Posted on 05/14/2015 12:13:44 PM PDT by iowamark
JEFFERSON CITY, MO – Missouri House Speaker John Diehl has resigned after screen shots of text message conversations were published in the Kansas City Star on Wednesday. He was attempting to repair his reputation and retain his powerful position while seeking forgiveness for what he describes as his “poor judgment” with a 19-year-old legislative intern.
Diehl said Thursday that he is resigning both from his House speaker’s position and from his elected job as a Republican representative from suburban St. Louis.
This is a statement from John Diehl’s office:
"I appreciate those who have stood beside me and the overwhelming number of caucus members that have offered continued support; but for the good of my party, the caucus, and this state, I’m not going to further jeopardize what we have accomplished this year and what can be accomplished in the future. Therefore, I will be resigning the position of Speaker of the House and the office of State Representative in a way that allows for an orderly transition.”"
The Republican lawmaker is a married father who was just elected as speaker of the house this year. The female intern involved is a freshman at Missouri Southern State University. That school abruptly ended its internship program at the state capitol last month.
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Idiot. Good riddance.
First law of politics:
Never write down what you can say.
Never say what you can whisper.
Never whisper what you can nod.
Never nod what you can wink.
Never wink what you can smile.
Just another case of thinking with the wrong head . . .
“poor judgment”
Sort of like when I paid $80.00 for four AR mags during the panic.
And don’t sext while a Republican.
Every time I post something on the internet or any electronic media, I assume it will be read by the one person in the world that wants to do me the most harm.
Intern?
Anything below a BJ is NOT sex.
Sincerely,
Bill Clinton
and never text your dong to a teenager
Yeah and when Clinton gets caught with his pants down in the Oral Office with a 19 year old intern he gets high fives from his party especially when he beats the rap.
I agree, what a dummy. How long before the sexual harassment lawsuit is filed?
What is it with these guys? I mean it isn’t exactly hard to get laid without America reading it on the front page. Truly Amazing how quick ones ego can wreck them.
this would never ever happen in sacramento
/s
I don’t know why he’s resigning. Here in VA, a Dem state delegate knocked up his under aged intern, got sentenced to jail, and wanted a work release so he could continue to attend to his duties to represent the voters in his district.
I guess it’s kinda the same in that someone got screwed.
WHY CAN’T THESE PEOPLE JUST DO THEIR JOBS?
Purely coincidental....
who released the transcripts?
Looks like you don’t have to hire an ACTUAL whore any more to set up a politician.
(he was still stupid though)
Idiot. You’re supposed to screw the taxpayers, not teenage interns.
Kind of dated. A more modern caution would be think twice before speaking, three times before posting, and four times before tweeting.
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