North Carolina Legalizes Call Girls For Politicians

[Skidmore]

I kid you not. Large donations of cash must have become boring.

http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/02/27/gifts-for-politicians/

North Carolina’s State Ethics Committee has just opened up a major problem for their state — they just made it legal for lobbying firms to purchase prostitutes to service politicians. The Committee’s determination that sex had no value and that sex between a lobbyist and politician was nothing to report or in any way questionable means that a major loophole has opened up for lobbying firms. Now lobbying firms can hire people with the explicit goal to seduce and fornicate with politicians in order to garner favor.

In other terms, lobbying firms can hire prostitutes for politicians, and they don’t even need to register.... More

[marym625]

1. oh.my.fucking.dog.

Or should I say congressman?

Wow! Just wow!

[840high]

25. Dogs in heat.

[marym625]

31. +1

[billhicks76]

37. Why Are Jeb Bush's Prostitutes Only On Top?

Because he can only fuck up.

[marym625]

44. ha!

John Oliver said on WWHL last night that Cheney was the most frightening to have sex. That he doesn't move to the point of a threat and does everything with just his eyes.

[billhicks76]

47. Raped Teenage Girl Identified Cheneys Penis

It's true. I guess it's abnormally gigantic. And I believe those girls. I bet the DC Madam was telling the truth when she identified him too.

[marym625]

49. I have no idea what you are talking about

He was accused of rape? When was that? How do I not know this?

[billhicks76]

52. Because They Called The Girl Crazy

But she knew his penis size.

[madokie]

62. Then they suicided her out in the back shed

The dc madam if anyone wants to google it and read up on whats being talked about here

[billhicks76]

65. That Too

The Madam had directly implicated Cheney and she said on air in an interview that she would never commit suicide...ever.

[CTyankee]

2. Hmm, the state Ethics Committee...really...let me guess...all republican men?

[NBachers]

3. As well as the blackmail opportunities in all those compromising positions

Somehow, my inner visual field doesn't want to engage too deeply with those images.

Was the North Carolina Department of Agriculture involved in this lobbying effort?

I'm sure they want to legalize gift offerings from North Carolina's pig or goat or chicken or sheep farm lobbies.

[billhicks76]

53. That's What NSA Is For

Political blackmail or "leverage".

[TeeYiYi]

4. It's as if...

...they believe they are operating in stealth mode, within the safety bubble of their cloaking devices.

Sorry guys, but ermm...you're not wearing any clothes.

TYY

[AlbertCat]

36. they believe they are operating in stealth mode,

Oh please.... they are governing by pet peeve and think they are the smartest people in the room.

They made a mistake.... they can't think of more than 1/2 of a thing at a time. It's dumb blind incompetence.

[quakerboy]

43. Not a stealth mode, a deflector shield.

Its not that they think we cant see. They just don't think we have the power to do them any harm.

And so far as I can tell, they seem to be correct. What exactly are we doing to do with this information? A few of us will complain, a few will see how far the corruption goes. And nothing will happen.

[In_The_Wind]

5. Are Call Girls legal in North Carolina?

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[JHB]

40. They can be if you call them "lobbyists" or "consultants" or "representatives"...

...at least now they can.

[Jamastiene]

57. Not for the rest of us.

I know that much.

[Exhibit A]

6. That should go over well with the "family values" crowd. n/t

[WhiteTara]

63. They exemplify "Family Values". They are

disgusting and slimy.

[Exhibit A]

64. When I see "family values"

I read it as "antifeminist," so yeah.

[yuiyoshida]

7. And what about the women

who are dragged into Prostitution against their will, or are so broke, or addicted to something like Cocaine, that they have to work in order to get their fix? Or women who have Sexually transmitted diseases and other health concerns.

In Nevada, all the legal prostitutes work outside and away from major cities like Las Vegas or Reno. They set the law up that way..so guys have to drive miles out if they want to visit the Chicken Ranch, or what ever that place is called these days.

Meh.

[Baitball Blogger]

8. Well, since politicians are similar to prostitutes in that they

provide a service to their pricey campaign donors, can we stop paying them too?

[2banon]

42. LOL Point Score! Good one!

[sheshe2]

9. WTF!

No words Skidmore. No words.

[Skidmore]

10. Permission to break the laws, sheshe2.

Here is a site with the laws regarding prostitution in NC:

http://www.criminaldefenselawyer.com/resources/criminal-defense/state-crime/pandering-laws-north-carolina.htm

[sheshe2]

11. Can't even wrap my head around this one, Skidmore.

North Carolina’s State Ethics Committee, ETHICS!!! They made this all legal? I think they need to change their name to North Carolina’s State Pimp Committee.

[Skidmore]

12. I thought it was satire at first and had to go back to read the article again.

Can you discount the lives of women any more than this? It is bad enough that women and girls are abused and forced to prostitute, but castigate the interaction between a politician and the person who "serves" him being of no value is abusive and demeaning in a whole new way.

[sheshe2]

14. Thing of Value.

Now, before it is said that it is being misinterpreted, here is the actual letter from the Ethics Committee, titled “Sexual Favors or Sexual Acts as a Gift or ‘Thing of Value.'”In it, they declared that sexual relations have no monetary value, so do not need to be reported.

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

13. It's a jobs program.

[hifiguy]

15. I thought this had to be Borowitz, or maybe the Onion.

And it turns out to be true.

[Cal33]

16. It just occurred to me that this is also a way for lobbyists to secretly photograph or

even video these politicians for possible future blackmail. If they are capable of
bribery, which is a crime, they are also capable of any other type of criminal behavior.

[Nye Bevan]

17. And Elliott Spitzer says "why couldn't NY have done that?" (nt)

[Fumesucker]

18. Can you say "Honey Trap"? Sure I knew you could...

[Romeo.lima333]

19. unreal absolutely unreal

[Jack Rabbit]

20. Power corrupts

This is going a bit further than I ever thought it would ever go, however.

When will Chief Justice Roberts rule that there is no evidence that a talented call girl ever influenced a legislator's vote?

[freshwest]

50. It clearly doesn't affect GOP voters. I. E. David Vitter.

[nolabels]

61. It isn't hard (no pun intended) to figure out what happens after you start ignoring reality

It's an old story but Wiki is succinct with it

Hubris often indicates a loss of contact with reality and an overestimation of one's own competence, accomplishments or capabilities, especially when the person exhibiting it is in a position of power.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubris

[TygrBright]

21. Making the NM Lege look virtuous and uncorrupt-- QUITE a feat! n/t

[dawnie51]

22. This needs to go viral.....

every media outlet, every religious outlet, EVERYWHERE! N.C. is Rethug central, so there is no one to put this on but them. Absolutely unbelievable.

[thesquanderer]

38. I think there's going to be quite a lot going viral with this. (n/t)

[Initech]

23. Oh won't somebody please think of the children?

[Delphinus]

24. What??!!

[neeksgeek]

26. What's next? Droit du seigneur?!?

Unbelievable.

[Omaha Steve]

27. Then the ladies get Fred Garvin male-prostitute

https://screen.yahoo.com/fred-garvin-male-prostitute-000000541.html

[blackspade]

28. Another triumph for the party of family values...

[Motown_Johnny]

29. But sex with Republicans doesn't have any value!

You can see their point.



(as if politicians would report having prostitutes purchased for them)

[Jamastiene]

58. Bazinga!!!

You got that right.

[MisterP]

30. "your money's on the dresser, chocolate"

[RufusTFirefly]

32. Wait a minute: Prostitutes can screw politicians??

Holy Mobius strip!

[edbermac]

33. "Is this a great country or what?"

[City Lights]

34. I'm speechless. nt

[AlbertCat]

35. Wow

I know the idiot bought and paid for legislatures are trying to make my once moderate Southern state into AL and MS combined, but I never thought they were shooting for pre-revolutionary Havana!

[KoKo]

39. Let it ALL HANG OUT! GO FOR IT!

But, then, NC's State Capitol has always had "Doll House Relief Stops" prominently displayed on the way downtown to the State Capitol.

[gregcrawford]

41. ... and the South shall rise again!

Just take this little blue pill... and gimme some sugar, Sugar!

This is SO wrong in so MANY ways...

[quakerboy]

45. So does this mean that

a pimp can register as a lobbyist, and be legal as long as the johns claim to be politicians?

Or am I reversing that.. the johns register to be lobbyists, the women start election campaigns, and then the johns can legally donate money and receive the worthless sex?

[Aerows]

46. This has to be a hoax

or satire.

Or the herbs I put in the pasta this evening weren't what I thought they were, because nobody would believe those conclusions.

I have to call bullshit.

[jmowreader]

48. It may be legal, but no one seems to be taking advantage of it

If NC's politicians were receiving adequate amounts of sex, they wouldn't be screwing their constituents the way they are.

[JHB]

54. Trust me, it just doesn't work that way, anywhere.

[freshwest]

51. Gotta protect that all important MRA voting base! n/t

[Jamastiene]

56. Wow, I wish I had a lot of money. n/t

[B Calm]

59. Is North Carolina considered part of the Bible Belt?

[ck4829]

60. They see everyone else as the sinner, not them

They can do whatever they want, they're righteous as long as they don't become the outgroup.