Rev. Mark Sorvillo loved taking his parish's money and spending it on himself. Trips to Rome, Venice, Paris. And $900 meals at New York restaurants.

In 1999, Sorvillo found someone else to lavish his parishioners' collection-plate donations on — a male stripper.

Sorvillo — who pleaded guilty Friday to stealing nearly $200,000 from St. Margaret Mary parish on the North Side — gave cars, plane tickets and thousands of dollars in cash to James Sosnicki, a married Louisville man who stripped frequently at gay clubs in Chicago, law enforcement sources said. Reached in Louisville, Sosnicki told the Chicago Sun-Times he paid Sorvillo back — and said their relationship was never sexual.

[pnwmom]

61. Have you read rentboy's blog? If you haven't, then why are you drawing conclusions?

The story he tells, in his own words, is laughable.

People here are taking it seriously without even reading it.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

84. I've read the blog. It was the first thing I did.

You are fixated on this one point - that the rent-boy was never promised anything. You are fixated on it to the point of making yourself look ridiculous.

You have no idea what was said.

Your defense of the repig is bizarre.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

85. He's being blackmailed because he stiffed a hooker.

[Pacifist Patriot]

68. I'd rein in that generalization if I were you.

You don't truly believe everybody is okay with blackmail of gays or bisexuals if the target's a Republican do you?

Because you can exclude me from everybody. I don't think blackmail of anyone, regardless of sexual orientation, is ever okay.

[pnwmom]

73. No, I don't think that of everybody. I was hoping it wasn't true, which is why I asked the question.

I do think it's true for a lot of those who posted in response to this OP.

Glad you spoke up.

[seabeyond]

75. arent you glad i spoke up? i assured you blackmail is a crime and is bad. nt

[pnwmom]

76. You first said: "uh oh, he outed someone? really?"

You were much more concerned about discussing prostitution.

[seabeyond]

77. post 40. sure. i am pretty damn sure blackmail is against the law, too. we were discussing

rentboy blackmail, bad.

no, first i said this, AFTER two threads of discussing why it was wrong on the mayors part.

[seabeyond]

78. AND i said all this before the uh oh....

ou place a prostitute as more responsible in integrity than you do an elected official. this person that is selling body and being used by another. that has to harden self to the cold hard ugliness of the world.

[pnwmom]

79. Right, because you are far less concerned about gay people being blackmailed

than about what you see as the horrible crime of adult prostitution.

:shrug:

[seabeyond]

80. i feel more empathy for the used than the user, yes. this man could have easily not been gay and

his behavior could have still resulted in blackmail. that is not the issue. you are making gay the issue. being gay is not relevant. he used a prostitute. that is a crime. he put his trust in someone that he should not have. that was stupid.

where do you see gay, in that.

you misrepresent what i first said. you misrepresent my concerns. you misrepresent my position on the issue of gays in this situation. where is the honesty? because i dont hold the same position as you does not mean it is necessary for you to be dishonest in your presentation.

[pnwmom]

81. His being gay is very relevant, because that is why he is particularly vulnerable

to blackmail. People don't get outed for being straight.

[seabeyond]

82. weiner wasnt outed for gay. nt

[Hassin Bin Sober]

89. He's vulnerable to blackmail because he hired a hooker.

So because he is gay we can't enjoy the Schadenfreude for being caught with his pants down (and underoos on)? As a gay man, I find that laughable.

[seabeyond]

90. i am glad

as a gay man you can say to see it as a gay issue is laughable. this is where i often trip up. in a way i see it as a bigotry to gay if we single out the fact he is gay is the issue because then we are saying there is something exceptional. though, i get all the animosity, anger and hate toward gay, i think the acceptance as a norm of gay is the healing factor. and when looking at this situation and saying, gay doesn't matter. not about gay. straight or gay, who cares.

but then i get pn's position, too.

and this is where i become concerned.

so, thanks.

[Firebrand Gary]

50. LIES, LIES and here we have yet another Republican lying! K&R

[pnwmom]

52. The rentboy is clearly lying about being promised a BMW and a recording studio

after having oral sex with the Mayor.

If the gay Mayor were a Democrat, would you be more concerned about the obvious blackmail?

[seabeyond]

58. if he was a democrat, i would be saying exactly the same. stupid. nt

[Firebrand Gary]

86. Lame.

[malaise]

59. The photo is awful but the comments

are hilarious

[Warren DeMontague]

87. I don't approve of this sort of objectification

right now, that poor man is being remotely raped by the oppressive eyeballs of millions of viewers, and in the process men everywhere are being harmed, victimized, paid less, and may not even feel comfortable wearing their superman undies anymore.

[theaocp]

91. K&R n/t