ABC: Mahoney used mistress to “entice” donors
posted at 1:50 pm on October 24, 2008 by Ed Morrissey
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Tim Mahoney has more problems than serial adultery, according to ABC News. The Democratic Congressman demanded that his mistress sexually entice potential donors to his campaign, and wanted her to engage in a menage a trois “for his enjoyment”:
Current and former members of the staff of Congressman Tim Mahoney (D-Fla) say he has yet to come completely clean about his multiple affairs, abusive behavior and alleged ethical lapses. …
But a document obtained by ABC News reveals new allegations of threatening behavior and sexual harassment toward a female staffer, that go far beyond Mahoney’s public confession, including claims that he urged one of his mistresses to serve as a “tease” for big donors.
The former Congressional staff member, Patricia Allen, was paid $121,000 by Mahoney after she was fired and threatened to sue.
The information comes from a demand letter sent by Allen’s attorney in the lawsuit Allen filed against Mahoney for wrongful termination. Allen alleged that Mahoney made her attend fundraisers and demanded that she “tease c**k” to bolster donations. ABC says that “current and former staffers” say that these allegations are substantiated by recorded phone calls, presumably made by Allen.
If so, the House Ethics Committee should expel Mahoney, regardless of the election. It’s difficult to imagine a more degrading and abusive way to treat staffers than to demand sex (and threesomes) and to more or less pimp them for donations. Of course, in doing so, they will have to ask how much of this the Democratic leadership in Congress knew, and when they knew it — and that may turn this into the same kind of scandal that unseated Mark Foley, Mahoney’s predecessor, and gave Democrats the majority in Congress.
So don’t expect the Ethics Committee to do anything before the election. They’re hoping Mahoney disappears through the election before they have to answer those kinds of questions.
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sweetest.seat.pick-up. EVAH!
Buckaroo on October 24, 2008 at 1:52 PM
Last time I checked forcing people to engage in prostitution was illegal.
Illinidiva on October 24, 2008 at 1:53 PM
There will be no veto-proof Democrat majority in either the House or the Senate.
ManlyRash on October 24, 2008 at 1:53 PM
It’s an elitist thing. You wouldn’t understand.
Right_of_Attila on October 24, 2008 at 1:56 PM
didn’t stop Bill and Hill from “pimping” Chelsea during the primaries./s
ManlyRash on October 24, 2008 at 1:56 PM
Man, this Mahoney guy is a real tool.
Who the heck was his role model, Bill Clinton?
pilamaye on October 24, 2008 at 1:56 PM
I don’t know what I like more, Mahoney’s whore or Murtha’s racist constituents.
PA & FL for McCain/Palin?
That could work.
fogw on October 24, 2008 at 1:57 PM
Ah, a variation on the old “Honey Trap” the dems are very clever.
I know I never would have fallen for it! (Well…..)
redshirt on October 24, 2008 at 1:58 PM
Yup. That’ll do it.
ManlyRash on October 24, 2008 at 1:58 PM
It’s only about sex and has no relationship to how he would do his duties as a representative of the people. Totally different than the sealed Ryan divorce papers in Illinois which mysteriously got unsealed when Obama was running against him.
a capella on October 24, 2008 at 1:59 PM
As usual, you are correct sir.
ChrisM on October 24, 2008 at 1:59 PM
That district is wild. I live in the wrong part of Florida.
lorien1973 on October 24, 2008 at 2:00 PM
You see, that’s where he went wrong. I always tell the ladies that it is for their enjoyment.
rbj on October 24, 2008 at 2:01 PM
…
People knew about this stuff and still worked for the man?
What does it say about their ethics that they were aware that their boss was a creep but continued working for him.
highhopes on October 24, 2008 at 2:02 PM
How this isn’t on the front page of every paper, blog and headline story of the evening news? If an email from Foley can warrant that much attention then this should …
Oh wait …
darwin on October 24, 2008 at 2:05 PM
I guarantee you that Clinton is in awe of Mahoney. After all, getting serviced by interns pales in comparison with the kind of fundraising this guy was doing. Makes Foley’s creepy e-mails appear downright boring.
highhopes on October 24, 2008 at 2:05 PM
Doesn’t this smell a lot like the Ryan fiasco that Obammy was a part of…. remember Jeri Ryan and her divorce and how the sordid stuff was leaked by none other than OBammy surrogates…… what goes around comes around…… Democrap!
MNDavenotPC on October 24, 2008 at 2:07 PM
Typical upstanding Democrat.
tarpon on October 24, 2008 at 2:10 PM
Capt Ed: you just don’t understand, do you?
This is a Democrat who did this!
Thus, this is not:
a) newsworthy, not one iota..
b) worth one single inch of column space in the NYT, WashPo, LAT, etc.
c) worth one single second of airtime on ABCNBCCBSMSNBCCNN…
d) since it does not violate, in any way, Democratic ethics & morales and values, it is not wrong!
Please, understand the “rules”, before you try to generate news or outrage!
/sarcasm
Dale in Atlanta on October 24, 2008 at 2:11 PM
Tim Mahoney… lower than the lowest whale dung at the bottom of the deepest part of the Pacific Ocean.
Unfortunately, Democrats around the US of A look up to him.
either orr on October 24, 2008 at 2:11 PM
This makes Mahoney eligible for promotion within the Democratic party.
NoFanofLibs on October 24, 2008 at 2:12 PM
democrat party culture of corruption
jeff_from_mpls on October 24, 2008 at 2:12 PM
But Tom DeLay talked to Jack Abramoff!!1111!!
/(do I need to?)
PimFortuynsGhost on October 24, 2008 at 2:13 PM
Its a liberal thing, this is perfectly acceptable. Just ask the former owner of Ms Magazine
Defector01 on October 24, 2008 at 2:14 PM
The Clenis is envious of this dude.
JammieWearingFool on October 24, 2008 at 2:14 PM
……….. Barney Frank was unavailable for comment.
Seven Percent Solution on October 24, 2008 at 2:14 PM
Even if he carried every toss-up swing state (Nevada, Montana, North Dakota, Missouri, Indiana, North Carolina, and Florida) and Pennsylvania, he still would lose. He has to flip Ohio and Virginia (both now leaning blue).
amerpundit on October 24, 2008 at 2:15 PM
Actually they buried the lede.
The real story here is that this girl has a list of big democrat donors who whored around on their wives.
Bloggers? Sic ‘em.
jeff_from_mpls on October 24, 2008 at 2:16 PM
Party pooper.
There’s got to be one or two Dem perverts running in Ohio and Virginia. Someone please check the local police logs.
fogw on October 24, 2008 at 2:18 PM
In fact, wouldn’t that list of Mahoney’s big donors be a matter of public record?
Hmmmm…
jeff_from_mpls on October 24, 2008 at 2:18 PM
Pelosi wouldn’t expel a Democrat for anything.
CP on October 24, 2008 at 2:22 PM
CP,
I agree
Signed,
William jefferson
Defector01 on October 24, 2008 at 2:23 PM
Manly, I hearby suspend you from reporting the news on MSNBC.
Does Mahoney drink pimpjuice out of a pimp cup?
HornetSting on October 24, 2008 at 2:23 PM
Pimping. Yep, it is in the Democrat handbook under Resume Enhancement.
Sporty1946 on October 24, 2008 at 2:23 PM
Please tell me that the people of Mahoney’s district aren’t even considering re-electing this scumbag. Please Please Please tell me that Mahoney’s constituents aren’t so friggin’ jaded that they can overlook this story.
It may not be true, but please tell me so anyway to help cushion the fact that the predominate “demographic” in my Congressional District put William Jefferson on the ballot under the premise that a corrupt black man is the only one who understands them and their needs.
highhopes on October 24, 2008 at 2:25 PM
All I ever get from Biden here in DE is junk mail. I need to move…
dinobalz on October 24, 2008 at 2:25 PM
I’m declaring a photoshop contest.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v285/fusionaddict/tmpimpin.jpg
fusionaddict on October 24, 2008 at 2:25 PM
I swear to God that, on my Wilmington, Delaware AM radio station, I just heard some Democrat ad that talked about “personal methane reclamation.”
I really wasn’t listening closely, and I don’t think there was any specific organization mentioned. Obviously it was about global warming, but “personal methane reclamation?”
BigD on October 24, 2008 at 2:26 PM
BigD….. does that mean the Depends will need to lined with Neoprene?
MNDavenotPC on October 24, 2008 at 2:27 PM
Allen alleged that Mahoney made her attend fundraisers and demanded that she “tease c**k” to bolster donations.
What does this mean, “tease cook?”?
“Aw come one baby, don’t be holdin’ that spatula up that way. I know you want to make me an omelette, I can smell the garlic and onions…..oh, ok, here’s a check for 10 grand…”
max1 on October 24, 2008 at 2:28 PM
Betcha Mahoney will get reelected, and the Democrats won’t do a thing to him.
They’re moral relativists. As Evan Sayet would put it, they are militantly indiscriminate. Ethical standards, like morality, are tools to be used against opponents, not actual constraints on behavior. If they don’t have to be ethical, they won’t be ethical.
spmat on October 24, 2008 at 2:35 PM
The ethics committee only meets every third Olympiad.
snaggletoothie on October 24, 2008 at 2:36 PM
“So don’t expect the Ethics Committee to do anything before the election. They’re hoping Mahoney disappears through the election before they have to answer those kinds of questions.”
That’s just the ethics committee. What’s stopping the press from covering this story?
Oh yeah, I forgot….
danking70 on October 24, 2008 at 2:41 PM
This is tawdry, even for Democrats. I feel sorry for his family, but to be fair, his wife must have known what he was like when she agreed to marry him. It seems as if he’s been off the straight and narrow for years…I commend her for ridding herself of him now. Will he win re-election? That will be quite an interesting race to watch.
Doug on October 24, 2008 at 2:46 PM
I’ve decided that I’m running for Congress!!! Sex, mistresses, menage-a-trois, a democrat-controlled congress… I’ll just remember to not say anything on the phone that can be recorded.
lionheart on October 24, 2008 at 2:48 PM
HA!
marklmail on October 24, 2008 at 2:51 PM
This story seems to say that this man’s behavior started before he was even elected. What did Raum Emanuael know and when did he know it. Is that the stuff they used on the Republicans two years ago? It wasn’t just that Mr. Foley was a creep but that all the Republicans knew it and let it continue.
Cindy Munford on October 24, 2008 at 2:54 PM
Why are we worrying about such trivial things as how this twerp and Comrade Edwards are spending campaign money on mistresses when Palin is shopping! She has new clothes, and you have no outrage! What is wrong with you people?
The MSM double “standard” makes me sick.
Laura in Maryland on October 24, 2008 at 2:55 PM
Gawd,now there’s a new debauchery plank on the DNC!
So,now it appears that the DNC wants to add the
Lewinsky priciple to politics,Absolutely Fabulous!!
Add,when does the Liberal Democrats convert one of
their offices into a ‘Sodom and Gomarh’ chamber!!
(Sarc.)
canopfor on October 24, 2008 at 2:56 PM
Unless in Nevada, prostitution is illegal, forced or voluntary.
maverick muse on October 24, 2008 at 2:56 PM
I just know it still ain’t easy.
Kid from Brooklyn on October 24, 2008 at 3:07 PM
Every once in a long while I give ABC credit for just mentioning anything negative about a democrat. They’re not totally forgiven for “business as usual” – particularly when Terry Moran is on camera – but at least they ventured where CBS & NBC would never go. Possibly ABC reliazes that this is actually newsworthy albeit we’re only talking about one congressman out of 435 that the left can afford to lose.
perroviejo on October 24, 2008 at 3:08 PM
There is also I guy who represents Florida that has a home in Maryland where his wife lives and children go to school but he has been using his In-laws address in order to represent his Florida district. It was recently announced so he is now renting an apartment in the area. I think he will keep his seat. Ridiculous.
Cindy Munford on October 24, 2008 at 3:15 PM
Don’t knock ‘em til you’ve tried ‘em. The man’s still scum, though…
Spanglemaker on October 24, 2008 at 3:21 PM
I live in that District. Naturally, I voted for Rooney
and McCain the other day.
The early voting poll I went too had tons of Dem signs
including Mahoney and Ubama. Mysteriously the McCain and
Rooney signs were crumpled up in the ditch.
hmmmmm Thugery at it’s finest.
Fires1 on October 24, 2008 at 3:22 PM
I want to party with this guy. I never heard any stories about Clinton sharing his bitches.
grdred944 on October 24, 2008 at 3:23 PM
ABC isn’t going to run this on national TV are they? That might hurt their candidate.
Vashta.Nerada on October 24, 2008 at 3:29 PM
More info on the alleged threesome attempt please.
Was it with two chicks or two dudes?
If it was with two chicks…then, you cant fault a guy for trying.
If it was with two dudes….he should be expelled from congress immediately.
Roger Waters on October 24, 2008 at 3:32 PM
“If you’re havin’ girl problems I feel bad for you son…”
fusionaddict on October 24, 2008 at 3:49 PM
If it was with Larry Craig and Bawney, he should be expelled from the planet.
Laura in Maryland on October 24, 2008 at 3:55 PM
Roger Waters on October 24, 2008 at 3:32 PM
Subtle, very subtle. And pretty funny to.
Cindy Munford on October 24, 2008 at 3:57 PM
Most ethical Congress, evah!
Thanks, Nancy.
I wonder what kind of scum the Dims would have fielded if Nancy had not been so concerned about ethics? Scary to think about.
AZCoyote on October 24, 2008 at 4:07 PM
Scumbag.
Elizabetty on October 24, 2008 at 4:24 PM
ABC is reporting this? Someone needs to be fired. NOW!
Squiggy on October 25, 2008 at 8:03 AM
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