Masturbator wants to be sheriff

[razors edge]

http://www.aspentimes.com/article/20061014/NEWS/110140071/0/FRONTPAGE

A video that sheriff's candidate Rick Magnuson made more than a year ago - and that GrassRoots Television has shown 27 times - has created controversy only a few weeks before Election Day.

Magnuson admitted the video shows him masturbating. The shot, however, is from far away and Magnuson says the piece was a legitimate mode of self-expression.

Magnuson, the Aspen Police Department's community safety officer, is challenging 20-year incumbent Bob Braudis for the office of Pitkin County sheriff.

The 12-minute movie shows Magnuson digging a hole in the Mojave Desert on his 40th birthday. When he strikes water, the shot switches to about 20 yards away, with Magnuson's back to the viewer as he faces the hole and masturbates into it.
s.com/article/20061014/NEWS/110140071/0/FRONTPAGE

[KingFlorez]

1. WTH?

[Divine Discontent]

9. LOLOLOL

before I even scrolled down I said to myself - "WTH?" and you summed up what most of prob thought...

this is bizarre.. he won't get more than 30%. lol

[whistle]

2. Mojave Desert, 40th birthday, strikes water and masturbates into it

....what is the significance of all this? Was he in a Skull and Bones initiation rite of some sort

[yourout]

3. And what exactly makes him qualified?

Last time I checked replacing PeeWee Herman was the only job that required spanking the monkey in public.

[razors edge]

5. shot control?

[lvx35]

4. hehe. Well, its self-expression alright.

Totally his right to do so...But whether people in Aspen want to vote for somebody who expresses himself this way is another question.

[mtowngman]

6. It's a short leap

from wanking over a hole in the desert to f---ing over the constitution.

[LostInAnomie]

7. Why would he want to make the baby Jesus cry?

Trust me, dude. You don't have to dig a hole first to do that.

[wtmusic]

8. For real?

I got blisters on me fingers!

[TankLV]

10. How do people FIND this stuff???

I certainly don't have the time to search the whole internets....

[snowbear]

11. One article outta Aspen is titled: "Magnusen, a well-oiled politico"

I kid you not..

It's on a long list of AP stories about this race on Google under "latest news" on the Magnuson/Braudis race.

The article also has a poll and Magnuson doesn't seem to be hurting in their poll.. :shrug: http://www.aspendailynews.com/article_16370

[AlGore-08.com]

12. Sounds like the perfect running mate for Sheriff Mike Hunt of Aiken County

http://www.sheriffsc.com/pages/news.html

Sheriff Michael Hunt of Aiken County has been named South Carolina Sheriffs’ Association’s “Sheriff of the Year for 2006”.

[kiki]

13. Sounds like a Bart Simpson-style phone prank...

"Mike Hunt? Has anyone seen Mike Hunt? I need to get a hold of Mike Hunt..." etc.