Missouri Lt. Gov. Kinder won't comment on tie to ex-Penthouse Pet

[Freddie Stubbs]

Source: Kansas City Star

Missouri Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder's refusal to comment on a report about his alleged ties to a woman described as a former Penthouse magazine Pet is raising questions about his soon-to-be-launched gubernatorial campaign.

A story published this week in the Riverfront Times was based on an interview with a woman identified as Tammy Chapman, who said Kinder was a regular customer when she worked as an “entertainer” at the Diamond Cabaret in Sauget, Ill., in the 1990s. At the time, Kinder was a state senator from Cape Girardeau.

Both Kinder, who is single and never married, and his campaign declined several opportunities Tuesday and Wednesday to publicly comment on the allegations, despite repeated requests from The Star. The Missouri Republican Party also declined to comment on the story, now circulating widely on political websites.

A Republican, Kinder is expected to formally announce his plans to run for governor in September.

Read more: http://www.kansascity.com/2011/08/11/3070143/missouri-lt-gov-kinder-wont-comment.html

[JAnthony]

1. Family values ! (Even tho he's single), he chooses "pets" like

this instead of real relationships?

[no_hypocrisy]

2. Earl Long's political career managed with his keeping company with Blaze Starr.

[Ter]

24. Wow, look at those granny panties!

So glad those days are over! :evilgrin:

[Stuckinthebush]

3. Single? What's the big deal then?

That's his own private life and should be off limits. Unless, of course, he advocates anti-strip club legislation. Then he's a hypocrite.

[stlsaxman]

4. Kinder is single... he should be able to purchase the services of "entertainers" with impunity!

He's helping to bolster his states economy! Wait- Sauget is in Illinois.... okay- he's bolstering inter-state commerce, then!

:eyes:

[ehrnst]

She said he got forceful and aggressive with her. (nt)

[stlsaxman]

20. see reply #7 (nt)

[ehrnst]

15. She said he got forceful and aggressive with her. (nt)

[stlsaxman]

21. see reply #7 (nt)

[SpiralHawk]

5. A perfectly typical Republicon couple.

[left on green only]

19. Dogdamn, They're Perfect! They Even Look Like Each other.

You people need to leave them alone. Their relationship history, or otherwise, should be their own private business. It has absolutely nothing to do with his ability to serve the public, in the public's interest.

[Judi Lynn]

6. From this Republican's Wikipedia:

Peter D. Kinder (born May 12, 1954 in Cape Girardeau, Missouri) is an American politician from the U.S. state of Missouri.<1> He was elected Lieutenant Governor of Missouri in 2004 as Matt Blunt was elected Governor.<2> Kinder was reelected in 2008 at the same time Jay Nixon (D) was elected Governor.<2> Kinder is a member of the Republican Party.<2> He announced that he would seek the Republican nomination for Governor of Missouri in the upcoming 2012 gubernatorial election.<3>

~snip~
Kinder was born and raised in Cape Girardeau, the son of pediatrician James A. Kinder Jr. and Mary Frances Hunter Kinder. He attended Cape Girardeau Public Schools and then attended Southeast Missouri State University and the University of Missouri in Columbia.<2> He graduated from St. Mary's University School of Law in San Antonio, Texas in 1979 and was admitted to the Missouri Bar in 1980.<2>

After law school Kinder served as a member of the late U.S. Representative Bill Emerson's staff in Washington, D.C. from 1980 to 1983.<2> He returned to Missouri and worked as an attorney and real estate specialist for hotel developer Charles Drury of Drury Industries.<2> In 1987 Kinder became associate publisher of the Southeast Missourian newspaper, where he wrote weekly columns and editorials.<2>

Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau dedicated its Department of Pediatrics in memory to his father James A. Kinder, M.D. who died on July 1, 2000. His mother, who died on January 4, 2008, sang duets with the mother of Rush Limbaugh for 50 years; Rush Limbaugh even attended the funeral.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Kinder

[stlsaxman]

7. ... more quotes from Tammy Chapman. holy shit!

snip-

In a Facebook message Wednesday evening, Chapman told The Kansas City Star that that she is “not out after Kinder … I did not ask for any of this. I wish to be left alone …”

But in an interview earlier Wednesday with KMOX radio in St. Louis, a woman who identified herself as Chapman said Kinder “courted” her “each time he came in” to Diamond Cabaret.

“He became aggressive with me,” the woman told KMOX. “I would do private dances for him, and he would grab my shoulders and … try to press me onto him very, very forcefully.”

/snip

Read more: http://www.kansascity.com/2011/08/11/3070143/missouri-lt-gov-kinder-wont-comment.html#ixzz1Uj7ydLsL


WOW! :wow:

[formercia]

22. Just trying to get his 'Money's Worth.'

He does seem to have issues with boundaries.

[GodlessBiker]

8. I read now and then that he is gay and has been in a serious relationship...

With a man. This may his way of quieting that talk.

He has sponsored much anti-gay legislation in MO, so fuck him.

[leveymg]

9. And, this is relevant how? He might be a closet heterosexual - gasp!

:eyes:

[snooper2]

10. Um, I was never at the Diamond Cabaret, in Sauget, in the early 90's

I promise....

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Okay, where else were we supposed to go when all the bars started closing on the Missouri side of the river at 1:00?

:rofl:

[gristy]

11. single and never married?

pfffft. Indeed, what is the big deal?

[Xtraneous]

12. That's it, use a Democratic angle to make the US even more puritanical...

Why aren't more important issues, like lobbying money, industry connections, tax cheating, etc used to whittle down public officials? Unless there's something they do in their private lives that makes them hypocritical, enough already! I don't want to live in a country where all our public officials are pretend prudes.

[Cool Logic]

13. I must be missing something...for the point would be....?

[Nuclear Unicorn]

14. UPDATE: Kinder surges 12 points among voting age males

just kidding but being a girl, I know boys

[ehrnst]

16. No way he can get the nomination if he's Gay. (nt)

[SoapBox]

17. Always Moral, Pious and Holy! Probably the tip of the iceberg...

However, he'll plead that he is just a "good ol' boy" and then the Pearl Clutchers will forgive him for "just being a boy".

Hypocrisy as usual for Thug and Bully Party members.

[Turbineguy]

18. How could he have known?

She was probably wearing clothes and had her knees close together when they met, making recognition nearly impossible.

[Joe Bacon]

23. Ah, Love that IOKIYAR!

Doesn't matter. Jesus will forgive that poor sinning Lt. Gov when he walks into church on Sunday, and the masses will be stupid enough to let him off the hook.