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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe 4 most eyebrow-raising parts of the crazy affair allegation against Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/03/23/the-4-most-eyebrow-raising-parts-of-the-crazy-affair-allegation-against-alabama-gov-robert-bentley/Every once in a while but far less often than most people think politics appears to mirror Hollywood's dramatization of it rather than the other way around.
The affair allegations Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley (R) is facing down this week is one of those moments.
Here's the story: On Tuesday, the two-term governor fired the state's top cop. That same day, the now-fired top cop told the Birmingham News that Bentley had been having an affair with one of his top advisers. And he said he could prove it.
The governor has denied affair rumors in the past, calling them "ridiculous." But he hasn't been able to shake that over the past year, whether in unsubstantiated blogs or in the halls of Alabama's capitol. There has been a rumor swirling he was having an affair with his chief adviser, Rebekah Caldwell Mason. (Mason is married, but Bentley's 50-year marriage officially ended this fall, an abrupt ending that Bentley has said shocked him.)
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The 4 most eyebrow-raising parts of the crazy affair allegation against Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley (Original Post)
jpak
Mar 2016
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snooper2
(30,151 posts)1. I saw her pic, she isn't horrible looking...but him..
Who the hell would want to fuck this?
https://img.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=&w=1484
ghostsinthemachine
(3,569 posts)2. This should be alerted
I think. If this would have been a female this post would be long gone.
snooper2
(30,151 posts)3. I can pull up thousands of posts critiquing men and women, from Chimpy
to Palin to Drumpf...
Alert!
ghostsinthemachine
(3,569 posts)4. Okay, I didn't alert
But here in PC land, making fun of someone's looks seems a bit alertable. Male female Democrat or Rethuglican.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)6. I DID find a pic of him and his wife, but am NOT making fun of his looks.
Repeat..I am NOT making fun of his looks
(we pick on Bentley for lots of other reasons down here)
Dont call me Shirley
(10,998 posts)8. The happy couple.
Shrike47
(6,913 posts)5. He's 73. You should look that good at 73.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)10. My 75-year-old Republican Stepdad looks better than him
Just sayin'.
WhiteTara
(29,676 posts)7. he looks like money and power
to some that is very sexy. To me, he looks skeletal.
madokie
(51,076 posts)9. Burn his ass
the last thing anyone needs in this country is a government official susceptible to blackmail, not to mention a whoredog like it appears this cretin is