Another nasty repuke bites the dust

[proud2BlibKansan]

Former House Speaker Rod Jetton sent an aftershock through Missouri’s political terrain Tuesday, saying he will close his political consulting firm to fight a felony charge that he assaulted a Sikeston woman.

Jetton “will be leaving politics to deal with false allegations and spend time with his family,” said his attorney, Stephen Wilson, in a written statement. “He is confident that when the facts of this case are heard, he will be found innocent.”

Formed in 2004, the same year Jetton was elected speaker, Jetton and Associates eventually became one of the go-to GOP political shops in the state because of his connections in the General Assembly.

“He had a meteoric rise,” Missouri State University political scientist George Connor said Tuesday. “Should these allegations prove to be true, then he’ll have an equally meteoric fall.”

Jetton, 42, of Marble Hill, turned himself in to authorities in Cole County late Monday. Earlier that day a warrant had been issued for his arrest. Court documents charged him with battering a woman in her home in an overnight sexual interlude in mid-November.

more . . . http://www.kansascity.com/637/story/1619548.html

[Historic NY]

1. looks like he was on an all night bender.

[sui generis]

4. bendin' the crack pipe

that's a substance look, definitely NOT a mad debacle resulting from indulging in spritzers and shirley temples.

[blondeatlast]

9. Exactly what I was thinking. nt

[SpiralHawk]

10. The flaccid face of republiconism

Abe Lincoln once said that after age 40 a man has the face he has earned.

This bugger has the classique republicon mug, and apparently the classique republicon family values.

[wtmusic]

17. Flaccid with a violent temper lurking just under the surface

Makes Newtie look like a sweetheart.

[Happyhippychick]

2. Wow. He's creepy.

[proud2BlibKansan]

3. He was creepy before he assaulted this woman

One of the creepiest in MO.

[dixiegrrrrl]

5. That's the problem with Puritans. All that repression has to surface.

[seabeyond]

6. extreme on either side is..... extreme. nt

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

21. Am I to imply that dixiegrrrl's opinions on Puritanism are... extreme?

They look very reasonable and sound to me.

[seabeyond]

22. lol, at least you asked about the implication instead of telling me that is what i meant

thank you

no, dixie wasnt the extreme. the rw reporession of sex is the extreme, hence the perversion in it.

[NMMNG]

7. Hoorah

Yet another rabidly anti-gay, RRRW "family values" phony exposed and in the criminal justice system where he belongs.

[Kahuna]

8. Yikes! Next time give a "graphic" warning before posting a mugshot like that!

:scared:

[rurallib]

11. "spend more time with the family" Does anyone ever followup to see

if these guys really spend 'more time with the family?'
And what does the family think? I would tend to think that they would want to shoot him.
Look out family, here comes Daddy.

[proud2BlibKansan]

15. His wife is divorcing him

She filed long before this arrest.

So you have to wonder what family he is referring to.

[Tailormyst]

12. It was not BDSM, It was not "rough sex" it was a brutal rape.

He is a predator that needs to be removed from society.

[gratuitous]

13. He's only 42

And considering how starved the Republicans are for candidates, don't bet against this guy coming back in two, five or ten years. Missourians should stock up on green balloons for the day Mr. Jetton decides he's suffered enough.

[sonias]

14. They always leave to spend time with their families

Ah those wonderful "family values"! The core republican values gets them every time.:eyes:

Sonia

[dixiegrrrrl]

19. Maybe that is why wife is divorcing him. Doesn't want him in the house.

Who would?

[sonias]

20. Not me - the guy is essentially a rapist

If it's true he drugged her, even though she consented to S&M, he essentially raped her too. She had no way of saying the "safe word" in a drugged stupor, so she was not consenting to anything.

If the wife wants out of the marriage, maybe she knows he is mentally unstable. Good for her!

Sonia

[salinen]

16. Nasty repuke

is redundant.

[Mopar151]

18. Jeebus, what a loser

Howcum that's all the Repugnicants seem to be able to come up with these days? Pervs, pathalogical liars, con men, and assorted loose nuts. The Grand Old Party must have some serious rot at the core, if trash like this are their "rising stars".

[dixiegrrrrl]

23. FBI is after him, too, for political no nos.

"......has attracted the scrutiny of the FBI as it probes “pay for play” allegations in Jefferson City. Lawmakers are being investigated, too."
see this related article:

http://www.kansascity.com/105/story/1513951.html