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Tx4obama

(36,974 posts)
Mon Sep 17, 2012, 10:59 PM Sep 2012

Romney Tape Came From Estate Of Sex-Party-Throwing Hedge Fund Manager



Mitt Romney’s anti-47% remarks were made at a fundraiser by Mark Leder in Boca Raton. Leder is known for his Hamptons sex parties.

His “wild end-of-summer bash was the talk of the Hamptons this year,” the Post reported last December. “At the Bridgehampton home that Leder rented for a whopping $500,000 a month, guests cavorted nude in a pool and performed sex acts, while scantily clad Russian women danced on platforms. Dancers at the party also twirled flaming torches to booming beats.”


http://www.alan.com/2012/09/17/romney-tape-came-from-estate-of-sex-party-throwing-hedge-fund-manager/



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Romney Tape Came From Estate Of Sex-Party-Throwing Hedge Fund Manager (Original Post) Tx4obama Sep 2012 OP
I guess now we know why Jenna Jamison is supporting Romney bluestateguy Sep 2012 #1
Sounds like a good party. MrSlayer Sep 2012 #2
So, is the Democratic party opposed to sex parties now? Llewlladdwr Sep 2012 #3
Uhhh... Hissyspit Sep 2012 #4
I think that the right-wingers that are church goers are going to asking 'why' ... Tx4obama Sep 2012 #5
But why are WE talking about it? Llewlladdwr Sep 2012 #6
Did you not see all of the other DU posts regarding other sex scandals in the past Tx4obama Sep 2012 #8
Indeed I have. Llewlladdwr Sep 2012 #10
When there is news folks tend to discuss 'the news'. Tx4obama Sep 2012 #11
There's probably not anything. Llewlladdwr Sep 2012 #12
Really? ProudToBeBlueInRhody Sep 2012 #25
No, but the Republican party is. NYC Liberal Sep 2012 #7
So again I ask, why are WE discussing it? Llewlladdwr Sep 2012 #9
Because we are exposing their hypocrisy. NYC Liberal Sep 2012 #13
But we aren't being hypocritical as well? Llewlladdwr Sep 2012 #14
It's relevant to expose sexual hypocrisy by the GOP TroyD Sep 2012 #15
But our stated public position is that a person's sex life is no one else's business. Llewlladdwr Sep 2012 #16
Ask someone like gay rights activist Dan Savage about this TroyD Sep 2012 #17
It's not attacking their "sex life". NYC Liberal Sep 2012 #18
Somehow I doubt that you've really given up Cirque du So-What Sep 2012 #27
I'm obviously in the minority on this. Llewlladdwr Sep 2012 #30
When these men are making laws about restricting people's sex lives? ProudToBeBlueInRhody Sep 2012 #26
You don't have to be against something to use it in a negative light... this is politics. Comrade_McKenzie Sep 2012 #29
I'm mad as hell about this!!! OUTRAGE! agentS Sep 2012 #19
So you approve of the scantily clad Russian women who danced on platforms? Cleita Sep 2012 #20
Who are you talking to? n/t Tx4obama Sep 2012 #22
Sorry, I meant this post for those who think sex parties are fine Cleita Sep 2012 #23
That's kinda what I thought, but I wanted to make sure :) Tx4obama Sep 2012 #24
So, is there any chance... Whiskeytide Sep 2012 #21
A sex party? mysuzuki2 Sep 2012 #28
 

MrSlayer

(22,143 posts)
2. Sounds like a good party.
Mon Sep 17, 2012, 11:06 PM
Sep 2012

He didn't do the speech at one of these parties, did he?

Because if not, who cares?

Llewlladdwr

(2,165 posts)
3. So, is the Democratic party opposed to sex parties now?
Mon Sep 17, 2012, 11:08 PM
Sep 2012

Is someone having or attending a sex party shameful?

Why in the world is this even an issue?

Tx4obama

(36,974 posts)
5. I think that the right-wingers that are church goers are going to asking 'why' ...
Mon Sep 17, 2012, 11:31 PM
Sep 2012

does Romney have a person fundraising for him that is known for throwing sex parties.

Llewlladdwr

(2,165 posts)
6. But why are WE talking about it?
Mon Sep 17, 2012, 11:33 PM
Sep 2012

I was under the impression that one of the core beliefs of the Democratic party was that your sex life was nobody else's business. Am I wrong?

Tx4obama

(36,974 posts)
8. Did you not see all of the other DU posts regarding other sex scandals in the past
Mon Sep 17, 2012, 11:41 PM
Sep 2012

For example...
David Vitter
Anthony Weiner
Mark Sanford
and a hundred others.

I think that the news of Romney having a person that fundraisers for him that is known for sex parties IS NEWS,
considering he and the republican party are always spouting off about being the party of 'values'.


Llewlladdwr

(2,165 posts)
10. Indeed I have.
Mon Sep 17, 2012, 11:45 PM
Sep 2012

And I didn't understand it then either. It almost seems some Democrats support a very selective right to privacy.

Tx4obama

(36,974 posts)
11. When there is news folks tend to discuss 'the news'.
Mon Sep 17, 2012, 11:48 PM
Sep 2012

I don't know what to say that would help you understand.

Have a great evening.

Llewlladdwr

(2,165 posts)
12. There's probably not anything.
Mon Sep 17, 2012, 11:58 PM
Sep 2012

I guess I'm just seeing something here that others aren't.

At any rate, good evening to you as well.

ProudToBeBlueInRhody

(16,399 posts)
25. Really?
Tue Sep 18, 2012, 06:55 PM
Sep 2012

You don't think David Vitter should be forced to resign when he runs his campaign on "family values" while visiting prostitutes?

NYC Liberal

(20,136 posts)
7. No, but the Republican party is.
Mon Sep 17, 2012, 11:35 PM
Sep 2012

The hypocritical rich Republicans think they can live by one set of rules while the lowly peasants have to live by another (which does not, I can tell you, allow for things like this.)

Llewlladdwr

(2,165 posts)
9. So again I ask, why are WE discussing it?
Mon Sep 17, 2012, 11:42 PM
Sep 2012

Let the Reps talk about this if they wish. I thought Democrats supported a person's right to privacy regarding their sex life.

NYC Liberal

(20,136 posts)
13. Because we are exposing their hypocrisy.
Tue Sep 18, 2012, 12:32 AM
Sep 2012

If a politician decides to be a hypocrite in telling everyone else they should act one way, then acting another way, that deserves to be exposed.

That same hypocrisy probably applies to their thinking of the law as president.

Llewlladdwr

(2,165 posts)
14. But we aren't being hypocritical as well?
Tue Sep 18, 2012, 01:01 AM
Sep 2012

If our stated position is that a person's sex life is private then isn't an attack based on someone's sex life hypocritical?

TroyD

(4,551 posts)
15. It's relevant to expose sexual hypocrisy by the GOP
Tue Sep 18, 2012, 01:11 AM
Sep 2012

As a general rule, someone's sex life is their own and is not relevant to most discussions.

However, the one exception to the general rule is when a politician or party that has engaged in discriminatory practices against others is caught acting hypocritically and in contradiction to their stated public positions.

I think what people above are pointing out is that the GOP is the party of 'family values' and the party that reprimands gay people and gay marriage as being wrong etc. and yet here we have another example of the Republican Party engaging in sexual behavior which is totally at odds with their supposed 'family values'.

And of course, the Republicans also have a lot of nerve criticizing celebrities in Hollywood for being promiscuous considering how much sleeping around they seem to do themselves.

That reminds me - was Newt Gingrich at this sex party?

Llewlladdwr

(2,165 posts)
16. But our stated public position is that a person's sex life is no one else's business.
Tue Sep 18, 2012, 01:20 AM
Sep 2012

Yet somehow we get a pass when we use a person's sex life to attack them because the other side is bigger hypocrits, or something.

I give up.

TroyD

(4,551 posts)
17. Ask someone like gay rights activist Dan Savage about this
Tue Sep 18, 2012, 01:27 AM
Sep 2012

He will point out that for people like him and his partner (who got married in Canada a few years ago) they find it appalling and hypocritical to watch people in the Republican Party denouncing them as immoral etc. and then find out that on top of that the same people who want to deny them sexual liberation have no problem enjoying that same sexual liberation themselves.

Republicans never seem to have any trouble enjoying the benefits of the sexual revolution themselves, but what to deny those benefits to others. And people are sick of it. Especially gay people, women etc.

NYC Liberal

(20,136 posts)
18. It's not attacking their "sex life".
Tue Sep 18, 2012, 01:29 AM
Sep 2012

It's attacking their hypocrisy.

We're not saying the sex stuff is wrong. We're saying being hypocritical about what you tell others to do vs what you yourself do is wrong.

Cirque du So-What

(25,944 posts)
27. Somehow I doubt that you've really given up
Tue Sep 18, 2012, 06:59 PM
Sep 2012

given the number of times you've flagellated the deceased equine in a vain attempt to chastise democrats. See ya 'round!

Llewlladdwr

(2,165 posts)
30. I'm obviously in the minority on this.
Tue Sep 18, 2012, 09:23 PM
Sep 2012

It's my personal opinion that saying "A person's sex life is private and should be off-limits for political attacks" when what you really mean is "A person's sex life is private and should be off-limits for political attacks, unless they do something I disagree with and then it's on like Donkey Kong" is a bit hypocritical.

 

Comrade_McKenzie

(2,526 posts)
29. You don't have to be against something to use it in a negative light... this is politics.
Tue Sep 18, 2012, 07:36 PM
Sep 2012

If it works, then we should use it. If not, we shouldn't... but for no other reason.

agentS

(1,325 posts)
19. I'm mad as hell about this!!! OUTRAGE!
Tue Sep 18, 2012, 04:08 AM
Sep 2012

First off, the guy hired RUSSIAN dancers!!! How dare he not hire AMERICANS???!!! Has he not seen Jersey Shore? We have PLENTY of women who will perform sex acts in pools and dance on platforms! This is ridiculous!!! He outsourced our floozie positions to Russia of all places!!! No wonder unemployment is 80%!

Second off, how come we don't have parties like this? Maybe that's the reason we're behind Romney in big-money donors (besides not being pro-Israel fanatics, nutcases, or overly greedy)! We need to bridge this gap with BETTER sexually explicit parties!
Though I admit these parties MIGHT offend the feminists... we have to bridge the missile/shelter... er, Playboy wanna-be gap!

Cleita

(75,480 posts)
20. So you approve of the scantily clad Russian women who danced on platforms?
Tue Sep 18, 2012, 04:15 PM
Sep 2012

These are Russian prostitutes that are often enslaved by their pimps. I don't think white slavery is quite consenting adults. At the very least they are illegal. You approve of that? However, let's face it, they probably couldn't find any women who would freely consent to entertain a bunch of old, pot bellied, lecherous men.

Cleita

(75,480 posts)
23. Sorry, I meant this post for those who think sex parties are fine
Tue Sep 18, 2012, 06:47 PM
Sep 2012

without looking into what is really going on. I don't believe this was between consenting adults like a swingers' party.

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