Paul Stanley Quits Senate, Asks Forgiveness, Bashes Bloggers

[BlueJessamine]

Paul Stanley Quits Tennessee Senate, Asks Forgiveness, Bashes Bloggers

The Nashville Scene

http://blogs.nashvillescene.com/pitw/2009/07/stanleys_first_public_comments.php

Sen. Paul Stanley has just announced his resignation on Memphis radio. He went on WREC, a conservative talk station where the friendly host tossed softball questions at the senator for 20 minutes. The obvious question that was never asked: "Senator, what the hell were you thinking?" Or how about, "Hey Paul, did you really try to strangle your first wife?" Instead, Stanley was asked to comment on media coverage of his travails, and he took the opportunity to slam bloggers. Isn't that nice? "I'm going to pick up my life and I'm going to move forward," he said. Here are some of Stanley's first public comments on the sex scandal that's ended his political career:

excerpts:

Time with the family:


"Up until an hour ago, my plan was to stay in the Senate. We decided the best thing to do for my family was to go ahead and resign. ... My first priority was what was in the best interest of my family."


God's forgiveness:

"The first thing I had to do was ask God's forgiveness and ask for the forgiveness of my family. I hope some positive things will come out of this and maybe it'll be an example for others."

On bloggers and sinners:

"I think a lot of people express frustration with the changing professionalism of journalism. That is, journalists used to have to verify sources and verify information before they put it out there. I guess with the blogosphere and just more people being engaged and the advent of the Internet, people get on the Internet or the airwaves or whatever and just say whatever, and I think they need to be more cognizant of they way they treated ... Look, I'm not trying to circumvent my responsibility for what I did wrong at all. That it's in the media, do I want it in the media? Absolutely not, for the protection of my family. But I wanted to make sure that I take responsibility for it, I do the right thing, I believe I have done that. Anyone's else's opinion moving forward, I'm going to leave that to them. Again, I hope that they will understand and forgive me and accept my apology and move on. For those who don't, I hope they can find peace somehow and be able to reconcile in their own lives when they fall short why their sins should not be forgiven."

[tekisui]

1. He is saying 'professional journalists' wouldn't have busted him,

but those damn bloggers!

[sinkingfeeling]

2. Some days I wish I believed in God, so all my mistakes could be blown away and 'forgiven'.

[mwb970]

3. Why didn't God tell him not to resign?

Didn't God tell Sanford to stay in office even though what he did was worse? Is something wrong with God? Holy inconsistency!

[NYC_SKP]

4. A variant of "Palinitis"?

I hope it's virulent and spreads quickly...

[bemildred]

5. A fool and a tool. Hasta la vista baby. nt

[Pab Sungenis]

6. He should go back to KISS.

All his solo stuff sucked.

[Champion Jack]

9. LOL!!!!!

And that plastic surgery sure raises some eyebrows Paul...

[seafan]

7. The latest conservative family values hypocrite.

Tennessee Senator Paul Stanley


July 28, 2009

"I have been criticized lately for the positions I have advocated in the past, the pro-family positions, moral positions, whatever, whatever I stood for and advocated I still believe to be true. And just because I fell far short of what God's standard was for me and my life doesn't mean that that standard is reduced in the least bit. It was interesting that Planned Parenthood is attacking me for I guess talking about my views on sex and whether it should or should to be outside of marriage, that is what it is. My sin in that again does not negate the fact that God sets a high standard for us and we all need to strive to reach that standard although in a sinful nature it's very hard to do so."

I guess with the blogosphere and just more people being engaged and the advent of the Internet, people get on the Internet or the airwaves or whatever and just say whatever, and I think they need to be more cognizant of they way they treated ... Look, I'm not trying to circumvent my responsibility for what I did wrong at all. That it's in the media, do I want it in the media? Absolutely not, for the protection of my family.

"...for the protection of my family."



If you'd kept your #$@* in your pants, you wouldn't have that problem.

F'ing scumbag idiot.



By the way, has your wife scheduled her HIV/STD tests yet?

[Moostache]

8. Somebody que up Freddie Mercury!

Another Bites The Dust...

At least this particular "family values" hypocrite had the decency to resign unlike "Sparky" Sanford and Ensign and the rest of the "do-as-we-say, not-as-we-do" crowd of R's...small consolation to be sure, but the theater of the absurd watching these scumbags all getting caught needs some denouement already! (If we could harness the supply of Republican hypocrites into a renewable source of energy, we could stop global warming in a matter of days!)

[Buzz Clik]

10. If you need a little context on who Paul Stanley is...

... look at number 10 http://journals.democraticunderground.com/top10/369

[cascadiance]

15. Well, whether he's not KISS's Paul Stanley, certainly if KISS's Paul Stanley is like Gene Simmons...

... then KISS's Paul Stanley would certainly be believable as being a scumbag Republican with a lame sense of morality and priorities...

On KISS's Gene Simmons feelings towards "liberals", read this Newsmax article...

http://archive.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2003/4/15/130556.shtml

And Al Franken's experience playing racquetball with "hustler" Gene Simmons seems a hoot too...

http://blogcritics.org/books/article/oreilly-needs-some-fresh-air/page-3/

So if KISS's Paul Stanley were just as "Rethuglican" as his partner Gene Simmons or his namesake in the Tennessee Senate, it wouldn't surprise me at all.

[rocktivity]

11. TORO TURD!

"...Do I want it in the media? Absolutely not, for the protection of my family."

TRANSLATION: "Do I want it in the media? Absolutely not, for the protection of my family FROM THE TRUTH OF MY ACTIONS."

That's the oldest line in the book--I didn't buy that from Clinton, I'm sure enough not going to buy it from you!

:eyes:
rocktivity

[Old and In the Way]

12. "changing professionalism of journalism"

Yeah, we're finally holding you 'family values' hypocrites accountable for your 'do as I say, not as I do' moral relativism. Deal with it. Traditional media is no longer the gatekeeper that facilitates and covers up for miscreants like you.

[Froward69]

13. one would think he

Got enough as a rock star.


additionally I would like to take this opportunity to say "Paul, your music blows! It always has." "beth" is the most egregiously lame excuse to not go home to the family.
as we all know now it was a 20 something intern, not practice with the band, that kept you from going home.

[imdjh]

14. He reminds me of that jackass Bob Bauman. "Yes, I'm a gay whoremonger but I'm still a Republican"

""Whatever I stood for and advocated, I still believe to be true," he said during an interview Tuesday with Memphis radio station WREC-AM. "And just because I fell far short of what God's standard was for me and my wife, doesn't mean that that standard is reduced in the least bit."" - Paul Stanley

[Uncle Joe]

16. I'm just curious did he say "whatever" with a Valley Girl accent? n/t

[swishyfeet]

17. For those of you who are confused, TN Senator Stanley was not a member of KISS

Personal Information:

Born on June 1, 1962 in Savannah, TN
Married with two children
Evangelical Christian
Investment Banker
B.S., Texas Tech University, 1985
A.A., Tyler Junior College

[BR_Parkway]

18. Jesus General & Rude Pundit made him stick his willie into his intern?

The guy had the boyfriend arrested by the SBI over the blackmail - hello, public records - some of the traditional media would have picked it up as well. A sex scandal, politician and blackmail? Hell, if not for MJ dying, it might have been noticed weeks before.

Positive things to come out of this? Well, we're down one more "family values" Republican hypocrite - I'd call that positive

[Politicalboi]

19. Has he seen Fox lately?

"I think a lot of people express frustration with the changing professionalism of journalism. That is, journalists used to have to verify sources and verify information before they put it out there.

[TrogL]

20. Typical fundy talk

Talk you way into high office based upon your "character".

Do bad things.

Resign.

Ask for God and your family's forgiveness (which is automatically given).

Hit the talk show circus.

Publish a "bestseller" (because the right-wing publisher buys up all the copies and distributes them free to churches)

Retire to foreign country.

[DearAbby]

21. I had my family's best interests at heart

about an hour ago...before that? I was thinking with my smaller head.

[burning rain]

22. Not bad.

It's better than I'd expect of a conservative Christian.

[Judi Lynn]

23. Is he wearing seersucker pants in this photo?

If he is, he's just asking for trouble. People just go berserk when they see seersucker. If he'd learn to tone it down, women wouldn't be throwing themselves at him.