Eric Greitens cancels statewide tour amid affair fallout

[LongTomH]

Source: CNN.com

Washington (CNN) Embattled Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens has called off a statewide tour to promote a tax cut plan as he continues to face fallout from bombshell allegations that he threatened a former mistress with blackmail.

The tour, which was to include events this week in Springfield, Kansas City, St. Louis and Joplin, would have marked Greitens' first public appearances since the initial report on the allegations late Wednesday. The Republican governor has acknowledged he participated in an extramarital affair but denied having made any threats.
Greitens appears poised to remain out of the public eye this week, however, as the controversy continues to swirl. Late Friday afternoon, the governor's office contacted one of the companies set to be featured in the statewide tour and said the events were off.
"It's not going to happen this week," said Rick Pogue, director of operations at Venture Group Investments. "It may never happen. We just don't know."

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/15/politics/eric-greitens-missouri-tour/index.html

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A Republican governor caught up in a sex scandal.... Who would have guessed!!?!?!?

[BumRushDaShow]

1. "A Republican governor caught up in a sex scandal.... Who would have guessed!!?!?!?"

Yet amazingly, they can get re-elected elsewhere despite such!

[pintobean]

2. The man pissed off a lot of people in his own party

during his run for governor. I bet he's having a hard time getting any support.

[Cracklin Charlie]

4. Hes gotta have support.

Big $$$ support.

I live in Missouri. I will admit to having been a bit out of the loop recently; but, I haven’t seen but a handful of reporting on Greiten’s despicable behavior.

This should be a HUGE front page story. Only big money can shut this down like this.

He wasn’t gonna be governor long. He didn’t need those lawmakers. He was goin’ places.

He’s so gross.

[pintobean]

6. The Post Dispatch has been ripping into him

http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/columns/tony-messenger/messenger-greitens-finds-himself-on-a-deserted-island-surrounded-by/article_78d2c91e-1dbe-5b1c-b86f-bc0be9ca1869.html#tncms-source=infinity-scroll-summary-siderail-latest

[Cracklin Charlie]

7. Thanks!

Good article, with lots of linkies!

[NBachers]

3. The right-wing lie on this is that Greitens was a Democrat when it happened.

I have the proof that he was a republican at the time, laid out and documented, if anyone needs it.

Of course, truth and facts mean nothing to these nimrods.

[riversedge]

5. Gov 'Greitens appears poised to remain out of the public eye this week,'--HIDING is the word!

[justhanginon]

8. Rumor has it he is hiking the Katy Trail and not available right now.

For those not familiar with Missouri, the katy trail is a hiking and biking trail that extends for several hundred miles across the state. Not the Appalachian Trail but Greiten is a small time politician.