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Nebraska Lt. Gov. Rick Sheehy resigned Saturday. Last July, his wife filed for divorce after nearly 29 years of marriage. Her divorce filing stated the "marriage of the parties is irretrievably broken."
LINCOLN, Neb. -- Nebraska Lt. Gov. Rick Sheehy resigned abruptly Saturday in a scandal involving thousands of calls to four women on his state-issued cellphone, including one woman who said she had a romantic relationship with the politician.
Gov. Dave Heineman announced Sheehy's resignation in a hastily called news conference Saturday morning. Sheehy, a Republican, had been considered the front-runner in the 2014 gubernatorial race and had been endorsed by Heineman.
"As public officials, we are rightly held to a higher standard," Heineman said. "I had trusted him, and that trust was broken."
Sheehy resigned after questions were raised about the cellphone calls with four women, none of whom were his wife, who filed for divorce last year. The calls, made over the last four years, were first reported by the Omaha World-Herald, which had made a public records request for Sheehy's phone records.
Records released Saturday by the governor's office show Sheehy made thousands of late-night phone calls to the women. He spoke with some of the women numerous times a day in conversations that lasted anywhere from a few minutes to more than an hour, according to the records.
One woman he frequently called, Dr. Theresa Hatcher of Bellevue, told The Associated Press that she and Sheehy had maintained a long-term relationship after they met at a convention of emergency responders in Texas in 2008. As lieutenant governor, Sheehy leads the state's emergency management efforts, and Hatcher is an emergency room doctor.
"I thought I was the only one," she said. "Apparently, I was grossly mistaken."
Hatcher said she last talked to Sheehy about two weeks ago. She added: "Politicians can lie. Doctors don't lie."
Another woman Sheehy frequently called has had an apartment in Lincoln, the state capital. Her name appeared on a call box outside the building Saturday, but a man who answered the door said she didn't live there.
'Deeply disappointed'
Sheehy was the mayor of Hastings before Heineman selected him as his running mate. They were elected by a record margin to their first full term in 2006 and re-elected in 2010.
Asked for his reaction Saturday, Heineman said, "I've got a knot in my stomach. I'm deeply disappointed."
Heineman said he doubted Sheehy would run for the governor's office now.
"And no, I would not support him under the circumstances," Heineman said.
Sheehy did not appear at the news conference, and his state-issued cellphone was disconnected. A phone call to Sheehy's office went unanswered, and a message was not immediately returned.
Last July, Sheehy's wife, Connie Sheehy, filed for divorce after nearly 29 years of marriage. Her divorce filing stated the "marriage of the parties is irretrievably broken."
Heineman declined to answer questions about what had occurred that led Sheehy to resign. He also would not say whether he asked Sheehy to resign or if Sheehy acted on his own.
Heineman said he will begin the process Monday of looking for a new lieutenant governor.
If something were to happen to Heineman before he selects a new lieutenant governor, Republican Speaker of the Legislature Greg Adams would ascend to the governor's post.
Sheehy's announcement shakes up an already turbulent 2014 governor's race. Another Republican candidate, former Nebraska Speaker of the Legislature Mike Flood, entered the race briefly but withdrew in December after his wife was diagnosed with breast cancer. State Sen. Charlie Janssen of Fremont, a Republican, has also said he is leaning toward running.
Several Democrats have signaled an interest in running, including University of Nebraska Regent Chuck Hassebrook and Nebraska state Sen. Steve Lathrop of Omaha. In recent weeks, party activists have also approached state Sen. Annette Dubas, of Fullerton.
Sheehy changed his Twitter account settings to private before Heineman's press conference. Shortly after, his account appeared to have been deleted.
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Typical amoral moralist.
Ok Doc.!!!! You and Bill Clinton, depends on what is,is!
Like Obama? Loves the little guy yet gives trillions to bankers who bought stock. And you the idiot little guy will pay back the debt. How about trying to take away guns and then praise abortions ? How about free food for kids yet demanding free heath care for fat kids. Oh never mind just wait for the train to take you for a nice shower.
The word "resign" and any variation of it, is not a word that is in any progressive, liberal and democrat's vocabulary.
I am not saying that this is always the case, but it appears that whenever there is a "sex scandal" involving a politician invariably the politician turns out to be a republican.
Can anyone tell me what the hell David is ranting about? Would someone please loosen his tin foil hat.
Sexual repression and therefore sexual abnormalities are rampant in the republikan party. Larry Craig, David Vitter, John Ensign, Dick Morris ( I just love the fact that this Fux contributor had a thing for sucking the toes of prostitutes.) Mark Sanford, the list just goes on and on...Of course democrats have their own problems with aberrant sexual behavior but it's the raging hypocrisy of a republican party that holds itself out as morally superior, a party hell bent on regulating the sexual behavior of all the rest of us, that really makes these stories so newsworthy. Kind of like Rush Limbaugh or Newt Gingrich screaming about the "sanctity of marriage" while condemning gay marriage. What a joke.
David's post is typical of many righties who attack Obama for being too conservative. These imbeciles actually attack Obama for being too much of a war-monger and giving too many breaks to corporations and banks. Meanwhile they SUPPORT the party which is the veritable handmaiden of the neo-cons, large corporatons and financiers. Like they say, you just can't fix stupid.
The media withholds a lot and only reports what they wish. It's called selective reporting. Open your eyes people.
For example, Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ).
Too bad this guy did not have a good OB-GYN deacon like Tom Colburn to claim patient/clergy protection while covering for him!
Just more proof that the RepubliCon PartyOverCountry "love you women!" enough to have binders of them!
Wow, what fantasy land does she live in? She won't lie but will carry on a relationship with a married man, and believe that is OK. Bimbo!
Too bad. Acting like a Democrat. Chasing women.
Acosmet--Hastings, Nebraska is a small town, Dr. Thatcher probably ran into Jane Kleeb quite a bit.
As for this story--where is all the media coverage of Menendez and his romp with a 16 year old prostitute which may be legal in the Dominican Republic but on the international level, it is a crime. Where are Jada Smith and Ashton Kutcher on this issue?
And yet another "Family Values" REPUBLICAN HYPOCRITE goes down in a hail of infamy.
I dont care about which married person is doing which other person besides their spouse, its none of my business.
What i do care about is that same person wanting to deny me the right to marrry the person i love but cant because we are of the same sex. They deny me my rights due to "moral" grounds that i will destroy the "family" and the "sanctity of marriage". Where is the sanctity in his actions and adultery has done more to ruin the institution of marriage than anything gays can do.
But he will be allowed to marry again (and again?) with only the slightest of grumbles from his fellow replublicans before they take him back into the fold, forgiven, and held up as a rightous republican. They did it with Newt (on his 3rd or 4th marriage??)
Hypocites all
Toldin--whine whine whine--go to Connecticut or Hawaii and quit whining!
Do we really thing it is OK for our private phone calls to be made public?
What a well thought out arguement Barb, i am already married in Vermont
but that doesnt help me federally.
But it will happen soon
40 years from now people will look back and be amazed that people where so backwards
How many of these guys have to be exposed as complete insults to their claimed party values before their own party will admit that they have major issues? Liars and bigots. They hold their religion in your face and tell you that god does not support you if you have different beliefs, yet they violate their own faith with pride until they get caught. Hypocrites.
Toldin-you are so correct 40 years from now people will look back and see how backwards some people are--this is Obama's legacy! What federal laws can help you other than just making another law--it is the individual states that make laws like this so if you are married in Vermont and live there you have nothing to whine about!
Macfarlane... are you serious? Bill Clinton is a huge demo. News flash, Demos do it too, but the news in which obooma owns leaves that out every time. How about all of the corruption and stealing, it is ALMOST ALWAYS demos as you like to word it. another libtard pointing fingers.
Realitity is politics in general are full with crooked people regardless of their denomination.
It's hilarious how every time a politician does something wrong, the radicals come out of the woodwork to point out how the offending party is awful.
It must be nice to have such short, one-sided memories.
If you can't think of at least 10 members of your party that have been involved in a cheating scandal, you aren't even trying.
I do have to give NBC credit for not titling the article "Republican resigns over cheating!"
Chrisfromcincy, shut up. They are humans and they screw up like the lying libtards. Obama has lied greatly and should be impeached for what he is doing but you don't see that on the libtard news. What's a hypocrit is saying you want to ban guns but you are an avid skeet shooter. that is a hypocrit.
Is it really asking too much for either the Left and Right sheeple leaving comments here to Not ascribe the multitude of moral transgressions to one party or the other? I mean really. When it comes to people in power, and especially politicians ... neither party has a monopoly on better morals than the other. Do we need to keep a scorecard? And how far back should we go? Geo. Washington? The Kennedy's?
Ex. QuackedOne trying to tie Family Values - which is really nothing more than a non-partisan attempt to maintain the moral fabric of our society and civilization - to being Republican hypocrisy. What an IDIOT.
Barb, both sides are filled with morons, it's not just a "liberal" problem or these douchebags wouldn't constantly be caught cheating and on the other side claiming a moral high ground. It isn't individual states that just make laws Barb, gays are not married in the eyes of federal law and income tax for instance. Nor is pot legal federally only in the couple of states that have legalized it so far. Toldin, I am all for gay rights but it doesn't help your cause by bringing it up when it wasn't the topic of the article, people get sick of the subject and people like Barb view it as whining. Though I guarantee, she and people like her, will whine on any comment section about abortion or food stamps but it's ok when she does it.
F Walsh--Gay marriage and pot legalization--and you people are commenting about Sheehy's behavior? I will take the gay marriage because it ain't going away but I draw the line on pot (I have worked for lawyers who represent people on pot--and they ain't normal).
youdon'tknowjack, I think I will pass on your request to shut up. I never called anyone names, merely stated facts, why can't you do the same? I'm glad you jumped right to the President in your little rant, as it paints a clear line of where you are coming from. The party of small government, and less intrusive government, has never been able to achieve their goal because they are too busy creating a bigger more expensive government to attempt to control people to perform as their morals dictate. It's just a minor detail that they don't follow their own morals, and their actions do not lead to their party goal. I've watched it for far too long, and watched as example after example of their failures have come to light.
david: Get it fixed.
FX MacFarlane
Did you forget about Bill "I didn't have sex with that woman" Clinton, or Teddy "Chappaquiddick" Kennedy? Or, how about Jack Kennedy for that matter? It was said that Jack Kennedy would "would have sex with a snake if someone would hold it out straight". I don't think any of them are Republicans.
Barb, ain't ain't no word...
JK-4363698
Re-read the article it says the cell was a state paid phone...Not a private cell.
So I guess it's time to require that little check box for a marriage license that asks if your a moral upstanding faithful person that believes in God. Beings that this seems to be the argument they use against wanting Us Gays to marry.
And he was carrying on with not just one...But four. And they have the nerve call us Gays promiscuous and unable to control ourselves.
What did they say at the winter RNC retreat...Oh Yes..."We have to quit being the party of Stupid".
Hey youdon'tknowjack - your sad mangling of the English language in your post exposes you for the illiterate redneck you are. I can't take a person seriously whose spelling and grammar are worse than an average 4th grader.
Barb, people on pot ain't normal? You are a dummy.
Not sure exactly what type of doctor Theresa Hatcher of Bellevue is but I am sure that her decision making skill set needs some fine tuning. If I were her patient today, I would not be by tomorrow. Did she even offer up an apology for carrying on with the man while he was married or say what a dope she is for basically being a booty call? NOPE! This fool says "she thought she was the only one". My fellow women, please.........WAKE UP! The good doctor knew she was cheating with a married man YET she makes a statement like that! Sad. Pathetic. Allowing herself to be used as a sperm container. Sounds like she'd be a good hook up for Dan Marino.
fascisthater, really? Since you know me so well, it is who's not whose. So if you want to throw jabs at me, you may want to learn to spell first you prick. This is a forum, not English class. I am quite literate but type fast so I do misspell sometimes. I am sorry I am not perfect like you.
Toldin - marrying someone of the same sex is too weird and gay...try being normal and stop crying about it.
Hey, this guy is a republican. This is not supposed to be about women - it is supposed to be about gay escorts and/or pages. Kick him out of the Party!! BWAHAHAHAHAHA
Youdon'tknowJack - these are the guys who always take the moral high-ground, stating that they are the party of the Christians and that the Dems are God-hating communists. And then, they get caught with their pants down ... You bet their asses are going to be kicked, as well it should. In fact, I think that these republican hypocrites should be put into prison for about 5 years or so in order to repent!!!
About Obama's so-called lies. If this were really the case, an impeachment would have occurred already. West, Rand, McConnell, Boehner, Priebus, and about 100 lawyers (paid for by the Republican Party) have been dissecting Obama's every word, and they have found nothing. And Obama is not the Teflon Don. You really can not be that dumb, throwing around those crazy nut job accusations, can you?
happy42xxx
Define NORMAL
What makes you think anyone is crying?
If you don't want to marry someone of the same sex...DON'T ,no one asked you to.
You mean, like Rick Sheehy?
Try being normal and MYOB. As Eric Hoffer wrote, "A man minds his business when it is worth minding. When it is not, he takes his mind off his own meaningless affairs by minding the business of others."
Another politician doing what they do best; screw as much of the public as possible.
Politicians are human and make big mistakes, take your party off a pedestal and remember the word; human.
Yet another peckerhead politician...
Neither party is exempt from cheating...It is funny how Republicans tout family values yet they do the same as Democrats....It wasn't a private phone, it was a state phone..I.E. the people's phone & charges..that is the illegal part....& I am sorry to disappoint people but there is no normal, there is only what you feel & think.
Being a liberal, commie, pinko fag, I dont really give a sh!t about his transgressions, but his boss did and canned him. Now half of the posters think my ilk are to blame. Damn.
It's not that the Democrats don't cheat or aren't guilty of amoral actions. They don't claim the moral high ground, the sanctity of marriage, preach family values, the holier than thou attitude, preach the bible and push their religion on others, try to impose their beliefs on others. All the while they are crossing their fingers behind their backs, playing footsie under in the bathroom stall, cheating on their spouses etc. etc. etc. It's not the act's that are part of human nature. It's the HYPOCRISY that is so offensive.
I am sorry if I was volatile, but I get so tired of when one person makes a mistake, people jump out of the wood works to bash Republicans, but when a Democrat does something, the news covers it up. I just want fair and and unbias reporting... is that too much to ask for? At the end of the day, politicians sucks regardless of affiliation. Why can't we all just get along!
Hey Repubs,
At least the latest GOP sex scandal involves a woman, and not some boy!
You've got that going for you!
P.S. - And those of you complaining about Menendez -
1. He's single
2. Prostitution is legal in that country (just ask Rush Limbaugh and his viagra)
3. His party doesnt preach to everyone about moral high grounds!
Another "holy"er than thow" republicrap "doing what he wants with women" I'll bet he is against birth control AND abortion, while safely showing the public "he has a wife and a perfect family life". HYPOCRITE!!!!!! I wonder if these women were friends of SENATOR DAVID VITER, another "family values" HYPOCRITE, I am sure David could give him some "pointers" on how to handle prostitutes. My regret is how Mr Vitter's wife stands by her PROSTITUTE LOVING HUSBAND, she really must be "hard up" and have such little self esteem that she "needs" this HYPOCRITE. I am glad THIS woman told her "philandering husband" where to get off. Now his "die hard supporters" will "forgive " him and elect him as their nominee for president of the DOG POUND! Then he will screw them AGAIN!
No, you provided us with a clear statement on how it went right over your head. Progressives are generally MORE moral, NOT LESS.
At first I couldn't care less, because he is now single, and really, that left us complaining about the MINUTES he was using on the phone. Then I found out this went back four years, three years before his divorce.
Once again, an uber-puritanical preachy conservative caught failing to practice what he preaches.
Stunning, I tell you, stunning.
And if Menendez was truly involved with an underage prostitute (admittedly, we don't have four years of phone records to prove he was), then he needs to go too.
The first post says it best. Basically throwing stones at glass houses.
That is the problem I have with these pontificators from the extreme side of the Republican (in this case) or Democratic party. Obviously this guy had issues with his marriage, and was going through something. Maybe he should have divorced his wife? Maybe he should have seen a councilor? Maybe he should have just worked things out? I don't know, I'm not him, but....
Instead he hides his behavior on a STATE PHONE (idiot) and pretends to play a Ken doll. Picture perfect nonsense because he's scared he might lose his job. Right. THAT's a good idea...
Shove this guy out the door. It is too bad the others like him still have their jobs.
Why does anyone care that he was talking to women on his cell phone? If its a matter of him going over his minutes on his plan and the tax payers having to pay for it , sure. But if all this outrage is about his marriage and personal life, get over it. We all know that elected officials are no better and no worse than any of us, so if how he conducts his personal life doesnt affect us then we should butt out....or does it make us feel better to distract from our own messed up lives?
Hatcher said she last talked to Sheehy about two weeks ago. She added: "Politicians can lie. Doctors don't lie."
Yeah right, even though politicians are the biggest liers there is; Docs do lie too, how do you explain my medical bills?
A routine check up for a headache ends up as $2,000 bill...
So what does anyone expect since City/State/Government politicans either draft legislation, vote for the legislation, or sign the legislation into "law", but fail to follow the letter of the law.
Politican = Power = Money = Above the LAW
Evident when HUNDREDS of "elite" elected Congressional representatives HAVE FAILED TO PAY THEIR BACK TAXES.
Sorry....had to get onna roll for the week.
No doubt this Lt. Governor had more on his mind than performing his duties to the state.
This is so typical of so many government jobs which goes all the way to the highest office in the land.
Is there any wonder as to why we have so many problems.
Sadly, most are able to conceal it.
I find it interesting that the GOP wants to control Women's bodies and what they can do with it, while they themselves cannot seem to keep their TOY in their own pants.
And BTW Chris, Yes when Clinton had his zipper pulled down he gave in, but sorry he never had "Sexual Relations" With Miss Monica. The legal term of Sexual Relations implies that one must have intercourse and all Clinton got was the oral satisfacation/a blow job, thus he was in legal terms he was NOT lying.
so this is worse than underage hookers in a foreign country?
DaNG. wHAT HAPPPENED TO THE OLD DAYS WHEN there was an ironclad rule for political malfeasance? Namely, Democrats=Sex, Republicans=Money.Now you've got REpublican governors going to Argentina with hot babes another one paying New Orleans prostitutes for sex (ANd receiving a standing ovation from bhis collleagues and another one playing rest room romeo in Airport bathroooms. ANd what about the Democrat with the REfigerator fuilll of cash, I think? These people should either moderate their bhavior or swtich parties.
FX - When did and BJ Billie and John Edwards change parties?
Bob Menendez is a Democrat.
Liberals and Democrats are still celebrating the king of this type sleaze , their hero , John Edwards--- The man so many of them wanted to be president. No one will ever top his descent into moral depravity.
Really gary? Where is ole John these days? What's that, he's not on the news, he's not in office anywhere why hell John's been rendered invisible. Now do tell us all, how long did you guys keep Ensign in office? How about Larry Craig, was it another year or so? And hey, what did Newt do to "cleanse " himself after his multiple affairs and being tossed as speaker of the house and fined that you guys suddenly forgot all about it and decided to put him up for president this LAST ELECTION?? So gary, spare us the fake outrage. Oops, didn't think that far did you? No worries, you never do.
Only when they are being paid for by the public. The cell he used was paid for by the taxpayers.
Good thing that facts amuse you, you must have been bored out of your mind listening to Romney.
No, but this story isn't about him, feel free to find THAT page.
And this article still isn't about him, oh deflector.
Shellie ===== But you do pine for Johnnie so , right. Remember how great his hair looked and how much you wanted him to be president? Even now , you still don't quite believe all those made up claims about that baby , do you?
By the way, how much longer did Clinton serve after his moral outrage? Remember how glibly he lied to the American public on national TV. You still genuflect to him now, right?
Lastly, can you remind us what party Mr. Andrew Weiner was a member of?
You can still take the Democratic party way out. Just say , we are the Anti-family values party so we are just living up to our principles.
I dont think it is ok for private citizen's call to made public but then again he isnt a private citizen nor is he using his private phone is he?
Even your 911 calls can be made public.
Like they should have taught you in grade school, dont want it made public then keep it to yourself.
What does invariably mean to you?
Under what kind of rock have you been the last 40 years? Do you remember Bill Clinton, John Edwards, Elliott Spitzer, and all the other Democrats? The difference is that Republicans are castigated by the media and their party, and then typically resign.
Another republican hypocrite....but not to worry, they'll probably still elect him governor of Nebraska.
Some women have strength, as in his wife, and some are weak, as in Vitters wife......sad!!! But some women are addicted to that power of being the politician's wife...kind of like a "trophy wife," girl, everywhere I go, everyone knows me....LOL
Uggg, hello, hello? That chu Margaret? It issss? Yeah, It's me Margaret. Yeah Margaret, me. Yeah, the republican Margaret. What'er you wearing right now Margaret? Bet you're naked margaret. Whooo, wheeeeee! I can just see your pretty woo, woo Margaret!
Only LIBERALS know the 4 items the following have in common:
Larry Craig, J. Edgar Hoover, Randy Hopper, Roy Ashburn, Mark Sanford, John Ensign, Mathew Joseph Elliott, Robert "Bob" Allen, Donald Fleischman, Ted Klaudt, Ronald C. Kline, Jon Matthews, Joseph Monteleone Jr., David Vitter, Steve Aiken, Louis Beres, Randall Casseday, Larry Corrigan, Mark Foley, Jim Gibbons, Ted Haggard, Jeffrey Ray Nielsen, David Hager, Neal Horsley, Jeff Miller, Neil Bush, Henry Hyde, Helen Chenoweth, Newt Gingrich, Roy Cohn, John Scmitz, Strom Thurmond, Rudy Giuliani, Bob Packwood, Joe Scarborough, Laura Schlessinger, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jimmy Swaggart, Bob Barr, & J.C. Watts.
For Conservatives who want the answer it is that all are
Males, Republicans, elected & caught in SEXUAL indiscretions
only half were with women the rest were with males or under age boys .
The "Family Values" Party strikes again !!!!!!
Man... Theses guys just never let you down... Ever !!!
K1200RS--yeah, and it was a DEM who got caught taking free plane rides to the Caribbean to visit prostitutes, last week, too, .
Try not to get to smug--ALL pols are POS's who think the rules are made for "little people'.
Conservatives holding another conservative accountable for their actions. Must I say more....
At the very least this Republican Family Values Guy wasn't in the Mens Room tapping his foot.
A repucklican with a women! Well, I guess it is an improvement .
NevadaJ -577866 : and at least he wasn't hopping on a friend's plane ( which wasn't reported as a gift ) and flying off to the Dominican Republic to have sex with children.
At least he resigned and didn't say"I didn't have sex with that woman".
Were the prostitutes Menendez hired male or female? It was never specified. Just curious.
I find it amusing that some posters find the need to defend this mans telephone bill with inuendo about the sexual transgressions of others. Incedentally try to think, "inocent until proven guilty". Like it or not, Limbaugh, Clinton and Menendez fall under that umbrella of constitutional protection.
On the edge, your right, people are defending him with innuendo's about others, is this not just as bad as those that condemn him based on innuendo's about others?
Resigned to spend more time with his family? I guess not, they left. GOP family values in action.
This will be the most fitting, if the guy has been whining about the morals of others. Karma hahahah
Being a Republican, he is making a claim to being "moral" just by being a member. That's been their big selling point, since forever. They claim to be for "family values". Which everyone knows, stands for "Christian values".
Too bad most of them are anything but... Liars and hypocrites.
At least he's not a foot tapping Democrat.
Why is this stuff even newsworthy? Small minds are easily amused or some crap like that? I think it's just a ploy to get peoples minds off the fact that the economy is still in a downward spiral.
MoreJustice - Gotta hand it to you. We all know that the democrats don't preach "family values" since they don't believe in families - just indiscriminate breeding.
At least they like women. All you progressives are content with Josh cornholeing Seth...
jack....though I don't agree with your premise....I did get a good chuckle from your statement.
Republican Sen. Larry Craig is down with that !!!!!!
Republicans are bound to keep offending. Their idea is to never confront issues but to hide and pretend they'll go away. Thing is, since we were 7 we've known that things don't happen like that. They're just so conservative with their decision making that they just stay the course. Good luck with that, Geniuses!
Oh and if you want to see a list of Republicans guilty of sexual crimes involving other men go to republican offenders dot com. Enjoy.
at least the libs are open about their cornholing, they all enjoy getting a big one up the butt.
Jeez, for the kind of money these guys make, you would think they could afford to get a personal phone to do that kind of stuff on. What an idiot.
My thoughts exactly--if he's no longer married, what he does with girlfriends shouldn't be a public issue if he gets his own phone!
WHAT? Are you crazy? A politician pay for something that he/she can get the public to pay for? Why do you think we minions exist other than to support their lifestyles?
As the old adage goes "why buy the cow when you can get the milk free".
Despite all these Democrats making aspersion on Sheehy, I'm a registered Republican, and unlike my cowardly Democrat counterparts, I'd be the first to say "Good riddance!" Many Republicans are anxious to rid our party of such types. Democrats defend them in their party. Bill Clinton cheated on his wife, as did Sen. Edwards, whose wife was dying of cancer. Barney Frank was diddling male pages on the job and the list goes on. You of the left are hypocrites and phonies! You have no call to judge Republicans when your own house is riddled with degenerates of a worse nature.
The difference is that the Democrats do not go around preaching Family and Christian values while diddlin' the mistress....
Not to mention I've never heard anyone defend John Edwards. Also check out republican offenders dot com. I have yet to see democrat offenders dot com. Rush Limbaugh, Bill O'Really? But those are names you know... What about these names? George Chris Ortloff, Scott Muschany, Ronald C. Kline. I can go on if anyone wants to know more.
Didn't John McCain and the Newt do the same thing to their sick wife's as did John Edwards? The difference is that those two Republicans not only had the nerve to run for President but McCain was the GOP's 2008 nominee. So much for "family values".
I've actually never heard ANYONE from any party defend John Edwards. Can you back up that assertion?
"Democrats defend them in their party. Bill Clinton cheated on his wife, as did Sen. Edwards, whose wife was dying of cancer."
Well Dan -- I don't know any Democrat who is defending John Edwards but the real problem is Republican hypocrisy. Republicans run as the "family values" party, the party of God, the party of Christianity, the party of morality. Democrats don't. As the old saying goes -- when you live in glass housed ----
Oh well. Stupid is as stupid does :)
Oh be serious you all, he didn't get a blow job from Monica in front of Hillery!
No he had a whole company of women. Guess he likes variety. What a stud muffin. lol
Oh, now it's "in front of Hillary"? Go read he sports page.
ALLmiLL2. Romney would have surpassed Clinton, Romney claims to have BINDERS of women. LOL
It's amazing how the Democrats take such pride in being the Anti-family values party.
Their only defense to the immorality of Clinton , Edwards and others is to say , it's OK , because they are members of the Anti-family values party and therefore aren't being hypocrites but merely living up to there open embrace of such immorality.
Guess there is a positive side to this story; Because he's dumb, he got caught BEFORE being elected. While he's out of office, Nebraska can save a few dollars and thankfully, someone with such poor judgement didn't get elected into a job with even more power.
Dumb and horny is a bad combo
lol
The power of the sexual drive is overwhelming in some males. They are willing to give up everything to satisfy their libido. In this case, this John Edwards look-alike, couldn't restrain himself.
This is the kind of intelligence we're all faced with, come election time. It seems to be on all levels of government.
This idiot was going to run for Governor and wasn't even smart enough to get a "PRIVATE" cell phone!! Oh, I sometimes forget that government workers and officials get to abuse the system until caught and then they resign so they don't have to pay back the money they embezzled in a round about way.
His colleges are probably so proud. NOT!!
His ex wife probably has a big smile on her face, thinking "sweet justice!!"
She's loving it I'm sure.
And I was upset because I forgot and used the company phone to call my dentist when my tooth abscessed. I went to my boss and paid for the call. This mother humper made thousands of calls on his state-issued cell. Wow.
I find it very amusing that some people can't even say the word vagina, but they have no problem shoving their dipstick in one (or four or five or ?), as the case may be.
Just watch, he'll say claim he has a sex addiction, and then he'll ask us all to pray for him. I'm waiting for the horse and pony show. It should be very amusing.
Or maybe he'll reimburse the state for the phone charges and then have a staffer say that it's all taken care of?
How in the Hell do you spell Hypocrisy!!!!!!!!! Don't ask a Republican, the party of "family values"!! They probably think Hypocrisy is a Liberal desease!!
Like Obama giving trillions to bankers who bought stock ? How about crying about guns yet nothing but praise for Abortions? Ever ponder such things as you dream of other peoples money?
David you have serious issues, not the least of which is being delusional.
Please provide one single quote where Obama had "nothing but praise for Abortion".
You obviously believe you should be able to control a woman's body and her choices.
And your "other peoples money" statement is typical Tea Bagger nonsense.
BTW, abortion should not be capitalized and it should be "people's" not peoples.
mikeo, it's always about the right of the woman. What about the rights of the child? Some one gave you a chance and now you are hear claiming it's okay to kill an unborn child. I believe it's called hypocrisy.
Can we just except the fact that people who get in to politics are prone to be sluts and simply move on. I don't care if he was banging the mail man as long as he was doing his job.
I would normally agree with you. The problem is that these are the same people who hold up their bibles and tell everyone else what sinners they are if they don't live or worship exactly like they do. They trot out their wives and children every chance they get to show what Christian family men they are. They decide that they are guided by "God" so they get to tell women what they can and cannot do with their bodies.
Then this happens!!!!!
Don't forget that these are also the same guys that go on and on about how amoral
Homosexuals are.
"Do as I say, not as I do."
Hypocracy, thy name is "Republican"!
RWNJ hypocrit.
"Politicians can lie. Doctors don't lie."
Yeah, she's so morally superior.... sleeping with a married man.
She did not vow to be faithful to his wife, he did. I am not saying that having an affair with a married man is morally right but he has more of the burden that she does, because HE is the one breaking his sacred vows not her. Sorry, these are not the days where women are the whores, and these cheating men are just being "men". The blame and shame here is not equal.
If she knew about the wife, she's ~completely~, equally responsible.
Nare, If she knew about the wife then she is a total jerk and complicit in a lie--but he is still more responsible because he is the one who took a vow. In any case--its none of our business except that he used a government phone. He should be made to pay for the calls and his other "government" expenses should be called into question.
wow! a republican...who woulda thunk it...such a bunch of hypocrites...
Another 'family values' party member bites the dust... Not to say Democrats don't have their failings in that area but at least without the claim of being the ones with the greatest concern for family values.
Maybe someone has or could create a website keeping track of 'indiscretions' for both Republicans and Democrats.
Yes...we all know the the Lefties are NOT concerned about Family Values AT ALL...so they don't even bother to try and claim that they are...at least the right puts some values and goals out there for people to try to strive for...may not always make it there...we are human...but the majority of the right would like to at least make an effort...the lefties are all about caring about the poor, the uneducated, the young...especially liking those YOUNG prostitutes....
family values party, what a joke
Yeah--and the party of the left...caring about the young...especially loving those young prostitutes
Glad he didn't pull an Anthony Wiener which would have even more humiliating exposing his junk as if there was something to boast about.
None the less, another one falls from grace unable to keep his pee pee in his pants and thinking his goobermint phone records were unsnoopable.
He must be a hero on the left now. Sex and waste of tax money.
You are an ignorant effing fool David; ever hear of Vitter, Craig, Ensign, Gingrich, Sanford, Foley et al? They are all your Republican, right-wing hypocrites.
I am 61, male. Married 24 years, always faithful by all the usual meanings of that. I just do not understand a person being so weak (and I have been weak too) that he would behave as this man is described. In a world of many billions now there must be millions of potentially REAL soul-mates; why do politicians and some other public people think it is all in spreading your seed like some brainless insect, instead of finding just one who will love you back? Well, may all find peace.
A politician caught doing something he shouldn't be doing....yawn.
Everybody here is squawking about this guy chasing a herd of skirts and the political poke in the eye. To me, the POINT is he didn't even pay for a cheap cell phone! This 'cheap Charlie' used his office provided phone to play this funny game THOUSANDS OF TIMES! How do you spell 'doofus'? Try 'Sheehy'!
WV: I'm with you. Men are hard-wired to 'chase skirts' - keeps the species alive. Some of us resist the impulse for various reasons, most of them honorable. Men may or may not be pigs, but in every case, it does take 'two to tango'.
That is hardly the issue here. A person with obviously very limited moral, ethical and intellectual resources nearly becoming a State Governor? Can't we do better, or does the pool of those with such aspirations contain a disproportionate percentage of weak, stupid, low-life's?
WV: I'm with you. Men are hard-wired to 'chase skirts' - keeps the species alive. Some of us resist the impulse for various reasons, most of them honorable. Men may or may not be pigs, but in every case, it does take 'two to tango'.
That is hardly the issue here. A person with obviously very limited moral, ethical and intellectual resources nearly becoming a State Governor? Can't we do better, or does the pool of those with such aspirations contain a disproportionate percentage of weak, stupid, low-life's?
Dems sex scandals; Bill Clinton, John Edwards, Barney Frank, Daniel Inouye, And don't forget Mel Reynolds who was charged with sexual assault on a 16 yr.old. Charged with 12 counts of Sexual Assault, Obstruction of Justice,and solicitation of Child Pornography. Pardoned by none other then Bill Clinton. By the way he is planning a return to politics like Anthony Weiner!!!
Gary Condit anyone???
"Dems sex scandals; Bill Clinton, John Edwards, Barney Frank, Daniel Inouye"
Tboy --- the difference is Republican hypocrisy. Republicans run as the "family values" party, the party of God, the party of Christianity, the party of morality. Democrats don't. As the old saying goes -- when you live in glass houses --
tboy: Any comments related to the article at hand? Or just another long list of 'yeah, but's'?
I can make a list too :P
http://www.thefrisky.com/2011-06-10/political-sex-scandal-showdown-do-democrats-or-republicans-have-the-wor/
I thought that was interesting. Dems may have fewer scandals, but they are just better at being bad. I am ok with that :) Quality Not Quantity
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Mark Sanford
Christopher Lee
John Ensign
Rudy Giuliani
Marc Souder
Larry Crag
Mark Foley
Newt Gingrich