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jpak

(41,742 posts)
Wed Mar 23, 2016, 10:00 AM Mar 2016

The 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 OP
I saw her pic, she isn't horrible looking...but him.. snooper2 Mar 2016 #1
This should be alerted ghostsinthemachine Mar 2016 #2
I can pull up thousands of posts critiquing men and women, from Chimpy snooper2 Mar 2016 #3
Okay, I didn't alert ghostsinthemachine Mar 2016 #4
I DID find a pic of him and his wife, but am NOT making fun of his looks. dixiegrrrrl Mar 2016 #6
The happy couple. Dont call me Shirley Mar 2016 #8
He's 73. You should look that good at 73. Shrike47 Mar 2016 #5
My 75-year-old Republican Stepdad looks better than him KamaAina Mar 2016 #10
he looks like money and power WhiteTara Mar 2016 #7
Burn his ass madokie Mar 2016 #9

ghostsinthemachine

(3,569 posts)
4. Okay, I didn't alert
Wed Mar 23, 2016, 10:18 AM
Mar 2016

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.
Wed Mar 23, 2016, 10:57 AM
Mar 2016

Repeat..I am NOT making fun of his looks
(we pick on Bentley for lots of other reasons down here)


madokie

(51,076 posts)
9. Burn his ass
Wed Mar 23, 2016, 07:00 PM
Mar 2016

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

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