Fla. lawmaker: I didn't solicit sex

[Scurrilous]

Source: The Miami Herald

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"A Republican state lawmaker charged with offering to perform oral sex for $20 on an undercover male police officer vowed Thursday to defend himself in court and said he would not resign from office.




Brevard County Sheriff's Office booking photo of Robert "Bob" Allen


"I am filing a not guilty plea. I am vigorously going to fight this," State Rep. Bob Allen, a co-chair of Republican presidential candidate John McCain's campaign in Florida, said at a news conference. "I am not resigning my office because the people elected me and want me to do a good job. I am going to do a good job for them in finishing this term."

Allen called his arrest "an ugly and unpleasant situation that has been thrust on me and my family." The lawmaker had sponsored a failed bill that would have tightened the state's prohibition on public sex.

He choked up when he thanked backers who had contacted him to offer their support. He warned people not to jump to conclusions about what happened but said he could not offer any details about the arrest because of his legal strategy. Allen is married and has a teenage daughter.

"It is not true. It is inaccurate and therefore, it's not guilty," Allen said."






Read more: http://www.miamiherald.com/459/story/168874.html

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

1. I don't think he should be charged with a crime.

I think he did it. But there might not be enough votes in the jury to convict him. We better just forget the whole thing.

:P

[BushOut06]

4. Why not?

It's against the law to solicit sex in public restrooms like that - whether or not he offered money for it. Whether or not we think the law is fair, it's on the books. People around here get busted all the time for this sort of behavior.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

5. But what if he gets acquitted?!

Then we wouldn't have accomplished anything, and it'd just make the dems look bad!

;)

[BushOut06]

12. Fail to see how it makes the Dems look bad

It's the Florida judicial system that's going after him, not the Democratic leadership. Sure, we're going to harp on the Republicans and their constant "family values" theme - but in the end, he's done this to himself. Guilty or not, that image is going to remain with him.

[Canuckistanian]

33. (Psst! Bornagainhooligan is using a satirical metaphor)

Just post a "LOL" and move on.

[Vidar]

19. LOL

[yardwork]

37. You're right. We need to keep our powder dry.

[laylah]

42. Well,

he should have tried to keep HIS powder dry :P Hope he is humiliated beyond belief ONLY because he one of the "Hypocrites Are Us" gang.

[NashVegas]

32. Well, See, It Wasn't *Quite* Like That ...

He was offering the money to be on the giving end.

Totally different thing!

:rofl:

[Neshanic]

9. I agree, and a strongly worded letter should be included.

[DrDan]

27. excuse me . . .

why would we forget it? I do not understand that at all.

If he is not guilty, then let that come out in the deliberations.

Would an undercover cop just arrest someone who did not proposition him? Why would he jeopardize his job with something so casual and careless?

[BushOut06]

2. ROTFLMAO - legal strategy?

When you're busted for soliciting sex from an undercover cop in a public bathroom, what possible "strategy" can there be to defend oneself?

I'm sure that we'll hear one of these defenses:

- He's "addicted" to sex, therefore it's a disorder and not his fault
- The officer is actually a Democrat, and this whole thing is trumped up
- "Clinton did it too" - oral sex isn't 'really' sex

[caseycoon]

8. Maybe ALL of them!

LOLOLOL!

[PSPS]

11. You forgot the usual one -- "I am an alcoholic and am checking myself into rehab"

[safeinOhio]

18. Can't talk about it...

...might blow my case.

[laylah]

43. Bada Bing

bada boom! Welcome safeinOhio. Good one :toast:

[sbyte]

20. #3 The Clinton Defense n/t

n/t

[0007]

28. ......they're out to get me and I can prove that this cop is a lying

sneaky Democrat that set me up.

[cloudbase]

3. Because, as we all know now,

a BJ isn't considered "sexual relations."

[zabet]

6. Ewwwwwwwwwwww

Looks pervish to me. He definitely would have to offer to give than receive. :rofl:

[caseycoon]

7. So not only is he a lawbreaker...

*The lawmaker had sponsored a failed bill that would have tightened the state's prohibition on public sex.*

He's also a hypocrite?
Yep he's a repub alright!

[rodeodance]

16. it does seem that those with the HIGH moral expectations for OTHERS, do

fall-----falter themselves.

[LSparkle]

10. Mc Cain is probably thinking, "Is this week FINALLY over yet?"

Geez ...

[rodeodance]

13. He should have had Tom DeLay's advisor for the mug shot

[rodeodance]

14. McCain needs to pick better campaign managers--First Vitter -not this one. WHOW

[yardwork]

36. No, no. Vitter is Giuliani's southern campaign manager.

Gotta keep our sleazy Republican candidates in the right camps. NY sleaze over here, and NM sleaze right there.

[rodeodance]

15. and looky at this---he wanted an even STRONGER bill for FL.

.The lawmaker had sponsored a failed bill that would have tightened the state's prohibition on public sex.

[zbdent]

17. gee, I thought only "libruls" impugned the integrity of the police ...

and performed those types of acts ...

:sarcasm:

[mitchum]

21. "He choked up..."...someone had fun writing this story

[Kali]

22. and

"...situation that has been thrust on me"...

he said "thrust" heh heh

[1932]

23. Say "He choked up when he thanked backers" ten times fast.

[Snarkoleptic]

24. The whole thing is hard to swallow. ;op

[Socal31]

25. He was merely going to trip and fall....

with his mouth open.

[Divernan]

26. Plus Allen was setting himself up for major blackmail

I mean, the guy was in his own district! What, did he think one day's growth of beard was a disguise!?!?!?

[Yael]

29. "Thrust upon me and my family" Oh Please...

Where is the personal responsibility in this? The man makes it sound like he was just sitting at a picnic when he was accosted or something.

[Javaman]

30. I expect moron* to give him a full pardon! LOL nt

[Javaman]

31. Not clear on something...

So this repuke tool was the one offering the service?????????????

ew. just ew.

[mikeytherat]

34. Yep. Offered to "swallow the officer's baton" for $20.

C'mon look at this mug:

How could you say, "No."?

:puke:

mikey_the_rat

[Orsino]

39. The McCain campaign is getting desperate. n/t

[shanti]

35. such righteous indignation!

:eyes:

[David__77]

38. Maybe he really didn't solicit sex.

Please remember that many have been entrapped in the past. Others have been arrested on suspicions and stories concocted by arresting officers. With this sort of crime, I'm afraid there's been a lot of police misconduct.

[pinniped]

40. This dirtbag sounds just like fellow dirtbag, extortionist, SF stupidvisor ed jew.

said he would not resign from office.

BTW- ed jew changed his party affiliation from repuke to have a better chance of duping people, and it worked.

"jew, 47, is one of the more conservative members of the Board of Supervisors.
He is a former local republican party vice chairman but changed his party affiliation to Democrat before running for office in 2006.

I hope both of these scumbags get nailed.

If I recall, former Wham superstar George Michaels admitted his part in the 'bathroom' thing.

These repukes never accept the personal responsibility they always crow about.

[librechik]

41. yeah, damn it--a Lewinsky is not sex!

[Hekate]

44. There you have it! The Clenis defense! rofl

I just have to ask: is this some kind of Southern thang? that BJ's aren't "sex"? Because the Big Dog wasn't the only one coming up with that excuse back when he was in so much trouble with Monica.

Just wondering...

Hekate