Lamar Alexander's (R-Tenn) Chief of Staff resigns, is being investigated for child pornography.

[MoonRiver]

Heard on MSNBC, developing.

Link: http://www.politico.com/story/2013/12/ryan-loskarn-investigated-101016.html

[MineralMan]

1. Don't confuse this with Lamar Alexander 2.

His CoS is fine.

[MoonRiver]

2. I think this is the R from Tennessee.

Is that correct?

[MineralMan]

3. Yes. Lamar Alexander 2 is from Saturday Night Live.

[lostincalifornia]

4. Most people would not be confused until your post I think

[Voice for Peace]

8. now I'm really confused even more

[snooper2]

13. I'm now confused more now than before now

[John1956PA]

10. I too was confused, since my Internet search reveals only one Lamar Alexander.

The poster refers to a "Lamar Alexander 2" who, in a later post, is said to appear on SNL. I can not find any reference to such "Lamar Alexander 2."

[lostincalifornia]

11. Exactly

[Arkana]

5. Jesus Christ, these guys just keep coming up with real scumbags.

[MoonRiver]

9. Dems sometimes also do bad stuff, but it seems the creepiest crimes are committed by Repukes.

I think aligning themselves with conservatives is a kind of cover.

[warrior1]

6. not from SLN

http://www.nationaljournal.com/congress/sen-lamar-alexander-s-chief-of-staff-put-on-leave-following-allegations-involving-child-pornography-20131211




Well this sounds potentially terrible. Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., sent out a release Wednesday morning announcing that his chief of staff, Ryan Loskarn, is being put on leave over allegations involving child pornography. "I am stunned, surprised and disappointed by what I have learned," the senator said in a statement.

Loskarn is on leave without pay, and Alexander says his office is fully cooperating with the investigation.

It wasn't long ago that things were looking rather good for Loskarn. A former staff director of the Senate Republican Conference, he was on Roll Call's 2009 "Fabulous 50 Movers and Shakers" on Capitol Hill list. He became Alexander's chief of staff at the end of 2011.

[Proud Public Servant]

7. Lamar has issued a statement

http://www.alexander.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=PressReleases&ContentRecord_id=d49234b5-ae5c-4da6-9293-97f3a1b82a30&ContentType_id=778be7e0-0d5a-42b2-9352-09ed63cc4d66&Group_id=80d87631-7c25-4340-a97a-72cccdd8a658&MonthDisplay=12&YearDisplay=2013

[spanone]

12. lamar is one of our two republicon, fuck Obama, senators from tennessee

lamar likes to pal around like an 'aw shucks' kinda guy, but he's a shrewd politician and has been on the government payroll most of his life.