I found this interesting...
http://lawlessamerica.com/index.php?option=com_mtree&task=viewlink&link_id=1544&Itemid=100
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Whats worse: Since his arrest, more (we dont know how many) alleged victims have come forward.
Whats worst of all: Bartleson has been investigated at least five times for similar allegations since 1982, although never charged or convicted of a crime.
http://www.chieftain.com/articles/2009/01/30/news/local/doc4982c3ce14e05232542501.txt
So why was he allowed to continue to work with children? Even with no charges or convictions, normal people are not investigated even once, let alone five times, for allegations of chi
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What now? Bartleson was released on $150,000 bond, and then, after the second arrest, was held on $300,000 bond. As of May, 2009, the investigation continues.
Jinx? Between 2007 and 2008, Bartleson managed the campaigns for Republicans John McCain (president); Muslims For Bush founder (and current Fox News commentator) Muhammad Ali Hasan (Colorado House); and Bentley Rayburn (U.S. House). All three either lost or withdrew from their races.
Visual aid: Here’s a real relic with Bartleson’s name on it: a http://www.cologop.org/Roots/01b4b4de-585c-4895-bb18-68825ec652de/Documents/96HrRally%20Flier%20Disclosure.pdf"; target=”_blank”>flyer for a “Victory 96-Hour Rally for John McCain, Sarah Palin and Bob Schaffer.â€
Attribution: http://home.conservativebabylon.com/2009/05/04/jeffrey-claude-bartleson/
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February 5, 2009:
Police arrested the former manager of Sen. John McCain’s Pueblo presidential campaign office Wednesday on charges he sexually” target=”_blank”>http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_11637020";>sexually assaulted a 5-year-old boy left in his care so the boy’s mother could attend a rally for McCain’s running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, The Denver Post’s Howard Pankratz reported Thursday afternoon.
It’s the second” target=”_blank”>http://www.chieftain.com/articles/2009/01/30/news/local/doc4982c3ce14e05232542501.txt";>second arrest on charges of sexual assault on a child by a person in position of trust in a week for Jeffrey Claude Bartleson, 52, who has faced similar allegations at least five times since 1982 without being convicted of a crime, according to the Pueblo Chieftain’s Nick Bonham.
Two detectives have been assigned full-time to the investigation and are looking into allegations Bartleson lured victims through church groups, his work as a sponsor at a hospital drug rehab unit, and during involvement in political work.
Bartleson listed his occupation as “political consultant†at the Pueblo County Jail, the Chieftain reported, but state Republican groups were quick to distance themselves from him. Bartleson indeed ran the McCain office in Pueblo and directed the Republican nominee’s southern Colorado campaign, the chairman of the Pueblo County Republican Party told Pankratz, but doesn’t hold an official party position and had only attended a few GOP meetings. The state Republican Party told Pankratz they had had “no contact†with Bartleson.