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brooklynite

(93,842 posts)
Sun Feb 6, 2022, 10:13 AM Feb 2022

Republican candidate for Oregon governor confirms former membership in Portland swingers group

Oregon Live

A top candidate in the Republican primary for Oregon governor has confirmed he was part of an invite-only Portland swingers group for swapping sexual partners.

Sandy Mayor Stan Pulliam said in a statement to The Oregonian/OregonLive that he and his wife, MacKensey, briefly explored relationships with other couples beginning in 2016 before deciding to “focus solely on each other, our marriage and our family.”

“Ever since, day in and day out, we’ve worked as a team to strengthen our family and to create a better community and state for our girls and the hundreds of thousands of kids just like them, so they can safely grow up, live, work and stay right here in Oregon,” Pulliam said.

The disclosure could prove to be a headwind for Pulliam, 40, whose campaign has contrasted the small-town virtues of rural Clackamas County with the supposed squalor of Portland.


Not that there's anything wrong with that...

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Republican candidate for Oregon governor confirms former membership in Portland swingers group (Original Post) brooklynite Feb 2022 OP
Nothing wrong with that, unless multigraincracker Feb 2022 #1
but if he's a trumper, thats ok . . . but empedocles Feb 2022 #3
I guess he gets Jerry Falwell Jr.'s endorsement. tanyev Feb 2022 #2
You can smell the sincerity dalton99a Feb 2022 #4
Oh yeah, master of love! Emile Feb 2022 #5
Oh 🤣 k. That's that smell. Captain Zero Feb 2022 #6
They "explored relationships" with other couples? yellowcanine Feb 2022 #7
Otherwise known as "Legitimate Marital Discouse" Zambero Feb 2022 #8
It's not just Portland. Mme. Defarge Feb 2022 #9

empedocles

(15,751 posts)
3. but if he's a trumper, thats ok . . . but
Sun Feb 6, 2022, 10:30 AM
Feb 2022

the his cloying claim:


. . . “Ever since, day in and day out, we’ve worked as a team to strengthen our family and to create a better community and state for our girls and the hundreds of thousands of kids just like them, so they can safely grow up, live, work and stay right here in Oregon,” Pulliam said.'

[Could annoy almost everybody]

yellowcanine

(35,692 posts)
7. They "explored relationships" with other couples?
Sun Feb 6, 2022, 11:38 AM
Feb 2022

"Honey, I wasn't cheating on you, I was just exploring a relationship with another person!"

Zambero

(8,954 posts)
8. Otherwise known as "Legitimate Marital Discouse"
Sun Feb 6, 2022, 12:10 PM
Feb 2022

Which then morphed into "Focus on the family". Gotta love these family values charlatans!

Mme. Defarge

(7,981 posts)
9. It's not just Portland.
Sun Feb 6, 2022, 01:08 PM
Feb 2022

Our entire state’s reputation is officially back to the bad old days of its Bob Packwood/Tonya Harding phase.

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